| What is your primary lap steel genre of music? |
| Hawaiian |
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24% |
[ 20 ] |
| Country |
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24% |
[ 20 ] |
| Western Swing |
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19% |
[ 16 ] |
| Jazz |
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8% |
[ 7 ] |
| Blues |
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13% |
[ 11 ] |
| Sacred Steel |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Rock |
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4% |
[ 4 ] |
| Indian Film and Pop music |
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4% |
[ 4 ] |
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Topic: What style do you play? |
David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 10:06 am |
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| I'm curious about what you other steel players consider to be the main musical style in which you play. |
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David Knutson
From:
Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 10:36 am
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Good poll, David. This should be interesting. I had to go with Western Swing because I think that's what I PRIMARILY bring to a song arrangement. Blues and straight country are also way up there for me.
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 10:42 am
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I voted Country, but quite honestly I can't play any type very well!  Someday.........  |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 10:51 am
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All of the above, except Indian...not yet, anyway.
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Mark Roeder
From:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 12:26 pm
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I had to choose Country, I guess. I also play W.Swing, Cajun and Hawaiian, and I'm equally poor at all of 'em!
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 1:08 pm
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I checked Jazz but I don't necessarily like to be defined by a genre.
Cause once you master your instrument that level of freedom of expression is Jazz.
"Don't call it Jazz. Call it Social Music" - Miles Davis
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James Phillips
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 8:54 pm
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I checked Blues 'cause I hang with the blues cats, but I adore Western Swing. 
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 9:16 pm
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| I try to play the blues. |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 9:17 pm
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
| All of the above, except Indian...not yet, anyway. |
I couldn't get the poll to register multiples...or did I?
It's my first poll. thanks for answering.
And go for Indian - with your chops, you'll do well. You just need to listen to a lot of it. |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 9:18 pm
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| Stefan Robertson wrote: |
I checked Jazz but I don't necessarily like to be defined by a genre.
Cause once you master your instrument that level of freedom of expression is Jazz.
"Don't call it Jazz. Call it Social Music" - Miles Davis |
3 good points there!
We need more social music in our world anyway. |
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Lee Holliday
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 10:36 pm
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A fusion of bum notes!!!
seriously Hula Blues, country & blues & contemporary songs all have an interest where I am concerned.
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Joe Burke
From:
Toronto, Canada
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 5:55 am
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I voted country, but Hawaiian is what I'm working on these days.
Though my main playing is backing up a singer songwriter. Lap steel is great for this. It really does help create the mood of the song. |
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Rob Anderlik
From:
Chicago, IL
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 7:22 am
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| If there were an option for "roots music" I would voted in that category |
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Frank Welsh
From:
Upstate New York, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 12:52 pm
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| Hawaiian by a small margin. Jazz and old standards are next. |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 12:55 pm
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| Rob Anderlik wrote: |
| If there were an option for "roots music" I would voted in that category |
Sorry, I overlooked that...oops. |
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 3:47 pm
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I voted country, but frankly, that doesn't quite cover it - we play 40-50s music, anything from Western swing to honkytonk country to early rockabilly; songs by Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Horton, or Wayne Hancock, to mention a contemporary example, as well as our own originals written in those styles.
I also used to play in an alt.country/Americana band for a couple of years, but that fell apart - still play that style occasionally with a bunch of friends... |
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L. Bogue Sandberg
From:
Chassell, Michigan, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 5:04 pm
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| I'm kind of in the same boat as Roman. I'm blessed to play 8 string dobro in a band with otherwise traditional bluegrass instrumentation (guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and upright bass) But the group does Irving Berlin, Bob Wills, Hawaiian, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc. along with traditional and contemporary bluegrass. We call it brewgrass. |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 5:08 am
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I'm sure most of us cross-over.
I guess I should have tried to set the poll up for multiple voting.
For instance I play, in order:
Hawaiian
Jazz
Western Swing
Indian
Rock
but my main interest is Hawaiian. |
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Robert Allen
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 7:02 am
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| Why did you exclude bluegrass? Many, if not most, reso players are into bluegrass. |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 7:14 am
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| Robert Allen wrote: |
| Why did you exclude bluegrass? Many, if not most, reso players are into bluegrass. |
Another oversight....and I am not a BG player so I forgot. My bad. |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 7:15 am
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| And I had a section for "Roots" music but somehow it did not make the poll. |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 7:37 am
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I am afraid I don't have a style.
Mine can be classified most accurately as "What the Hell is that noise?"
I don't stick to or search out any style or genre.
I find a song I like and I then go to work on it.
For some reason lately a lot of them are intended for the resonator.
Oh well.
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I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't.
But I keep on trying. |
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Michael Maddex
From:
Northern New Mexico, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 8:44 am
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American Primitive here. You might call it Americana/Folk/Roots. 
I checked Blues on the Poll.
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Ken McDaniel
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 6:02 am
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| I guess I play Country and Western.. |
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