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Hi Jeremy,
I was about 17 when I joined my first group (band) and we had a guy (David Payne) who was probably the best drummer in the area. He would do a 10 to 15 minute drum solo at least twice during the evening which was great. It gave me time to get off the stage, find the prettiest girl in the room, and have a dance (jive in those days) and with luck arrange a date.
I have always appreciated a good drummer.
Welcome to Chordie,
Roger
Hi Phil,
My personal feeling is that the 'Chat Corner' is the ideal location for this type of discussion and I do not think that another new section is neccessary.
Others may disagree with me but ultimately the decision rests with OBL Pere.
Roger
Hello Beniteau,
Welcome to Chordie but I am sorry to inform you that Chordie hosts no songs other than the original ones wriitten by our Members in the Songwriting section. There are various legal reasons for this and Chordie is a search engine to find songs that are already on the Internet.
However if you look in the resources section and questions and answers you will find further information on how to upload songs elswhere and get them recognised and shown in the Chordie index.
By the way songs are normally posted in the Chopro format and information on using it is in James McCormick's 'sticky' at the start of the Songwriting section.
Roger
Oops James,
Looks like you are going to be baking for the next few weeks, there are only 115,000 members to make snacks for. 
Roger
Hello Cindy,
Welcome to Chordie and you are allowed to print songs from here. There is a print icon halfway down the right hand side of the page and clicking on that should do the trick. If you are still having difficulty please write again with an explanation of what is happening.
Take care,
Roger
I agree that these postings are dreadful and I spend as much time as I can monitoring the site for these attacks and getting rid of their filth, but as James has said we cannot monitor Chordie 24 hours a day but we do what we can.
From a purely personal point of view I have to say that I have probably read every posting written by Cytania and Nadine2 and they have always been knowedgable, informative and interesting I would be very sorry indeed to see either of you leave the Forum.
Roger
A couple of years ago, well maybe 50 years ago, when I was a boy soprano I was to sing a solo at the school concert.
The rehersals all went very well and the big day came I was in the middle of the school choir singing my socks off and then came time for my solo. Everyone stood aside and the spotlights came on me. Suddenly I was terrified, my mouth went dry, my heart went into overdrive and I was shaking like a leaf. I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me.
I thought then that I must not let Mrs Bell (my music teacher) or my parents down and that I would look a bigger fool if I did not do it than if I did it badly so I went for it. I made it though and although everyone said it was great it destroyed my self confidence and it was years before I was able to perform in public again.
Roger
Another way is to use any song you know that has it's natural minor chord in and transpse to the key of F. Then a C Am F G or a G Em C D progression would become F Dm B C.
Roger
OK I'll spill the beans. I cheated. 
The 'Net is a wonderful thing: http://tv.cream.org/a-z/r/r2.htm
Roger
OK I admit it. I too have a song I play very often but NEVER in front of anyone else, in fact I was playing it earlier today before I read this thread.
"The Cruel War", a 60's Peter Paul and Mary number. A beautiful song but it is a ladies song where she is asking to go to war with her man. So now you see why. I have even tried to re write it from the male perspective, but failed.
It is in my Songbook if you do not know it and is a one great to finger pick.
Roger
I think it was Deirdre Cartwright, but I may well be wrong.
Roger
Helo Markdrago,
Welcome to Chordie.
Probably the easiest thing to do is to go to the Public Songbooks and look under Absolute Beginners there are 60 books of songs there to choose from. I am sure there will be something there that you both know and like.
Roger
Hello Corey and welcome to Chordie.
The 'o' means you play the string open and the 'x' means that you do not play it at all.
Hope that helps.
Take care,
Roger
Mherbert and I had a similar idea but mine took a little longer to prepare.
For you Old Doll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYB75tMBOuY
Slán Mó Cára,
Roger
Hi Ark,
As Dreamer said this is a beautiful song. I particularly like the G, Asus4, A, D sequence in the last line.
Thank you for sharing,
Roger
Hello Nadine,
I spend a lot of time in the Songwriting section as I find it rather exciting. Words and chords to a song you have never heard before and you can put you own 'stamp'on it.
The tempo, style of play and melody are what YOU choose it to be. Your version may be completely different you how the composer envisioned it but that is fine. I think playing these songs actually helps develop your own ability and who knows, a single phrase or chord sequence may even encourage you to write your own song.
By the way my version of "With You" is no longer on MySpace but e-mail me if you want me to send you a copy of it.
Take care,
Roger
Hi Jeff,
I must be going through a 'rock' phase at the moment as that is how I played this. Quite fast, heavy and with muting to emphasise the beat. A happy song that I enjoyed playing.
Thank you,
Roger
You are twice blessed. A thoughful, caring wife and super new guitar.
Belated Happy Birthday,
Roger
There is also Graham Russell from Air Supply. He plays a right handed guitar, left handed.
There is a video of "All Out Of Love" which is fascinating to watch his way of playing.
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=f … 6be.955153
Roger
Hi Barry,
I guess you must have 100 songs in your songbook as that is the limit. You will have to open a second songbook to put your latest additions in.
If you have less than 100 songs in your songbook please post again.
Take care,
Roger
Further to Ken's explanation of 'Pop' music my dictionary defines it as "music of general appeal especially to young people (short for popular)". My feeling is it probably came from the 'Popular Music Charts' and TV programmes like 'Top Of The Pops' helped 'Pop' become a general term. In the 60's many words were shortened, like 'Fab' (fabulous) and 'Brill' (brilliant) and 'Pop' may well be another.
I'm showing my age now but in my day there was just 'Classical', 'Rock', 'Folk', and 'Country'. There are now so many descriptions I get confused.
Does 'Garage' mean you turf the car out of its home and play in there, or 'Hip Hop' mean you have to play hopping on one leg?
Seriously though, I feel that there are too many music descriptions and, in a lot of instances, the definitions overlap.
Roger
Hi Ken,
I hope I played this right, I repeated the chords from line 1,2,and 3 for lines 4, 5, and 6 then repeated line 7 for line 8.
Lovely chord sequence to which a melody naturally flows. A well argued protest song, well done.
Thank you,
Roger
Hi James,
Considering that most Portuguese drivers think that they are the only person on the road and hardly a days goes by without actually seeing, or seeing evidence of, a new fender-bender this song is very apt.
Played it finger picking and I think I will 'Badeye' it now.
Thank you,
Roger
I stand to be corrected but the chord shown chord is in fact F.
Fmaj7 is very similar but has the high E string played open.
Roger
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