Lapsteelin Lap Steel Guitar BlogJeremy Wakefield is more like Speedy West fused with Jerry Byrd. And a little bit of Noel Boggs. Those are the words used by Wayne Hancock to describe Jeremy Wakefields playing, and he isnt far from the truth. Throw in a big dash of Joaquin Murphey and Jeremys own unique sensibilities and youve got one of the worlds best non pedal steel guitarists. I Came To Play The Science Of Rhythm Guitar Chords' title='I Came To Play The Science Of Rhythm Guitar Chords' />Emphasizes playing techniques involving minimum strain. Also gives tips on motivation, choosing a teacher and developing a repertoire. John McFerrin offers interactive reviews of the great artrock group Yes. In the 2. 0 years that Jeremy has been on the scene, he has played with and contributed to some of the finest Western Swing and Rockabilly music made this side of 1. 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Not only did the record capture their great picking on a program of all original music, but also the joy and humor that embodies Hillbilly Jazz. His 2. 00. 5 instrumental recording, Steel Guitar Caviar, is a recording that every steel player should own. You get a sampling of everything that JW is about musically, from Bebop Tinys Tempo and Swing to Hawaiian Hawaiian Creeper to moody Surf music Mudslide to even some Lounge and Burlesque The Red Garter flavors. Jeremy keeps busy making music with several bands in the Los Angeles area, including The Lucky Stars, The Bonebrake Syncopators, and Janet Kleins Parlor Boys as well as contributing to the mega hit Nickelodeon cartoon, Sponge. I Came To Play The Science Of Rhythm Guitar Chords' title='I Came To Play The Science Of Rhythm Guitar Chords' />Bob Square. Pants, which he has won an Annie Award for. He is also an artist who has lent his talents to movies, TV, CD artwork, Disney installations, and even the Clinesmith logo Musically, Ive admired Jeremy for a long time and have listened to many recordings of him. When we had the following conversations, it was the first time that Id ever spoken with him, and I found him to be engaging, open and extremely humble with a good natured sense of humor. MN Tell me a little about your steel guitar genesis. JW I played guitar growing upI played in the church band and had a Ska band in high school, some cover bands playing Rock and Roll and all kinds of stuff. I grew up in the suburbs and in the 8. It was what you could find at the record store. I Came To Play The Science Of Rhythm Guitar Chords' title='I Came To Play The Science Of Rhythm Guitar Chords' />I feel like when I went to New York to go to school, it opened up a lot of things for me in terms of finding different music. Id had an appreciation for Country music just because of my mom who grew up in South Dakota, where that was all that was on the radio. I heard Hank Williams Sr. I graduated from high school and I thought, Wow, that is a crazy sound and that renewed my interest in it. I started looking for more records like that and started getting into Delta BluesSkip James, and things like thatand Old timey music, like Roscoe Holcomb. I remember buying a lot of records at the bargain bins at Tower Records. I found a lot of great Blues and Folk records there. But it seemed likeand its still truethe best discoveries are the stuff people turn you on to, where they make you a tape and say, Check this out. MN Id spend 3 or 4 days a week just combing the record stores in that area. A lot of discoveries came from the sheer volume of stuff I bought a lot of crap, too. It seems like you were attracted to certain periods of music, like the older stuff appealed to you. JW At that time it did. And then I had this record that I found in a thrift store in Denver 5. Great Country and Western Artists or something like that on one of those cheapy labels. It had Crazy Arms and You Win Again, I Fall To Pieces, Your Cheatin Heart and man, I just wore that record out. My ear started tuning in to steel guitar, although I really didnt know what steel guitar was. I remember listening to Hank and saying, I know thats a steel guitar, but exactly what that is I dont know. I couldnt remember ever seeing anyone play one. Its not like you could go on You. Tube. It was such a mystery to me. After I moved to Los Angeles in 1. Novotnys Antique Store where you could listen to stuffthey had 7. LPs. At that point, it was late 6. Country music that was interesting to me. Lloyd Green was all over that stuff, as I later found out. MN We kind of fall in the cracks not having steel guitar as part of our culture and being able to see it with our own eyes. And even in the 8. I didnt even know what a pedal steel was. JW No, it really wasnt. My dad bought me a pedal steel for my birthdaya really early MSA called a Semi Classic. It was a 1. 0 string student model3 pedals, 1 knee lever. That was my first foray into the steel guitar and I remember just being utterly at a loss. I had the Winnie Winston book and a Mel Bay bookthe Winnie Winston book especially had a lot of helpful stuff, especially like the palm blocking and even some tab and whatnot. But I also started trying to learn these tunes that Id been hearing. Then I went backwards and starting playing the lap steel because I was playing E9 with the pedals down to give a 6th sound and somebody said, Maybe you should try the C6. I picked up a little Fender Champ lap steelI traded a Guild electric hollowbody bass to a friend of mine for it. So I started messing around with that. I had a 6th tuning that I had gotten from one of the instruction books, and that was when I really started learning the swing tunes, Bob Wills, Hank Thompson, things like that. That was around the time I met Lee Jeffriess and he obviously turned me on to a lot of great stuff Id never heard before. And my friend Rick Quisolhe had a band in San Francisco with Susanna van Tassel, Suzanna and her Golden West Playboys, and they invited me up to play a few shows. That was my first time playing steel guitar on an actual gig. I could barely keep ahold of the bar, I was so nervous. Id learned all of her material, which was a wide variety of obscure Country tunes and some Western Swing tunes. Rick had made me a cassette of his favorite steel guitar tunes and it was the first time Id heard Vance Terry and maybe the first time Id heard Oklahoma Stomp Joaquin with Spade Cooley. Another record I listened to a lot was called Country Western Bulls Eyeskind of bargain basement. The one tune that Id just listen to over and over trying to wrap my head around was Ida Red with Bobby Koeffer from the Snader Transcriptions. MN The internet has opened up that whole world of music for many of us. It wasnt until I got turned on to this stuff through a few internet acquaintances that I even knew the music existed. Someone even gave me a copy of a Joaquin Murphey compilation that you put together. JW Oh, yeah laughsthere is one floating around out there. MN That was my introduction to Joaquin. Les Parapluies De Cherbourg Torrent Francais Telecharger. JW No kiddingis that the one with the Deuce Spriggens record with the skip on it Thats how I can tell its the one. MN Yup, thats the one. I swear, hearing those records completely changed the course of my musical direction. Is Piano Or Guitar Easier To Learn As I teach piano and guitar sometimes both for the same students, I get this question often Is piano or guitar easier to learn  Should I learn piano or guitar Which instrument should I start on This is not an easy question to answer but, then, what are blogs for, anyway. Let me begin by assuring everyone that I have seen very young children and older beginners succeed on guitar as well as on piano, so I cant say for sure that one instrument is better than another to start on. Much depends on the students interest and skill. As for the piano vs guitar, which is harder debate, I can give reasons why piano is easier, at least as a starter instrument. And I am of the opinion that, in general, piano is more reliable as a starter instrument. THE CALL OF POP CULTUREUnfortunately, a lot of young children prefer to learn guitar over piano because of the coolness factor. Cara Download Lagu Di Itunes Melalui Android here. From music videos to digital gaming, guitars appear to occupy a higher spot in pop culture. Again, we certainly dont want to discourage a childs interest, and every child is different, but, in general, I doubt that a childs interest should be based on what happens to be more cool. If I were a parent, I would see about exposing my child to videos of pianists including pop and rock artists like Billy Joel and Elton John so that the child accepts the piano as a cool instrument as well. This way, the decision to start on one instrument or the other can be made based on other reasons besides simply that its cool since both instruments, in effect, would be seen as equally cool. Basic guitar playing involves a high level of finger coordination skill. THE TECHNICAL DIVIDEJust from a very basic technical standpoint, the piano is an easier instrument to play. While I have seen a lot of kids succeed on guitar when starting at a young age, Ive also seen a lot of them grow more frustrated because of some difficulties they encounter when trying to play guitar. All you have to do to make a sound on piano is press a key. On guitar, you have to pick at a string often with a pick and simultaneously press a string down with your other finger. It is more like trying to do two or three things at once, while piano playing is less complex. The piano provides for a more comprehensive understanding of how music works. Of course, we are speaking here about beginning lessons. The fact is and I believe this is true for most any artistic skill, once you get past the first few years and begin to tackle more advanced material, it really doesnt matter what instrument you playit ALL is equally difficult. But, at the beginning level, especially for young children, executing even basic moves on the guitar simply is more difficult than on piano. Furthermore, most children want to learn how to sound like pop and rock stars on the guitar, but to really begin to sound like that, they need to learn chords and lead techniques which are very difficult for little fingers to master. So, because it takes a while to get to that skill level, a lot of kids become frustrated and give up before they ever get there. And learning classical guitar is even more difficult MY RECOMMENDATIONMost music educators agree that the piano is a universally more comprehensive instrument for learning music. Piano music involves both treble and bass clefs guitar uses only treble clef, chords and melody as opposed to, say, trumpet or flutewhich only express melodic lines. Most college level music programs require all music students to learn some piano even if they are majoring in another instrument. The piano provides for a more comprehensive understanding of how music works. Many college level students of other instruments express regret that they did not learn piano as a kid. Beginning piano requires less finesse than beginning guitar. Fingers simply press keys. So, because it is easier to learn at the beginning stages, and because it is more practical as a learning tool, I recommend very young and beginner students start on piano. Theres always time to add guitar into the mix later. As a child approaches hisher teens, they tend to grow more interested in pop culture. But if they have taken piano while young, they will be better prepared if they decide to dabble in contemporary guitar.