Dalmatian music with Promat guitar

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 31 Jul 2016 1:56 pm

https://youtu.be/uWQJQiHZOJI

something little different....

Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 31 Jul 2016 3:51 pm

Sounds great and Croatia looks beautiful

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 31 Jul 2016 4:16 pm

Tony Glassman wrote:Sounds great and Croatia looks beautiful

thank you my friend, I always believed that steel guitar would fit great with dalmatian music, and it is always a challenge to figure out what would sound good with music other then country, and since those are fully produced and finished songs, there is not much room to add anything, and it is easy to destroy the feel of the song with overplaying...but it makes it interesting ... Croatia is beautiful, but same as here, big majority of the people are choking in debt, gas is about 7$-8$ per gallon, and average income is around 3000 - 4000 kunas (Croatian money) which would be around $500 - $600 per month, most pensions are around 2000 kunas ($350) Country was destroyed and robbed after the war in 90's by the new government promoting "western democracy" ... bunch of old communist crooks just changed their suits, and stoled everything that could be stolen... today Croatian government is worthless, and corrupt to the bone...sad, it could be nice places to live... but yes, other then that, it is beautiful ...

Bud Angelotti · Post by **Bud Angelotti** » 31 Jul 2016 5:59 pm

Perfect song.

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 1 Aug 2016 4:02 am

Very sweet sound from the steel.

I think a low-cost no-frills Promat should be called the Damir Basic.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 1 Aug 2016 4:13 am

Bud Angelotti wrote:Perfect song.

thank you Sir, I thought so too, pedal steel would fit in majority of Dalmatian songs I believe...

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 1 Aug 2016 4:15 am

Charlie McDonald wrote:Very sweet sound from the steel.

I think a low-cost no-frills Promat should be called the Damir Basic.

well Charlie my friend thank you,but this was done on my D10 Promat, but I'm sure my little S10 will sound just as good

Stephen Williams · Post by **Stephen Williams** » 1 Aug 2016 8:48 pm

Great job.....good to put it on different music.

I subscribe to the credo "If it's 1 4 5 then PSG can make it come alive" Most music falls into that.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 2 Aug 2016 1:07 am

Stephen Williams wrote:Great job.....good to put it on different music.

I subscribe to the credo "If it's 1 4 5 then PSG can make it come alive" Most music falls into that.

thank you my friend, it is hard to add something to the song that was already fully arranged and produced, and to make that improve the song...this song is heavily concentrated on the vocals, and every time I do something like that I walk a thin line between adding to the song, and destroying it by overplaying... there is actually more steel in this song that most would realize, but it is very low key, and blending with the background just coming out here and there... steel guitar is perfect by its nature, for dalmatian music, it just has to be played little different then when used in country songs...

Mule Ferguson · Post by **Mule Ferguson** » 2 Aug 2016 6:57 am

Enjoyed the music. My wife and I also enjoyed Split and Dubrovnik 2 years ago. The Commie will have a hard time out crooking the crooks we have in DC.

Mule

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 2 Aug 2016 7:05 am

Mule Ferguson wrote:Enjoyed the music. My wife and I also enjoyed Split and Dubrovnik 2 years ago. The Commie will have a hard time out crooking the crooks we have in DC.

Mule

yes, Split is beautiful, so is Dubrovnik, but Dubrovnik is way out of line with their prices...

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 3 Aug 2016 4:55 am

this guitar has Jerry Wallace TT pick ups,and cuts through in the mix like hot knife through the butter ...

Zoran Kosir · Post by **Zoran Kosir** » 4 Aug 2016 12:53 am

Hi Damir,

nice music and smooth Promat sound. TNX to show us Croatian vocal music with pedal steel. Nice pics too. Congrats.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 4 Aug 2016 2:48 am

Zoran Kosir wrote:Hi Damir,

nice music and smooth Promat sound. TNX to show us Croatian vocal music with pedal steel. Nice pics too. Congrats.

you are very welcome my friend, I'm glad you enjoyed this little experiment of mine

Kenneth Kotsay · Post by **Kenneth Kotsay** » 4 Aug 2016 8:59 am

Damir, I enjoyed the music and your playing, sounded awesome. Hope to hear more of that kind of European music.
KEN

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 4 Aug 2016 11:01 am

Kenneth Kotsay wrote:Damir, I enjoyed the music and your playing, sounded awesome. Hope to hear more of that kind of European music.
KEN

thank you my friend, its little different I guess... I will do some more projects as time allows, and share it with you guys to see what you think...

Stephen Williams · Post by **Stephen Williams** » 4 Aug 2016 11:08 pm

Re treading on vocals....definitely get that.

Would be nice to hear some music where the music is worked out with, say, guitar so that it complements the other. rather than have what i think is a rather lame situation in much music where Steel guitar is just a lead instrument that basically shuts up and plays for 10 seconds when time to solo. It's capable of so much more.

I love the idea of Croatian music with PSG. This is highly cool and you could enter the highest creative circles anywhere in the world with that sentence. ha ha.

Dan Robinson · Post by **Dan Robinson** » 5 Aug 2016 10:56 pm

Thanks, Damir!

I had no idea what to expect, music style wise. Got to expand my horizons, it was a delightful piece of music! Very pretty, your steel added a graceful dimension. TT sounds lovely.

It's hard not to use all those cliche descriptions. But heartfelt, all of them.

Dan

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 6 Aug 2016 2:58 am

Beautiful playing Damir; elegant and tasteful. This is an outstanding example of a steel guitarist going “where no steel guitarist has gone before.”

Kudos for a job well done.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 6 Aug 2016 4:36 am

Dan Robinson wrote:Thanks, Damir!

I had no idea what to expect, music style wise. Got to expand my horizons, it was a delightful piece of music! Very pretty, your steel added a graceful dimension. TT sounds lovely.

It's hard not to use all those cliche descriptions. But heartfelt, all of them.

Dan

thank you my friend, I didn't know myself if I should even try it, I loved the song just the way it was, and was worried I may destroy it rather then add something to it...I'm glad you like it...

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 6 Aug 2016 4:39 am

Mike Perlowin wrote:Beautiful playing Damir; elegant and tasteful. This is an outstanding example of a steel guitarist going “where no steel guitarist has gone before.”

Kudos for a job well done.

Mike, thank you, you are the true Mr. “go where no steel guitarist has gone before.” love tour music...

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 6 Aug 2016 6:45 am

Made me aware of Dalmatian dogs, they are beautiful!

Mirko Tomic · Post by **Mirko Tomic** » 6 Aug 2016 1:08 pm

My dear friend,I know you more than 27 years /since you lived in Croatia/ and I always admire your playing.Your aproach in this song is so sweet and melodic with fantastic tone.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 6 Aug 2016 1:46 pm

Joachim Kettner wrote:Made me aware of Dalmatian dogs, they are beautiful!

and they sing too

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 6 Aug 2016 1:51 pm

Mirko Tomic wrote:My dear friend,I know you more than 27 years /since you lived in Croatia/ and I always admire your playing.Your approach in this song is so sweet and melodic with fantastic tone.

yeah old buddy, we go waaaay back

... thank you for your kind words, I always liked your style of playing as well, as far as tone goes, its all in the guitar, if only strings were not over 6 years old it would sound even better lol ....

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