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Hi Sharkfin
A few suggestions off the top of my head

Rocket Man Elton John. Life on Mars David Bowie, Venus and Mars Paul McCartney, To the Moon and Back Savage Garden, Spaceman Babylon Zoo, Walking on the Moon Police, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft The Carpenters

Is that enough?  But there must be lots more.

Ian

Thanks for the views and the comments.  I have been taking a little gurther advice on recording and have another 5 songs lined up to record.  They will be a better quality recording next time.  At the moment though these will have to go on the backburner for a little while as I am working on a song for my 4 month old grand daughter Amelia Rose to let her know how much she has touched me (when she's old enough to understand of course).  I have the melody, one verse and a chorus but I'm struggling with the rest.

Thanks again

Ian

Hi guys

Thanks for the suggestions.  I already have .010 strings on my guitar.  You have a point though.  I was a bit fed up of the kid next door cranking out thrash metal after midnight last night so I got out my strat that hasn't seen the light for 3 years with the intention of winding my amp up and getting my own back.  When I started playing I realised how much lighter the action is on it compared to my acoustic so I thought why not and started playing the song on electric.  Sounds OK and the barres were manageable.  Zurf I couldn't get it to sound just right with the power chords but I suppose it's a good reason to let the strat out of the bag (Oh!!! not funny) every now and again at least until I master the acoustic barres or die in the attempt.

Cheers guys

Ian

Hi all

I have been trying for a while now to record this with very poor equipment and probably the worst cold I have ever had.  I have given up waiting for the cold to improve (I've had it for 3 weeks now) and I have simply done the best I can with what I have.  The voice is real croaky and I had to put my capo at fret 2 to try and find a key I could nearly hit.  The poor quality of the video itself is no bad thing - it saves you all from having to look at the face while listening.  I hope the poor quality doesn't detract too much and I promise my voice isn't always thus bad. 

Here you go       link removed
Ian

Being an impetuous kind of guy (you know the one who thinks instructions are for the use of idiots) I just uploaded the webcam output and didn't consider the required format so the song was cut very short.  Have removed it and working on conversion.  Will post new link when complete.

Ian

Hi PerryB

Not sure if this is the place for IT assistance but you would need software to save a printable document on your computer into PDF format such as Adobe Acrobat (expensive) or CutePDF (free).  If you simply want to view Chordie on your I-Pad try this post http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=15411

Ian

Hi tausend have tried this with Audacity and when the Chordino plugin completes it continually causes Audacity to crash with an error.

Ian

Being a Brit I don't really understand american football but I have just sat down in front of the TV with a coffee to watch the Bronco's vs 49er's at Wembley Stadium.  At the start what happens?  Michelle Wiiliams sings Star Spangled Banner and then Guitar god Jeff Beck makes a total pratt out of himself playing the UK national anthem like a chimp with webbed fingers.  Maybe he should have given Michelle the guitar and chanced she would make a better job.  I hope the game is better.

Ian

I really wanted to write a poem about  monkeys, typewriters and Shakespeare in tribute but looks like somebody's already working on that one.

Ian

Hi again

My 8 year old meice told me this one

I thought I would take my pet snail and remove his shell to see if he could move any faster.  Truth is he now seems a little sluggish. 
Ian

Hi BajaMuleDiva

I had a look at the videos and quite liked some of the stuff there.  Unfortunately I could not find either of the songs you are looking for.  Perhaps you could post a link to those songs if you know where to find them.

Ian