You should consider looking at/playing a squareneck dobro :-) I have one and love it! You don't get fret noise? Because you're like "miles" above the frets? And you tune it in open turnings. I like what you did here on guitar, very nice. (psst, go to your local music store, and check out a square neck dobro, you don't have to buy one? But check it out :-) Trust me...

that was cool!  thanks for sharing Marcus!

Hi Marcus, nice take on a classic tune. Open D ?

Rik

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 

Love it!  Often, less is more.

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

Love that raw vibe.  KUDOS on the performance/mix!

Kev

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.

Thanks Marcus.  Those are good tips.  

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 :-)