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Topic: Recording of Sol Hoopii Rickenbacher playing some jazz |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 6:17 am |
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I recorded a demo of this Horace Silver tune (Nica’s Dream) last night with Sol’s post-war B6. The guitar has a very distinct tone and is a pleasure to play, although it’s going to take a little getting used to for me. Also, I’ll have to work on recording it and getting the best sound.
Thought you’d like to hear it.
https://soundcloud.com/mdneer/nicas-dream-h-silver-mike-neer
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 6:42 am
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| That was nice Mike. Best work I've heard from you yet. |
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Mike A Holland
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United Kingdom
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 7:00 am
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| Excellent Mike, I really like what you are doing. You are using the lap steel to make music which is totally free from the cliches that are normally attached to the instrument. Your musical choices are exceptional. I am also kind of drawn to this stripped down approach on this recording also....Loved it! |
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Mike Harris
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Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 7:28 am NIca's Dream
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| Nicely done, a pleasure to hear. I'm so glad someone is out there doing this so well on steel. |
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Travis Brown
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 9:01 am
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I love that. Really tasty, sounds great. I'd buy an album of that kind of material.
What tuning did you use? |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 9:41 am
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Cool beans, Mike!
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Peter Krebs
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 11:05 am
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| Sounds really great! Thanks for posting this. Very inspiring! |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 11:54 am
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| fine playing! in the solo section i hear some compressor/limiter "snap" in the attack. is that a function of the sound of the ric guitar? |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 12:34 pm
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Bill, there is a slight compression but what you may be hearing is delay. I had about 26 ms of delay and mixed the wet sound louder than the dry for the solo. It reminds me of tracking with latency.
And thanks everyone. You know doing a record like this may be in the cards. It’s not really what I wanted at this time, but the most popular track I recorded on Steelonious was done in my studio with uke, bass, steel and later vibes from a remote studio. I can see myself doing it again but like I said it’s not really where My head is at. That will change once I make a decision though. I definitely plan on having some great guest soloists and they might dig this format too.
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 1:16 pm
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The solo is very clean in technical terms yet notes also sing out. Are you mostly pick blocking, Mike?
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 5 Jan 2021 1:23 pm
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We can always count on you to produce great music, Mike!
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Bo Parker
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 3:26 am
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You hit it out of the park!
Sounds great! |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 5:01 am
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Thanks, everyone!
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| The solo is very clean in technical terms yet notes also sing out. Are you mostly pick blocking, Mike? |
Andy, I guess I do a lot of blocking, mostly pick, but I also keep the bar moving a lot and I try to keep it off of the strings that I’m not playing. I’ve never had the benefit of really watching someone else play, so I practice doing whatever works for me to play the way I hear without all the artifacts. It drives me nuts when I can hear notes bleeding in. But improvising is tricky on steel and I think the only way to have success with it is to practice a ton and try to develop an approach of your own.
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Steffen Gunter
From:
Munich, Germany
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Posted 7 Jan 2021 11:50 am
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Impressive, cool and surprising. Really liked it (and I guess Pannonica de Koenigswarter would have enjoyed this too). The Rickenbacker sounds great!
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Brooks Montgomery
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2021 12:12 pm
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Nice! Mike you got a nice comment from Bonnie on your Soundcloud page. . . looks like you have a groupie 
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Travis Brown
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2021 2:49 pm
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| Brooks Montgomery wrote: |
| Nice! Mike you got a nice comment from Bonnie on your Soundcloud page. . . looks like you have a groupie |
She REALLY likes lap steel guitar! |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 7 Jan 2021 6:54 pm
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
| Brooks Montgomery wrote: |
| Nice! Mike you got a nice comment from Bonnie on your Soundcloud page. . . looks like you have a groupie |
Yes, a spam comment. You can delete that with one click. |
They keep coming back. I’ve had like 6 of them already.
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Joe Cook
From:
Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 7 Jan 2021 10:00 pm
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| I really enjoy your music, Mike. The tone of that Ric is wonderful. |
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Slim Heilpern
From:
Aptos California, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2021 6:33 am
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Beautiful playing Mike! And yes, that axe sounds great too.
- Slim
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Andrew Frost
From:
Toronto, Ontario
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Posted 9 Jan 2021 4:44 am
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Well played. I love how that melody sits on the MinorMaj7 sounds. Not unlike Chelsea Bridge in a way.
Great stuff.
I guess Sol Hoopi didn't record a version of this...
When was this written, early 50s? |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 9 Jan 2021 10:01 am
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| Very cool Mike! |
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Tom Keller
From:
Greeneville, TN, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2021 10:24 am
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| Great job! |
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