How I got here. (my introduction part 1)
Posted: 9 Feb 2008 1:30 am
Hello all. My name is Tim. I currently live in Arizona. This is my story...(as it is until now)
Recently, I've been reflecting on how I've allowed music to slowly slip out of my life, and I've tried to devise an interesting way on bringing back into my life. I thought about taking piano or violin (fiddle) lessons, but struck that down for numerous reasons. While idling at work during a break a few weeks ago, I heard an unfamiliar, very blues-y song on the overhead. It was Dire Straits "Fade to Black". There is a very beautiful steel solo at the end that caught my attention.(lap or pedal, I don't know) After that was a Pink Floyd song that also has some steel in it, then an Allman Brothers song followed. When I returned from break, the satellite radio in our area had been changed to a pop country station, and there were more songs than I could count that had really cool steel parts in them. (I've also recently seen Derek Trucks playing slide for Eric Clapton) So it all clicked, and I started my research. As it turns out, there's much more to playing lap steel(which I've decided to start with, due to start-up costs) then just whacking away at the strings with a bottle, which seems to be descriptive of my technique when playing slide on my strat. In reading some of the posts here, it seems as if I've stumbled upon one of the greatest resources for musical information; other musicians with similar interests! I do hope you'll all bear with me through some of my newbie questions. I'll try my best to utilize the search function here, and I won't be offended if questions are replied to with "we've covered that. look here.-->"link" type responses.
Recently, I've been reflecting on how I've allowed music to slowly slip out of my life, and I've tried to devise an interesting way on bringing back into my life. I thought about taking piano or violin (fiddle) lessons, but struck that down for numerous reasons. While idling at work during a break a few weeks ago, I heard an unfamiliar, very blues-y song on the overhead. It was Dire Straits "Fade to Black". There is a very beautiful steel solo at the end that caught my attention.(lap or pedal, I don't know) After that was a Pink Floyd song that also has some steel in it, then an Allman Brothers song followed. When I returned from break, the satellite radio in our area had been changed to a pop country station, and there were more songs than I could count that had really cool steel parts in them. (I've also recently seen Derek Trucks playing slide for Eric Clapton) So it all clicked, and I started my research. As it turns out, there's much more to playing lap steel(which I've decided to start with, due to start-up costs) then just whacking away at the strings with a bottle, which seems to be descriptive of my technique when playing slide on my strat. In reading some of the posts here, it seems as if I've stumbled upon one of the greatest resources for musical information; other musicians with similar interests! I do hope you'll all bear with me through some of my newbie questions. I'll try my best to utilize the search function here, and I won't be offended if questions are replied to with "we've covered that. look here.-->"link" type responses.