Steels in commericals

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 29 Jan 2002 12:38 pm

Steel guitar is becoming more common in the commerical it seems. The Comedy Channel has and commerical for a show named "Insomniac" that has a very strong hard-core-country steel in the background and the auto insurance commerical for "Geiko" (spelling?) also has a good steel in it. If you listen, many commericals have been using a steel although to a lesser degree that the above two.

I think more steel in commericals is good news.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Leroy Riggs on 29 January 2002 at 01:02 PM.]</p></FONT>

Jim Eaton · Post by **Jim Eaton** » 29 Jan 2002 2:19 pm

I agree that "more steel in commercials" is a good thing.
The insurance commercial you mentioned does kind of rub me the wrong way though!
I'm not sure I want the sound of our beloved instrument to be the sound associated with a diner that would scrape the unwanted mayo off the guys sandwich on the edge of the table!LOL
JE:-)>

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 29 Jan 2002 2:48 pm

Good point but the way commericals are today, they try hard for humor. I didn't really get a bad feel for this commerical (how the steel was used) but I have found commericals in the past where try their best to use the steel to "hick-ize" the commerical--and I don't like that. Although on the other had, if the rules said that you had to be a hick to play a steel, then call me hick. I'd play anyway.

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 29 Jan 2002 9:30 pm

I'm doing a radio jingle and it is going to be chock-full of steel!

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 29 Jan 2002 11:01 pm

I do as many of those as they let me; and I agree, the steel should be on every dang one of them. Right now I'm on a Pennzoil commercial...two Bud Light commercials....and "Texas parks and wildlife" commercial...and a few Trucker commercials; and a half dozen other ones that I never even knew what they were...cause I cut before the vocal or talking....ah....ha
I'll do probably a dozen more this year so stay tuned...
Ricky

Kevin Post · Post by **Kevin Post** » 30 Jan 2002 7:13 am

Does that pay well?

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 30 Jan 2002 8:38 am

Ricky,

That's good to hear. I'll watch for the commericals you mentioned.

L...

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 30 Jan 2002 3:27 pm

It pays real good.
A picked up commercial pays 300.00 to 550.00 for about 10 min. of work if your fast; cause we are talking about a 30 sec. to 1 min. spot mostly and your part is somewhere in that spot and if your a one taker...than your in and out in 10 min..
A commercial in the can......pays from 150.00 to 250.00
But then again it does depend on where you are recording and for what company and what marketer....but all and all Commercials pay triple to quadrupal of what you would play a gig for for twice or three times the amount of time.
Ricky