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Topic: Triumph!!!! |
Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 9:55 am |
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I'm happy to report that my 2 concerts last week were a huge success. These were both held in classical music venues, for the classical music community. Th8s is a lot different than playing a classical selection at a steel guitar show. Most of the people in both audiences had never seen or heard a pedal steel guitar before.
They loved it.
Many of the people in the audiences were musicians themselves. This included people from the L.A. and Burbank Philharmonic orchestras, as well as other Southern California orchestras. These are people who are far more accomplished in their fields than I am, and some of them were skeptical about both me and the steel. ("Let's see if this guy can really deliver,
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I admit I was pretty nervous about playing in front of them.
So I'm pretty stoked that I've been getting all sorts of positive feedback, including praise from these musicians who are so highly accomplished thermselv4s. I have already been asked to put on more concerts.
Onward and upward. 
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Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Dylan Schorer
From:
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 10:43 am
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Congrats, Mike.
Your Firebird Suite is amazing. |
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Ken Campbell
From:
Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 10:43 am Outstanding.
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As I age, the approval of my musical peers means a lot more to me than it did when I was 20. Good for you. Much respect.
Kc |
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Storm Rosson
From:
Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 11:17 am
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Most excellent Mike ,well deserved I might add....Stormy  |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 11:29 am
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Thanks guys.
I've said more than once that my goal is not to introduce classical music to people who play and/or love the steel guitar, but to introduce the steel guitar to people who play and/or love classical music.
I'm hoping this is some sort of beginning.
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Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 12:35 pm
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Mike,
Congratulations On Your Successful Concert.
At Least The Classical People Were Only Skeptical About You & Your Steel Guitar.
Seems I Believe When Zane King Brought His Steel Guitar To A Church, He Was Met By Hostility. "How Dare You Bring That Honky-Tonk Instrument Into Our Church". He Had To Remind Them That Pianos Were Used In Honky-Tonks Before Steel Guitars.  |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 4:02 pm
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| Well done, Mike |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 4:45 pm
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| Roger Shackelton wrote: |
| When Zane King Brought His Steel Guitar To A Church, He Was Met By Hostility. "How Dare You Bring That Honky-Tonk Instrument Into Our Church". |
I've experienced a little of that too. I don't dwell on it.
Hostile people are losers.
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Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 12:26 am
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Dickie Whitley
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 5:42 am
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| Congrats Mike, well done. It seems I have also heard some stories about hostility toward PSGs in church, especially the 'buds with the card 'symbols' on the front. It's ok, their loss in my opinion. Yeah, I agree, pianos were in honky tonks long before the PSG was ever thought of. |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 6:42 am
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| Congratulations Mike! Had the pleasure of hearing you play at the Norwalk Ct. Show a few years back, a nice addition to the program and thoroughly enjoyable...FWIW: Pianos were also the featured instrument in bordellos not that many years ago. That is where W.C. Handy had his start. |
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Douglas Schuch
From:
Valencia, Philippines
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 7:13 am
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Good on ya', mate!
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Bringing steel guitar to the bukid of Negros Oriental! |
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Tiny Olson
From:
Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 7:23 am
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Very, very cool, Mike !!!!
Sincerely,
Chris "Tiny" O. |
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