401

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

i'll let you into a secret my very good friend...you aint no james bond lol but that does not detract from your song. songs should be entertaining and this was. well done     

402

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Lord Byron, sorry Brian!!!! Just like Jan I also smiled all the way through and lol on several parts, fluffy clouds and non-fluffy clouds? It put me in mind of deck of cards, not rap but telling a story, although you missed out snow...come on you can't live in a country renowned for mountains and not mention snow!     

403

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Jim, who said being retired is easy? I used to do my bit when I was working 6-7 days a week, now I'm working just as much as Ann keeps finding new jobs for me to do. I'm fortunate to have my man cave to withdraw to while she's watching her TV programmes or phoning her friends to get the latest gossip. LOL.

I love the arrangement that your friends have used on your song and your video is also great and self explanatory, with beautiful images. Well done.     

404

(6 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Hi Pedr. Sorry I've taken so long to reply. You've written and delivered a great melody and enhanced your vocal with a great video. Well done. Thanks for sharing.     

405

(4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

That is so annoying, seems like someone has it in for you? Explain that you can't work like this and you'd prefer to sit out rather than do a bad job, not that you would if you had to busk but your mind would be at rest.     

I don't think any platform can be totally secure. Web sites come and go or your songs maybe used under someone else's name. Your hard drive could die as well, so download your songs to CDs if I were you. You could always try SoundCloud or YouTube. They've been around for years and are still going.     

407

(6 replies, posted in Poems)

They want us all to buy electric cars...are they mad??? EVs cost twice as much and will only go for a third of the way before you need to fill up which takes hours instead of minutes. They also want us to stop eating meat as cows sheep and pigs emit green house gasses as do humans, maybe the next step will be to cull the excess people eg the unemployed, the sick, the addicts and the poor old crumblies like me! Oh yeah I forgot, Putin is already doing that! And let's not forget who is actually to blame for global warming....the industrialists beginning 200 hundred years ago with steam, motor cars and we still have factories belching out pollution, churning out plastic and suffocating the oceans!
WOW Brian you got the greeny out of me with your poem...well done     

408

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Jim. Your words are brilliant and the recording takes the song to another level. Well done ya'all     

409

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

a beautiful lament for a friend. great job     

410

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

almost as relaxed as you on that wall after listening to this. nice one.     

411

(7 replies, posted in My local band and me)

am i to understand that "bondenberg" is the local hooch? it is so sad to see trees that have been happily growing for sometimes hundreds of years needing to come down. like Jan, i love trees and one day hope Ann will spread my ashes around a grand oak tree with a sea view.

there's just one thing left to say...goodbye Connie     

412

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

Very amusing Brian but sadly too true! Over this end up ( UK) there seems to be a culture of wrinkly old men that couldn't afford big bikes when they were young buying them at 65 and finding they can't control them! It's all because of narrow roads and high hedges...cobblers! Nothing to do with going too fast?
As for pushbikers...my wife's cousin has been run over twice by lorries!     

413

(18 replies, posted in Songwriting)

americanwritersgroup wrote:

The best Songs i've ever listen


This is a very dubious post. Supposedly a writers group yet syntax is amateurish. Please ignore it as possible fraudulent spam. It's possible they're just after your money!

I'll leave it here for a few days then ban and delete so members know it's a con. No reflection on Brian's song.     

414

(3 replies, posted in Acoustic)

the easiest way to bend strings is to put on a lighter gauge string. if you feel your strings are too tight try a lighter gauge, substitute a normal 10, 11 or 12 gauge for a 9 gauge. 9's may be too light and sound out of tune if you're a heavy handed player like me? also i find ernie ball strings bend easy. too easy for me. de-tuning two steps may also help but then you'll have to transpose all the songs you play up two steps!     

Nice bit of blues to get it started, well done Pedr and Robert.     

416

(3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hey guys, FYI you can send emails via the Chordie emailer. click on the name of the recipient which will bring up a menu, scroll down to send "forum e-mail". You wont be able to send sound bites though     

417

(4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

The Focusrite scarlett range are excellent, did you get a studio program with it? I had an Ableton with mine a few years back, though mine was a 18i6 which is now kaput, it is 10 years old, maybe more? Enjoy learning to use it.     

418

(4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hi Zurf. Any chance of letting us know what equipment and software you've acquired?     

419

(24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Peatle Jville wrote:

Hi Jandle it is wonderful to see you back posting on chordie again.

Hi Jandl, I second that emotion. Welcome back, it would be good to have you keep those other kiwi's in order.     

420

(24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Sorry TT, did you say playing guitar was wasting time? Hoovering, hanging out the washing and doing DIY maybe wasting time. Fondling one of my beauties is a joy! Wait I can hear miss Fender calling out to me...bye bye.     

421

(24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

soooo, you had to post the same post 5 times? welcome back Jim, hope you had a great time. Now that you come to mention it, my internet has been going off and on...Putin, get off my internet, and get your tanks off my lawn!     

422

(6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I once thought it was the name of an Arabian price by the name "Procul" and harem was where he kept his female friends? (I just made that up)

During the 60's odd names attracted attention eg: Englebert Humperdink as opposed to his real name Tommy Dorsey. I read about him and I just couldn't wait to hear his psychedelic repertoire, as a rocker at the time I was sorely disappointed when I heard his actual songs, I cant even bring myself to write the titles here. I used to have a band and we were struggling for a name when a music teacher suggested Enchiriadis, it never got us anywhere, maybe cos we was rubbish?     

423

(6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hi Jim. I think you've mixed up the Gary Brookers my friend? The guy we are talking about was the pianist and vocalist in Procol Harum during the sixties, and several bands after they broke up.     

424

(6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

More sad news from the music world. It seems all the pop stars that became legends are slipping off this mortal coil. Whiter shade of pale, I think, was just a set of ideas set to that brilliant organ riff, I don't think they were meant to make sense or tell a tale just entertain us as they obviously did and still do. Homburg was another great song they did. RIP Gary Brooker     

425

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

That is a powerful piece work, brawd. There's a saying, "money makes money" it also makes greedy people more greedy and evil! In the UK, gas and electricity is set to rise by 65% in April while the companies that supply it, BP and Shell are recording billions of pounds in profit, how do you work that out? Once again the poor will subserdise the rich people's lifestyle, and the Tory government is allowing it.

Back to your masterpiece, it reads very much like a rap song...did I call rap a song? Wash my mouth with soap. Please accept this digital slap on the back, you are the master.