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"Everything in moderation" is professed to be the wisest approach to surviving the pressures of life. How does this golden rule apply in the quest to fulfill a dream to become a noteworthy steel guitarist?

Pack your gear and head for the nearest TarJay and don't forget the 25% off mailing coupon. Secure your portraits on the frig with a decent size magnet, then you're good to go.

Gary, I have the voicecoil magnet from a "voice of theatre" speaker on my fridge door. Weighs about 2 pounds...
Pull it off and you got yer hands full...

Playing out makes me realize what I don't know, and gives me the direction I need for what to learn next.

Extremism in persuit of muscal excellence is no vice.

Moderation in such persuit is no virtue.

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If Mozart or Paganini were growing up today, I'm afraid their mommies would have them hopped up on Prozac and heading off to play dates, Boy Scouts and ballet to "improve their social skills." There is no whup-ass in T-E-A-M....

I think I should go back to bed...........'cause I'm lost.

Bill
Where's the "castigation" come in? Castigation is severe criticism, or punishment. I don't see any of that in Forumland.

Rather than being ostracized, hobbyist/neophyte players have just as loud a voice as Buddy Emmons here.

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It's just a new big word he learned

Bill, your quest to become a noteworthy steel guitar player requires several things.
1.A passion for the sound of the instrument
2.Many many hours of dedication and practice
3.An understanding wife
4.A since of humor, you will be criticized
5.Last but not least, some good learning materiel from Herb Steiner.

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The beauty about being a noteworthy steel player, even the world's most noteworthy, is that you can still shop for your groceries unmolested.

I was castigized a couple of days after birth. Oops sorry thats something else <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Joe Casey on 17 November 2006 at 07:25 AM.]</p></FONT>

The other night, I ostercized up some killer margaritas when my wife brought home a new blender!

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Herb I can always tell when you have been up too long.

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Fred's Music, www.fredjusticemusic.com

Bill, it's simple. It doesn't apply.

Herb S.,

A castigator is one who corrects. I'm satisfied that the usage is correct. Thanks....

THEY'RE DOING WHAT!?

Oh, never mind.

(For a minute, there, I thought you said "Castrating".)

Whew!

This thread kicks butt! Im sure there are some great song lyrics in here some where, especially the stuff about the fridge magnets. Thats lyrical gold right there.

If one wants to become a "noteworthy steel guitarist", moderation won't get him there. It takes thousands of hours of practice and thousands of gigs. Moderation has nothing to do with it IMHO.

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Castigate me, then go home,
So I can pick my steel some more
Life without it is a drag,
Castigate me, then leave me, you old hag.

Yeah, "noteworthy" is the key word here. Actually, after a few weeks of learning the steel, simply hitting the 5, 6 and 8 strings then stepping on A and B pedals can be the prettiest thing some people have ever heard. Of all the instruments I've learned, the pedal steel (and lap) are the easiest to sound really good by just knowing a couple of chords. It's like hitting chords on the Hammond. Now the fiddle....

Al

<SMALL>"If one wants to become a "noteworthy steel guitarist", moderation won't get him there."</SMALL>

Amen Doug!

I can speak from personal experience that there were too many things of equal or greater importance in my life than becoming a "noteworthy" steel guitarist for me to dedicate the time necessary to become one of them.

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bill you been getting a lot of chit on here about your thread. well to start off with it takes many hours ofplaying praticing and experminting. who is to say your noteworthy but you. i would imagine that many people get tired of the constant praticing and just put it away. but one that sticks with it will prosper with it and by it. doc

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According to the on-line Merriam-Webster, http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/castigate

castigate means

"to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism"

I'm with Herb on this one.

Maybe we should change it to something less severe like denigration, flagellation, or perspiration.
I know that practicing and spending too much time away from the family can cause consternation and conflagration.

<SMALL>"Everything in moderation" is professed to be the wisest approach to surviving the pressures of life.</SMALL>

That applies to things like alcohol, pot, gambling etc. That does not apply to music.

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