Maybe one day I'll get to California Dino .

As I  will  be  heading  back  to the  uk  for  the  winter  again this  year  I  would  like  to  get  a band  together for  the  time I'm  there so  if  any  one  living  in the Area  from Skipton to Kendal  is  interested  in playing  drums, bass  or  rhythm  drop  me  a  line . Blues   R+B  rock n roll .

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

Dave  you  say  about  confidence ,don't  worry    you  are  doing  this  for  you , when you  perform just do  it  for  you  and  enjoy  it ,your  enjoyment  will  transfer  to  the  audience  ,this  will  help  with  confidence .

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

My   friend  Steve Share a photographer  here  on Crete  just  sent  me  this  photo  he  took  at  one  of  our  gigs ,If  I  was  a solo  artist   I  would  love  to  use it  as  a poster

https://scontent-b-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/s526x395/10434174_10152308181745677_1885006940804164493_n.jpg

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

Sadly here in Crete the artist can also get a hefty fine if the bar is unlicensed luckily it doesn't happen mutch

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

Well done  Dave ,its  great  to  get  a resident  spot  it  really  helps  when you are  trying  to build  up  a  following  ,folks  know  where  you  will  be and  come  to  see you  .We  had have been house  band  at  a  couple  of  bars  over  the  last  few  years  and  its  great  .certainly  here  where  you  get  a  regular  change  of  audience in the  resort ,however  in the  town bar  we  found  it  good  to  keep  expanding  our  repertoire so  as  not  to  get  stale .I  know  one  or  two  guys  who  churn out  the  same  set and  the  regulars soon  start  to  complain   so  its  good  to  vary  the  set  and  add  one  or  two  new  ones  to  the  favourites . As  Tyson said  if  you  have  an  audience who  talk  a  lot    try  and make  contact  with  one  or  more  and  it  will  spread ,it  can be  a  little  disconcerting  to  think  you are  up  there  playing  your  heart  out   and  every  one  talks ,They talk  because  its  a  social  thing ,they  are  listening   so  don't be  put  off  just  enjoy  your time  in the  spotlight .

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(11 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Amy the 57 is mainly for instruments .as a rule of thumb I say backing singers about 6 inch away lead singer up the Mic as close as it takes

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(11 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

sure  sm 58   excellent  mic great  sound

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(4 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

guitarbackingtracks.com

http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecaden … -the-strad
this link  does  a blind   comparison   on strad  to  new  interesting results. Scroll  down past  the  photo   listen   to  the  two  sound  bites  and  read  the  results .

I have  always tended  to  shy  away  from big brand  names although  I  have some   reasonably  expensive  guitars  in my  collection I  find  that   the cheaper   brands  can often be  as  good . A  case  in example  is  when I  wanted  a semi  acoustic ES 335  type  I  chose  3   similar  guitars  the  Gibson es335  the  epiphone  dot 335  and  the  vintage vs535 I  spent  an  afternoon  with the  3   in the  shop  and  came  away  with  the  Vintage  which was  considerably   cheaper  than the  others   ,Why   .... because  it  played  better  ,sounded  better  and  was  cheaper  ,had  the  Gibson  been better   I  would  have bought  that despite  the  huge  price  difference ,

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

Finaly managed  to  cut  the  neck  off  a wine  bottle with  out   problems  ,I  used  a  dremmel  tile  cutting  disc

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I  just  had  some  minor   cleaning  up  of the  sharp  edges  with  a  small  grind  stone  , works  a  treat  and  much  cheaper  than  10 pounds  for  a  Dunlop  one

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

this  has  happened  3 or 4  times  lately ,I  have  a  pretty good    connection here  in Crete  via  satellite  every  thing  else  worked  fine .I  have  also  noticed  the  amount  of  spam on the  forum has  gone  stupid  today .

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

Is  it  just  me  or  has  any  one  else  had  problems  getting  on   Chordie  over  the  past    couple  of  days ?

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(33 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Amy   for  what  its  worth we  use  2 acoustic instruments  in our  set  Brian has a mandolin  with  a  contact   pickup ,and  I  use an Ovation acoustic  with an under bridge  Fishman pick up  both  of  these  we  just connect  into  the  PA with  Di  boxes   this  is  the  best  way  we  have  found , sure   the  sound  can get  a  little  colored  but its  live and  you  wont  ever  get  it  as  good  as  in the  studio , its  something  you  have  get  used  to . Ive seen so many  bands  prat  about  with  sound  checks  trying  to replicate  studio  sound . we  spent  6 hours  last  year   waiting  for  one  lot  to get  off stage .As long  as  you  can hear  what  you  are  playing  and  singing and  what  your    other  band members  are  doing  then   go  with  it . Your  on stage  sound  wont    be  what  the   audience  hear  .Our  sound  guy  Vassilis  always  gets  the mix  that  the  audience  here  good  so  if  you  have  a  good  guy  on the  desk  trust  him to  do  his  job ,it  takes  away  a lot of  the  stress  of  performing  live .
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/s526x395/10294436_10152387619387863_1780545296399988321_n.jpg

terrific  ,great  picking  too   love  the  bass line ,  are  you  playing  in an alternate  tuning ?

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

https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1508631_1483230585227966_5060267341180627952_n.jpg

Our publicity  shot

Dino  its  much  better now  and  it  sounds  so much brighter

Over  the  past  couple  of  years  Ive  been trying  to  play  a  bit  of  mandolin   and  always  found  it   difficult  to  press  the  strings  down ,However today I  tried  a  set  of  extra light  strings .Much  better  and  easier .Ive  noticed  on other  forums guitar  players  complain of  the  same  thing ,get  a  set  of  9's on and  you'll  be  amazed  at  the  difference .

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

Its   just  been confirmed  that  GB  Blues Band  will  play  main stage  at  Matala  Beach  Festival this  year  Friday  the  20th  of Jun .
If  your  planning  a  holiday  in Crete  this  is  the  place  to  be. We're  gonna  rock  the  island .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDhWYBr … mp;index=2

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(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

good song  nice  words

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(5 replies, posted in Poems)

Today I'm feeling queezy
Snotty and quite sneezy
I think the winter weather might have passed
even though its brighter
me lungs are feeling tighter
Hayfever has just bit me on the ass

Happy Easter to all you Easter chicks and bunnies out there ,

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

Vid  of  GB playing messin with  the  kid   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR9aQAkAneE

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(27 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I'll  get  my   friend  Cindy  Scholl  to  sing  a  version reggae  style  but  it  will  probably  be  next week  some time ,I  thought  you  did  a  great  job any  way   Amy  well  played .

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(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Sad  story  Jeff ,  but  well  written .