Amazing Grace slide

That was very nice... reminded me of one of my favs, Ry Cooder... well done...

Hi, Marcus,
 
Very nice job on this, excellent playing, great guitar tone and nicely recorded!
 
Beautiful version of a timeless song, thanks for sharing!
Bob

Notnat Thanks for taking the time to listen. Ry cooder is one of my favs too

Bub Thanks for your input. The guitar I was using to record has very low action which makes it hard to do something about the noise of the slide. I did this on purpose to capture some of the noise as an effect. I have another guitar that has higher action and I can control the noise much better. but it does not sound as good as the guitar in the recording.

your right about controlling the noise from the slide. Sometimes it can be a hassle.

Bob Thanks for listening and thank you for the comment.

Guitarpima Thank you for checking out the song.

I really appreciate the support of this forum and all the great people who take the time to help and give their input

 Very nice rendition of Amazing Grace. Far from anything "lowly" as you say. Loved it!

Gorgeous Marcus - more please.

Marcus, wow how refreshing this was to hear!    You can play better on one track than I can using 20!   Very well done and a rare experience for me to hear.  I learned to write tunes using an Ovation acoustic 12-string which I still have around, but can't play anymore due to a hand injury.  This was so totally fresh and well done.  I had never heard a slide like this and the (neat) noises associated, in a very beautifully-performed classic like this one - you created a very unique and beautiful version here.  Many thanks for sharing!!
   John 

How very nice  --- just a guitar and real talent playing it!!
Beautiful job --- thanks for posting it.
 
Freddy J
 
 

Freddy J Thanks for the kind words. And thank you for taking the time to check out the song.


Janet Thanks for listening. I recorded this for a movie being filmed on location right now. This makes the forth movie that my music has appeared in. From what I am told they wanted it for a funeral scene then a cutaway to something else Hmmmm.

I have about 21 hymn arrangements. The arrangement I originally had was a little busy for what they were looking for so I had to simplify it and cut some stuff out. This is not a major film. It is an independent filmmaker. These films wind up at film festivals like bare bones and sundance and they work their way across the country.

Marcus - you are a star my friend - just beautiful.

Yes, keep them coming.

Robert B always great to hear from a fellow slide player. Thank you for taking the time to hear the Tune

Clean I hope not. I would love to be wealthy but I would not want to be famous. I am going to start a very major recording project next week now that I am done testing X2. I will post more

Janet I went to your reverbnation site to check out some of your tunes. Love we three kings. your other stuff was good too. A lot of what you do is the kind of stuff filmmakers look for. I bet you can get your music in some of those films to.

that was cool!  thanks for sharing Marcus!

The Band19 I love square neck Dobros. my only problem is getting it into the house without my wife finding out about it I do have a variax by line 6 and it has a great Dobro sound. I thought about using it. but I wanted the same tone on the finger picking part that is on the slide part. That means one guitar. I don't think the part without the slide would sound as good. I really love dobros. I already have 13 guitars and if I get another my wife will shoot me. (yeah I know I don't understand it either)


Beagle thanks for taking the time to listen and thanks for the comment.

Rikkie Yes open D. One of my favorite tunings. I also like to lower the F# to F and play in D minor. another great tuning! from time to time I will take the high E string which is tuned to D and lower it a half step to introduce a 7th (major or minor 7th depending on the F) it is also grate to take the D string (4th string)down a whole step to get a dominant 7th chord. that is great for slide as well. 

thanks for listening and commenting 

I'm working on the film placement thing...I'm still undiscovered. :) 

Mike thanks for taking the time to listen.

VoxBox Thanks for commenting and listening

Janet Well my music has been in independent films. The key here is networking and meeting the subculture of the independent film industry. basically look at web sites like Sundance festivals and Bare bones festivals and look at the directors submitting films. Then contact directors and producers and offer your services.

Your name will appear in the credits and as these films make their way across the country other directors see your name and they may contact you as well. At least that was the case with me. It really happened by accident

The advantage is traffic. If you have a website you get traffic from the subculture of the independent film industry. My songs and website are listed in the credits. That's part of the condition. Here are some links to get you started.

http://www.filmfestivals.com/channel/film/independent 

http://www.barebonesfilmfestivals.org/ 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_Bones_International_Film_Festival 

http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2012-sundance-film-festival-awards/

I should tell you that it takes some work to get your music in but it is kind of cool to have your music in a movie or write for one.

The Band19 I love square neck Dobros. my only problem is getting it into the house without my wife finding out about it I do have a variax by line 6 and it has a great Dobro sound. I thought about using it. but I wanted the same tone on the finger picking part that is on the slide part. That means one guitar. I don't think the part without the slide would sound as good. I really love dobros. I already have 13 guitars and if I get another my wife will shoot me. (yeah I know I don't understand it either)

Marcus Curtis

I feel your pain... For your sake, I hope you can keep her happy. 13 guitars? :-) "Impressive..."
 
(bows..."keeps eyes on Marcus during bow") 


That's pretty sweet! I have less? But I would argue that mine are probably nicer ;-) I think Frank has us all beat. But I'll put my collection up against anybody :-)