"He's Pretty Good"
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- Bill Hankey
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Duane,
Albeit the emphasis was on the clientele who gets disorderly, I realize that the customer is always right according to successful merchants. Therefore it's the resposibility of the band to tolerate all behaviorisms, (according to your teachings). It might just work, hopefully in situations where audience participation is on the decline.
Albeit the emphasis was on the clientele who gets disorderly, I realize that the customer is always right according to successful merchants. Therefore it's the resposibility of the band to tolerate all behaviorisms, (according to your teachings). It might just work, hopefully in situations where audience participation is on the decline.
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Well, if someone doesn't like your music, they don't like your music; resisting the urge to get angry at them will prevent things from getting worse - that's all I'm saying.
According to my teachings, if you are entertaining a convention of behavioral psychologists and it turns rowdy, you'd better pack up and leave... Don't speak to anybody, and don't make eye contact...
Therefore it's the resposibility of the band to tolerate all behaviorisms, (according to your teachings).
be·hav·ior·ism /bɪˈheɪvyəˌrɪzəm/
–noun Psychology.
the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
According to my teachings, if you are entertaining a convention of behavioral psychologists and it turns rowdy, you'd better pack up and leave... Don't speak to anybody, and don't make eye contact...
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I've had one experience that I think might have been even worse than that, Duane. Several years back, I was practicing with a group one night for about 3 hours, and after we got finished, a young man about 7 years old came up and started to ask me a few questions about the steel I was playing. His last question kind of stung a bit. It was then that he asked me, "Can you play it?". I thought to myself, obviously not!Duane Reese wrote:When someone says that I'm pretty good, I always take it as a complement... Unless they follow it up with, "... For a #%$@..."
No, here's what's annoying: when someone learns that you play an instrument, without having heard you play, and asks, "Are you good?" What kind of a rude question is that? There's no way to answer it without looking bad in one way or another, and not answering makes you look like a jerk too. I just say, "Oh, I don't know..."
What's worse is if they ask, "Are you any good?"
No no, here's the worst: you are playing somewhere, and before you have a chance to take a good ride, someone asks, "So you're learning to play that thing, huh?"
See - that makes "he's pretty good" sound pretty good, doesn't it?
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- Bill Hankey
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Larry,
Duanes warning was quite sufficient; written in subtle terminology. My best advice in terms of white coats syndromes, is to stay clear of those whose practices instill doubts and fear. I suggest visiting bob's humor page, if you suspect that this page does not warrant further discussion. Over there, anything goes! You can laugh until the "The cow goes dry", or is it, until "The well goes dry"? I'll keep a sharp lookout for trouble spots on this forum, based on discussions that insert prognoses that reflect a deliberate effort to convert a thread to waste material. Those who balk at deriving an education, are viewed upon with distaste. There are those who have loads of time for their own selfinterests, and none for others. I've learned it's best to move away from those who choose to ignore the rights of others.
Duanes warning was quite sufficient; written in subtle terminology. My best advice in terms of white coats syndromes, is to stay clear of those whose practices instill doubts and fear. I suggest visiting bob's humor page, if you suspect that this page does not warrant further discussion. Over there, anything goes! You can laugh until the "The cow goes dry", or is it, until "The well goes dry"? I'll keep a sharp lookout for trouble spots on this forum, based on discussions that insert prognoses that reflect a deliberate effort to convert a thread to waste material. Those who balk at deriving an education, are viewed upon with distaste. There are those who have loads of time for their own selfinterests, and none for others. I've learned it's best to move away from those who choose to ignore the rights of others.
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I've been asking myself why it is that every time I get on this great forum lately I go right to this thread. I guess I enjoy superficial entertainment as much as the next guy, where else can you witness the drama of Hankey vs Sliff?
Duane, watch out, you're getting dangerously close to the original topic.
Mr. Hankey, I was just watching a youtube of Thumbs Carlille, I don't know what you think of him but he had a capo on his tele while playing some fantastic music.
Duane, watch out, you're getting dangerously close to the original topic.
Mr. Hankey, I was just watching a youtube of Thumbs Carlille, I don't know what you think of him but he had a capo on his tele while playing some fantastic music.
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- Bill Hankey
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Mark
No other endorsement is needed of a fine musician who could hang out with Emmons, Chalker, Wallace, but most of all "Buzz" Evans. They played as a team in "The Picker's Club" in Lawton, Oklahoma for quite some time, back in the eighties. Unless your skills are not limited, it wouldn't have been wise to tangle with either of the two musicians in that particular club. A simple explanation of capo usage may very well point to the players desire to change pitches with a minimum of effort. Even tapping the toes to your own melodies is a waste of energy. Energy that is needed to produce the ultimate tones in serious attempts to sound the best possible in any situation. My point is that most capo users are opting for easier fingerings, and so much that certain melodies need open strings to project an effect; so they say. Actually they can be found in at least 4 different places on the "neck".
No other endorsement is needed of a fine musician who could hang out with Emmons, Chalker, Wallace, but most of all "Buzz" Evans. They played as a team in "The Picker's Club" in Lawton, Oklahoma for quite some time, back in the eighties. Unless your skills are not limited, it wouldn't have been wise to tangle with either of the two musicians in that particular club. A simple explanation of capo usage may very well point to the players desire to change pitches with a minimum of effort. Even tapping the toes to your own melodies is a waste of energy. Energy that is needed to produce the ultimate tones in serious attempts to sound the best possible in any situation. My point is that most capo users are opting for easier fingerings, and so much that certain melodies need open strings to project an effect; so they say. Actually they can be found in at least 4 different places on the "neck".
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No, not "easier" fingerings - fingerings that provide specific voicing and intervals.My point is that most capo users are opting for easier fingerings,
Yes, they DO say - and those are the voicings we (those of us who use capos often) are talking about. Without a capo, you cannot physically play in third or fourth positions AND have open strings sustaining notes - unless you, Bill, have anextra set of 10"long fingers on your left hand.and so much that certain melodies need open strings to project an effect; so they say.
Again, you don't get it - they *can't* because of the use of open strings and letting them "ring" - sometimes through a couple bars of a lead break.Actually they can be found in at least 4 different places on the "neck".
You're looking at the capo from the perspective of one who has never played the style where it's needed, so you (like many jazz players who don't listen to or play bluegrass) see it as a "crutch" to make the guitar easier to play.
I will not discount that there ARE folk players who do that - they may only know how to play in G, C and E and have to have a capo for key changes simply to play the ONLY chords they know.
But I can take a tune like "Fisher's Hornpipe" and play it with or without capo in the key of "F", as an example - *with* a capo I might play in F using a "D" form with the capo at the 3rd fret, or using a "C" shape with the capo at the 5th fret. Each one works; each one uses the same notes; but each one will sound quite different because of the use of open strings. crosspicking positions, etc.
Hopefully that is clear enough - while it's simple enough to physically demonstrate,it's harder to describe.
But the point is, Bill, that you are coming from a different musical perspective, and instead of dismissing something you don't understand you should just accept that there are stylistic things that are not your cup of tea. It's the same for me and the E9 chromatic strings - I don't play them, but I would not call them a "crutch" for faster playing; they DO facilitate quicker runs, but just because I don't use them does not mean I disrespect those who do...it's a different style.[/quote]
No chops, but great tone
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- Bill Hankey
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Jim,
Once again, thank you for pointing out the use of capos as a practical means of producing the most desirable effects on various melodies. BARRY has requested that I ask to close this thread. I'll count his request as one to close it. I'll need 4 more to sustain his wishes. I have mixed feelings about doing such a thing, especially at a time when the latest inputs centering around effects, that carry over to the steel, are in progress.
Once again, thank you for pointing out the use of capos as a practical means of producing the most desirable effects on various melodies. BARRY has requested that I ask to close this thread. I'll count his request as one to close it. I'll need 4 more to sustain his wishes. I have mixed feelings about doing such a thing, especially at a time when the latest inputs centering around effects, that carry over to the steel, are in progress.
There's also some dude named Richards who plays a 5-string Tele in an open tuning, often using a capo. He's made a couple of bucks off that unique style and I can't think of too many folks who would knock his rhythm playing.Mr. Hankey, I was just watching a youtube of Thumbs Carlille, I don't know what you think of him but he had a capo on his tele while playing some fantastic music.
No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional
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I've posted this before but it does seem to fit rather nicely here.
We were playing the Royal Military Academy in Oxford, England. The equivilent for our West Point. Since we were all enlisted personnel we had to take our breaks in the kitchen.
Upon returning to the stage, I found a couple engineering Cadets giving my new Fender 1000 a once over. One asked how I was doing and to cover my embarressment I replied: "It helps to kill the time."
Another commented something I have yet to understand: "Well Sir; I would say you have chosen an effective weapon !"
I am glad now, that I wasn't using my capo.
Regards, Paul
We were playing the Royal Military Academy in Oxford, England. The equivilent for our West Point. Since we were all enlisted personnel we had to take our breaks in the kitchen.
Upon returning to the stage, I found a couple engineering Cadets giving my new Fender 1000 a once over. One asked how I was doing and to cover my embarressment I replied: "It helps to kill the time."
Another commented something I have yet to understand: "Well Sir; I would say you have chosen an effective weapon !"
I am glad now, that I wasn't using my capo.
Regards, Paul
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Theresa,
I don't recall reading accounts of the unorthodox method of playing the 6 string in the style of Thumbs Carlille. I believe that there are others who have taken up that style of playing. He may have been classified as a jazzbo. I'm not sure; apparently he was comfortable with all music, played in any style, fast or slow. An American treasure, that much is a certainty.
I don't recall reading accounts of the unorthodox method of playing the 6 string in the style of Thumbs Carlille. I believe that there are others who have taken up that style of playing. He may have been classified as a jazzbo. I'm not sure; apparently he was comfortable with all music, played in any style, fast or slow. An American treasure, that much is a certainty.
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Richard,
You've wasted page after page of problems with a heap of wires. Do you just assume that all readers desire to read that crap? You blew it when you wrote in the steelers section; "The fiddle players I've played with the last few years, number one,can't tune their fiddle,then number 2,they couldn't play on fret (key) if someone held a shotgun to their heads." I could correct pluralities, but not in this case.
You've wasted page after page of problems with a heap of wires. Do you just assume that all readers desire to read that crap? You blew it when you wrote in the steelers section; "The fiddle players I've played with the last few years, number one,can't tune their fiddle,then number 2,they couldn't play on fret (key) if someone held a shotgun to their heads." I could correct pluralities, but not in this case.
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