Does anybody know where I can download Beatles albums? There's thousands of tribute bands available for download on the web, but I can't seem to find one thats actually them singing... am I going to have to track down a vynyl to hear the real band??
27 2009-12-17 04:30:26
Re: One's company, two's a crowd... (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Have one strum to keep the beat and the other practice simple picking patterns (or just pick around with your left hand on the chord you can't possibly hit a wrong note).
28 2009-12-04 17:24:29
Re: C C R . (13 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I love CCR, some of the first stuff I learned to play and also some of the first songs I really really loved. They're essential 
29 2009-11-20 18:01:11
Topic: Looking For New Bands... again (5 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
So I've been listening to this kind of stuff lately:
The White Stripes (has become my favorite band)
The Arctic Monkeys
Death Cab For Cutie
The Hives!!
Franz Ferdinand
The Strokes
The Kooks
Kings of Leon (Youth and Young Manhood, Molly's Chambers not the new stuff so much)
Modest Mouse
ALSO, I listen to alot of other stuff. Zeppelin and Hedrix and The Rolling Stones, I've been through all kinds of blues music, Willie Nelson is like crack cocaine for me 
. I like Jack Johnson and John Meyer and Weezer lol. I'm pretty open minded about music so your suggestions dont HAVE to fit the above criteria, it just has to be good.
30 2009-11-03 17:15:34
Topic: For the Kids (5 replies, posted in Song requests)
Somehow or another it leaked out at work that I play guitar (i work at a daycare), and my director's asked me to come in some time and play for the kids. I was wondering if there were any simple acoustic 'kid-friendly' songs that might be fun to learn with my kiddos (ages 4-10).
I hate to actually do "kid" songs, since I'd rather expand their minds and musical repetoire a little. I was thinking some CCR maybe, perhaps some Beatles. Maybe somebody has kids of their owns who have favorites??
Thanks!
-Hannah
31 2009-10-31 14:58:43
Re: holloween? (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
My halloween has two firsts:
I'm carving a pumpkin with my boyfriend for the very first time ever (my very first to time to carve a pumpkin, not just with my boyfriend). I'm ridiculously excited. We're also having friends over to eat spaghetti and pass out candy to all the kids in the neighborhood, which is always fun since most of them know us- one of our church ladies picks kids up out here for children's church, where I'm an assistant, so its always cool to be able to see all their little costumes and do something with them outside of church.
I'm an afterschool caregiver at St. Paul's Early Childhood Center, so yesterday was my other big event. We did mummy races with toilet paper and made a MASSIVE mess, and the kids made spider webs out of yarn and ghosts out of tissues and ate lots of cookies and cupcakes, so we had alot of fun. Its my first halloween on the job, so I'm a little proud of myself for pulling the party off
32 2009-10-25 02:29:29
Re: What brand and thickness picks do you use? (32 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Wow there's alot of Dunlop fans here, myself included
I use the the .63 grips, or the orange ones, which I'm not sure what to call because by the time I inherited my two the paint had been worn off through use. Now the tip's broken off too, but its still my favorite. I know it was pretty thin.
33 2009-10-23 15:40:03
Re: sad songs? (20 replies, posted in Song requests)
Can't go wrong with Hank Williams right?
I Can't Hep It If I'm Still In Love With You... Willie Nelson has a lovely version in F, which you can capo at the third fret and play D, A and G shapes
Hope that helps,
Hannah
34 2009-10-17 03:16:34
Topic: art and music (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Maybe Doc would know something about this: the relation of musical and artistic ability...
I remember one time when I was a kid in sunday school that I was drawing a picture of an elephant, which was apparently pretty good for my age, and my teacher said 'I bet you're a musician too'. Slightly stunned, I told her I played piano and a little bit of clarinet. She acted like she knew just because of the fact that I could draw.
So I guess my question is, is there a common "source" (like which 'side of your brain' you use most, or something like that) between art and music? I've heard other people talk about this, something about how people with mechanical skills like drawing have good hand eye coordination, which applies to both art and music, or "creative" people use certain parts of their brains more actively and both music and art fall under that category.
I realize of course that there must be perfectly good musicians who can't paint, or vice verce. So what do you guys think?? And just out of curiosity, what other kind of "artistic" hobbies might some of yall have outside music?
35 2009-10-13 22:58:35
Re: How many pet lovers... (58 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I have a hamster named Lil' ChiChi...
...who seems to know when you're taking her picture.
36 2009-10-13 01:19:00
Re: New to the forum... well sort of (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Wow thats inspiring
37 2009-10-13 01:13:33
Re: What was your first song? (173 replies, posted in Acoustic)
'Amazing Grace'... the first one I did by ear was 'Old Habits' by Hank Williams Jr. lol
38 2009-10-13 00:19:16
Re: New to the forum... well sort of (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
lol thanks guys
39 2009-10-12 16:16:39
Topic: New to the forum... well sort of (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I used to have an account here under the user name last_rebel, but I kind of let it go a long time without checking anything and by now I don't even use that email anymore so I'm back with a new one lol. Missed yall