Announcement about steel guitar workshops

[Mike Neer]

Hey everyone! I have an announcement to make about monthly workshops, if you have a few minutes to check it out.

https://youtu.be/IkZr0Gzb1v0?si=zYAXSvAcNwDWSF-o

I’m really excited about this. I have several workshops already planned out and they all tie together. The first few workshops will be delving into harmony, harmonizing a melody, slanting, and leading up to chord melody playing, and improvising using chords.

After that, I have a lot of other interesting topics I want to cover. I won’t be confined to any one or two styles of playing, but will consider this an opportunity for me to share my depth of knowledge in a lot of styles / on a lot of topics.

I hope you’ll be inclined to check it out!

[Doug Taylor]

Very generous of you Mike, just signed up!

[Pete Martin]

Me too, thanks Mike!

[Gary Meixner]

Mike,

This is fantastic. You have shared so much with all of us over the years and it is greatly appreciated. I have visited your site and sent in my request. Thank you.

Gary Meixner

[Joe Cook]

Thank you Mike! I'm signed up.

[Chris Templeton]

A very nice gift for the steel guitar community, Mike!

[John Harmon]

Sounds great Mike. One question, is this geared towards mainly c6 as most schooling seems to be? I tend to use a6 and/or e7. Anyway thanks for helping folks, John

[Mike Neer]

Sounds great Mike. One question, is this geared towards mainly c6 as most schooling seems to be? I tend to use a6 and/or e7. Anyway thanks for helping folks, John

John, I use C6, it’s true, but much of what I will be talking about/presenting is applicable to A6. It is really the 6th tuning itself that is a common link. This series of workshops is essentially me sharing my approach to playing, from technique to the essentials of harmony, melody, etc., all culminating in how I arrange pieces, improvise—just about anything I can think of.
I encourage folks to keep a notebook handy because there won’t be any printouts. I am really looking forward to this and have been preparing for a while now. Make sure you sign up, because I will be sending out a link when the episode drops.