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Mike A Holland


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Post  Posted 8 Apr 2018 3:32 am    
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A bit of flagrant plagiarism I'm afraid. I saw Doug Beaumier's version of Enchanted Sea on YouTube and I thought why not!!! Ukulele backing with genuine Sea recorded at Scarborough UK.

To play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZbScrdHzMc
Hope you enjoy,
Mike
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David Matzenik


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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2018 12:34 pm    
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Mike, I like your videos a lot. What type of camera/sound are you using?
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Bill McCloskey


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Post  Posted 8 Apr 2018 12:44 pm    
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Nice playing Mike.
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Mike A Holland


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Post  Posted 9 Apr 2018 3:21 am    
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Thank you Bill for your kind comments.
Thank you David, the camera is not very good and needs replacing. It is an old Zoom Handyshare and the quality of the video is now looking its age. The Audio is recorded through a Yamaha Thr10 on its acoustic setting directly through usb into the computer. There is a stripped down version of cubase adapted for the Thr10 supplied with the unit. It works very well for recording. I recorded the Ukulele and other instruments separately into cubase. If you use backing tracks just load them into a separate track on cubase. I then record the steel guitar with the camera rolling and the audio running directly into the computer. When finished I just set the levels adjust the reverb if required and sync it with the video in windows Movie Maker. Movie Maker just about does the job, but it was free. Upload to YouTube and that's it really. The key is the Yamaha Thr10. great sound and ease of connecting to the computer.....also quite inexpensive and a great home amp.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 9 Apr 2018 6:52 am    
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Nice job! Enchanted Sea is one of the most atmospheric of all surf tunes. Santo and Johnny and Chet Atkins recorded great versions. Doug has the song tabbed out in one of his books: http://playsteelguitar.com/book3-16-songs/
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Mike A Holland


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Post  Posted 10 Apr 2018 5:00 am    
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Thanks Andy. There is a lot I don't like about the internet age, but to be able to go on YouTube and watch great players like Doug was priceless to me in trying to figure out how to play this instrument. It would have never happened without it! Mike
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 10 Apr 2018 7:18 am    
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Very nice, Mike. You're helping to keep this song alive! I'd like to see The Enchanted Sea become a steel guitar standard. It sounds especially good on steel... the sustained, eerie notes, a very simple melody, yet so evocative. I had never heard the song until Andy mentioned it here on the Forum a few years ago. So thank you for that, Andy!
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Mike A Holland


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Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 4:41 am    
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Thanks Doug, I was not aware of it until I found your version on YouTube.
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 6:17 am    
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Smile Chet's was the version I first heard of this atmospheric tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXuUMSj6Gpk

Santo & Johnny's version with SFX and bass clarinet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=613aJ_BP6Qw

Doug's great rendition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4sWb8YwnKY
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Mike A Holland


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Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 7:57 am    
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Cheers Andy, I can see the steel guitar connection if Santo and Johnny recorded it.....Psst, don't tell anybody but I like Doug's version best!
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