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Topic: Do you ever get a day when.............? |
David Hartley
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 5:38 pm |
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You can't hit a note right?
I had one of those days today.
Why does that happen? |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 5:59 pm
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David...Oh Yeah!For me I think some of it is what's going on around me,it seems the older I get the more problems I have with fighting busy drummers,it's like they hit a switch in me that makes me just want to go home and then it's a snowball effect,everything starts falling apart.Maybe you can throw me a life preserver? 
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 6:34 pm
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Happens to me all the time. David, I was just listening to of few of your youtube videos last night and I'd be glad to take you're "wrong" notes. My guess is you're too hard on yourself. Love your playing.
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Arne Odegard
From:
Norway
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 1:34 am
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| I've only been playing pedal steel a couple of years so all my days are like that David. I'm looking forward to a day where I can hit some right notes. |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 3:48 am me too
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yeah I had a day like that yesterday..
ive playing steel 27 years and still ever now and then ill have a day like that
its called "state of mindset"
usual cause is stress of some sort
cure.. wait till the next day or the day after that works wonders
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Rick Winfield
From:
Pickin' beneath the Palmettos
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 4:09 am Mind
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It would seem that,
at times,
the brain has a mind of it's own! 
Having only 4+ years w/Pedal steel, some days I just can't get it right.Other times, it comes together.
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 4:28 am
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| I have days when I actually do hit a right note. I've only been playing for 40 years so I still have time to get better. I hope...... |
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George Piburn
From:
The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 7:44 am
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| Those days are the siblings of the days that you forget the melody in the middle of the song, not to mention that you also forget the key. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 7:52 am
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More often than not. It is my understanding that ingesting massive quantities of turkey will cure it. I'm going to try that today.   |
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Richard Damron
From:
Gallatin, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 7:54 am
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David -
What do you mean - ONE - of those days. I'm a relative novice on the instrument and it seems as if ONE of those days is par for the course.
It'll get better - if I can endure the clams and clunkers for a while longer.
Respectfully,
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Scott Henderson
From:
Camdenton, Missouri, USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 8:12 am
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David when I have one of those days it's usually because my head is not into it. MY mind gets distracted so it's better to back completely out of it for a few hours and clear my head. I have to do that when I am mixing too. I'm lke you still don't know why it just happens. I enjoy your pickin buddy...
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Michael Robertson
From:
Ventura, California. USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 8:32 am Re: Do you ever get a day when.............?
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| David Hartley wrote: |
You can't hit a note right?
I had one of those days today.
Why does that happen? |
No, never but I do run low on rocks at times.
"You know David ever since I started to watch your videos I have managed to move all the rocks in my backyard to one central location.
I’ll watch you perform then take ALL my gear out back, set it up and throw rocks at it.
I want to thank you for helping me with my landscaping.
Sincerely: A great presentation.
Michael" |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 10:35 am
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| If it makes you feel any better, DH, remember that Michael Jordan had days when he couldn't hit a free throw, too. It's the human condition and these days just keep us working all the harder on our game |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 26 Nov 2010 5:54 am
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David, I have days like that myself, but I always learn from wrong notes. Those wrong notes are somethin' you can learn from. I've been playin for ten years, almost eleven, and I hit wrong notes at shows and when I'm practicing.
Brett |
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Tommy Shown
From:
Denham Springs, La.
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Posted 26 Nov 2010 9:49 pm
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| I've just had that happen the other night,while practicing. I would call out to my wife and ask for her input on how it was sounding. She told me the songs I was playing needed somemore work on them. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 27 Nov 2010 11:02 am
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Dave,Shaq also had days where he couldn't hit a free throw...A lot of em'
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Bo Legg
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Posted 27 Nov 2010 12:43 pm
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| David on days like that use two amps and a stereo processor and at least half of notes will be right and the rest will be just what's left. |
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Ronnie Boettcher
From:
Brunswick Ohio, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2010 10:38 pm
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Last Wed. I was doing the turn for a ballad, and when i went from the 1 to the 5, I was a fret short, and wow, what a clunker. It was just a jam so it wasn't in a big place. I said to the singer, I was sorry, and I wasn't a Hal Rugg. Others agreed to that one.
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From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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