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Jim, I haven't had contact with Bill since before COVID, I think we are all aware of his health problems and I'd like any update anyone might have?
Also Mr Russ Harding a countryman of yours that I had a happy relationship with and wrote several songs together.
So many friends seem to have lost interest in Chordie and only a few have joined to take their place.
As ever Pedr deep, thoughtful and pertinent. I think that passenger seat is metaphorically full as we've all been there and some have actually realised the truth of life and the other thing, yet we still blunder into the future heedless and regardless. Great observation and ability to express it.
Did you get me email last week?
your song has been on my mind all day so I played along and a chord sequence came to me : as it's in the key of C... D-G7-C-Am| D-G7-C-F-C-G7.
hope you don't mind me butting in, please use it if you want or bin it as you like.
Phill
Great song well performed Mojo. I think a bridge and chorus would add immensely to this wistful melodic song.
I don't know if this is a song or a poem it came to me as I read the other posts. If anyone feels brave enough to put it to music or add some words feel free.
One guy sits in an empty cafe.
Solitude as the jukebox plays.
Cars drive by outside the glass.
Their lights are blinding as they pass.
It's quiet now for just a while.
Be polite, goodmorning, smile.
A prelude till the rush hour starts.
His job to cater for the daily mass.
Bacon, eggs, sausage, mash.
Another meal with a smile despatch.
Wowser, trousers, skirts, no sleeves.
Suits drink coffee, jeans drink tea.
All cards no cash.
And when they leave he feels so free.
Jukebox plays Bohemian Rapsody.
When the rush hour ends, strangers, friends.
He's all alone once again.
I'm sure it'll be kick ass
Nice one Scott, full of angst as I'd expect. I've always thought during a conversation or argument, the loser is the one that raises their voice first. Ergo, it's not the one that shouts the loudest, it's the one that think for themselves that ultimately wins. Great thought provoking poem.
Great Post Pedr. I knew you were well read but Plato?
I think you are right Jim as kids these days rate themselves by how many "likes" they get rather than how many actual friends.
Pedr, you're as deep as the Marianas trench my friend. You prove that with every new post. You prove it by taking everyday things and slotting them together in a humorous and logical way! Brilliant and topical as usual.
Compressed air...that's original, never thought of that. I think it's SSD. At the moment I have no worries about it getting too hot, the temp is under 10°C and with our energy crisis we can't afford to put the heating on for long. Thanks for that.
It's aDell Optiplex with Win 11 Pro. 16 gigs ram, 500 or so memory. My old PC was Win10 . I kept the 1 terabyte external drive which has all my pics and songs. I know it's a referb but it looks brand new and faster than a rat up a drain pipe! Also a lot cheaper than a new one. I did lose Ableton DAW and another one which was too complicated for me anyway. So I've down loaded Audacity which still needs a bit of tweeking from me, any help would be gratefully received. Thanks again. Phill
A short update: I bought a Dell from amazon and I'm just blown away with the speed! I am left scratching my head at times with the change of operating system. Thanks for all the advice and help you guys. Any further tips will be gratefully received. Phill
You can certainly write a protest song Jan. The only line I disagree with is the one about the media down playing whatever the politicians or the radicals are getting up to, at least in the uk! The media here blow everything up and ended many a political or show biz career. I've said it before but again, you have a lovely voice, and your uke playing and timing is spot on, love the riff.
Great job Jim
Thanks once again Doug, your input is always welcome and mostly helpful,,, truth be told I'm a plug and play type of silver surfer so though I love tech I'm more confused by it than comfortable. When the time comes I will pull up your post again and go step by step. Thank you my friend.
Riverdalesd, good to hear from you. I've pretty much given up on minis, you've consolidated my thoughts on that. I've seen a lot of Dell rebuilds on Amazon, the ones I've read up on have SSD and HDD built in along with a DVDdrive, all I want it for is day to day stuff like storing my writings and photos plus emails and stuff, all very basic as you can tell. I'm not a gamer apart from Freecell,.
Richard, I'm kinda working on a budget so having all I want built in so I don't have to pay out on periforals is key. The family came to visit Perth a few years ago when the temp was over 40° C, the beach was very welcome and the bottle shops...lol
Thanks to Doug and Richard. I already have a laptop but find they have a tendancy to let me down at the worst possible time, I used to use it for stage work! I think I've decided on a tower PC as I want a dvd drive. Amazon have pages of reconditioned PCs at attractive prices and win11 installed so I may go that way. Any further advice will be welcome like how to get my stuff from old to new PC?
Richard my son lives in a Perth suburb...he says it's really hot at the moment. He's tone deaf so he doesn't follow me...lol
my pc is about to expire RIP. So knowing we have some techsavvy people on here I thought I might get some advice. are mini computers as good or better than tower desktops? to be used for day to day stuff and recording multitrack music. I would be grateful for any advice. thanks
thanks Jim. As I recall from watching TV with my kids "wowsers" was inspector Gadget's catch phrase. I thought it was an American thing not knowing it was an Antipodean thing!
Sorry to hear about your niece, hope she takes heart from your song and advice. I sort of guessed what you meant by door I just wanted to be sure...cowboy chords?
I'd love to meet up face to face one day. We had snow last week, it was measured in millimetres and disappeared before lunch.
Hi jim. Love your verses but I don't get the first line of your chorus. And what are wowsers? I'm not being critical here just trying to understand what you're trying to say.
Your verses are so poetic and it's great how you transfer from she to you for the choruses. I havent tried playing it yet, still early morning.
Amen father Ted. Only one house? Apart from next door there are at least 4 houses in a street of around 50 houses that are actually dealing and Several more that are using! I got a knock late one night from a dubious looking character who asked if I was selling " tram?" I thought he was talking about model trains, I can't help being naive! In the next street where there is an on-going drug den there was a house being used as a cannabis farm. The cops couldn't ignore it as the stink was unbearable. I know in some countries cannabis is legal and I have no problem with its medical use, but it has been scientifically proven to cause serious mental problems and a stepping stone for harder drugs. I've seen too many lives wasted through addiction.
And so we end this transmission from the church of selfritiousness
Amen
Thank you my brother from another mother, well translated there! It is actually closer than that as the boy lived next door to me and the family are all druggies. It is believed he was delivering some stuff when he hit the man who is not out of the woods just yet, so he could still be done for man slaughter or murder...? You wouldn't expect stuff like this to happen in this small town but drugs, taking and dealing are rife and the Uthorities do little or nothing about it but if you park on double yellow lines.....
Question: why do my replies to you always turn into sermons? Lol
This song is a true story; a local boy riding an illegal motor bike with no license the wrong way down a one way street hit a 90+ man then ran away and left the old guy in the street with multiple fractures and other injuries. He was caught and is waiting trial. I was noodling on the bass and I found the riff, and later the words came tumbling out and later still I realised what I was writing about. It's a bit rocky.
Cracker Jeff with some "interesting" rhymes. I'll give it a listen later as I'm running out of battery. Ps, I prefer my apples fresh off the tree and pastry gives me heart burn, other than that great song.
Yo! Jimbo, lovely heartfelt words. Have to say you know how to put a song together. I dare say a recording won't be far behind?
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