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Topic: 1st public performance on PSG |
Christopher Woitach
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2010 8:25 am |
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Well, after a few months of practice, and some EXTREMELY useful help from Reece Anderson, I played my guitar in public for several tunes on Saturday, at my wedding!
We did a few very easy country tunes (San Antone, LA Cowboy, Stand by Your Man, All My Ex's), and a few jazz standards (jazz blues, Perdido, All the Things you are...).
How did I do? Except for a couple of newbie pedal errors that actually kind of worked, not too bad. I managed to play in tune, got through the ii-V-I's in the jazz stuff just fine, if a little formulaic.
Most important - my new wife hasn't dumped me for egregious PSG playing, so it must've been OK...
Thanks to everyone on this forum, and special thanks to Reece - I couldn't have pulled this off so soon without all the information available here!
CW
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Christopher Woitach
cw@affmusic.com
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2010 8:29 am
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Christopher,
Congrats on the first steel preformance and the wedding. It looks like you picked a few songs that would stump some players with more experience. But, with Reece's help, you were on a fast track! |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 28 Jun 2010 8:53 am
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Wow! That didn't take long. You must be a very quick study. Of course your background helps a lot.
Congratulations on your first public psg outing. Expect to hear more later. |
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Lynn Stafford
From:
Ridgefield, WA USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2010 9:01 am 1st Performance
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Hi Christopher,
Firstly...congratulations to both of you!! Glad you were able to finally play that MSA U-12 you've worked so hard learning to play on. I hope it's now staying in tune okay for you. Let me know if I can be of any more help with the guitar.
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Best regards,
Lynn Stafford
STEEL GUITAR WEST
http://www.steelguitarwest.com
Steel Guitar Technician (Restoration, Set-up, Service and Repair work)
Previous Emmons Authorized Dealer & Service Technician (original factory is now closed)
ZumSteel Authorized Service Technician
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Christopher Woitach
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2010 9:30 am
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Thanks, Lynn - I should have mentioned that NONE of this would have been possible without your help! The guitar works fine (I even fixed the RKR/4th pedal hangup, using your instruction to guide me - a minor triumph for someone as clueless as I am!).
When I grow up, I want to be a PSG player!
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Christopher Woitach
cw@affmusic.com
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Brian McGaughey
From:
Orcas Island, WA USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2010 1:16 pm
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If you played AFTER the dinner and everyone still stuck around, that's a good sign!
Seriously, congrats on both counts.  |
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