hi kap54

i was a bit luckier than most of you, my dad was 77, a sudden and fatal heart attack, good for him, but you get the feeling you never had the chance to say all the things you wanted to.
sometimes when i smell a pipe or a cigar, i smile because i feel he's there watching and i hope approving. none the less, a sensitive and emotive work, remember they arn't really gone as long as you remember them.

phill

hi telemaster,
you've made a very good start! in your mind you've most likely got the tune and words sync'd up. but the most important thing is you've put down your thoughts in your own personalised way
as far as the solo is concerned, you only put in a solo if it's needed, or the song is a bit short, which [unless it goes like the clappers] it isnt.

excellent for a first attempt, keep working on it and i'm sure you'll get there. [you should have seen my first song, but no one ever will!!!]

regards phill

hi chuck,
i played it my way as it isnt on your web site, i played it bluesy and it was really enjoyable to play, and i dont agree with jeff, i thought the chorus ran great.
excellent song, looking forward to hearing it hint hint

phill

hi zurf,

i wrote a song the other day while i was having new windows put in, well the stuff they use, some kind of solvent or something, really spun my head as i went right off track and wrote some weird lines. now you must realise that i went through the whole of the 60's without polluting my body with any form of stimulant, and here i was as high as a kite! so worry not i've heard sgt. peppers and most of pink Floyd, so no problem, just keep em coming

Phill

hi getfiddle,

nice song, i think it's the sad bits of life that get the creative juices flowing, and then the get you back bit hits in, "didnt love you anyway" yeah

good one when are you gonna get it on myspace?

phill

hi jeff,

funnily enough i only had one sleepless night of nursing each of my 4 kids, they never used to wake up for the 2 o'clock feed after the second week! lucky or what?

but having said that, when my wife went into hospital for our third baby, a girl, our oldest son had to go to another hospital, 10 miles away to have his appendix out, the same night, so i had a couple of sleepless nights there, commuting from one hospital to another, then work in the morning, but as you say, if i could do it again, i wouldn't change a thing.

love the song and the sentiment

keep on rocking

phill

HI ARK, YOU'VE CAUGHT ME OUT, ACTUALLY THE CHORUS FX IS BUILT INTO THE GUITAR, IT'S A GRIFTER ACCOUSTIC WITH A BUILT IN PICK-UP, LEFT HAND AND I LOVE IT, AND ON TOP OF THAT I USE THE CHORUS FX ON MY KORG D8 RECORDER, SOUNDS A BIT MUCH NOW I'VE PUT IT DOWN, BUT THAT WON'T STOP ME USING IT.
GLAD YOU LIKED THE SONG, AND I TAKE IT YOU LISTENED TO "IF IT CAME DOWN TO ME" AS THAT HAS ME RECITING [AS OPPOSED TO RAPPING] A LITTLE VERSE I HAD IN MY HEAD AT THE TIME.

KEEP ROCKING

PHILL

THANKS ARK AND HELENA, AND DADDY TOO, SEEMS I'VE GOT A LITTLE TIME ON MY HANDS AT THE MOMENT, WHILE THE WIFE IS WATCHING HER SOAPS, GLAD YOU LIKE THE SONG, I RECORDED IT FIRST THEN POSTED IT ON THE FORUM.

PHILL

hi jeff, funnily enough i find as i get older, time doesn't seem to drag so much, in fact it passes too damn fast!

i like the way you've just written it in the matter-of-fact style, when are you up loading it to myspace?

see you soon

phill

hi daddy,
i've transposed the chords for you into key C.

C-Em-Am-G for the first section, then;

F-C-Am-G for the second part, and play Dm for the Em at the end of the verse.
it's on myspace if you fancy a listen

phill

HI DADDY, HELENA
YOU CAN HEAR THIS IT'S ON MYSPACE, GLAD TO HEAR YOU CAN CUT A RUG HELENA, MY WIFE LOVES TO JIVE, AND AS MOST OF MY ACT IS 60'S AND ROCK AND ROLL SONGS I CAN STATE AS A FACT THAT TODAYS KIDS LOVE THE OLD 'UNS AS MUCH AS US OLD 'UNS [TALKING FOR MYSELF]

ROCK ON

PHILL