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Topic: Just a slow jam |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 24 Sep 2020 8:38 pm |
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I was recording a demo of an original tune and just wanted to blow off some steam and improvise a few choruses. This is where I feel most in my element--bluesy rock with some nice changes. Lap steel chords and solo, a little synth, and some drum loops. I've kind of made it my mission now to just record some original music, of which I have a bunch.
This is my Clinesmith cast aluminum Joaquin on both tracks.
https://soundcloud.com/mdneer/slow-funk-jam-mike-neer
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Brooks Montgomery
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Idaho, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2020 9:34 pm
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Nice. To my ear, it’s got a Weather Report kind of thing going on.
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 25 Sep 2020 7:47 am
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I will admit Weather Report and Steps Ahead as some of my biggest influences but I never made a connection with that here.
I think most steel players don’t really dig where I’m going because it is definitely moving more towards a guitar and keyboard kind of thing, less steel-like. I can handle that, I’m just following what my heart tells me to.
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Joe Scherzi
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New York, USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2020 4:54 pm
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WoW! That's the best thing I've heard in quite awhile.
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David Knutson
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Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 26 Sep 2020 8:46 am
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Very cool, Mike. I always like hearing where you are headed.
Have you checked your comments yet?? 
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Joe Cook
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Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 26 Sep 2020 2:06 pm
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I like it very much, Mike. I was always into the jazz-funk-rock whatever you want to label it. It's refreshing to hear lap steel in this context instead of the traditional music it is normally associated with (which I like very much as well). I like to hear those unexpected chord changes. I don't always understand what is going on technically, but my brain likes it.  |
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