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Topic: No would mistake me for Country but… |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 26 Aug 2023 12:20 pm |
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I definitely like to dip my toes in every now and then.
My wife loves Patsy Cline and I think I do too now. I learned this last night from her recording, mainly so I could play that bass part, which simply swept me away. But I had a different vision for the tune which hopefully I can get to someday (I dreamed of Monk playing it by more uptempo, like Off Minor), but I had to learn the actual tune first
I recorded the track last night and I am particularly proud of the bass, which I recorded first in one take with no pitch reference, just the drum track. After that I laid down acoustic guitar and then electric—all in one take. I recorded the steel this morning, playing my Clinesmith cast aluminum tuned to 6-string C6, which is my new jam. I mic’d my JC-40 with 2 mics. Three takes. It ain’t perfect but it swings.
I Fall To Pieces
https://mikeneer.bandcamp.com/track/i-fall-to-pieces
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Brooks Montgomery
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Idaho, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2023 1:56 pm
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Mike, you need to do more country. That was really really nice. Your playing and that cast Clinesmith sounds so right on that tune.
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A banjo, like a pet monkey, seems like a good idea at first. |
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Chris Brooks
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Providence, Rhode Island
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Posted 27 Aug 2023 5:19 am
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| Nice, Mike. I like the melody on the low strings in your 2nd verse. |
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Eric Dahlhoff
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Point Arena, California
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Posted 27 Aug 2023 12:42 pm
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Great job! 
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Jim Fogarty
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Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2023 3:26 pm
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Beautiful, Mike.....as always.
BTW, if you did a tab for this, I'd definitely buy it, and I'm sure plenty of others would as well. |
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John Harmon
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2023 4:09 pm
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| I'm old time country all the way, and didn't think I would like it from your description but got to say, excellent work. John |
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Chris Harwood
From:
Kentucky, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2023 4:17 pm
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| Enjoyable with accurate technique |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 27 Aug 2023 5:25 pm
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Thank you for listening and commenting, gents.
The first take I recorded was on the Rickenbacher. It's pretty good but it just doesn't articulate in the lower register of C6 the way the Clinesmith does. Not gonna lie: treble strings on a Rickenbacker frypan or bakelite are the gold standard. But my Clinesmith is perfect top to bottom. I think it would be interesting for comparison listening, but I did play it a bit differently a few takes later in the version you heard.
I'm the same with guitars: would you think I was playing a Tele? Truth is, it's a Strat. I've been Strat guy for a long time and I am particularly fond of the bridge pickup. I could play all night with that pickup. People think I'm nuts.
Jim, re tab.
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E----------3-------------13-----13-------
C----5-----3-----------------------------
A----5------------8------12-----12-------
G----------3------8----------------------
E------------------------11-----11-------
C----------------------------------------
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That's all I've got. Haha. Actually, for that last chord check my video on delaying harmony.
https://youtu.be/Y38689-_m98
I'm glad that some people find this inspiring. I guess in some way I am living out my own fantasy of being a Jerry Byrd type, just recording instrumentals, though I am not so bold to suggest that I am even in the same league. But when I first heard his recordings, some of them, along with a lot of other great steel recordings by Jimmy Day and Lloyd Green in the '60s, made me dream of how I could learn to craft a steel arrangement that would be engaging. It has been a really good learning experience. Finding the right melodies to play is a big part of it.
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Brooks Montgomery
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Idaho, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2023 11:36 am
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Mike you said “ I recorded the steel this morning, playing my Clinesmith cast aluminum tuned to 6-string C6, ”
But your Clinesmith is an 8-string right? Or do you have a cast 6-string?
If it is an 8, what are the other strings?
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 28 Aug 2023 12:40 pm
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| Brooks Montgomery wrote: |
Mike you said “ I recorded the steel this morning, playing my Clinesmith cast aluminum tuned to 6-string C6, ”
But your Clinesmith is an 8-string right? Or do you have a cast 6-string?
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I removed two bottom strings.
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Brooks Montgomery
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Idaho, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2023 1:16 pm
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
| Brooks Montgomery wrote: |
Mike you said “ I recorded the steel this morning, playing my Clinesmith cast aluminum tuned to 6-string C6, ”
But your Clinesmith is an 8-string right? Or do you have a cast 6-string?
If it is an 8, what are the other strings? |
I removed two bottom strings. |
Ah, thanks, the obvious. That’s very Keith Richards 😎
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 28 Aug 2023 3:15 pm
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Very nice Mike! I'm so used to hearing country steel styles seep its way into ostensibly Hawaiian songs (particularly on mainland recordings during the 60s and 70s, there was a lot of "heck its just a slide guitar, any session guy will do") that its fun to hear them 100% appropriately deployed in their native environment. And because people are so used to some of those sounds coming out of a pedal steel...it belies the difficulty of doing that stuff in tune with just a bar!
Strat sounds fantastic, too!
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David Irving
From:
South Australia, Australia
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Posted 29 Aug 2023 5:15 am
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| That's just gorgeous, Mike. |
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Jeff Keyton
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 1 Sep 2023 8:25 am
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sounds great.
Last edited by Jeff Keyton on 5 May 2024 5:25 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Marshall Woodall
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2023 7:17 am
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| That is great Mike. Beautifully relaxed. That song has such a great melody. |
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Joe Cook
From:
Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 6 Sep 2023 6:05 am
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| Always tasteful and musical, Mike. It doesn't matter what genre. |
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