Beginnings...my new album on Scissor Tale Records (Tulsa)

[Gary James Peters]

Over three years ago, I was contacted out of the blue by a nice man from a nice record label in Tulsa. He wanted to release some of my psg work on the label. Who was I to refuse? All this time later, it really happened! I'm happy...you can be too, have a listen.

https://scissortail.bandcamp.com/album/ ... teel-works

[Ken Byng]

Well done Gary, and thoroughly well deserved. Your 'fame' will increase especially in the USA. You should make a good few bob out of that collaboration between your good self and Scissor Tale. You've worked hard for it.

[Gary James Peters]

Thanks Ken.

You remain, as always, a true gent and a man of impeccable taste! But, seriously, thanks for you support over the years, I truly appreciate it. The post-production of the album takes it into a slightly overblown ambient terrain that I'm not so keen on, but that's the demographic of this record label. I compromised just to reach a wider audience, which I think overrides any preciousness on my part about how these tracks should sound. And anyway, if anyone was reall really interested they could go on my Bandcamp site and find the original tracks with the much more minimal production. But that's not gonna happen...Ha! I'm pleased to have done it whatever.

[Ken Byng]

Thanks Ken.

You remain, as always, a true gent and a man of impeccable taste! But, seriously, thanks for you support over the years, I truly appreciate it. The post-production of the album takes it into a slightly overblown ambient terrain that I'm not so keen on, but that's the demographic of this record label. I compromised just to reach a wider audience, which I think overrides any preciousness on my part about how these tracks should sound. And anyway, if anyone was reall really interested they could go on my Bandcamp site and find the original tracks with the much more minimal production. But that's not gonna happen...Ha! I'm pleased to have done it whatever.

By the way Gary, I also loved Steel Wall. There are some great ideas on there, including the album title!

[Jif]

Nice one Gary, this could be the beginning of something, hope it takes off. Listening to Relent Less just now, very nice, relaxing.

[Gary James Peters]

Belated thanks both, appreciated. I've been completely submerged in learning how to use Ableton Live 11, as I know my usual DAW (Adobe Audition) will only work on an old laptop that is about to finally grind to a halt. That said, using Ableton is already providing me with things that I haven't had before, so new things coming down the track!

G

[Gary James Peters]

Some of you might have heard of the American pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn. Anyway, she just wrote this about my new album. That was nice of her.

The pedal steel is an oddity among instruments. Invented in the early
1950s, it soon became a standard bearer for American country-western
music. It is an instrument with enormous potential, which has been
tied at the hip, even among its best players, to country music with
little tolerance for innovation. Among the very few who stretch the
musical and artistic boundaries of this difficult-to-play instrument
is the British pedal steel guitarist Gary Peters whose new album
“Beginnings: Collected Pedal Steel Works” on Scissor Tail
Records is one I am quite fond of. For lovers of creative music, this
album covers lots of ground. Throughout the eleven tracks,
there is quiet lyricism, tasteful chromaticism, dissonance,
and nods to minimalism. I especially enjoyed the duets with
Veryan Weston (keyboards) and Christopher Williams (double bass).
If you are a lover of what is often called experimental music, this collection is one to
check out.
Susan Alcorn