Greetings y'all...
Noodlin' is a funktion i learned here on the Fo'rum. Unfortunatly, Noodlin' don't show up here too often. So i would like to kick it 'round a bit.
Considerin' i don't have any courses on Speed Pickin, i've used Noodlin' to keep me goin' and findin' pockets and such.
How many of you use Noodlin' as Therapy ?
Steel lost in the sauce... <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 13 April 2002 at 12:29 AM.]</p></FONT>
Since I started learning and playing steel, it has been therapy. Even better when I play out with a pickup band every now and then. But just sitter at home and fooling around, THAT is good therapy.
I find drumming to be good meditation therapy. Steel takes concentration and very deliberate movement. Drumming works best when you don't concentrate or think about what you're doing.
Noodlin' used to mean something different than playing steel.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Dave Birkett on 11 April 2002 at 05:21 PM.]</p></FONT>
I find Steelin good therapy for the exact reasons b0b says it's not.
The "concentration and very deliberate movement" and many other factors involved in playing make it impossible for me to think about whatever hassles on on my mind that day.
I agree with Joey to a certain extent. When you just sit and play without thinking, I have come up with some of my best fills and moves. Now, on the bandstand, that's a different story. But I do enjoy just noodling, (BTW, that is a Jeff Newman term I heard on one of his videos) I come up with some neat stuff for myself.
Thanx 4 the replies guys !
indeed French wine is one of the reasons i chose to live here.
Steelin' is like Drivin', and i don't mix Alkihol w: either.
Wine generaly accompanies a meal.
Now who is Beldar + Prymaat ?
Hercules, Pyrene, and Roland are the local heroes down here in the PairO'Knees.
Now back to the subject.
Noodlin' helps me stretch out, and discover things.
Keep 'em comin' guys...
I'm kinda curious with all this talk about therapy and playin' steel. Does this mean steel playing is therapeutic? Or just that steel pickers generally need therapy??
A number of years ago, I was suffering from some severe depression. I was visiting a neighboring town and discovered a pretty decrepit Emmons LDG in a music store. I bought it and proceeded to disassemble it and recondition it. This was my therapy to getting over my depression. My wife didn't think I needed the LDG but I said: "Honey, it's cheaper than a psychiatrist". So I guess I'll have to say that the steel guitar helped me to regain my sanity.
Uff-Da!
Playing steel does take my mind off other things, but it doesn't make me "lose myself" like my hand drum does. Drumming puts me in a very meditative state, far from worldly concerns. Noodlin' on steel doesn't quite do that.
I've heard of a frame drum, which is like a banjo with no neck or resonato, a bit bigger in diameter. I guess it'd be a J200 banjo if it were to ever be a banjo.
Forgive my ignorance.
A Google search for "Hand Drum" provided tons of info on all types, even "Hand Drum Tab"..
No "Hand Drum Forum" (yet).
<SMALL>"Everybody's ignorant, only about different things." - Will Rogers</SMALL>
hmmmm, you could make that thing into a banjo.. <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Joey Ace on 13 April 2002 at 08:05 AM.]</p></FONT>
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 13 April 2002 at 12:29 AM.]</p></FONT>
Steel takes concentration and very deliberate movement. Drumming works best when you don't concentrate or think about what you're doing.
