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(62 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

September 2017 FSOTM – Another Challenge Month
Original thread can be found here:  http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=32889
If you missed out, it's never too late!  You can share a link at the thread above, comment there, etc!
Here are quick links to member's submissions (if I missed any, please post in the original thread linked above and I'll get this post updated!)

Zurf:   https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/ye … -challenge
Peatle Jville:  https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/chordie-sotm    (deleted)
Mojop1:  https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/pancho-and-lefty-3
Peatle Jville:  https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/chord … eaven-door   (deleted)
Zurf:  https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/kn … avens-door    (deleted)
Zurf:  https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/sundown-cfsotm
Neophytte:     https://youtu.be/QIfTI7qnt4M
Jandle:   https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/sundown
Peatle Jville:  written and composed by Peatle Jville and sung by Jandle  https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/now-is-only-oncemp3
Neophyte:  https://youtu.be/i_YOpu15mE8

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(62 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

August 2017 FSOTM – CHALLENGE MONTH
Original thread can be found here:  http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=32889
If you missed out, it's never too late!  You can share a link at the thread above, comment there, etc!
Here are quick links to member's submissions (if I missed any, please post in the original thread linked above and I'll get this post updated!)

easybeat:   https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/bad-moon-rising   (deleted)
Peatle Jville:  https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/you-got-the-silver
Peatle Jville:  https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/bad-moon-rising    (deleted)
Zurf:   https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/ti … ge-edition
Mekidsmom:   https://soundcloud.com/user-935684483/b … -challenge
Mojo01:  https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/gringo-honeymoon
Zurf:   https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/ba … -challenge
Zurf:   https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/qu … tle-jville
Zurf:   https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/gr … oon-cfsotm

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(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Well written Grah1 ...... hope you get better and sing again soon.

neophytte ........  well done on ~To Her Door~ .... I have to confess I didn't know and had never heard of this song before, so after listening to your cover I went and listened to the original. 
neophytte ........ yes that`s  the Elvira song.

easybeat ........ challenge accepted, I will give ~Stepping Stone~ ago (or attempt to lol).  Gee I had to go listen to it online as I couldn't remember  it at all! 
easybeat ............ I challenge you to ~A Horse With No Name~ .

beamer ........ awesome, looking forward to what you do with those songs.

This month we are looking for Suggestions for CHRISTMAS SONGS for December since it is the season for them BUT this time we are doing something a little different.

Firstly: we are looking for Any Christmas Song Suggestions that you like, love, enjoy, would like to try to perform.  It can be a well-known or not so well-known Christmas Song.
It can also be a Christmas Song You Have Written Yourself and would like to share and perform for us or would like someone else to attempt it.

Secondly:  we are looking for Christmas Songs from YOUR OWN COUNTRY!  What a great way to share your countries traditional or not so traditional Christmas Songs with other members … we are after all from different parts of the world.

So, with that, make your suggestions below…  READY? SET? GO!!!

This months FSOTM will be a Challenge Theme Event,  based on members First Songs they learnt to play. 
There were a quite a few songs mentioned by members that were their first songs, so decided to list them all this month. The Challenge is to Attempt to Cover Anyone of the Songs Listed Below
You can cover 1, 2, 3 of songs on the list or as many as you want to cover, in fact you can cover all of them if you would like.
You can Challenge Anyone to Attempt the One You have Chosen as well

SONGS:

Elvira
Folsom Prison
Sylvia`s Mother
I`m Going To Love You Forever – Randy Travis
To Her Door – Paul Kelly
Proud Mary
Smoke On The Water
A Horse With No Name
Gloria – by Van morrison or Doors
Stepping Stones – by The Monkeys
Leaving On A Jet Plane
House Of The Rising Sun
Jambalaya

As there are so many songs listed this month, there won`t be any suggested Chord links or You Tube links posted this time to help you.   But there will be plenty of chords you can look up here on Chordie and if you want to listen to the songs you can google the songs to find them on You Tube.

So ....  Get READY, SET, GO!!!

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

Wow what a collection!

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(10 replies, posted in Poems)

Peatle, that was very touching and so well written, thank you for sharing it with us and so glad you wrote your thoughts down smile

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(6 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Thanks everyone, appreciate you having a listen.

neophytte .... hope your wife enjoys the ukulele as much as I have and yes,  get your wife to join into FSOTM

Peatle .... thanks, Belinda and I have fun mucking around.

mojo01 ... thanks, Belinda is very good on the harmonica and just keeps getting better and better on it.  Something very cool about a harmonica.

Phill ....  Thanks but it isn`t a FSOTM song at all hence why i put it in this section wink   Yep it probably is longer than the original,  just as well its a "cover" we can cover it our way smile

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(6 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Had fun mucking around with some songs today with a friend.  Here is one we played around with but only had two attempts at recording it before she had to go home.  I think with a couple more attempts at this song we could have done it a bit better and a mistake on my part in the song wouldn't be in there roll

Belinda on Harmonica
Me on vocals, ukulele and cajon.

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/love-me-do

(Edited to add the link - Jandle)

neophytte ........ I have tried to listen to your music, that programme you are using wont let me listen to them.

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(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

mojo01  ... that was a touching song, after all that hard work then to be taken out by cancer and not get to enjoy life after and retirement.  I am sure your dad would have been very proud of your guitar playing and songwriting talent.

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(8 replies, posted in Poems)

haha very clever TF.   One question ....... how do you say or sing THBFLLLPIT?  lol

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

Strummerboy Bill wrote:

The news isn't ALL bad, though>

We now live in an apartment which saves us the house payment. The car is almost paid off. The complex furnishes free cable tv which saves us about  $100.00 a month, and we can now afford a cleaning person to come in every 2 weeks to help us keep the place clean.

We love you guys and ladies!

Bill

Well Bill,
I am glad to see there are some positives happening in your life, so keep trying to focus on the good stuff whilst your going through the tough stuff.  Hang in there, it will eventually pass and you will be back to yourself before you know it.  Thinking of you and Dondra smile

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

Well after reading through this post, i think i get the point your trying to make easybeat.

After thinking about it, i guess i would have to say i like getting comments, whether good or bad, not for my ego or to feel puffed up or in some cases deflated lol lol but comments/feedback give the singer, songwriter, musician a general feel of how they are doing, how they are improving, where they can improve, what works, what  doesn't work.   So yeah i think it is important to give feedback to the person/persons. 

I like to give feedback/comments to people after they have posted their song/music/songwriting skills etc ..... I think they have taken the time and effort to do this, then yep they deserve some feedback.  Mostly I am able to give positive comments, occasionally I might make a suggestion  I think might help them make it better (not that i am any expert i might add and you all know lol )

zurf..... we do Jambalaya in our ukulele group as a performance song for the residents in retirement homes or rest homes but never learnt that as a beginners one smile

beamer, noted, a good idea, thanks smile

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(29 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Impressive ctech ..... lyrics are great and amazing it all came from a dream, awesome!   I appreciate the back ground sound effects with the vocals too but would love to hear this same song sung by you without the back ground sound effects to hear how it compares.

Zurf ............. nice soft touch, gently sung, well done smile

Thanks Peatle for your comments smile  My leg now at 12 weeks on is still in a brace which i am hoping the orthopaedic surgeon will let me take off this Monday coming when I see him and hoping i can start to finally walk on it.  Will need physio though when i can walk as my leg won`t completely bend or straighten out.  Its been a long journey smile

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

Sorry to hear about the loss of your father in-law and your wife`s dad.  Love / hate relationships are always hard.  As Peatle said, best to just think about the good side and good stuff that happened with him.  Thinking of you at this time beamer.

Ok ............. got through listening to them all smile

neophytte .........  enjoyed your cover of Father and Son, well played and i liked the picking bits you did on guitar smile  Your 2nd song with your son was well done.   Your son did well as he had learnt the song off by heart by the looks (couldn't see him reading music at anytime) and his timing with the little shaker was on point!  He has an ear that boy of yours smile

easybeat .............. very original!  I liked the conversational commentary through it with the reverb on.  The message was definitely food for thought lol  smile

Beamer ...... wow your first one with the 15 attempts, you sure  gave it the heavy metal distorted treatment for sure smile  Your second song ~You don`t now how it feels~ i liked very much and thought that style suited you .... would like to hear more from you in this style smile

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(20 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Tig as I said on Sound Cloud .......... you never cease to amaze me with your song writing skills!  You have an amazing gift!

Wow ..... lots of reading and catching up to do on here by the looks ............ great stuff smile

I have listened to one so far since I was last on, so will have a listen and comment on them all.

Peatle yours happens to the first one i listened to so far ........ you certainly made it your own, loved your new lyrics to Father and Son, had me smiling.  Well done smile

Great keep them coming folks smile

Zurf ...... Wow! your making that guitar of yours talk! Awesome smile