Your song book will only hold 100 songs. If you have reached the limit you wil have to start a new songbook.

If this is not the solution please post again.

Roger

Having roused my interest I think I have found the song from which I believe was the catalyst for Last_Rebel's  new song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgiILl_F7O8

Roger

Hey Helena,

You have shown how easy it can be but I suggest that Ardsteach eat his lunch before starting to write as we do not want his dog getting overweight.

So young man the ball is in your court, Old Doll has thrown the gauntlet, can you pick it up and put words down?

Seriously Ardsteach, do have a go even if it takes several attempts. Nobody on this Forum has ever made fun of, or belittled anyone else's work. Praise and helpful comments where it is due and encouragement to continue is the norm. Our very own Upyerkilt, Ken wrote a song about a little black flea which I think is still on YouTube. I have just posted one about my favourite fantasy writers so can you think of a more unlikely subjects for a song than those?

Roger

Hi James,

Multi track recordings can be great fun too. You can then play your autoharp in two or more different ways and put backing vocals, ooohs and aars, maybe even getting your family to do some for you. It is great fun experimenting this way so when you are comfortable with single track recordings start playing with multi track and have fun.

Roger

Hi Arkady,

A beautiful song for your better half. I would reckon that that deserves breakfast in bed for at least a month (or until you do or say something wrong ).

I really enjoyed playing it, thank you,

Roger

Hey Lieven,

There was no need to feel guilty, I know that you did not mean that only James and Helena were to answer your question. I sometimes forget the English is not your mother tongue and my reply was meant to be lightheated and 'tongue-in-cheek'. There was no need to alter the title.

Before I put chords to lyrics I will have the lyrics written in front of me with plenty of space between each line and I will have a sharpened pencil too. I know that the key of G suits my voice and that is where I usually start (although I may change it later). I will then play chord to try to get something to work for the first line of the song. The I work on the second line and do each one until I have all the lines of the verse. Then I will play and sing it and very often have to alter what I have put until I think it sounds OK. I will then play and sing all the verses to check that the lyrics will fit in with the melody I have chosen before starting work on the chorus. This is my favoured method but is only one of many ways of getting the job done. You need to try and find out what suits you.

If you want to put lyrics with the chords above in blue then read James's 'Sticky' at the start of the section and if you are still having difficulties write to me privately and we can go through it in detail.

Roger

Hey Rhiannon,

I have always said that James and Helena have a special way with words but you are up there with them. Well done.

Roger

Hi Rebel,

I am with Old Doll on this (it is not safe to argue with a lady anyhow ) that the 'hulling peas' verse does not seem to fit in with the other verses and could easily be the basis for another.

The verse plays great but I also played the thingy different by adding two C chords  as below, but as Ken said this is our interpretation of your song and it is how you want it to be that is important.

THE OTHER THINGAMAJIGGER
             C                                          G
And we spend our whole lives goin' nowhere
         C                                                D
When somewhere's where we wanta be
               G
Me I aint lookin' for nuthin
        C                           D              G
But i guess nuthin was lookin' for me

Thank you,

Roger

Following on from my new song "Fantasy" I had better explain the I do read mostly SciFi, SciFan and Thrillers. Fantasy is my favourite grenre but I do have a problem in so much as once I have read a book by an author I like I have to read everything that they have ever written, sad ain't it. Here is a little about the authors that my song is about.

Anne McCaffery an American author who now lives in Ireland has several subjects for her writings but she is probably most famous for her Dragonrider series set on the planet Pern. The dragon riders have telepathic contact with their dragon and periodically, they have to destroy 'Thread' a worm like creature that burns and consumes anything green, making the land unusable. The dragons have the abilty to teleport themselves from one place to another. The sensation for the riders is the cold nothingness of what is called 'Between'.

The late Marion Zimmer Bradley is also American and her most famous series is set on the fourth planet out from the Cottoman sun, Cottoman 1V, more commonly known as Darkover. After an exploritory spaceship crash landed and was lost, the survivors obtained various mind powers which were bred in certain families. It was generations later that they were found and by then the memory of their origins were forgotten, powers were strong and unique society had been formed.

J.R.R.Tolkein an Englishman, needs no introduction as the author of "The Hobbit "and "The Lord Of The Rings".

Roger

Hi Jeff,

Your choice of chords and the sequence really set the right mood for your lyrics. A wonderful song to play and sing and I look forward to hearing your recording of it sometime. Well done.

Thank you,

Roger