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Russell Adkins

 

From:
Louisiana, USA
Post  Posted 7 Apr 2014 11:20 pm    
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Does anyone know any relaxing music , new age music or tranquil meditation music for the steel guitar? Hank is getting old don't ya think. Country music was cool but the songs have been played a million times and im betting some of you steelers are thinking the same thing . Im an old beginner at the steel 2 years in so far and im doing ok could be better but doing the best I can , I always did like relaxing music and think it might just sound great on the steel, just looking for a new direction to go in , maybe a new tuning on my 10 string too , any comments are welcome , some diehards might wanna cut my strings off but realistically there has to be something else besides the same ole same ole crying in your beer stuff. Pandora s box is open .
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Lane Gray


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Topeka, KS
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2014 2:40 am    
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kn386fP38A
One of the tracks on "Slider" from Bruce Kaphan
http://www.brucekaphan.com/
Music From the Hearts of Space devoted a whole episode to Bruce a few years ago.
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Gary S. Lynch

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2014 2:55 am    
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Russell,
How about some classical music by Strauss?
This link may work...
A lifetime to master is my guess....


http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=117968&highlight=zarathustra
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Frank Freniere


From:
The First Coast
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2014 5:19 am    
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Hey Russell -

How 'bout some Hawaiian music to change it up? It's not new age but... tranquil? relaxing? Picture yourself on that beach.... You can get a lot of those sounds on E9 or C6. Just sayin'...
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Bruce Morrison

 

From:
Panama City Florida, USA
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2014 7:14 am    
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Lane Gray wrote:
...Bruce Kaphan...


I heard this a couple of years ago on Zune and could never remember the guy's name. Thanks!! It's beautiful AND it's good work (programming) music.
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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2014 7:35 am    
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Japancakes. Look them up on Youtube.

But, to answer your rhetorical question: no, Hank never gets old, and, no, there is nothing better than old crying in your beer songs.
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Russell Adkins

 

From:
Louisiana, USA
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2014 8:56 am    
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Dan Beller-McKenna wrote:
Japancakes. Look them up on Youtube.

But, to answer your rhetorical question: no, Hank never gets old, and, no, there is nothing better than old crying in your beer songs.

Dan , Hank is old buddy but he is still cool Smile I never heard of japancakes , very interesting music , thank you for pointing them out to me , maybe im searching for a sound in my head that's impossible to find, kaphan is very nice especially Clouds.
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Ian Holman


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New York, USA
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2014 3:19 pm    
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check out Susan Alcorn. Amazing steel musician, fantastic music. Goes pretty far out there.
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Herb Steiner


From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2014 4:36 pm    
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Chas Smith also has several albums of what I'd consider to be New Age "ambient" music.

Also, BJ Cole from the UK has several good albums of non-trad steel guitar. Worth listening to.
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David Mason


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Cambridge, MD, USA
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2014 8:27 pm    
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There's only thirteen pages of "post-country" steel here, somewhere between a dozen, or more, barking up the tree you're talking about.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=208507

A personal fave:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbLqRh7_aiM

You have to listen to all six clips, they're all quite different from each other.
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