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Topic: Oh Crap He Teaches Dobro Too!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Michael Remming
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Kimberly, Idaho, USA (deceased)
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Alan Brookes
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Posted 2 Oct 2014 11:23 am |
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I didn't find anything offensive about it. In fact I thought it was a pretty good presentation. It's aimed at wannabe musicians, not old time professionals, so it has to be fairly lighthearted. Unlike most amateur presentations it didn't have a lot of hummms and haas and stammering in it, and he seemed to know what he was doing. In fact I think that the sounds he produced may well entice newcomers to take up steel, which can't be a bad thing.
It certainly has no place in the Humor section.  |
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Jeff Scott Brown
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O'Fallon Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2014 11:36 am
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| Alan Brookes wrote: |
| I didn't find anything offensive about it. |
I concur.
I think the guy takes a good bit of heat because he says plenty of nutty stuff, but this one in particular didn't have a whole lot to offer in that arena, certainly not enough to be a standout amongst internet stuff in general.
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Michael Remming
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Posted 2 Oct 2014 3:54 pm
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That's what I meant about not wanting to offend anyone. We all have our opinions. I will keep mine I think it's funny.
There is a lot of good dobro and steel teachers available online and youtube................ I'm just not sure about this guy. |
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Jeff Scott Brown
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O'Fallon Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2014 4:41 pm
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| Michael Remming wrote: |
| That's what I meant about not wanting to offend anyone. |
I am not sure if you think the video itself might offend someone, or if you posting here might offend someone, or something else might offend someone, but personally I don't think there is much here that is danger of offending anyone reasonable. Seems like pretty safe waters as far as I can tell.
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Lee Barber
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Sweeny, TX, USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2014 5:19 pm
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If he would shut up and teach he would be better. His ad for pedal steel he brags on being the best teacher and no-one else can teach. He drives me crazy, but may be a good instructor,if you c as n stand him.
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John Scanlon
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Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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James Wolf
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Georgia
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Posted 16 Oct 2014 4:09 pm
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| Looks to be a Dekley. |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
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Quebec, Canada
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 17 Oct 2014 9:35 am
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http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=190518&highlight=scott+grove
See the above post. Scott Grove's videos have been discussed on this forum many times over the years. Here's reply I posted five years ago...
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Like Guido, I have now had the opportunity to view the video, and I have to say that I still can't play like Buddy Emmons. 
By stating that all the other instructional videos are useless because they're recorded by players who can't teach, whereas he has a particular talent for teaching, sets himself a hard target. I thought the video was very amateurish. Far from being a good teacher he comes over as a nervous novice, and his attempts at humor and fooling about are annoying, and do not endear the pupil to his tutor.
The video is long .... very long. 2 hrs. 30 mins. and just keeps repeating itself over and over again.
He uses the I IV V terminology, without explaining it, except saying that he has another video where he explains it.
If the intention of the video is to make things easier for guitarists this doesn't come off. He would have been better showing himself barring an F chord on a regular guitar and then moving the barr up and down the fingerboard to demonstrate what is happening on the steel, but he doesn't do that. Moreover, by continually referring to the strings by their open pitch he just confuses regular guitarists. He goes on about the G# string, whereas he would do better to refer to the 3rd string, since the regular guitarist will have to stop and think which string he's referring to.
He causes confusion right from the outset by trying to explain that the G# string is actually tuned to A, without mentioning that the pitch of a string in natural temperament will vary depending on which key one is playing in.
The entire lesson could be done in 2 minutes, as Guido said, and could be summed up as...
[1] The IV position is five frets up from the I position and you can get it by moving the bar or pressing the first two pedals.
[2] The V position is two frets up from the IV position and you can get it by moving the bar or pressing the first two pedals and moving the bar two frets.
[3] All the positions occur in different places on the fretboard and you need to get used to where they are.
[4] Wiggle the bar down a fret and back again in various combinations to get different licks.
But the best one of all is his observation over and over again that, because he doesn't wear fingerpicks, he can pick four strings at a time instead of the usual three. The fact that he could do the same thing by wearing fingerpicks on the other fingers seems to have eluded him.
I doubt if anyone could be ready for the stage on the pedal steel in two weeks no matter whose videos they watch. 
Don't bother to buy the video. It's BORING. |
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