| Do you sing while you play |
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| No |
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34% |
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Topic: As if it weren't enough - or hard enough |
Alfred Ewell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2011 7:24 pm |
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It's never enough is it? It hit me that it's more entertaining to sing while you play (witness all the guitar/singers) when I wrote a lyric one night, painting myself into a corner having to learn to sing and fiddle. Most people say it can't be done, but we weren't supposed to fly either.
So - the other difficult instrument: the pedal steel... What's the verdict on singing? I guess there's less acapella going on with PSG than with violin. But, if you get a bump on the head...
Geez - 20 strings, 5-string fiddle, and the idiot wants to sing, too... There's a lot of going on going on when you pedal and steel and pick - and knee, and breathe. Anyway... |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2011 8:03 pm
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I don't sing often, but when I do I'm usually playing steel too as it's my instrument. Singing takes more concentration than playing steel, for me anyway. I don't too think much about the steel parts. They're pretty automatic.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 19 Mar 2011 5:18 am
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When I play my Summer gig at Medora Musical in ND I also play a daily set at the Pitchfork Fondue - that's a kind of glorified barbecue that's open immediately before the main show.
We assemble various groups with different singers, and I'll sometimes sing a few songs while playing steel. I can't play anything complex while actually caterwauling, but I have learned to comp a rhythm part fairly effectively. It does sometimes afford the band some amusement when I get absorbed in completing what I imagine to be an important phrase on my guitar, then forget to sing the next line!
The punters are all 'at the trough', so I doubt they even notice!
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 19 Mar 2011 5:35 am
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| I only sing at the end of the gig, it helps to get rid of the punters... |
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Chris Dorch
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2011 10:06 am
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Guitar, yes...
Steel, no... |
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Gil Berry
From:
Westminster, CA, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2011 5:29 pm
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I tried a couple of times. They thought a fire engine was pulling up..  |
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Matthew Prouty
From:
Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 19 Mar 2011 6:39 pm
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I remember all the old fiddlers would sing when they played around my parts when I was young. Go get up some of those videos of Dennis McGee on youtube. He sings and plays the fiddle non-stop during the verse and then plays just fiddle during the chorus.
m. |
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 19 Mar 2011 7:56 pm
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| I've always done it a bit with pedal steel, and there are some guys who can do it really well. Pete Burak comes to mind - I used to really enjoy Pete's performances in the Sierra Room at the steel shows. And I do it all the time with my Weissenborn-style instruments, but that is quite a bit easier than doing it while playing pedal steel. It's not as hard as it sounds, but if you don't do it routinely it will seem difficult. Even if you don't sing lead it is nice to be able to add a harmony line or two, and I've known a lot of steel players who do that. |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Mar 2011 8:21 pm
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Yep, Lead sing a few songs as I play steel to help out the frontmsan. I got a way to make an audience appreciate our frontman. 
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Owen Barnes
From:
Utopia, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2011 3:12 am
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6 string, yes. 20 strings, no
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Ulf Edlund
From:
Umeå, Sweden
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Posted 22 Mar 2011 11:41 am
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Backup
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Dave Galloway
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2011 12:28 pm
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What are you talking about?????
I can't even walk and chew gum at the same time!  |
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Ulf Edlund
From:
Umeå, Sweden
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Posted 22 Mar 2011 1:22 pm
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I can't sing and chew gum at the same time.
I cant't walk and play pedal steel at the same time either...
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2011 2:59 pm
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Yes......
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Glenn Uhler
From:
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2011 5:17 pm Sing while playing?
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Not in public!
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