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Topic: CHEROKEE Jazz Standard on Lap Steel |
Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 31 Jan 2014 9:58 pm |
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Hi DOM,
WOW! That Is One Great Recording.  Very Nice Full Sound. 4 Tracking Is The Way To Go. 
ROGER |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 1 Feb 2014 9:44 am Well now..................
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That was a mighty fine performance on Cherokee......
Seems like you're getting better with each new one. I can't help but wonder, do you have a day job or do you merely sit around all day thinking up these wonderful arrangements for the rest of us to enjoy. It has to take you a lot of time to produce these?
By the way, how did you manage to get your voice up so high without sounding like a yodeling banjer picker. Great falsetto........on Begin the Beguine.
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Posted 1 Feb 2014 6:27 pm
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Ray;
I have a full time job, at Intel and I work a compressed work week. (12 hour days, 3 or 4 days a week) That gives me half of the week to perform, record, or build steel guitars.
I am not sure which song you are asking about the high vocals. I didn't sing on Begin the Beguine?
I am a tenor and I have a pretty high vocal range.
I made these arrangements, and recorded background tracks over the past several years. I use them when I play solo gigs on my lap steel. Lately I have been playing along with the backgrounds in my studio and recording the steel and vocals on other tracks. Most of the time I have to go back and "punch in" to fix a few of my mistakes, but sometimes I get it right the first time.
Recording my steel and vocals has helped me to improve my playing and singing. I need to work on playing smoother and more Hawaiian vibrato like you Ray. You have that classic touch and your melody just glides from note to note.
Dom
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 2 Feb 2014 12:09 pm
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Great playing Dom. Sounds really good.
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 3 Feb 2014 4:07 am
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Very nice! Thank you.
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