Aside from the material, is the style of playing steel any different in this setting?
Bill, "The House That Built Me" is a Miranda Lambert song.They were going to use the LeeAnn Rhymes song, "The House That Built Me".
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Noted and corrected on the reference to the young artist. They all sound the same anywayBarry Blackwood wrote:What is this Praise & Worship contemporary Christian music you all speaketh of?
Aside from the material, is the style of playing steel any different in this setting?
Bill, "The House That Built Me" is a Miranda Lambert song.They were going to use the LeeAnn Rhymes song, "The House That Built Me".
Gary, Understand this. You must have me confused with someone else. I'm the only Rick in this thread and I made no mention of what I believe or don't believe, or what kind of music I want to play.Gary Preston wrote:Rick,, understand this ,,Peter didn't have a steel guitar to sing to .. The bible tells me that God doesn't change and i would rather believe him than man any day . Music is always a matter of taste to all of us . So if you like it go ahead and play it but i don't and wont .
This was how I approached it as well…and as a fairly new player, “all I know†isn’t much, and I don’t even have a C6 neck! I will add that I did find myself playing more lap steel-like slides, and using the heck out of the BC pedal combo and the E-lower position.Bill Cunningham wrote:Barry, I didn't play a lot differently than I would any other time on E9. It's all I know. There was no room for the back neck in my head.
Darvin that is good stuff there, wish I’d had that a few months ago when I was searching around for some examples of pedal steel in this genre. On the other hand, I was forced to come up with my own ideas, which hopefully has progressed my playing.Darvin Willhoite wrote:I'm not much of a Country music fan, and play mostly Pop stuff when I practice, so I didn't have to break the Country lick habit...Here's an example of the type of stuff we did, if the link will work.
https://app.box.com/s/l9833qsq36j5svbg2okh
Similar to my experience...they didn't know what a steel guitar was till I started playing there and we used it quite a bit...then we got a new Pastor who I don't think is much of a fan of that "Type" of music...so I've been mainly playing bass since then...with our roll seemingly dimminishing here it has been augmenting in neighboring churches.Darvin Willhoite wrote:I played steel in a contemporary praise & worship band for about 15 years. I didn't just do background stuff, I did a lot of intro's and breaks, alternating with the lead players, and loved it. I used several effects to better fit into the mood of the song. I'm not much of a Country music fan, and play mostly Pop stuff when I practice, so I didn't have to break the Country lick habit. I even played C6th on a few songs we did. We had pretty much the same band for about 10 or 12 years, then the personel started changing including the worship pastor, and it got to where I played mostly guitar and bass, and it wasn't fun anymore, so I quit. I've played a couple of times at the new church I'm going to, and everyone seemed to really like it, especially the pastor. I don't think I'm ready to play all the time in a P&W band again, but we'll see how it goes.
Here's an example of the type of stuff we did, if the link will work.
https://app.box.com/s/l9833qsq36j5svbg2okh
Wally, your scenario sounds familier...back in the late 70 we provided the music for an Evangelistic series in Eastern Washington at our home church with 1500-2000 members...we, my brother on Bass, my best friend on Piano and vocals, his wife on vocals and a rhythm guitar, with me on steel and vocals...we were just a few years out of high school and doing a Country Gospel music...we weren't full on Southern Gospel, but for our area at that time, the type of music we were doing was considered a little "Out there" although we were always well received...we had a fairly large University there with a very well respected music program, but that music leaned heavily to the classical side of things...anyhow when we were all set up, while I was tuning before the series was to start, this older well established Evangelist came up on stage to get a feel for the place and walked past my steel...I was playing a Pro lll at the time, with that fancy dust catching fret board with, Clubs, Hearts, Diamonds and Spades all over the place...well you could see him sigh and roll his eyes a little and you knew he was thinking, "What have I gotten myself into, or this will be interesting" or thoughts to that effect...He was very gracious and didn't say anything negative, but body language had us feeling a little pressure...fortunately we played pretty well thoughout the series and the Evangelist told us after that we could play for him anytime...I would hope that music done well would always get this kind of response.Wally Moyers wrote:Steve,
The first time I ever played in a church I was told by the pastor to get that thing out of his church... He said it makes people want to drink and do other things I won't mention here. I'v also been told to setup behind the piano so no one would be offended... Thankfully, most churches have evolved passed that now.. My wife and I founded a ministry 8 years ago and we even have country dances among lots of other thing to reach everyday people.. In my business www.Moyersgroup.com we have done AV systems in hundreds of churches over the last 27 years. We just completed a 5 million dollar project at a mega church that understands how to use music and demands high quality.. I see this format as a great opportunity for steel players that are willing to play what is needed to fit in.. I am giving lessons to a 26 year old music leader that I play with often. He loves steel and in all my experience over the last few years haven't heard any negative comments.. This is not country music in any way. I see no reason to think that because I play steel that it must be country.. We must start thinking of it as a musical instrument not a country instrument if it's ever going to grow! To do this we have to do our home work so we play what fits the music...
Zane, you guys are doing a lot of the same things my wife and I are. I was very moved by what I heard in the Jackson room in a Dallas...