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1) Dear friends, I am as told before, a non English speaking man, but I try hard to make poetry even not being a poet. There are so many great poems written here, so I love to give you a subject, in which you can find reality, joy, sadness.
2) It makes me feel happy to see that this section is becoming far more popular than I thought.
I try to read them all, and now and then I love to suggest a poem like the "who am I" poem.
I really am happy, a lot of us write about love, pain, personal things, but also about other things.
So here again a thread where you can describe yourselves, your life.

I was born in fact squeezed out my mum's belly
the first thing I heard was a song of Leadbelly
I was naked and so I heard them saying it's a boy
Why and how they saw it I still don't know, was it a decoy?

A few days later I was home, a priest and people I didn't know
they made me wet and I was scared, was this a decoy?
Once back home they start to throw and grabbed me back as a big jo-jo
Speaking a language, very weird and sounding as di da do

Next stop was in kindergarten, in a local school
Hey, I was a smart kid and they made me look like fool
we all got a stool, a tool and yes that was pretty cool
making drawings and objects fingerpainting and going to the pool

at the age of 6 we all moved up to a bigger place and oh so great
there were a lot of us, in groups, and rooms and a new classmate
we learned to read, to write and using numbers, purpose was to graduate
as time passed by 50 little eyes looking at a clock and then of course the gate

Again, at twelve we changed again to a new school it looked all so big
it was a culture shock all new teachers and priests, one looked like a pig
I learned about the ancients, the Greeks, the Romans and every year a gig
Six years long, an eternity, thinking I knew everything but feeling as a twig

Now there was a crossroad, should I leave or should I go
The choice was difficult it was at least 35 years ago
become a priest, not for me, too many sins and a real macho
Why not going to become a doc, just like my dad, we both loved staus quo

So the university or is it college, I never understood
I started to study harder than a person should
But soon there were a lot of events, for a student like me, no good
Too many bars, booze and a lot of sisters from the hood

I had one purpose I promised my parents to succeed
So blessed with a good memory and pretty women they agreed
you're old enough my son, if there is something that you want or need
please call us, inform us and talk and nobody is worried

Finally I am just a simple man who used to be a doc
I started early finished late, a race against the clock
one things for sure I wasn't part of a big, big flock
I ended up, a car, a tree and all I do today is rock

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I am convinced that as an outsider, there will be soon a new word
HYLARYOUS.
But this is about the best youtube movies

FINALLY the acoustic PRS is on the market.
To see the models and hear the sound you need to go to www.prsguitars.com.
There are 2 models, and as far as the PC reproduces the sound, well, I admit FABULOUS.
PRS has always given us great, but very expensive electric guitars, so he used the dame high standard for the acoustics:
- the TONARE GRANDE: not a real dreadnought, but more orchestra model
- the ANGELUS: a beauty with a cutaway.

Options: pick-up system
Concerning the material used, the construction, it will be an expensive guitar.
Before I die, this is the guitar of my dreams.
FOR ONE OF THESE: I WILL SAVE SOME MONEY, it is my goal to get one of these guitars.

WHAT ABOUT YOU PRS FANS ON CHORDIE? Just listen and judge, they have an unique sound.

Since we have so many members and probably from different countries (AM I WRONG TO SUGGEST THAT 75% ARE US CITIZENS?) I really would love to see what you write about your country.
I would really love to read it, so PLEASE, COOPERATE, it isn't difficult.

I was born, raised and studied in Belgium long ago
There was no choice, my mother told me so.
It's here I learned to play guitar, starting in do
There are a lot of countries where I would go.

Our national dish is a steak with french fries
why did they call it french? It started here, no lies
in a lot of countries they only eat a lot of rice
a combination with dog meat and a fistful mice.

We have a lot of rain, the grass is green and taxes high
the more we work the more they take, and I don't know why
we have beautiful old cities here, centuries old a pleasure for the eye
great places to eat, "haute cuisine" tasty and exceptional, I can't denie

these old towns so magnificent as they were painted in a blue, blue sky
Belgium is only 35.500km², not so big and tourists passing by
if you come to here, go and see some cities, don't be shy
surf around, you'll see I'm right, take a plane to here and fly

THIS IS WHAT I MEAN, DESCRIBE YOUR COUNTRY OR STATE, LIKE I DID

A lot of people seem to change their name using a stage name.
Upyerkilt told me an example (which I knew already) that a guy named DAVID JONES changed his name in DAVID BOWIE.
Changing a name in an artist name, are this names "officially" recognized by the authorities, meaning that Robert Zimmerman = BOB DYLAN, and resulting in his offspring like JAKOB DYLAN?
Or do they use their names only on stage, and not officially recognized by the authorities?
BUT WHO ELSE DID SO?
1) WHAT ABOUT THESE NAMES are they official changed, or still STAGE NAMES?
- REGINALD DWIGHT became ELTON JOHN.
- DECLAN PATRICK McMANUS became ELVIS COSTELLO
- ROBERT ZIMMERMAN became BOB DYLAN
- RICHARD STARKEY became RINGO STARR
2) WHAT ABOUT THESE NAMES? It's really obvious that these are STAGE NAMES.
- PAUL HEWSON became BONO VOX (= good voice), but now BONO.
- GORDON SUMMER became STING
INCLUDING ACTOR'S NAMES:
- Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez became MARTIN SHEEN, and both his suns have different names
- CHARLIE SHEEN adopted his father's stage name SHEEN while his brother kept his father original name ESTEVEZ (Emilio Estevez) which brings me back to OFFICIALLY CHANGED NAMES and STAGE NAMES.
See also KIRK DOUGLAS, his children are all named DOUGLAS too, so did they had to change it legally, or was papa KIRK born as Issur Danielovitch, name change in KIRK DOUGLAS enough?

A WELCOME ON BOARD POEM

Dear friend and chordian Williams Phil
you are doomed to work with me gitaardocphil.
I hope you are strong enough without taking a pill
If not, I have no problem to send you a bill

This is a poem made by me for you
a little bit or even more unusual to do
I am sure you'll be my good friend too
If you don't agree, put me with the monkeys in the zoo.

And now it is your turn to write a poem about me
I am an open book, even today you'll see
Why don't we start to see a concert of AC/DC
Or do you prefer "me and Bobby McGee

Dear Phil, welcome as a friend here and congrats with your promotion.
It is a nice, lovely job.
I write less since a few months but I read more what other people write.
Gitaardocphil aka THE ROCKDOC.

Is there anyone who is familiar with this program?
Here is a link.
My opinion, funny, you have a kind of toolbar with a lot of chords, like E, C or Am, A7, A° A# and too much to mention.
What is the funny part? You just click on a chord you want, and you get the notes underneath the chord.
Then push play, and the result is amazing. You can do a lot, and it is as if you are a big song writer

WHO KNOWS THAT PROGRAM, it costs 39$ but before I spend it, I really love to hear your opinion.
http://drawmusic.com/LicenseCodes.aspx?ref=demo

THE RAP CRAP

Hey Jo, yeah Jo, how is your mojo
Hey Jo, my brother in law’s name is Jo
He married my sister, just took her and go
He Jo, yeah Jo, treat her well and so

The brothers from the hood
They all walk, using a foot
I’m sitting here, and I don’t feel good
The rap crab lobster has no blood

So, Jo, yeah Jo, I’ll come and get you soon
I will wait to come after the monsoon
Hey Jo, yeah Jo, I’ll come with my platoon
Fight like a brother and use your harpoon

His name is indeed Jo, so imagine a rap rhythm

Before I write something I think we had already a thread about busking, but long ago.
Since we have so many active or registered members, I wanted to talk again about busking.
I went to PRAGUE in August, unfortunately the weather wasn't good, but I met a Canadian guy who had done a lot of jobs to survive, and he was a damned good player, with a fix job as guitar player in a big and popular restaurant there. He played 5-6 hours a day, at noon, and in the evening, not IN the restaurant but outside the restaurant.
He was a gifted and skilled player, but because of that very rainy day, they phoned him that he didn't had to play as said because of the rain.
Why scary and courage? Because 2 yeras ago, I was walking on the famous "ramblas" in Barcelona
There was a group of people from England, age 45-50 years old behaving themselves worse than naughty kids. They asked him to play, he was a "rookie", but he really tried to do the best he could, he played 4 songs, the group was really laughing, they gave him nothing. Yes, my friend and me 2 tables from the UK group, we gave him 10€.
IS THIS PART OF THE BUSKING WORLD?
I think you need an "elephant skin" to play on the street, and listen to the "dirty and the blasphemous" comments.
In DUBLIN, january 2009, I saw a guy, playing really good, but on 10 people, 3 listened and 7 passed by, but he received quit a lot from 80% of the people passing by.
SO, CAN YOU MAKE A LIVING BY BUSKING (he told me he could live fair enough, and with the accent on his passion, that he was really happy.)
Three different stories, so my question is how many of you have played guitar on the street, so
- the problems, like the law, the place you play?
- can a good guitar player live with the money he gets?
- can you handle the critics and comments given by stupid people?