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Topic: New CD project in the works - 'Hendrix on steel & slide' |
Steinar Gregertsen
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Posted 21 Feb 2008 5:28 pm |
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I've finally started working on a new CD, and this will be a very special project, a "Hendrix on steel & slide" tribute thing.
For those of you who are interested, I'll be posting new songs as track #4 on my MySpace player as I finish them, each new replacing the old one (obviously).
First up is my interpretation of "I Don't Live Today", and if I can keep my schedule I plan to finish 1 track every second week...
Hope you'll enjoy them and if not, well, that's life.. 
Here's my MySpace site:
http://www.myspace.com/steinargregertsen
Steinar
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Jason Dumont
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Bristol, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2008 5:37 pm
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Right ON Steinar! Great job.
That is an awesome song. I can't wait to hear what else you have in store. |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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A. J. Martinez
From:
Ca.
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Posted 21 Feb 2008 6:12 pm
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| Steinar... Super touch...your playing is fine...for sure coolness is on your side! |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Terry Farmer
From:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2008 6:34 pm
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DAMN!  Good stuff Steiner. You just sold a CD! |
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Will Houston
From:
Tempe, Az
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Posted 21 Feb 2008 6:47 pm
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| Way to go Steinar!!! Great idea. |
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Eric Barker
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2008 9:13 pm
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| Steinar, I loved it! |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2008 10:11 pm
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Sounds great Steinar...  |
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Tim Carlson
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2008 11:06 pm
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| Fantastic. That's exactly the sort of direction I want to take my playing, once I get my stick up and running. "Day of the Eagle" by Robin Trower is at the top of my list, along with a bunch of newer music. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 22 Feb 2008 12:51 am
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good version there Steinar  |
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Kevin Brown
From:
England
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Posted 22 Feb 2008 12:57 am
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| sorry for not replying to email Steinar, yep defo a great direction with a good 'business' angle (excuse the term) Taking it all nicely forward, well done, sounds great |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 22 Feb 2008 3:47 am Love it!
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That was smokin' Steiner. If that's any indication of what that CD will be like, it's gonna be huge.
Are you playing all the instruments? Those drums have to be real, as I can't imagine any drum machine being that realistic sounding. Also, your tones (not to mention feel and licks) are great. What guitars were you using for that recording?
Nice work.
TJW
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Feb 2008 4:17 am
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Thanks everybody, your comments are much appreciated and a great 'moral booster' since this project must be among the scariest stuff I've done musically. I mean, it's Jimi........ 
Todd,- yes, I'm playing all instruments, including drum programming. The plugin and sample collection I use for drums is called DFH-Superior and is an amazing tool. When I bounce the MIDI tracks to audio I get the tracks laid out just as I would with live drums, including mic leakage and room ambience. The package comes with 35 gigabytes of samples (!!!), and that's only single hits, no loops. You can check it out here if you're curious - http://www.toontrack.com/dfh_superior.asp (the current version is discontinued but they will soon introduce version 2).
I used my Lazy River weissenborn for the first part, tuned to D, the riffs on the second part is my Epiphone Les Paul, and the fills and solos is my Asher EH Junior, also tuned to D. The bass is a fretless Fender Jazz bass.
Steinar
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 22 Feb 2008 4:54 am
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| I love it! |
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Mark Mansueto
From:
Michigan, USA
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Feb 2008 6:32 am
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Steinar, your version of I Don't Live Today kicks major butt!
I'll take a copy of your new CD as soon as it's ready . .
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Mark White
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2008 12:38 pm
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Outstanding job Steinar, I loved it 
Please reserve me a copy of the CD.....I can't wait! |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2008 1:55 pm
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What has this got to do with Jerry Byrd?
Oops, wrong topic....
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Joe Savage
From:
St. Paul, MN
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Vince Luke
From:
Iowa, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2008 12:23 pm
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Wow--that's a bold concept for a CD, but that's an awesome start! Doing covers, especially of legendary performers, is a tricky thing. From a listener's point of view if a performer just copies the original there's not much point. If a performer takes too many creative liberties it can become almost blasphemous.
It's all in the ear of the beholder, obviously, but this and the other covers I've heard you do seem to strike a good balance between making the song your own and respecting the work that came before.
Can't wait to hear more!
Vince |
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Kevin Greenberg
From:
Lakewood, CA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 2:10 am Hendrix on steel and slide
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| Bravo! Bravo indeed! |
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 11:09 am
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Hendrixsen lives!
really well done Steinar. your instruments and voice sound really great. |
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Tim Carlson
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2008 1:44 am
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| Steinar, I think that I can speak for all that have posted here, in that we all anxiously await the next installment of your "Hendrix on steel & slide" tribute. How's it coming along? If it's not going to be ready for a while, can you at least give us a hint of what the song will be? |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Mar 2008 2:02 am
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| How's it coming along? If it's not going to be ready for a while, can you at least give us a hint of what the song will be? |
I've finished recording the intruments and waiting for a 'guest singer' to do her part. It's one of Norway's leading female jazz singers, and the song is "May This Be Love" - done very naked, just acoustic guitar, weissenborn, and an 'atmospheric' electric guitar. No loud drums or fuzz guitars on this one...  
It's taken me so long because I started out with a full "band" arrangement and have gradually stripped it down to its bare bones,- that's where it sounded best..
With a little luck we'll have the vocals done this Saturday, if not I'll just start working on one of the other songs on my list while I wait for her to find some time.
Steinar
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