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Topic: Greg Leisz on Bon Iver's new record |
Bryan Daste
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Benjamin Jayne
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Orange County California, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 7:04 pm |
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excellent album, nice use of the PSG as a "soundscape" enhancer. I'm also impressed to hear that Justin Vernon reached out to Leisz to help with song writing.
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Daniel Morris
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Posted 21 Jun 2011 4:03 pm
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I think I've seen Bon Iver's name somewhere, but didn't know his music.
Very nice sounding samples - might have to pick up the CD.
Thanks for the tip, Bryan.
So many fascinating people and bands using steel these days. OR, THE WHALE, THE MAY DAY ORCHESTRA..... what a time to be playing steel guitar!
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b0b
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Posted 21 Jun 2011 4:10 pm
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Bon Iver is the name of the musical project and now the band. The singer/songwriter/artist is Justin Vernon.
I haven't heard Greg's steel in any of the clips so far. The CD is just out today. There are a lot of instruments. They performed on Colbert last night and there was no pedal steel on stage that I could see.
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2011 5:42 pm
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| There seems to be more experimenting with sound these days than anytime since... well, I don't want to sound like a (hippie) dinosaur. I was listening to MGMT and while the lyric themes are the tried and true, the sounds were really fun. |
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Daniel Morris
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Westlake, Ohio, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2011 6:00 pm
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David, you may be quite right about sound per se, and not just music with steel.
However, I think much good comes of that.
For instance, it seems that some of Greg's work is far less about licks n chops than it is about his sounds enhancing a song. I love what Chas Smith does on record; seems he takes plenty of time deciding on how something should sound, then places it in a composition.
So, as I've alluded to elsewhere, just noodling or playing while daydreaming doesn't necessarily produce music worth listening to, but judiciously using sounds - of a steel or whatever - can be very worthwhile. It just isn't the same as a song with more activity.
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1979 MSA U12 Pedal Steel
1982 Kline U12 Pedal steel
2019 Sierra U12 Pedal Steel
2011 Bear Creek MK Weissenborn
Milkman 40W Mini amp w/Telonics 15" speaker.
Dr. Z Surgical Steel w/TT 15" speaker.
Frenzel MB-50 head.
Spaceman, Empress, Eventide, Pigtronix. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 22 Jun 2011 7:08 am
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| Pete Drake was good at this. He's on many recordings where you would not believe a certain 'sound' was a steel guitar. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 22 Jun 2011 7:41 am
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I haven't heard Greg's steel in any of the clips so far. |
It's audible on Beth/Rest and Towers. (I haven't heard the other songs yet.)
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Chris Dorch
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 22 Jun 2011 5:01 pm
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| Bon Iver is hit or miss for me.. Glad to see he's coming out from recording in his bedroom to work with big names... |
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Nathan Golub
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Durham, NC
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 10:24 am
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| Very cool stuff. Nice to see how he's making steel fit into those songs. |
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