876

(3 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Heres  a  bit  of  vid of my  good  friends  Everdie  who  stepped in to  fill my  slot at  this years  Matala  festival.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPbv5Cm … ata_player

great  guys  great  band .

877

(60 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkicwMw … e=youtu.be

Another song  from the  Kendal gig  this  is  a  cover  of  one  of  my  favourite  songs  Another  girl another planet  by  the  Only  ones

878

(60 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Jim  it was an art festival at Kendal I did a half hour there several folk type acts a dance troop and a band that sounded a bit like the red hot chillie peppers.I played next to last.
Dino thanks for the positive comments
Russell yeah I know what you mean but we had a problem during the set up time and had had to rush the sound check a bit.Due to the way I had every thing wired the soind guy only had control of the overall mix and the mic level and so culdnt raise the level of the bass and drum if I'd had time i would have fed the trio the loop and my drum machine into seperate channels then it could have been easily ballanced,but never the less the overall sound was pretty good for a first time out with the new kit.

879

(60 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fmv6If … e=youtu.be

This vid  of  me playing  my  own song  Stone  at  the  Kendal  arts  festival

880

(60 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

used the  trio   live  today  worked  perfectly   I  used it  in conjunction with   my  usual set  up  of  boss looper and  zoom drum machine .Consensus  was it  sounded  great  one  comment  was  thats  a  great  sound   all  made  by  one  guy . I'll  try  and  post  a  vid  soon

881

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Some times  I  just  miss  seeing  them and  they  end  up  down the  list  of  other  posts  so  they  get overlooked ,its  the  same with other post  not  just  songs .

882

(20 replies, posted in Poems)

powerful and  emotive  lyrics ,I  think  every  one  has  experienced  something like  this  at  some  time , defiantly could  be  a  song

Every one  here  has  a big  heart    ,take  care  Bill ,stay  well.

884

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I do  miss the island , More  so  this  coming week end as Its  the Matala Beach festival  and I  was  due  to  play  with Greek  heavy rock  band  Everdie  on Saturday . Cest la vie , I'll have  a  good  time  at  Kendal Arts   instead .

885

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Funny  thing  was  guys   just  after I  posted this  thread I  had an idea  which  might   be  good .
I  always  start   with   lyrics  Ed  as I feel that  lyrical  content  is  important  although  some times  I've written songs  that  I  feel  are  just   for  fun and  don't  have  a  message  other  than  enjoy  this .
Brian the  drug influenced  stuff will  re emerge  ,some time ago  I  did  a  song  called prescription   blues  which  talked  about   my codeine  problem  that  I  had  some  years  ago ,thankfully behind me  now .

886

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Since my surgery a couple of months ago I've not been able to write any new songs other than the drug addled Full Circle that I posted just after I came home.I need inspiration ,feels funny not being able to produce some new material.

887

(60 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Gonna  try  mine  live  at  Kendal arts  festival  next  weekend  I've programed 3 tracks  into  it  and will  use  it   separate  to  the looper  which  has  the  remainder  of  my  set  in , biggest  problem is  making  sure  all  the  levels   are  ok when using  loops  ,drum machine  and  now  the  trio  so  I've  made  notes  and will  mark  positions  for  all  the  knobs etc  on my  song  sheet. Sounds  great .
Biggest  challenge  for  me  is  standing  for  the  duration of  the  set as  my  guitar rubs  badly  against  the  scar tissue from my  recent  surgery  so  after   a  few minutes  I  find I'm quite  sore and  uncomfortable .

888

(60 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Got  the trio  today  and  just  gave  it   trial .Highly  recommended .

889

(22 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I also   picked up  a new  practice  amp  a couple  of  days  ago   ,a Kustom 10 watt for  next  to  nothing  sounds  great   plenty  loud  enough  for in the  house

890

(60 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

just  ordered  a  trio  today   should  arrive  tomorrow,  cant  wait .

He did really well ,a future star fo sure

892

(18 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

that  was  pounds  dino  but  I  still  think  its  cheap

893

(18 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

If I had ten grand to spend on a guitar I'd buy somthing with a bit of history ,last year Alvin Lees 335 was up for sale in one of the London shops at 4k I would buy that and give the remaining 6 k to charity

894

(12 replies, posted in Recording)

Jim I   just  use  my  zoom pedals drum  machine

895

(16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

On your  tool bar at  the  right hand  bottom corner is  there   a  single  letter   E or  H  or  U perhaps  if its  present   you may  be  able  to  toggle  back  to  uk  settings  ,I  think  you've  defaulted  to  USA key pad  settings We had  this  on some  of  the  pcs  at  Uni a  few  yrs  back I  think  it  was  after  the  tech  guys  upgraded  to  windows  7  from xp  hope  this  helps .

It was neck heavy which made it hard to play plus I had a black strat back then which I mostly used

I had  one  of  these   back in 1983  soon sold it  though ,any  one  else  had  one?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11061706_10206700955540053_3675594952853963990_n.jpg?oh=520cac8b0e5ce8e418435593ec316503&oe=55F4FBB9&__gda__=1442865276_2dfda214a8587300509c0874c2d63c25

898

(5 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Seems interesting especialy if it makes the acoustic guitar louder .Some times I play at acoustic nights and its hard to hear your self above other instruments especialy if some ones playing banjo or accordion

excellent in every  way

glad your  both ok Bill  take care  ,looking forward  to  more  of your  posts