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Thats the beauty of a song Jeff.....it links the senses and emotions of a time. I love that....loads of songs get me that way. Good and bad!
A strange one for me is Born Slippy by Underworld. Proper dance track from the movie Trainspotting (most famously anyway). Never has such a high tempo tune made me feel more melancholy. Conversely, there are loads of slower songs that I find uplifting....generally because of what I subconciously link them with.
Amazing stuff this music nonsense...
Go for it Cam. It'll be fine.....the only video I've ever had removed from YouTube was Brown Eyed Girl, a cover of the Van Morrison song. Still not forgiven him :-)
Good work JV. A good listen. Thanks for sharing and for posting the recording. I always have real trouble getting the idea of the songs when people post them, this helps a lot. Thanks again.
As it says in the title, this is a fairly brazen bit of plugging so I'll fully understand if it's deleted or moved. However I know not everyone checks all the different forums in here so thought this may be a good place to stick this for now:
It's basically a link to the new EP that my band have produced. It features four tracks, all originals and is available, errrr, NOW! If any Chordians fancy a copy (yep, I said it....an actual CD) then please let me know. We're doing them for the bargain of £4. Limited numbers for now so hurry if you fancy it. Should be on iTunes too in the very near future but the cover is pretty cool too (I think) so I'd say the cd is a better shout.
Anyway, free to listen to on here (as all music should be) so please check this out and let me know what you think.
Thanks a lot,
Mark
Al,
Thanks so much for coming along. I can't tell you how much I appreciated it.
It was a good night and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The rest of the bands on the bill were extremely good, I sat and listened to them all through soundcheck and some of those young guys (we've already established that we were the "experience" on the evening) can really play. Ahhh, youthful exuberance! That must be nice....
We had to cut our set a little short as the night was running way over time but no matter, the show must go on. I had a blast and you're right, our crowd are a rowdy bunch....which I love and I like trying to encourage them to even rowdier heights.
Roll on the next gig, I'll certainly keep you posted and hope you can come along again as I didn't get the chance to buy you that beer I'd promised you.
Good to meet you Al, speak to you soon.
Mark
Justin is THE MAN! Won't steer you wrong. Welcome aboard and good luck!
Nice work DC. Good to see you're still as prolific as ever. I don't know how you do it sir, but don't question it. Just keep on doing what you're doing. Good stuff.
Thank you all so much for the kind comments. I can't tell you what that means....I really appreciate the views of the Chordians so to get the positive feedback we've had is amazing.
For info, the tracks have been "sorted" i.e. we turned me up on the vocals and knocked a few wee edges off the recordings that we only heard post production so the above link should now take you to the new and improved recordings. Probably worth mentioning that these sound infinitely better through good speakers or headphones and not through a treble-tastic PC or laptop like mine is.......but most of you will already know that.
Thanks so much for listening as always.
Mark
Thanks guys. Means a lot to get such nice feedback from the Chordians.
Actually we've had this remixed a bit today actually. To bring the vocal levels up in a few tracks and fix one or two other wee things we weren't 100% with. I'll re-post when it's ready but glad we've done it.
Al, I've emailed you the gig details buddy. Let me know if you don't get them and I can re-send.
Take care everyone and thanks again for the comments.
Great stuff Deadstring....a very nice idea and great that everyone involved enjoys it. Not everyone (myself included) is as generous with their free time. You should be feeling pretty darned good about yourself right about now.
Evening all,
Firstly, sorry I've not been about much.....I've missed the Chordians and all the associated banter. Hopefully my sabbatical is over for now.
Anyway, one of the reasons I've been so quiet of late is that I've been busy with the band and I'm happy to report things are going well. We've got another gig coming up in Glasgow on the 19th Feb (let me know if you're available to go and I can pass on the details).
The other big news is that we've just recorded our first EP. This will be available to buy and also download via iTunes soon. Can't wait.
In the meantime we've made this available via Soundcloud. The link is: http://soundcloud.com/thecore-1
It would be great if you get a chance to check this out. Any comments etc would be greatly appreciated as we're very proud of it and we're trying hard to publicise it. As 5 old chancers we know we're up againt it from the off so your support would be massively appreciated.
Thanks for listening as always,
Mark
Nice work Roger!! Like it a lot. Here's to the next 3,000 posts!!
Ok, y'all.....apologies for the amount of time taken to get this together but the below is a link to a wee file which is an extract from the gig mentioned above. It's a wee song that I wrote and then worked with the band to make it a proper song...if that makes sense. I'm kinda gutted that the only footage we have is from my mobile phone. The sound and indeed image quality is really poor...as is the fact that my daft brother in law starts moaning about his sore arm right at the emotional break in the song. The doughnut! Only kidding, cheers for recording Colin 
Big old 40Mb file, so if you want to download it's at the following link
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fbzr7q
Again, please note that the sound and image quality on this is rubbish. Rest assured we sounded considerably better than this on the night. I'm sure the boys in the band would probably lob me out if they thought I'd posted this, so shhhhhh, just between us, right?!
Good evening all,
So! had the gig on Saturday night. We were topping the bill right enough, based on ticket sales so our stage time was 10.30 (soundcheck at 5...long wait!). We got on and started by about 10.45........
OH MY GOD!!!! The best thing I have ever done in my entire life!! Easily, without contest (I have no children, never married 
).
The crowd were awesome. 250 drunken sweaty lunatics ready to have a good time and 5 sober sweating lunatics ready to try and give them one, if you'll pardon the phrase!
We played seven songs in total, 6 of our own and 1 cover - Dakota by the stereophonics. Jeez that almost took the roof off!
The whole night went better than I ever expected. I was v nervous, but never to the "I'm gonna hurl" stage that I expected. More jittery than anything, and keen to get it done as well. But as advised on here (which I secretly didn't believe) once we got started it was ok. The nerves never disappeared but they weren't doing anything other than keeping me alert....I would say sharp but I don't think that ever applies to me!
It's impossible for me to pull a highlight from the night, as the whole thing was just an incredible experience. All the guys in the band had a blast too and the feedback from the crowd was fantastic. Even yesterday and today when they're, I assume anyway, sober.
We did play a song I'd written called What's Begun (think it's in the songwriting forum called "When I Least Expected") in the set, which was a huge buzz too. Especially when you hear the way it sounds with the full band playing it. Miles rockier than the original version and in my opinion about a hundred times better. They are a talented bunch of guys in this band and no mistaking. The song went over well and got a pretty big reaction from the crowd.....goosebumps moment for sure!!
Actually, I may try and get a version of it onto YouTube shortly, albeit a rotten recording from a mobile phone....but it will give you the idea of it and a snippet of the gig!
Thank you to all of you who provided encouragement and good wishes. They helped a lot and meant a lot. Now all I need is some Chordians to rock along to the next gig, when we book one, and take in the live show. Al, I'm looking your way in particular matey. Shame you couldn't make this one......hopefully next time! Be good to have a beer.
Will post back here if / when I ever get the file uploaded to the Tube.
Thanks again everyone. I'm proud to say I'm a Chordian, and now I'm proud to say I'm not a performance virgin either!!
Evening all,
so, as some of you may know, I recently joined a band. Mainly just singing (just...ha!) but I've also been pootling about with my guitar too. Only in the studio, will leave it to the guys on the night though. Since they're milllllles better. Good thing is, I get to play with them, a lot! Only going to learn methinks.
Anyway, we have our first gig together coming up on the 21st of this month. For the scots out there, it's in Maggie Mays in Glasgow. Should be a great night. 5 acts on in all, including us. Billing is dictated by whoever sells the most tickets. So for that reason, I think we may be quite far up, top two or three methinks.
I am unbelievably excited as the time clicks on. Getting more than a tad nervy too mind you. However, I'm sure I'll be a basket case on the night. I do stage fright excellently y'see! Gulp!!
I'm staying positive though, I'm sure that the nerves will help sharpen the focus and if I hopefully get through the first song or two without blowing it massively I'll be alright.
Be good, and more than a little reassuring for any of you Chordians to share any gig-night nerves tales you may have and indeed any remedies you may have. Although, I'd prefer to avoid any "altered consciousness" solutions if possible
What a great thread! This sounds like the perfect gig for you toobs....really glad it's going well.
P.S. I think the fact they had you play so much early on is PROOF that you can play that much without losing any energy from your performance.
Great job......keep the news coming!
Geez, Phil, what a great thing to say. Thank you very much.
Or the same old members with new embarassing moments.........fools never learn! Let me get to thinking what's broadcastable from the last coupla years......
Awesome story Pix, great job lil Pix!!
Cheers DC. Personally I think I look better in the dark So I'm told anyway.....
Tequila and Jack......haha....oh my. Been there!!
Is there a recording of this one in existence mkm? Would be good to hear it to get the flow right.....I suspect this could be a proper little foot tapper
Hi Geo, thanks for your comment.
The band thing is going really well actually. I'm only really singing in the band as they already have 2 solid guitarists in place. I quite enjoy just singing actually but recently we've been playing a couple of my songs (Ghosts and What's Begun - on here as When I least Expected) and I think they're going to start making it into our sets. Amazing how they change and grow with the full band. Quite something!
The first gig is on the 21st of August. I can't wait. It's sold out already so it should be a good night all round. I'll put a post in the gigs section nearer the time. Till then I'm just going to keep busy and writing to stop me getting tooooo nervous!!
Cheers buddy.
Mark
Hahaha, awesome!! B B B Bananas!! Oh God, I should go to bed!
Roger, as always sir you storm in to the rescue. Thanks a lot. I've plumped for the Gsus4 option. The diagram doesn't show it exactly as I play it but I reckon that's the best fit. The chord before and after is called G/Bsus4 and it's very similar so I reckon you're bang on.
You're in the friend for life club now. No escape!!!
P.S. Uploading a video (terrible quality - too dark!) to YouTube as I type....
Edit to add, ta-daaa! : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqYeyMzONHM
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