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Dan Simard
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 9:32 am |
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Ok, here is my version of White Christmas :
http://soundcloud.com/dagniel/white-christmas
As you can hear, I was quite in a hurry as I worked a lot on it and never succeeded to make it sound as good as I could.
This is just great! I LOVE those "one guitar only" versions and that's what I'm trying to do since my second try at the tune of the month.
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| Tossing in another White Christmas. Not super polished but I gave it a go with two heads and a improv section in the middle. |
I like it! As always, we can hear your signature style. I guess the idea behind "tune of the month" is to get something out fast without polishing it too much.
Once again, I'm humbled by this. Your tune was a kick in the ass for me to record my "wannabe Bill Hatcher" version of White Christmas.
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Nate Hofer
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Overland Park, Kansas
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 10:47 am
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Wow! Are there pedals at play here? Love it. |
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Nate Hofer
From:
Overland Park, Kansas
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 10:58 am
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Dan
I'd love to see a vid of your playing sometime. Sounds like you use a lot of open strings. Cool. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 2:13 pm
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Wow! Are there pedals at play here? Love it. |
nope....and thanks. |
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Nate Hofer
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Overland Park, Kansas
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 7:38 pm
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| I like it! As always, we can hear your signature style. I guess the idea behind "tune of the month" is to get something out fast without polishing it too much. |
Dan, what's my signature style? I didn't know I had one?  |
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Nate Hofer
From:
Overland Park, Kansas
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 7:45 pm
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Nice, Tony. |
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Tony Lombardo
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2012 8:44 am
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Nice, Tony. |
That's nice for you to say. When I did that video I had been playing steel for a few months with no knowledge of blocking or proper bar technique or anything like that. That was all instinct (and pretty bad instinct I might add).
I've been taking lessons for a few months now, and I'm getting my steel sound together a bit. I hope to post my first real steel clip within month. 'So sorry we all had to suffer through that version of "White Christmas" in November, but maybe the next one(s) will be better.
Sincerely
Tony L. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 6 Dec 2012 10:33 am
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OK then, here is a classic Christmas song from Alabama, Christmas in Dixie. This is my first ever Christmas song on steel guitar since I started playing on May 20th. Thanks for letting me join in the fun!
https://www.box.com/s/u0ajn6ui3trsjzqhazsh |
I don't know that song but I like it's feel and simplicity. |
Reminds me of "If we make it through December" by Merle Haggard. I like it Pete!
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Dan Simard
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 23 Dec 2012 8:18 am
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| I'd love to see a vid of your playing sometime. Sounds like you use a lot of open strings. Cool. |
Nate, here is a fast vid I made of White Christmas :
As you can see, everything happens on the second fret and the open strings. I use A7/C6 (lo to hi : c#-c-e-g-a-c-e-g). There are some mistakes. Also, I couldn't succeed in framing the vid to show my right hand, I'll work on that...
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Nate Hofer
From:
Overland Park, Kansas
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Posted 25 Dec 2012 7:34 am
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| I'd love to see a vid of your playing sometime. Sounds like you use a lot of open strings. Cool. |
Nate, here is a fast vid I made of White Christmas :
As you can see, everything happens on the second fret and the open strings. I use A7/C6 (lo to hi : c#-c-e-g-a-c-e-g). There are some mistakes. Also, I couldn't succeed in framing the vid to show my right hand, I'll work on that... |
Hey, cool! You reminded me how effective a big ending is. Love the harmonics. |
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Nate Hofer
From:
Overland Park, Kansas
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Posted 25 Dec 2012 7:39 am
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Love the harmonies in your grips. I wanna mess with this tuning too. |
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2012 8:59 am
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Love the harmonies in your grips. I wanna mess with this tuning too. |
Thanks! I'm nowhere near being comfortable with Leavitt tuning yet, but there are some nice dominant-family chords to be had, even on just six strings.
A happy holiday season to all! |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 25 Dec 2012 9:21 am
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Nice job, Bob, Dan, Tony, Nate and everyone else. Thanks for an alternative to the mind-numbing Christmas records that my wife loves to play all day!
Merry Christmas to all.
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Doug Beaumier
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