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Topic: Some funk for ya on Saturday morning |
Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 11:49 am |
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Here's a recording I did this morning to a backing track of the Herbie Hancock tune "Chameleon". No slants, no harmonies, just some soloing over the vamp.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=440617
I recorded this on an iMac using Garageband. The signal path was Asher lap steel, BOSS V-Wah, Zoom PD-01, Barber Direct Drive, Ernie Ball Volume pedal, Fender Deluxe Reverb reissue, Shure SM-57, little Behringer mixer, iMac's soundcard. I really should have a USB or Firewire interface to the computer but I'm making due without one, so the recording's pretty crude.
By the way, for you purists, note that this was played on a "lap steel", not a "Hawaiian steel guitar". I save the Hawaiian steel guitar for Hawaiian tunes 
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 12:00 pm
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Great tone Bill!! 
Steinar
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www.gregertsen.com
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 12:26 pm
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Thanks Steinar! That was the V-Wah on the Morley setting with a little bit of overdrive and compression. It's a very vocal sound - very Sacred Steel.
My playing sounds a little rushed - I think this is due to soundcard latency and me trying to fix it.
Or maybe it was the 4 cups of coffee I drank this morning
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Ron Bednar
From:
Rancho Cordova, California, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 12:38 pm
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Sound's great Bill...not a real big fan of the genre...reminds me of every 'hip' cop program of the 70's...looking for Huggy Bear and the Jerry Curl with a big weave...
But sure like the tone, thanks for posting it.
Cheers, Ron |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 12:45 pm
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Thanks Ron! And now that you mention it, it does sound a lot like the "Barney Miller" theme (loved that show) and even a little like "Seinfeld".
Shake your booty!
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Matt Lange
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 1:28 pm
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| good stuff. what kind of Asher do you have? |
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Bill Blacklock
From:
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 1:28 pm
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| Thank you Bill, I really enjoyed that, especially hula blues. |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 4:22 pm
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Hi Bill, For some reason I am unable to download any of your tunes from Sound Click. Could you download them to the Forum as MP3s?
Roger |
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Jesse Pearson
From:
San Diego , CA
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 5:25 pm
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Bill, that was outside the box! Way cool, thanks.  |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2006 5:33 pm
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Thanks guys.
My Asher is the "Ben Harper" model (the original Asher lap steel). It's much like the Electro Hawaiian I believe.
Roger, I'm not sure why you can't play the songs. Maybe you need to disable a pop-up blocker (to use the Soundclick player). I think you should be able to download the mp3 also to your computer.
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Mar 2006 7:24 am
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That's strange - I'm not a member and have no problems playing any of Bill's tracks there....?
Steinar
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www.gregertsen.com
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2006 5:31 am
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Bumping for those folks that couldn't get Soundclick to play for them. See Jay's post (2 up) with a link to it on his site.
Thanks for posting this Jay! |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2006 6:58 am
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Thanks Gerald.
I'm rushing too badly on this take to really want to put it out there for posterity. I just thought it would be fun to let my friends here have a listen.
When I get some time I'm going to give it another try and hopefully tighten up the timing some. |
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