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Topic: "Men of Steel" concert Aug. 11, 2013, Los Angeles |
John McClung
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Posted 15 Jun 2013 9:24 am |
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I'm very pleased to announce a special concert featuring the steel players who recorded for Hans Zimmer's score for the new Superman movie, "Man of Steel."
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UPDATE 7-29-13: the show is SOLD OUT!
The good news is WE'VE ADDED A SECOND SHOW, same date of August 11, at 6:00 p.m.
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Just a bit of the show is devoted to demonstrating how and what we recorded at Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage. The rest is a mini steel guitar show, with each player performing a short set. Genres include country, pop, jazz, Latin, classical, ambient and who knows what else.
Not to be missed!
The San Pedro venue, Alva's Showroom, has wonderful sound, but is very petite, seating just 80, so if you plan to attend, hit the link early. Admission is $25, available online only. Click here for tickets and more concert information:
http://tinyurl.com/jvtjcf3
(Note: sales are final, no refunds or exchanges, per the ticket site's policies. If it turns out you can't make it after all, try posting your ticket(s) for sale here on the forum, I'd recommend here in Event Announcements, as well as in For Sale: Music, Lessons, etc. No scalping, please!)
The players are actually a blend of SoCal steelers who played the 2013 SWSGA Steel Show in Phoenix, and all the film score sessions players. You may not know every player by name, yet, but each is a fantastic picker, and we'll be playing a big variety of genres.
Steel players are: JayDee Maness, Chas Smith, Skip Edwards, Marty Rifkin, Bob "Boo" Bernstein, Rick Schmidt, Peter Freiberger, Doug Livingston, and yours truly, John McClung.
We hope to see you there!
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John McClung
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Owen Finch
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Los Angeles, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2013 4:00 pm Tickets
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Hi John,
Any idea when the tickets for this might go on sale? I'm really excited about this concert!
-Owen |
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2013 4:29 pm
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Owen, thanks for your interest! The tickets are sold online only.
http://tinyurl.com/jvtjcf3
Seating is very limited, if any of you plan to attend, get right on it, don't wait!
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John McClung
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Owen Finch
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Los Angeles, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2013 12:50 pm
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Great, thanks John, I'll keep watch and get my tickets quick.
-Owen |
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Owen Finch
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Los Angeles, USA
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Posted 22 Jun 2013 3:13 pm
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| Got my tickets today, thanks John for posting this event! |
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2013 9:20 am
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You're the first sale, Owen, congrats! Where in CA do you live?
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Owen Finch
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Posted 25 Jun 2013 9:35 am
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Hi John,
I'm in Redondo Beach, so I'm practically around the corner. |
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 25 Jun 2013 10:02 am
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The venue, Owen, is just a few miles from you. Do you play out, or perhaps desire E9 lessons at any level? A big part of what I do is train steel students.
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Joe Naylor
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Avondale, Arizona, USA
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Posted 25 Jun 2013 4:41 pm Sounds like a great time
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Denise and I will be there - sounds like a great show.
Joe Naylor "Asleep at the Steel"
www.steelseat.com (SWSGA Director) 
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Joe Naylor, Avondale, AZ (Phoenix) Announcer/Emcee owner www.steelseat.com *** OFFERING SEATS AND Effects cases with or without legs and other stuff ****** -Desert Rose Guitar S-10, Life Member of the Arizona Carport Pickers Assoc., Southwest Steel Guitar Assoc., Texas Steel Guitar Assoc., GA Steel Guitar Assoc., KS Steel Guitar Assoc. (Asleep at the Steel) tag line willed to me by a close late friend RIP |
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Billy Woo
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Posted 26 Jun 2013 5:50 am Becky and I are going too John- Re: Man of Steel
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Hi John
This is going to be one heck of a show, are there a few songs that everyone played on and did any of the steel players write or co-write the music?
Thanks,
Billy aka
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Owen Finch
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Los Angeles, USA
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Posted 26 Jun 2013 8:31 am
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Hi John,
I don't play yet. I'm currently saving up to buy a student model. Once I've got a guitar, I'll likely be in the market for some lessons to keep from picking up any bad habits right out of the gate. Where in LA do you give lessons? |
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2013 11:31 am
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Owen: my home studio in Lakewood. I'm close to you via the 405 or the 91. Give me a holler. I have leads on steels for sale, send me an email and we'll chat offline about all this.
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Ulrich Sinn
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California, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2013 4:32 pm
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Just saw the superman movie with my 10 year old. He liked it.
I have to admit I did not hear the guitars.
Where should I have paid more attention? |
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2013 7:08 pm
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We sound a lot like strings and/or a synthesizer; it's subtle! Most obvious place is halfway through end credits, you can hear us do a slide up a 4th.
I just saw it today as well, in IMAX, pretty good movie, the last fight scene was way too long imho. The sound volume was LOUD. And the popcorn was too salty. But all in all, enjoyable and exciting. Amazing effects.
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2013 7:50 am
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This is a great weekend to get your tickets to this special showcase of some of the West Coast's best pedal steel players! JayDee Maness alone is worth the price of admission.
http://tinyurl.com/jvtjcf3
This show includes all of us from Southern California who played the SWSGA show in Phoenix this year. For 2013 we've gone with the movie angle since most of us were also involved in that project.
Next year and hopefully every year, I'll produce a show featuring the Phoenix players from SoCal. It's our way of bringing that great music home to friends and family, and getting a bit more mileage from the material we work so hard to create.
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Jim Horan
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 12:26 pm men of steel concert
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| Thanks John for your post. Got my tickets, and looking forward to hearing all the great steel players. |
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 12:43 pm
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Jim, glad you can make it, thanks for your support.
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2013 11:22 am
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Billy Woo: here's the agenda:
• 1 or 2 jam songs, similar to how a steel jam goes, to warm us up and give the audience a sense of how our styles vary
• demo of what we played at the Man of Steel recording sessions; playback of the soundtrack where you can hear the final result
• brief explanation of how the pedal steel works, how truly complicated it really is (most people have no idea, as you know!)
• individual sets by each of the players, about 15 minutes each
There will be some steel originals. I know Skip Edwards has written some catchy songs. I'm doing a duet with my guitarists, George Keller, on a song that he wrote. Mostly it'll be covers.
No matter what we play, it should be good!
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Billy Woo
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2013 10:35 am Re: Man of Steel Jam in San Pedro-Home of Mr. Twang
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10-4 that John, glad you broke it down for us, I'm sure it would be great even if Y'all played chopsticks (jes kidding) when I watched the film, I was trying to zone in on the steel guitar sound but just could not suss it out, too much strings and orchestral throughout but either way it's another notch in the belt and being on a sound stage in any major feature film is nothing to sneeze at, I will be all ears come Aug 8th..Thanks John
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Billy Woo
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2013 10:36 am Re: Man of Steel Jam in San Pedro-Home of Mr. Twang
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10-4 that John, glad you broke it down for us, I'm sure it would be great even if Y'all played chopsticks (jes kidding) when I watched the film, I was trying to zone in on the steel guitar sound but just could not suss it out, too much strings and orchestral throughout but either way it's another notch in the belt and being on a sound stage in any major feature film is nothing to sneeze at, I will be all ears come Aug 11th..Thanks John
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2013 10:44 am
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Weekend bump to the top; this is a great, and rare, Los Angeles show, folks, attend if you can. When the glowing reviews come in, you'll be kicking yourself for missing it. Tickets are selling briskly, but still available.
John McClung
Mr. Twang
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2013 5:46 pm
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Bump with tickets update.
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 16 Jul 2013 9:31 pm
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mid-week PR bump...
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