Older certainly, but wiser, now that is debatable.

I am pleased though that you are prepared to wait for the mike, I was not intending to be in a position to let you have it for quite some time yet. I was going to say that a photo of it with your name on will have to suffice but for some reason I cannot add an attachment to this message, so the sentiment will have to do for now. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">

Bit late I'm afraid but I have now been able to ad the photo

Roger

James, it may be a fun  song but there is a lot of truth in there. So much so that as as soon as I leave Chordie I am going to record "My Last Refrain" then re-write my will and leave insructions for it to be played as I am wheeled to the furnace (I shall leave my microphone to you as thanks). <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile"> 

Roger

Thank you James,

I somehow thought that you would come up with a solution for my problem. I will give it a try at the earliest opportunity.

Roger

I have just found "Flabby-Assed Buffoons". The ideal candidate!

Ken I can't wait to hear the performance of "I Used To". Proof that even the most unusual ideas can be the inspiration for a song!

Roger

Thank you James and Ken,

James, I wrote four songs for the love that never was (I hasten to add she has in fact become a good friend). I am working on the other 3 to depersonalise them and will post them here as soon as they are ready. And James I would never describe your songwriting as gravel, I, and I am sure many others, enjoy your contributions - keep them coming. But the big question on everybodies lips is <u>what has happened to Hot Monkey Love ?</u>

In answer to your question about the equipment I use, Ken. I had to rebuild my PC last September and I did go OTT on the soundcard. I bought a Creative X-Fi Platinum which has the big advantage of having a front panel with all the input and output connectors, but I could have probably managed just as well with a cheaper one. James's song and my two songs I created the same way. I used Band-in-a-Box to make the basic backing track and then transferred this to a Tascam 4track Portastudio where I was able then to record a second guitar, oohs, arrs and harmonies on to the track. Then record my voice and playing over this finished backing track. I bought the Potastudio second hand and for little money a few weeks ago and it makes multi track recording easy.

I wonder if you James, or Ken or anyone who is follow this thread has any songwriting projects on the go at the moment that you can tell us about.

Roger

Hi D.L.C

From private correspondence I know you are not sure how to post your songs in chopro-format to appear with the chords above the lyrics and in the correct places. To help I have started re-writing I'll Be With Those Angels for you. I will let you complete it as I am not 100% sure that I am putting the chords in the right place for you. As I said in an earlier message go to www.bythechord.com to check it. (I am so grateful to James McCormick for directing me to that site it is so useful). Dont forget at the end  to put [/SONG]

I hope that this is of help

Roger

Hi Sandsoftime,

Sorry, I forgot to mention in my previous message that Chordie is in the process of starting a sister site for us to be able to publish our songs. The plan is for us to be able to upload, not only the words and chords, but also a MP3 version of the song being performed. Check the Songwriters section of the forum and scroll down to the 7th August 2006 thread from Admin titled 'Publish your songs on the Internet' for more info. I think there are a lot of us eagerly awaiting this site to come on line.

Roger

Hi D.L.C,

I have just played and sung your song 'I'll Be With Those Angels' and I enjoyed it, thank you. I did however have a little difficulty fitting the lyrics to the melody in places but that may just be my interpretation and style of performing it. If you are able to record it why not put it on YouTube or MySpace and post the URL here. I have said it before, if you give two musicians the same words and chords and you will have two different songs so it would be nice to hear your interpretation of your song. On saying that though it is actually good to hear a completely different interpretation of a song.

As for backing your singing you are able to write your own backing tracks with a program like Band-In-A-Box (www.pgmusic.com). You write the chords, select the style and tempo and you have a very good backing track to enhance your singing and playing. You have drums, bass and other instuments playing along with you, and you can change instruments and the volume of each to suit your needs. There are probably other similar programs but this is the only one I know.

Finally if you want to write in chopro-format read through the first announcement of the Songwiting section titled Post Formatted Songs it explains how to write in chopro-format so that your songs posted here will have the chords above the lyrics. It needs to be written in plain text (not as a Word document) and you can always check that it looks OK first by visiting www.bythchord.com as in the resourses there you can browse your song and even print it to check it is OK before posting it here.

Good luck and keep up the songwriting.

Roger

Hi bigrinwv,

This is the second time you have raised this query and both times I have spent quite some time trying to reproduce what is happening to you without much success, I'm afraid.

The only way that I can get a remove message is by accessing a song already in my songbook. At all other times I get the add message. If you are not accessing songs already in your book I am afraid I cannot help.

Good luck

Roger