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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 27 Jan 2015 9:34 am |
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I just played a fun gig with Adam Rudolph's Go: Organic Orchestra at the Blanton museum in Austin. Pretty cool scene.
http://www.metarecords.com/go.html
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Dan Robinson
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2015 7:07 pm
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| Bob, that's very cool, unexpected combo, definitely a creative idea. Good for you! |
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Jamie Mitchell
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Nashville, TN
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 8:25 am
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are you on any of the records, Bob?
or a recording of this gig? would love to check it out... |
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 9:55 am
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I am not on any of his recordings and I'm not sure if the concert was documented. I will be presenting a similar type of concert at the end of February. It will be a "conduction" done in the tradition of Butch Morris.
J.A. Deane will be conducting. I'll make sure I have good recordings available of that one.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 11:48 am
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| Bob, was there any room to play amongst this many musicians? |
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 12:07 pm
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It depends on what you mean by play. There was no chance to play any licks that I might be familiar with but I was given freedom to play withing the harmonic and rhythmic palettes that he spontaneously signaled. Sort of a live modular composition system. He also had a special signal for me he called color. When he gave me that signal I was free to add texture or whatever I wanted and ignore the instructions the rest of the ensemble was following. He was cool with whatever I did in that role as long as it was something he never heard before. That means no notes or chords. So in some ways it was limiting and in other ways very liberating.
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W. Van Horn
From:
Houston, texas
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 3:51 pm
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| Wish I could have seen this!! |
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Barry Hyman
From:
upstate New York, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 4:02 pm
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My kind of situation! VERY cool!
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 5:45 pm
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| It depends on what you mean by play. |
C'mon, Bob.. 
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| He was cool with whatever I did in that role as long as it was something he never heard before. That means no notes or chords. |
"No notes or chords..." OK.  |
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Ken Campbell
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Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 6:30 pm
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| Bob, that is awesome. I'm really jazzed to hear this. How cool! |
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Tom Gorr
From:
Three Hills, Alberta
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 9:26 pm
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| There is always room for a good pick slide in every genre. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 29 Jan 2015 4:18 am
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I think players would find it remarkably refreshing to abandon everything they know about the instrument and music for a few minutes a day and just have some 'free play' time. I do it every single day for a few minutes and it is probably the most important playing experience I have.
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Ken Campbell
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Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 29 Jan 2015 4:59 am
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| I think players would find it remarkably refreshing to abandon everything they know about the instrument and music for a few minutes a day and just have some 'free play' time. I do it every single day for a few minutes and it is probably the most important playing experience I have. |
Totaly agree. 12 notes. |
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Barry Hyman
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upstate New York, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2015 6:00 am
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Infinite notes if you ignore frets...
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I give music lessons on several different instruments in Cambridge, NY (between Bennington, VT and Albany, NY). But my true love is pedal steel. I've been obsessed with steel since 1972; don't know anything I'd rather talk about... www.barryhyman.com |
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Barry Hyman
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upstate New York, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2015 6:05 am
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Bob -- you might enjoy this short piece. I was playing a 3 foot gong, and later overdubbed bass, but I have done similar things with pedal steel. I love traditional country but there's a lot of other music I love also...
https://soundcloud.com/barryhyman/the-bear-and-the-buddhists
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I give music lessons on several different instruments in Cambridge, NY (between Bennington, VT and Albany, NY). But my true love is pedal steel. I've been obsessed with steel since 1972; don't know anything I'd rather talk about... www.barryhyman.com |
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Jamie Mitchell
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 29 Jan 2015 9:53 am
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man, that sounds like an amazing gig.
pedal steel + oud?! perfect! |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 29 Jan 2015 10:00 am
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| Looks like there was no need for reverb or delay. |
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