I dont believe a song is just words or just music or just the singer or how good the backing is! it's got to be all of them and sometimes just one or two in the mix, hope that makes sense to you. With that in mind my list would have to include;

Jon Anderson...[Yes]
Ian Anderson...[Jethro Tull]
George Harrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
the list would go on for ever,
I'm also very partial to Brian Wilson, that guy from Nickelback, anything by the Eagles etc.

I was listening to Whitesnake Greatest Hits on my way home from my gig last night [I love metal] and even though the music and singing were XLNT, the words left a whole lot to be desired! but it's done them no harm, has it?

phill

hi daddy,
your just an old softee really arent you?

i met my wife about 15 years before we met a second time, she didnt like me at all the first time, now she's coming 'round i think!!! no seriously, we clicked with a hell of a bang the second time, we met at a wrinkleys disco, and danced for an hour before we realised that our friends had given up waiting for us and gone home...never looked back since.

your song rings true my friend, it's great

phill

hi boxer

yechid da it ti hefyd, a diolch

hwyl fawr

[translation;   good health to you too,  have fun]

phill

that's just beautiful jeff

i can say no more

phill

hi marcalan

i'd like to have richard burton do the voice part but morgan freeman would make a good second choice seeing as mr burton is no longer with us

so if mr freeman is looking for a job, my email address is.....lol

phill

Hi Bud,

i must agree with all the above, also when your looking for the chords, try expanding the envelope a bit, eg if you find that the chords flow nicely C-G-F-C,maybe try; C-G-Am-Dm-C.
that was just an example by the way, but i guess you can see my drift, what i'm saying then is; dont fall into the trap we all fall into, dont take the obvious route as thats been done many times before, look for the original, theres always help on this site if you get stuck

phill

hi helena, now that would be a thing
phill

secret sauce eh?

is that a metaphor there young man?

plays nice though i kept wanting to put an F minor in

when you say 12 bar blues do you mean "play it bluesy" or 12 bar in the rock and roll sense?

ignore me i'm tired-[night shift]

phill

hi russel,

all 4 tracks were super [you understand that word...yes?]

LETS GET ONE THING STRAIGHT...I AM NOT ENGLISH, I AM WELSH, thats like calling a canadian a yank, i'd guess, or a texan a new yorker?

lets be fair though, the english did make up the language, so they can corrupt it just as much as you colonials do [i include the ozzies here too, and all the other pacific recreators of the queens english, [here we go, on about gays again...]

just so you know, i'm not gay either or homophobic, just another randy old man form over the pond.

breezin, centurian suite and all the others are all great music.

keep rocking

phill

thanks roger, but i really dont think it's any good. it sounds to me like something i've done loads of times before, you know the same old riff, and not just me , i've heard the same riff played on loads of songs, i stuck the change to minor chords in to distinguish it from others, but i'm still not happy, i'm working at the moment on an orchestration which will be on a totally different musical theme [i hope].

thanks for your encouragement

phill

hi kenny, boy racer, i always thought it was a red sports car that was the petrol-heads dream?

[that would read gas to you, we use gas for cooking food! lol]

nice one, do you need a chorus? some very prominent songs dont have one..."wonderful tonight" "something" etc, they just have a middle 8 or bridge [i call it a change especially if your only playing it once]

only exploring the possibilities, keep your options open and let the song flow

phill