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Drew Howard
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Bob Carlucci
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 1:29 pm |
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| wow.. thats a tad "out there"... a bit too "avante garde" for me personally, but I sure can't do it, so thats certainly not a critique... She is extremely talented and innovative!!! bob |
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Roger Kelly
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Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 1:54 pm
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| How would you like to see the Tab for that one. |
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Sherman Willden
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 2:08 pm
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I love the sound of breaking stings in the morning. It is too difficult to break my Jagwires so I couldn't replicate it.
Sherman |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 2:59 pm
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That's an excellent introduction to thematic composition. Not that most of us would find that type of stuff entertaining at a steel show, but it's exactly what some motion picture producers might be looking for as background music for their "other-worldly" movies. (Louis and Bebe Barron did a theremin-based movie score for the SciFi movie "Forbidden Planet" that was along the same lines. Very famous stuff.)
I predict ot's only a matter of time before Susan does some work in a movie score. |
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Pete Young
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 4:26 pm
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| I might go for that after I smoked five or six joints in a row I could see the flames dancing in a fire place No No That was thirty years ago |
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Twayn Williams
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Portland, OR
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 4:54 pm
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| Super cool!!!!! It warms my heart to know that there are people out there who are striking out from the beaten path with the PSG. Give me about 6-months with a straight band and I'll be ready to play that freely. The old "learn to draw a straight line before you draw a curve" thing. |
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ebb
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 4:57 pm
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| thanks for the heads up on this. i love this forum |
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 5:10 pm
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I think if you just listen to it without the distraction of watching the video, it's easier to hear the order of what she's doing. Yes, you gotta admit it's pretty far-out there if you're used to listening to trad country...
For what it's worth, although I haven't had the chance to hear Susan play it, I have it on good authority that she plays trad country and everything from it to this experimental music as well as the best of them.
In the art world there's room for artists from Rembrandt to Dali and Picasso, why not in music and the PSG?
I agree with Donny, Susan will be doing movie scores soon if she hasn't already. |
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Mike Perlowin
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 5:39 pm
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Susan has been playing this kind music for over 15 years, It's good that she's finally fetting recognised for the innovator she is.
Ad it's true, she is also a killer E9 country player.
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Ben Jones
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 6:21 pm
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| Man i love her. That was some crazy Kyoto-esque scronk. But i really prefer that song on her website "louisiana..." that is a heart crusher. She's kinda like a Coltrane in that theres that scorchingly beautiful stuff like louisiana (coltranes alabama) and then there's stuff like that video above (coltranes live in seattle). |
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Ted Solesky
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Mineral Wells, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 6:26 pm
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| Pete, you hit that on the head. That's a little too far out for me. I'm for new ideas. |
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Colm Chomicky
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Kansas, (Prairie Village)
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 6:41 pm
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Cool, but I'd be curious to see if Beetle Bob could do a dance interpretation also  |
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Jody Sanders
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Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 8:05 pm
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| I have known Susan for many years and she has always been very innovative. And as Mike said, she is a killer E9th player. Jody. |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 8:49 pm
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I think she should play at steel guitar shows. it's true that 99% of the people won't dig her, but I think steel players need to be exposed to her and her music. Perhaps she should go on last one night so those who want to leave don't have to worry about missing any of the nore traditional players.
If she were to play, who here would stay and watch her set?
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Twayn Williams
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Portland, OR
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 9:25 pm
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| Me!!!! |
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 9:26 pm
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Good grief, Mike... I know you don't mean it that way, but would you want to play at a show if even your friends' support included "99% of people won't dig it", and ideas on scheduling so people could leave during her set and not miss the trad country guys?  Well maybe she would, I dunno.
Yes, of course I would stay and listen.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 11 September 2006 at 11:09 PM.] |
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Herman Visser
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Rohnert Park, California, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 9:36 pm
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| ME TOO. Lot of her stuff is great. |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 10:26 pm
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I would hang out to se what she might play.
I do agree last set of the evening is right for this.
I bet some of the hotter players would still hang out,
just to see a "whole other place" happening.
She got some really great gong sounds out of it.
Susan is a unique unit, more power to her.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 11 September 2006 at 11:29 PM.] |
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Jim Phelps
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Posted 11 Sep 2006 11:11 pm
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My thinking is just that if it would be right to schedule Susan as last, out of a necessity due to Mike's points of 99% not going to like it and allowing them to leave without missing their trad country faves, is just sad, and reason enough to wonder if she should even bother with it.
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Mike Perlowin
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Posted 12 Sep 2006 2:11 am
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Point well taken Jim. It probably would not be worth it to her to play at a steel show. But it would certainly be worth it to those of us who would want to see her perform.
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[This message was edited by Mike Perlowin on 12 September 2006 at 03:12 AM.] |
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Richard Gonzales
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Davidson, NC USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2006 3:10 am
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| What key is it in???? |
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Gary Lee Gimble
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Fredericksburg, VA.
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Posted 12 Sep 2006 4:28 am
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| 4 #'s |
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John McGann
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Sep 2006 5:53 am
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It seems LOTS of people at steel shows have little tolerence for anything other than E9th country- it astounds me that people could be negative about the C6th jazz playing of people like Herbie Wallace and Doug Jernigan, but I have heard serious bitching and seen walkouts.
I'd hang and enjoy Susan's stuff...got her CD a few years ago and enjoy it. Then again, I enjoy Conlon Nancarrow and Alban Berg (both of whom played with Ray Price in the 1920's).
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 12 Sep 2006 7:11 am
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Drew,
The site doesn't come up on my 'puter.
Can you send me a link? I'll email you.
Thanks. |
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