Santa is STUCK !!!

Gary Steele · Post by **Gary Steele** » 3 Dec 2002 9:04 pm

I'v talked to several steelers like myself that is in a rut. Who would be the best person, Your Opinion, To go to for a day or so that can watch you play and tell a person how to get more on track. I'v heard people say that some guys have this gift.
Please be serious, I'm sure there are plenty people that need this also. If your not serious please dont post anything. If anyone else is interested in this let us know. I'm not backward about this. I'v never had lessons and never played anything but steel, And i'm kinda stuck. I plan to go spend some time later with one or two of the detailed teachers but that will be in the mid to late summer.
Thanks for all help. If anyone wants to talk to me about this email me direct with a phone number and i'll call. Thanks, Gary. <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Gary Steele on 03 December 2002 at 09:35 PM.]</p></FONT>

KENNY KRUPNICK · Post by **KENNY KRUPNICK** » 3 Dec 2002 9:10 pm

Jeff Newman or Reece would be two of the top steelers to go and work with for that amount of time.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 3 Dec 2002 9:12 pm

I think the single best person for this job is Jeff Newman. He is extremely insightful and knows exactly where you're falling apart and why. THEN, he is an excellent teacher and communicator, so he can help you get back on track and moving again. Four days with Jeff turned my E9 playing around 180 degrees.

Having said that, I also think that Reece Anderson is extremely insightful and a great teacher. There is nothing you can do while sitting at your instrument that he doesn't notice and understand more fully than you do. He knows when you've been sleeping he knows when you're awake... OOPS! Sorry, wrong thread!

But seriously, he knows what you were trying to play, what you were thinking, and what three steps you'd better back up and work on before you try that trick again.

You can't go wrong with either Jeff or Reece, IMHO.

Gary Steele · Post by **Gary Steele** » 3 Dec 2002 9:33 pm

Thanks, Kenny and Jim, I look a little like Santa Don't I ??? Actually before i get any older i plan to spend some time with both of these Monster teachers. I get i was look'in for a quick fix to get thru the winter. Sure wish i'd done this a long time ago. Jim the way you played in Michigan sounded like you lived in these guys spare bedroom for aWhile. Thanks again, Gary.

Bob Carlson · Post by **Bob Carlson** » 3 Dec 2002 9:51 pm

Gary i'm also in that rut. But I don't play with anyone or do I get out to watch other steel players enough.

I went through this back when I was learning to play standard lead guitar, I couldn't find that lost link. But one night I was playing and it all came togather. I feel the same thing will happen with the steel. I feel i'm real close.

Bob.

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 4 Dec 2002 1:15 pm

A "Quick Fix" for me has always been getting an old Lloyd Green record.

I'm serious. It's like a seminar all in itself.

To me, it was good to hear his showing at the last SGC. His records have sparked me back more than once. There's just something about his old stuff. Always picks me up and gives me new ideas.

I'm about due for a "tune up" now that I'm not working all day every day. I might just dust off the old turntable...

I go back, turn off my reverb and play "Buddy's Therapy" to see just how far my technique has slipped. It's all about blocking and "crossing over" when it comes to "cleaning up my playing.

Hang in there.

Chris Schlotzhauer · Post by **Chris Schlotzhauer** » 4 Dec 2002 1:36 pm

I have been in a rut and didn't even know it! I have spent the last few years playing steel, but not really playing country music. I've been doing more Americana/Roots music, and nothing wrong with that, but I have lost my edge, chops,licks, whatever you want to call it. I've recently been touring with the Derailers, which has re-focused my playing. I dug out my Lloyd Green LPs, my Emmons, Newman courses, my Buck Owens, Wynn Stewart LP's, just about everything I've ever owned, and I'm getting a new appreciation of what got me started in the first place. Gary, if you have "maxed out" on old learning materials, maybe time spent with other players is the way to go. But, maybe you just need to revisit the old stuff. Sure worked for me!

Sidney Malone · Post by **Sidney Malone** » 4 Dec 2002 3:21 pm

Gary, I must agree that Reece is the way to go. I'm not saying he's the only one that can get you out of a rut but he is definatly my top choice.

I've had the honor of setting steel to steel with him for lessons on a couple of occasions in the last few years and I don't have words to describe the good he has done me. He don't even know it but sometimes I will just call him on the phone to ask him something and that will be enough to get me going again!!

But something I value more than all the knowledge I've got from him is the friendship we have formed over the years. He is truly a class act.

Sidney Malone

Gary Steele · Post by **Gary Steele** » 4 Dec 2002 4:28 pm

Thanks everyone so far, But keep e'm coming. You are right about Reese, I'm like many i think he is super duper. And Jeff Newman i talked to him at Scotty's and he was 100% nice and very professional.

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 5 Dec 2002 3:28 am

Buddy Charleton is another maestro who teaches, and would set you straight in short order

plus I hear he got a new Zum