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Hey Pix,
Happy Anniversary,
I never set goals for myself as far as songs. Seems I would get frustrated and move on to something else and come back to them a few months or years later and they sometimes come easy. I have made a commitment to myself to try and play some everyday. I like to get at least an hour a day and try to do something that makes me feel good about my playing.
This can be a very up and down hobby and I hope for more highs than lows 
Hello everyone with christmas coming up I want to share a great song I covered by George Strait, "There's a New Kid in Town" it's a song I like to play and thought some of the acoustic players might like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUssML_Wc1s
Here's the Lyrics and Chords
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.r … ranspose=5
I hope everyone has a great Holiday Season, and a Big Thanks to the great folks that keep Chordie goin!
Well it's friday and I have been bummed out lately, work related and I needed some cheering up and these 2 wonderful pickers made me smile
This Band thing is startin to stress me out, trying to keep everyone happy 
Russell has been moved to Lead guitar, anymore changes will have to be approved by Topdown.
it is an honor to be inducted into the Chordie Jam band Bass?
Russell, I know you would rather play lead guitar but we sure appreciate you filling our Bass position until we can find another bass player. We would love to have you play lead also but we really need a bass player for now
Thanks
"Chordie Jam Band"
Vocals - Wayne P
Backing Vocals Old Doll
Rhythm Guitar Wayne P ,Guitar Pix
Lead Guitar SouthPaw & Russell Harding
Bass Jerome & Fat Strings
Tuba Toots
Fiddle Jerry GSE
Drums Ringo
Roadie Cam
Manager Topdown
Ringo is the drummer on an interum basis till we find a fit, we can also use another lead player. Jerome was more comfortable playing rhythm. Please see Topdown if there is anyone interested
It just scared the heck out of me when they were talking loose braces or something with the body of the guitar. My wife bought me this guitar about 5 yrs ago. We spent about 4 hrs for me to make up my mind and I kept coming back to this one and Liz waited patiently and paid for it when I finally decided on the Martin.
After we had her loaded up and headin for home I got a little emotional and teared up a little. It was quite a day
Thanks,
Well I think some of the folks here have heard me complaining about my Martin HD-28 being kind of an unruly beast to record and just hasn't sounded right to me for the last year or so. Anyway I am kinda hard of hearing but just knew there was something wrong. I took it to the local guitar store and they sent it to their expert after everyone there agreed that it was very wierd sounding. It had a harmonic vibration in it and first they thought it may have a loose brace or something vibrating with the truss rod.
I have a LR Baggs pickup in it and it turned out the preamp was loose and rattling and making it really sound bad. The notes are ringing again and it sounds wonderful
I didn't want to say anything about it being at the doctor, I didn't want to ruin Cam"s day when he just purchased a new Martin
and have him worry about them not being durable.
Heya Gerald,
I am not an authority on strings but I have tried alot of strings. I would recommend Elixir Polywebs for a warmer subtle sound.
I am currently using Elixir nanowebs and to my ears they are brighter than the polywebs. I am sure others will respond with some suggestions.
It takes a while to put a band together
I think a good manager will work all the perks in his favor
Jerome,
One more thing, if your gonna be in the band. We are gonna have to get along
I didn't say that is was better or worse than the circle of fifths. I am just saying that not everyone wants to be a theory expert. Some folks just want to play songs and have fun and I think it is a useful tool.
I still remember when I needed all the help I could get and tried to pick up on any learning tools that were available and I enjoy helping others get their fingers working and making music.
To make myself clear, I said this is a handy chart and the circle of fifths is also
Russell,
You are right and you also don't need the above chart, but alot of others do and I think the fact it has the 1 4 5 chords, high lighted and folks can see the 6th chord is the relative minor makes this a very useful tool for lots of folks.
My point being most folks will not be Kings of Theory and this chord chart is very useful to many. I have played with some folks that have the Major side of this chart taped to their guitars and dobros. It is just another tool that some will find handy and useful.
Jerome ,
You are correct but you cannot deny this is a handy tool as is the circle of fifths. I disagree on learning from it also. I'm sure a lot of new players will see a common pattern by looking this over.
dfoskey wrote:Hey Pix that's a good tool to have. Alot of players can use a chart like this for to keep us in the right key while playing chord progressions. You can use it to transpose with also. Thanks
sadly it's missing the sharp/flat keys so it's not much good for transposing as you have to remember about any tones in between...
nice try anyway...
It works for me and it is a Chord Chart ! Most guitarists transpose in the Major or Minor Keys and this will transpose all the chord progressions needed and if I want to play a G# progression I capo at first fret and play in a G major progression.
I own a capo and am not ashamed to use it
Good for you Cam,
I have a Martin also, I have played one like yours and it plays very nice. I would be happy too. I also have an Ultra Light Acoustasonic that I can't say enough good about. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I have. I'll bet your playin level will see a big boost.
I also played it through a Genz Benz acoustic amp at the local guitar store and I am very impressed with the fishman electronics.
I think you scored the goods
Sorry, I don't know any drummers and I thought we could use him till we found one
Here's one on Chordie too.
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 62767.html
Chordie has much better printer options and a transpose feature. Welcome to Chordie
Vocals - Wayne P
Backing Vocals Old Doll
Rhythm Guitar Wayne P & Guitar Pix
Lead Guitar Jerome & Southpaw
Bass Guitar Russell Harding
Drums Ringo
Tuba Toots
Manager Topdown
Roadie Cam
Good Job Russ !
I do a similar one to that. You are still a " Long Haired Country Boy" I do "Grey Haired Country Boy" and I have a friend that does "Bald Headed Country Boy"
Toots,
I hate to say it but I don't like to see any instruments destroyed in the name of humor or entertainment. Destroying a guitar is a sin and I would like to slap the guy silly that breaks one thinking he's cool !
There I got that off my chest.
Hello,
I think the first thing is get a good mic, I wanted a good mic and asked questions here on chordie and a couple folks including Southpaw recommended Sennheiser Mikes. He makes his living with one I believe a 835 I purchased a 845 and really like it.
You will need to record yourself and learn to work your mike. By this I mean when to be right in the mic and when to back out of it a little. Another thing is a good amp can make an average singer sound very good. I have a Fender Ultralight Acoustasonic that has very good effects. A little reverb can really help and chorus and echo can be used very nicely also. Also I and several others here on chordie have digitech vocal 4 harmonizers that have very nice effects besides having 4 part harmonies.
The problem with everything I have mentioned they are kinda pricey.
The general consensus for a good acoustic amp is Marshall's AS-50R under $ 400 new and it has good effects and with a good mic and fair guitar you can sound great.
OOps the biggest thing and cheapest like Deadstring advised is use a capo and find your sweet spot. If you have to transpose the song to a different key and use your capo to find the spot you can sing with the least effort. To me it's easy to know the high notes that you can't reach and sometimes if you get to low you run out of air. Try to find a happy medium and record yourself and work on the places you don't like or pick a different song that will work.
If it was easy everybody would doin it
Heya Russ,
You always have a great time with your new toys, thanks for sharing . You put a smile on my face
There are a few Bands and Artists and Record Labels that have had some videos removed. Most artists are flattered that folks share their music and actually promote it. I have asked a couple songwriters permission and they said go ahead. It is different when you are making recordings for profit and then you need to pay a fee and so much per song and how many copies you are making.
Bars and others that have live music also pay a license fee so performers can play covers without copywrite issues.
Now that's rappin, Badeye
Here's another my dad played.
Ernie
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