It's called "DANCE WITH YOUR ANGEL BABY"

Here is the page with audio and visual. Lyrics even . .

and here is the MP3 itself . .

I'm not even sure what "kind" of music it is - it may not be for everyone, but then what is? What I am sure of is that I love this Steelmaster - it's a real performer!

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Rick Alexander
Remington Steelmaster T8, Gibson ES 335, Yamaha Acoustic Guitar, Fender Precision Bass, Hammond C3 Organ, Tama Drums, Zildjian & Paiste Cymbals.
Music Man, Fender and Peavey Amps

[This message was edited by Rick Alexander on 18 February 2005 at 12:30 PM.]

I absolutely love the way you let the steel "breathe"... no direct plugged-in sounds!

Yeah, lately I've been using little or no FX on anything. No direct boxes here - I must be going retro . .

[This message was edited by Rick Alexander on 18 February 2005 at 11:26 PM.]

Em9/E9 on the back neck -
E G# B D F# G B E

I don't know if I'm the first one to ever use that tuning - you might say it was a classic case of necessity being the mother of intervention . .

Jim, thanks so much for the kind words.
BTW, I'm using a Burden Hard Chrome Bullet Bar in this song - that's what makes it all happen.
It's the best steel bar there is !

Lots of Steelmaster pics and comments on this thread . .

[This message was edited by Rick Alexander on 18 February 2005 at 08:31 PM.]

Thanks Jeff!
Thanks Jim!
thanks to everyone for the great input - it's very encouraging . .

The recording procedure I used for this song is as follows:
The Steelmaster is running through 2 Peavey Session 500s and miked into the board with 2 AKG 414Bs. I listen to the mix and the steel through headphones, although I can still hear the steel in the room as well. While I do use a tiny bit of reverb, I think the best "effect" is the room itself, so I'm constantly experimenting with mic placement. For this song I had one mic directly in front of one amp about 6 feet away, and the second mic was about 10 feet away from the other amp at a height of about 6 feet. It's recorded onto 2 separate tracks which are panned right at about 25 and 50 degrees respectively. The idea is to convey the room ambience, but without taking up the entire stereo field.
(I had to leave some sonic "territory" for the Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Hammond Organ, Bass, and Drums - as well as the vocals)

[This message was edited by Rick Alexander on 20 February 2005 at 05:31 AM.]

Maybe you can get a job here:

https://proship.com/jbOMB.html

I am always just trying to help a fellow player...

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JCFSC member since 2005
D-8 Stringmaster
Fender Dual Pro

[This message was edited by Gary Boyett on 19 February 2005 at 05:23 AM.]

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Maybe you can get a job here:

https://proship.com/jbOMB.html

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Thanks for the tip Gary, but I'm a landlubber if ever there was one. Years ago I did a weekly Sunday gambling cruise gig with in a duo with my old partner Larry the bass player. It was okay the first few weeks with calm water. But then the inevitable rough weather happened and everybody was seasick. The audience was all making liberal use of waste baskets, bags etc. and it wasn't our music - they even came up and told us the music was the only thing that helped them take their minds off it.
I've never felt so green in my life. It's not just your stomach that gets seasick, it's your whole entire body - my hair was sick, my toes were sick - everything was sick. It was awful. And some idiot kept coming over to me on the breaks and talking about it - how the ship was pitching and tossing etc etc. I wanted to throw him overboard but I couldn't muster the strength.
Then like an idiot I did the gig the following Sunday (contractual obligations y'know) and the same thing happened again, only worse! That was it for me. After that I felt crappy for days, I couldn't eat much for weeks and I lost about 20 lbs - I called it "The Gambling Cruise Diet".
It wasn't one of those real big ships with the stabilizers, I think the name of it was the SS Minnow. In fact, the cruise director would periodically step up onto the bandstand and lead us in a rollicking version of "Theme From Gilligan's Island" Oh yes, he knew all the words and everything! He took special delight in the line about "The tiny ship was tossed" . . . He was a real funny guy.
Since that time I have never wanted to set foot on any ship heading out to sea.

Thanks for the tip though . .

And thanks for the nice comments about the song. I wrote those lyrics late at night sitting on the beach beside a peaceful calm ocean . .

[This message was edited by Rick Alexander on 19 February 2005 at 10:40 PM.]