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I am on bebo. Just joined, actually! Decided to see what all the fuss is about. I think I'm either nadine b or stringchick...squeezebox was taken. Can't remember my name though. And ur pretty cool yourself. Hell we'd better stop complimenting each other be4 one of us believes it!
Cheers.

hey David,
Thanx, but no real harm done. I do actually understand irony...even on my blonde days!  It just seemed as if you were making light of all he did for us a country and people, but I can see now you're actually sincere. But hey, this is a place for music not politics, so let's just rock on. I went and listened to some Hendrix now and he was an extraordinary artist. wasn't he? Maybe not everyones cup of tea (certainly not mine) but undeniably he had a passion for his music.

shouldn't we all be allowed our own likes and dislikes? Hendrix was a dam good guitarist but personaly I never really liked his stuff. I prefer eric clapton.
Oh and ...leave Madiba and south africa out of your guitar bickerings.

I was 8 but it wasn't a real "gig"...it was in a classical orchestra. Basicaly it did not end well...I got so nervous when I saw my parents, I sent my violin bow sailing into the audience.

I CAN read music, I CAN transpose, I CAN tell you who wrote what and how they wrote it but I CAN'T write a decent song, I CAN'T move people to tears (the good kind!)with my playing, I CAN'T just pick up any old song and play it immediately without sucking, I CAN'T read or even play tabs all that well..notice how the CAN'T list is longer than the CAN list welcometomyhead?
How many pieces of paper you have saying you know all the theory doesn't make a great musician...PASSION for the music does!
If you have to rely on a score sheet to make music for you then perhaps you need a new hobby.

Hey Roger,
Thanx for the copy of the song. Actually it's exactly what i wanted.  I wanted to see how different your version turned out from my own! Like I said, give me a song and I can transpose it for you in no time(it's not as difficult as most people think!) but finding lyrics to put to the music, there lies the rub. What I meant to convey was that book learning or lack thereof doesn't make what kind of musician you are. Knowing the theory certainly helps but it doesn't automatically make you a better musician. I think passion for the music does. Even someone like me who's been studying music her whole life battles with something that someone else finds easy...and that's why I like the songwriting forum so much because when ,like me, you have the music but not the words...well you can figure it out. Thanx again for the copy!

Ja jy is regtig 'n verkleermannetjie! You sound as if you really enjoyed sa. I live about 12 km from Sun City and the Pilansberg Nature reserve. Have you gone on one of the hot-air balloon trips over the Pilansberg? iT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. So, SA music... JUST AS AMAZING! Check out Karen Zoid (rock chick extrodinaire!),  Just Ginger, Water shed, Chris Chameleon ( with or without Boo ), Spoonfeedas, Fokkofpoliesiekar ( hope admin can't speak afrikaans...) Disselboom...hell, the list is endless. So if you live in Belgium, do you know a group of 2 brothers called Coleske, they're south african! Ans as we say here in sunny sa...local is lekker!

hey,thanx...i somehow knew that would be the answer! i did try some of the songs and was pleasantly surprised. i suppose it's what u put in...but the jumpstart of lyrics and chords really help!

the 'ud was origionally a chinese instrument and means flexable rod or twig. historians are divided about whether the 'ud was origionally made in china or was it made in the 3rd century during the reign of Sasania king Shapur the first in north africa and then spread to the east. the most common tuning for it is G-A-d-g-d1 or c1 or A-B-e-a-d1-g1. u can have 2,4,6 or 7 strings. i would try lute strings,because it is essentially a short necked lute. the 'ud is very widely spread throughout the arabic world but is used nowadays for traditional egyptian music. if u can imagine it the strings were once made of silk. how many ribs does yours have and how long is it. either way it;s an amazing instrument.

go have a look at sites about gourd banjos and see what u think. they're really beautiful. my hub.made one from a set of instructions on www.dhyatt.com and www.diynetwork.com

i'm very blessed...i do the 3 things i love the most. 1.i homeschool my 2 kids, 2. i paint  and 3,i teach music.  busy studying 4 my masters now loving every minute of it. chordie helps alot because i can still study my considerable ass off but then check out all the new songs and get what we all really want out of it...2 play a cool song and not sound as if u suck. hey, kudos 2 all u guys who write their own songs,after 25 or so years of musical instruction i still can't get that right...i know,sad and pathetic isn't it.