426

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

TIGLJK wrote:

Richard
Sorry I missed this one - just happen to see it today !
That was excellent.  It is a very difficult song to sing !
It is one of the true country classics.
Marty Robbins had the horses in the back before it was cool.

Thank you so much for doing this cover.

That's no problems - I used to hear this played on the radio when I was a kid, I changed the key to suit me smile

unclejoesband wrote:
TIGLJK wrote:

That was excellent.  It is a very difficult song to sing !


Jim

Indeed it is!!
With the capo I don't know what key you're in but I do it in D and it presents a challenge. But that's the way I learned it and I'm too old and lazy to relearn it in another key. smile

Capo's on 3rd, and playing in 'C', so it's probably D# ....

Thanks to both of you for the feedback smile

Cheers

Richard     

427

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

welcome aboard!!     

428

(1 replies, posted in Music theory)

Try RiffStation: https://www.filehorse.com/download-riffstation/

Cheers

Richard     

429

(13 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

Sounds great!

Cheers

Richard     

Thanks - it's a Rode lavalier mic like this one:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images150x150/1463160026000_1059342.jpg
I got the 'headset' part from a cheap $8 mic on eBay, and pulled that off and hot glued the Rode in it's place ... this goes directly into my iPhone and I use one a bluetooth camera switch to turn it on and off ... that, coupled with a stand for the phone, is about all I use.
http://neophytte.mine.nu/forum/simpleforum_files/attachments/cheap_mic.png
The guitar and vocal all come through the one microphone, and it's sometimes hard to get the distance right to pick up the voice and guitar equally, but I've found a little bit of post-processing in Logic helps before mixing it all down in iMovie ...

With this song I did a bit of experimenting with the EQ and applied an 'auto wah' sound to the one sounds most associated with the guitar, and reverb to the ones most associated with my voice. So don't use a PA or amp throughout, and the computer is just used at the end of the process.

Thanks for listening!!

Cheers

Richard     

https://youtu.be/zfiywWm6pxE

Enjoy!

Richard 

Nice work, the flute makes that song!!!

Cheers

Richard     

433

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

Sounds good ... haha drummers are a special type of person ...

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Richard     

434

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

https://youtu.be/Inf4YxhqjU4

Enjoy!

Richard 

TIGLJK wrote:

Richard - fantastic performance !  Love the  " Queen of Corona VIRUS! " line !  I hope you Julio are practicing social distancing down at the school yard ! smile

Jim

Hi Jim,

We're in week 7 of lockdown ... so we certainly are - hope everyone on your end is in the safe zone too ...

Cheers

Richard     

https://youtu.be/bbKFjAIKcVg

Enjoy!

Richard 

437

(2 replies, posted in Music theory)

Generally speaking, blues was built on "out slightly", if mine is out, I try using it with a slide and picking how I wouldn't normally pick - also try stomping your foot along as this helps the 'feel'. I hope that's the kind of blues you are aiming for ...

And welcome aboard!!

Cheers

Richard     

438

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

Thanks for the explanation Peatle, we've been at home for 2 weeks now, so I took the kids to the local park today (only saw about 10 people in the hour we were there, and we all kept well away from each other). After that we took a drive to the beach and back to give the car a bit of a run, and saw a lot of teddy bears on gates and in windows; I told the kids I'd seen something on Facebook about it (but I don't really _read_ FB, kinda just flick through), so I'm glad I can tell them what it means now smile

And thanks for posting the poem/song lyrics EB!!

Cheers

Richard     

439

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

I'm feelin' them blues - stay safe all!!

Cheers

Richard     

440

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

LOL, funny story smile     

Sorry, I usually add he URL, but forgot, so now: https://onsongapp.com/

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Richard     

442

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

Sorry for your loss, Joe, it was a good song that I could hear ...

In Perth, we are all instructed (as far as possible) to work from home, to limit exposure. Our company services a large supermarket chain (based in Sydney), and they're doing the same - unfortunately the digital networks and ISP's are slowing down as a result of everyone working from home. Store shelves are empty, un-imposed rations are being administered, every concert has been closed (after a lady went to the WASO concert in a contagious state). https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/public … 881483565z

Sporting events are to go ahead, but with no crowd in the stadiums, I'm guessing until one of the players is diagnosed with it, then they will probably shut down as well. Kids are still attending school, but every event and after school activity for the foreseeable future has been cancelled.

Strange times we're in ...

Cheers

Richard     

443

(2 replies, posted in Song requests)

Riffstation always works well for me: https://www.filehorse.com/download-riffstation/

Cheers

Richard     

stuart mccrossan wrote:

HI I have seen bands using a phone on mike stand with words etc which scroll through the song in tempo...….where can I get this pls?

If you're going offline, OnSong has this feature ...

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Richard     

445

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

Good news, Bill!! Glad to hear it ...

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Richard     

446

(23 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

Zurf wrote:
Baldguitardude wrote:
Zurf wrote:

Very disappointing.

Like my sight reading.

I still might use it on stage tomorrow. The action is half as high as it was. I just can't use the first frets on E or A, which only matters in Bb. One song is in Bb, but I'll slide up to grab the Bb and Eb as the sixth fret rather than the first. Intonation at the 12th feet is ok even with the slightly high action.

If the action is still high, try lowering the tuning from EADG to DGCF and play everything two frets higher, or use a capo ...

Cheers

Richard

Yep, maybe it is the change they made for the childrens section ... unsure ...

Cheers

Richard     

448

(1 replies, posted in About Chordie)

If you're referring to the fact that the "artist" is unavailable, you'll need to convert the old style

{st:

tags into the newer

{artist:

tags as the Chordpro format has changed the meaning of these two in 2018 or 2019 ....

https://www.chordpro.org/chordpro/Direc … title.html

https://www.chordpro.org/chordpro/Direc … rtist.html

Otherwise, sometimes earlier versions of OnSong will mess up if there are excessive comments starting with the hash sign "#" at the beginning of the song ...

If you could be a bit more specific with your problem, I can give a more specific answer ...

Cheers

Richard     

Peatle Jville wrote:

My second reply wasn't deleted. Not sure what going on there Richard.
Pete

Hmm, that's weird, I got a notice in my email, but couldn't find it ....

Anyway, (in response) everythings good this end ...

Cheers

Richard     

Peatle Jville wrote:

Excellent guitar Richard and lady on vocals good. Across here in NZ on some days we got the smoke from the Ozzy fires drifting through our air. Your fire fighters and also those who came from other countries are heroes in my eyes. Pleased to hear you and your family came through it good.

BTW: couldn't reply to your second reply on YouTube (was it deleted??)

Cheers

Richard