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Topic: Studio Recording vs. Live Performance |
Bruce Etter
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Columbus, Georgia
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Posted 27 Nov 2003 4:45 pm |
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Maybe this topic has been covered before..
I have always wondered how difficult it is for steel players playing for the top country acts on the road to duplicate the playing that is done on the recording by studio musicians. I realize that the band members are professional musicians and I in no way demean their ability, but I would tend to think that it can be challenging. Any thoughts from players that have had to do this? (Somebody has had to say or think, for example, "How did Paul Franklin do that"? etc.)
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2003 8:32 pm
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I've always felt that I could learn any part if I studied it closely. The thing that makes studio players so great isn't their chops so much as their creativity, in my opinion.
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Bill Myrick
From:
Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
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Posted 28 Nov 2003 6:03 am
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"Amen" Bobby---example--Weldon's creation on "Lover Not A Fighter" ?? -  |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 28 Nov 2003 11:03 am
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| Don't forget that learning the steel part is only half of it: the live player also has to try to emulate the tone. |
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David Wright
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Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 28 Nov 2003 1:11 pm
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To be a session player and try to always come up with something different every time they play on a session is mind boggeling to me. I feel for the most part trying to learn what they played is the easiest way of playing the song you're learning. I feel it is a very important to play what you might hear and feel. Hopefully that will make your playing somewhat distinct from others....But then in the grand scheme of things we all play what we have learned from records, and that takes us back to the Session Player. I guess the best part is we can take what we learn, slow it down, speed it up, start the lick at the end, middle, and just maybe add our own lick!!!!
In closing, I would like to thank all the Session players through the years for their creativity and ther willingness to share and teach us what they have done....Were elese can you make a post and ask Paul F, Buddy,JD, etc...and find out "How'd they do that?".. or who played on what??
I don't want to beat an ol' horse to death BUT, Thanks to b0b Lee! Without him we would all be in the dark you might say !!!!
Now if he would get spell check, you might not have to reread my posts 3 times to get them!!!!!! 
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[This message was edited by David Wright on 28 November 2003 at 01:23 PM.] |
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