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Topic: The best advice you ever had?????
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Tom Olson
Member From: Spokane, WA
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posted 11 April 2005 09:01 PM
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Seems like I read this quote somewhere and if my memory serves me, it's from Buck Graves, but I'm not positive (it's also paraphrased from memory): quote:
stop worrying so much about whether it's in tune and just learn how to play the damned thing
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Marco Schouten
Member From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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posted 11 April 2005 10:00 PM
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Why don't you try to learn another instrument------------------
Steelin' Greetings
Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud LLG; Guyatone 6 string lap steel; John Pearse bar; Emmons bar; Evans SE200 amp
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Mark Metdker
Member From: North Central Texas, USA
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posted 12 April 2005 03:52 AM
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My Dad told me something right before I got married. He said
"Son, you should think about marriage for a long time......then forget it"------------------
Zum U-12 w/True Tone pickup thru a Nashville 112 Strats thru a tweed Bassman Band Pics
http://community.webshots.com/album/176544894AuXSmi
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Pete Grant
Member From: Auburn, CA, USA
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posted 12 April 2005 08:11 AM
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"Don't play above the 12th fret until you can play in tune below it." -- from Hoyet Henry, Cowtown Band, San Jose, California, 1973"You're not going to play that 'notice neck' are you?" -- Don Cox (referring to the C neck), Cowtown Band San Jose, California, 1974. "What song was I singing? I can't remember!" -- Don Cox, 1974, in the middle of a ballad, after an especially bizzarre solo of mine that had absolutely nothing to do with the melody. |
John Poston
Member From: Albuquerque, NM, USA
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posted 12 April 2005 08:44 AM
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"What song was I singing? I can't remember!"ha! That has got to be one of the best things I've ever heard. I'm definitely going to pass that one around. Reminds me of some great advice I got recently. Ken Champion told me if you learn to play the melodies of all the tunes, you will have all the ideas for solos you'll ever need. |
Jack Anderson
Member From: Scarborough, ME
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posted 12 April 2005 10:15 AM
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I kind of liked "hands up -- don't move!" |
Dave Grafe
Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA
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posted 12 April 2005 11:57 AM
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After playing my pedal steel all night at a local club's blues/funk jam (at the invitation of the host), a cousin of the drummer came over to me and said "You know, you're pretty good and I learned a lot tonight, but don't you EVER do that again!" Apparently the funky bro's couldn't handle having that honky steel guitar played all over their precious funk music. I don't think Rick James would have minded, though.... |
Brad Sarno
Member From: St. Louis, MO USA
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posted 12 April 2005 02:46 PM
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"Play more long notes" Mike Gordon - Phish Brad Sarno |
Larry Strawn
Member From: Golden Valley, Arizona, USA
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posted 12 April 2005 03:44 PM
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Best Advice "I" ever gave any one!!Just keep playin,, I"ll catch up to ya!! [from me to the rest of the band]
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Emmons S/D-10, 3/4, Sessions 400 Ltd. Home Grown E/F Rack
"ROCKIN COUNTRY" [This message was edited by Larry Strawn on 12 April 2005 at 03:45 PM.]
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Delbert Aldredge
Member From: Willis, Texas, USA
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posted 12 April 2005 06:07 PM
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"get to know your guitar".....Weldon Myrick"success is where preparation meets opportunity".....J.S. Allred "anyone can do anything they want to do, an education protects you".....R.H. Duncan "do unto others as you would have them do unto you".....my father |
Jim Phelps
Member From: just out of Mexico City
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posted 12 April 2005 06:32 PM
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From my Uncle Bud, who inspired and got me started playing steel: "Never give up". From my Dad, who never liked (or forgave) me quitting his cabinet shop to be a musician: "Have something to fall back on".  [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 12 April 2005 at 06:43 PM.]
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Ken Lang
Member From: Simi Valley, Ca
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posted 12 April 2005 07:39 PM
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From a teacher.
"Take 3 weeks off, then quit."  |
Farris Currie
Member From: Ona, Florida, USA
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posted 12 April 2005 08:16 PM
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Laughing and thinking,so much truth has been said here!!Jeff Newman,best i ever had.
said find you a band to play with,no matter how bad they are!man did he say a mouth full.for the next 2yrs.playing way out in the woods,at american legions,ect.everyone was drunk,didn't matter how bad you messed up you were good!!and singer jumping time,dam drove me crazy!you start a pretty run,and singer comes in on top of you.
those were the good old days farris |
Larry Chung
Member From: San Francisco, CA, USA
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posted 12 April 2005 08:53 PM
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"Don't piss off the locals - just play the melody!"I made it home alive... (: |
Pat Kelly
Member From: Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia
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posted 13 April 2005 01:11 AM
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"You gotta learn to play the bass strings more. The really good players can make that thing sound like a didgeridoo." - Local Country singer.PK edited for spelling mistake[This message was edited by Pat Kelly on 13 April 2005 at 01:22 AM.] |
Bruno Rasmussen
Member From: Svendborg, Denmark
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posted 13 April 2005 06:09 AM
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The pianotuner, in the musicshop were I work, rushed through the door to the room where I was demonstrating a lapsteel and shouts: “Hurry up - kill that poor thing - it’s suffering”.
- I didn’t take his advice – I sold it.
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Adrienne Clasky
Member From: Florida, USA
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posted 13 April 2005 09:19 AM
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I have learned so much and laughed so hard from this thread!The advice given to me about piano and flute: Play slowly until you form perfect notes, then increase the speed until you can form those notes at double-time. Then, play it right. (The extra plus for pedal steel is that when you're playing Unchained Melody, he doesn't have to hunger for her love all that long.) |
Billy Joe Bailey
Member From: Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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posted 13 April 2005 09:18 PM
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I dont know if you would relate this as advise, but I'll never forget hearing Jeff Nemman say in one of his class's on steelguitar.
He made the statement-----There are people who own steelguitars, and there are people who own steelguitars and can play themI am like the weather I have good days and bad days
Lets see what song was I working on yesterday????????? God Bless |
Charley Adair
Member From: Maxwell, Texas, USA
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posted 14 April 2005 12:26 PM
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Tom Brumley told me that as long as I enjoyed playing, no matter how bad I think I am, keep playing!!!!------------------
Sho-Bud PRO-I, 4&5 |
Bill Bosler
Member From: Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, USA
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posted 14 April 2005 05:35 PM
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"When you're soloing, never get too close to the melody.".......Craig Baker"Music is a lot of fun until you try to make a living at it.".....My high school Theory and Harmony teacher |
Gene H. Brown
Member From: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
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posted 15 April 2005 04:00 PM
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I worked a little nite club in Fairbanks, Alaska in and around 1978/79 ran bu the mafioso, and the best advice I received while working there was "Take the money and don't ask questions", didn't work there very long after I found out who owned it.------------------
If You Keep Pickin That Thing, It'll Never Heal!
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Billy Wilson
Member From: El Cerrito, California, USA
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posted 15 April 2005 04:31 PM
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From Boo Zoo Chavis (the other Zydeco king) "If you do something long enough, it gets good. |
Dave Mudgett
Member From: Central Pennsylvania, USA
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posted 15 April 2005 07:13 PM
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Actually, from my dad: "By all means, keep your options open, but pick something to do and do it well." Good advice for music and other things also. |
Pete Grant
Member From: Auburn, CA, USA
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posted 16 April 2005 12:38 AM
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When I started playing with Hoyt Axton, he told me (backstage at the Opry before my first gig with him with virtually no rehearsal) "Your job is to please the audience. I don't care what you play, what notes or how many notes you play, and you sure don't need to play what's on the record unless you really want to. If you please the audience, then I'm pleased." |
Fred Shannon
Member From: Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas
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posted 16 April 2005 04:46 AM
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When I first started playing steel guitar with a local legend, he said, "When I nod at you, play everthing you know, you may not get a second chance." I told him, "I think I can give you at least an 8 bar rest." His answer, "Hell, you might as well not even 'suit up'". Jobs were hard to come by so I headed for the Woodshed. 
phred ------------------
"From Truth, Justice is Born"--Quanah Parker-1904 |
Dennis Detweiler
Member From: Solon, Iowa, US
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posted 16 April 2005 04:49 AM
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I always liked BE's advise to Johnny Bush when Bush tried to introduce himself to Buddy at a night club in Nashville, "Get out of my way, punk!"
Dennis |
Jack Latimer
Member From: Ontario, Canada
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posted 16 April 2005 05:19 AM
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Leon: As a new PSG player and someone who just found out about the magazine by reading your comment, I'm curious to know what the article said. Can you provide a summary? Also, would this magazine be a big benefit to someone just starting out or is it more for the advanced player?------------------
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Jon Kostal
Member From: Westmont, Illinois, USA
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posted 16 April 2005 10:37 AM
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When I first started playing in a band, I guess I played my solos kinda quiet. One night at a Moose hall in Romeoville (not there anymore-the smokiest place I have EVER been) when my lead break came in "Crazy" the guitar player behind me yelled "PLAY LOUD", meaning for the break only. This was great advice, but you still have to be careful with a 200 watt amp.------------------
Uncle Jons Music |
Charlie McDonald
Member From: Lubbock, Texas, USA
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posted 17 April 2005 05:43 AM
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This is the best stuff I ever read. |
Dennis Detweiler
Member From: Solon, Iowa, US
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posted 17 April 2005 06:48 AM
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From my deceased steel guitar mentor, John Carter, "you'll sound no better than the worst player in the band". |
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