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Mike Perlowin


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 21 May 2021 8:49 am    
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My West Side Story CD can be heard in its entirety on this page. I hope you enjoy it. http://alldigitalradio.net/13perlowin.html
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Larry Dering


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Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 21 May 2021 4:38 pm    
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Mike, that's some cool and interesting music. No doubt a labor of love. Awesome playing.
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Mike Perlowin


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 22 May 2021 11:22 am    
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Thank you Larry. I made 3 CDs. This was my second. You can hear tracks from all 3 at my soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin

And the music page of my web site: http://www.perlowinmusic.com/home.html

Additionally, a friend made these 4 videos for me. Only one is from West Side Story. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun is from Firebird Suite, and the other 2 are from Spanish Steel.

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
https://youtu.be/GZRWPEQ_NU0

One Hand One Heart (From West Side Story/)
https://youtu.be/kbodYfsieso

The Magic Circle (From the Spanish ballet El Amor Brujo.)
https://youtu.be/soLsvl-6onE

Ritual Fire Dance (Also from the same ballet.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Op_AFv2vI

I hope you like them.
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Larry Dering


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Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 22 May 2021 2:08 pm    
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Mike, I have to admit I would never have listened to this type music had it not been done with pedal steel. Incredible textures and tones weaving in and out of the melody. Super slick playing and mind boggling creatively. I hope more members give a listen.
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Joe Cook


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Lake Osoyoos, WA
Post  Posted 22 May 2021 4:13 pm    
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I love it, Mike! It's great music played very well.
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Mike Perlowin


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 23 May 2021 9:39 am    
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Larry Dering wrote:
I hope more members give a listen.


So do I. Laughing
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John Sluszny

 

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Brussels, Belgium
Post  Posted 23 May 2021 10:45 am    
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Very interesting indeed ! I like Gymnopédie n°2 too !
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Mike Perlowin


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 24 May 2021 11:19 am    
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The Gymnopedies is very interesting, It’s based around a G major 9 chord. The notes are G B D F# A. The bottom 3 notes forem a G chord, and the top 3 are a D chord. A pianist would play the G chord with his or her left hand and the D chord with his/her right. (BTW, Eric Satie, the composer wrote the piece for piano with just the chords. All the flourishes I played on my Tele were added later by Claude Debussy.)

I broke the harmony down to the 2 chords, and played the melody in D, playing it more or less country style, while strumming a G chord on an autoharp and playing in G on a fretless bass. At no time are the steel and the accompanying instruments playing the same chord.

Theoretically, it should sound terrible. But as you can hear, (The recording is on my Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin) it all works.
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Mike Perlowin


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 24 May 2021 11:53 am    
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Larry Dering wrote:
Mike, I have to admit I would never have listened to this type music had it not been done with pedal steel.


Larry, and everybody else, there's a TON, no make that 10 tons, of great music out there OUTSIDE OF COUNTRY MUSIC, that's totally applicable to the steel guitar.

My big secret, if you can call it that, is that I listen to the classical music radio station when I drive, and if/when I hear something that I think I'd like to play, I get the sheet music and figure it out.

I can't look at a piece of sheet music and instantly play it, but I can read well to figure out how to play it. I think every steel guitarist should be able to do this. Ive written a short article on how to do this, which I will send for free to anybody who requests it.

My method is not quick and east. It requires some real effort and serious studying. But it works. If you do what the article says, you WILL learn to read music on the steel.
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Larry Dering


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Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 25 May 2021 3:03 am    
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Mike, I agree with the tons of music theory. As a 6 string guitarist I play some jazz rock and blues as was folk and bluegrass music. My arsenal includes lap steels in various tunings and Dobro. I play some mandolin and banjo although not up to gig quality. I try whatever suits my mood on pedal steel. Some things just never sound proper even when the right notes and feel are played. But that hasn't stopped me from experimental attempts. It just needs to appeal to my sense of taste.
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 26 May 2021 7:37 pm    
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These are some of the most adventurous recordings ever made for the pedal guitar.
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Mike Perlowin


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 26 May 2021 8:55 pm    
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Thanks Bill. I admire you so much...your words mean a lot to me.
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