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Så var det söndagskväll igen och det börjar att
mörkna rätt tidigt. Äpplen växer så det knakar i träden och TACK ÄPPELRUT för
de två påsarna med äpplen jag fick då jag var hemma hos dig och fikade.
Välkomna till Club Svengmans
Höstens
första träff Onsdagen den 15 september på
Enskede Värdshus - Festvåningen eller Glashuset.! (Enskedefältet, korsningen
Sockenvägen - Bägersta Byväg)
Öppnar kl.18.15, men
OBS! musiken
börjar c:a 18.45
(slut c:a 21.30),
Kom i tid
för det brukar bli knökfullt. En symbolisk frivillig entré med minst 40:-.
Mat och
dryck till Svengmans-priser! Program för en helkväll med Banjo, Bluegrass och
Cajun med
-
husbandet
Svengmans Collage startar upp och avslutar med lite
bluegrass
-
därefter blir det "banjo clinic" med mr Banjo himself -
Jesper Lindberg.
Jesper
presenterar 5-och 6-strängad banjo, berättar om instrumenten och visar
på olika
spelstilar och stämningar.
- Jesper
får sen assistans av sina
Bröderna Tabasco! Sveeengigt värre!!!
Här finner
ni Värdshuset (mitt emot Enskede Ridskola på Sockenvägen)
www.enskedevardshus.se
-
T-banelinje 19 mot Hagsätra till Enskede Gård, gå genom parken.
- Buss 144
från Gullmars eller Fruängen eller Älvsjö Stn till Enskede Rackethall
- Tvärbanan
till Linde och en rask prommis på 5 min.
- Dessutom
cykelställ och gott om bilparkering - kan det bli bättre?
Här finner
ni Svengmans
www.svengmans.info
Mer info
per telefon 0705-191 191 (Kenneth)
Välkomna
till
Club Svengmans
Svenger som faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
- Lyssna
till Bluegrass/Oldtime och Countrymusik hemma vid datorn på
www.obcmusic.se.
Kommande
Club Svengmans den
13 okt
(gäster Sticks and Stones) och
den
17 nov
(gäster A.P. Country Grass och Cold Mountain Band).
Kerstin Dahlberg telefongäst
på Radio Lidingö 97,8
”Country-Kerstin”eller Kerstin Dahlberg som hon egentligen heter kommer att
vara telefongäst i programmet ”Go´förmiddag Lidingö” med Göran Geson som
programledare på Radio Lidingö 97,8 fredagen den 10 september.
Kerstin,
som är veteran inom countrybranschen och höll upp några år, har gjort en
lysande comeback. Nu har hon ett nytt band, Country 4U, och tillsammans gjorde
dom stor succé på SCC i Silkeborg i Danmark i somras. Hon framträdde också på
Lida Countryfestival den gångna sommaren. Då tillsammans med Cina Samuelsson
och Karin Risberg och då kallade dom sig för Three Chicks.
Kerstin har
hållit på länge med countrymusik. Hon har framträtt tillsammans med bl.a. Mats
Rådberg, Alf Robertson, Hasse Andersson, Wendel Adkins, Doug Sahm och många,
många flera. Och varit med i TV flera gånger. Dessutom i Melodifestivalen
1993, då hon kom på en hedrande femte plats.
Fredagen
den 10 september kan hon alltså höras på Radio Lidingö 97,8, som hörs över
större delen av stor-Stockholm och naturligtvis på webben –
www.radiolidingo.se .
Musikvänner!
Stockholm Hoedown kör i gång hösten den 25 september
med Country och Bluegrass på restaurangen Boule & Tapas
i Slakthusområdet (Globen, Stockholm).
Vi har även bokat in ett evenemang till den 30 oktober.
Entré 100:-. Vi återkommer med artisterna.
Hallå någon steel picker i Örebro. Maud Hagström behöver lite hjälp att komma
igång med sin pedal steel. Hjälp henne! Maud har telefonnummer 019-227057
Hello fellow players,
Many people have asked me if they can get any work playing steel guitar if
they come to Nashville. My reply is there is plenty of work here for the
right kind of person. Notice I didn’t say for the right kind of player. How
you play is secondary to getting a job and holding it.
I am in the unique position of seeing and meeting almost everybody that is
making the move to Nashville to start a career playing music in this town. I
see all different kinds of people come in. Most of them play pretty much
alike. Whiny E9th to fast E9th. This is what most stars and bandleaders
expect to hear when you are hired. As long as you know when to fill, how to
fill, can do an intro or instrumental break in the song and copy a record,
you’re halfway there.
Notice I said halfway there. The most important thing is your personality.
Honestly, physical appearance will naturally make somewhat of a difference.
You need to look like a steel player. Sort of take an average of all the
other steel players that you know that are working and this will be a good
reference.
When you come to town and see your competition which are players like Tommy
White, Stu Basore, Ron Elliott and Mike Johnson, you’ll notice they’ll be
wearing clean shirts, sometimes sport coat or sport jacket. Nothing that is
outlandish. They’re not dressed like the Marlboro Man or Rupaul.
When you’re up for a job that will be ongoing like a permanent television show
or a permanent road gig, you will be talked to by the star and the bandleader
and your personality will be one of the main reasons you are hired or
rejected. If you’re quick with a smile, a healthy handshake and not
overbearing in anyway and have a personality that is pretty consistent and
everybody likes you, it will mean much more than being a great player.
Remember, when you’re playing on that stage on a road job you may only be
playing for a total of ten minutes, however when you’re off the stage, you’re
with all the guys solid for the rest of the day or week or month. Not rubbing
anybody the wrong way or putting pressure on anybody for any reason will go a
long way to keeping you on the band for a good while.
Remember Faron Young’s drummer worked with him for 26 years. Conway’s drummer
worked with him for 23 years and John Hughey, the steel player, for well over
20 years. Most of us in the world of steel guitar are aware of the great
personality that John Hughey had.
Mike Jones worked with Barbara Mandrell for well over 20 years and then it was
Ben Keith who worked with Neil Young for over 40 years. Ben was a long way
from being a paramount hotshot steel player, but he was always there with a
smile on was a great employee overall.
When you are trying out for a job, try to impress upon the person hiring that
you’re going to be a great guy to have around for many years. It won’t take
but a second to show them how you play, but it will take a while to prove that
you’re the kind of person that they want to have around and eating hamburgers
with from coast to coast.
This may sound a little ridiculous to a new player coming to Nashville, but
I’ve seen many come and go and those that come here and stay here have a lot
more going for them than how well they can play an intro or turn around.
So many names flash through my mind when I think of those who have come and
gone. But if this is what you want to do, believe me, do your best to be a
well rounded musician and employee and try real hard to fit in with the
organization that you’re going to be working with.
We’ve all heard about the great musician who is standing on the corner, broke
in downtown Nashville and there is a certain amount of truth that you can
believe me when I tell you, if they’re standing on the corner broke, they
probably should be. There’s a lot of work for the right people in Nashville.
If you want to try to be one of the right people, if you play pretty well, you
can definitely be one of the members of Musician’s Union 247 very easily.
I remember a truly great musician moving to Nashville from the northeast many
years ago. Everybody was extremely impressed with his playing, but he managed
to offend everyone on the recording session every time he worked. The
producers were impressed with his playing, but he always said the wrong things
to the wrong people.
I remember he walked up to drummer D.J. Fontana and said, “What can I do and
who should I play like to get more work?”
D.J. looked at him and said, “Look around in the studio here and pick out
somebody that you like and act just like him. That will get you more work
than who you play like.”
I managed to overhear this brilliant bit of advice and had to walk off smiling
to myself.
There he was. A great musician that had technically gotten into sessions and
had it made, but yet he blew it and lost everything he had built up by not
fitting in with his personality. I’m sure many of you know steel players that
were incredible but just couldn’t quite get the ball rolling in Nashville.
I’m sure it’s the same in New York and Los Angeles or wherever.
You might call it politics, but when you back up and look at any big
corporation, any big company, you will see that those that get along, go
forward and rise up through the ranks are those that really don’t step on any
toes.
I myself, left a lot to be desired through my studio days as far as being
political goes. I was invited to join the musicians bowling team but wouldn’t
do it. I was invited out to dinner many times with key players and session
leaders. Seldom did I ever go.
If I were going to start over again in Nashville, Tennessee as a professional
player, there are a lot of things I would do differently. But thank God, I
have this company and can look back at where I have been and can see the
mistakes I’ve made and can help educate others not to do some of the things
that I have done.
I see some new players in town today who play incredibly well and aren’t
really getting where I feel they should be. And then I’m seeing two or three
players that are doing sessions continuously that really shouldn’t be as far
as their playing goes, but they have that magic personality.
Nothing I can do or say to you will probably really impress upon you how
important what I have said in this newsletter is. People ask me all the time,
“How can I do it? I play better than ole so and so!”
Well, here’s your secret right here in front of you. If you think you’re so
good that you don’t need to be nice, you better stay home and keep working
your hometown job. Just be as nice as you can possibly be and you might be
making $1000 a night with Vince Gill someday. Sure you’ll have some great
competition in Nashville, but the rewards are so satisfying when you rise up
through them.
You’ll meet some of the greatest people you’ll ever know in this business and
very few if any idiots. The rewards are great if you do it right.
Notice this newsletter applies to any instrument, not just steel guitar and if
you think about it deeply, it applies to about anything you do in life.
Your buddy,
Bobbe
Tack för idag!
Janne Lindgren
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