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Good advice from TD....stick at it. It's about to get really fun!

Haha, cheers Ken. That damn John Hartson thing just follows me about. I'm much quicker than him though and these days probably much sharper in front of goal. Wouldn't mind his cash though

Thanks for the comments about the songs, and for taking the time to listen to them.

Games is definitely quite a poppy song. Wasn't necessarily the intention, more just the way it turned out. Also the finished recording is a wee bit quicker than I tend to play it. I was least pleased with that one. Maybe I can't escape my pop leanings. Love a slice every now and again.

Walking and Balance probably mean more to me as songs because they're based on personal experience. Games is mainly fictional, maybe that's the difference, who knows?!

As for you sir, you should deffo get to a studio asap. It was brilliant. I've checked some in Glasgow and there are deals to be had just now. Saw a few offering bookings from about £15 an hour, including engineer. Think there may be a 3 hour minimum booking, but that would pass really quickly. Go for it matey, you'd love it!!

Thanks again.

Hi de hi Chordians....update time. Received my CDs today. Whilst not overly happy with the end results I've posted them (as demo form) on my Myspace page. The three songs I did are:

Walking
Balance
Games (Pt II)

Would love to hear what you guys think of the new recordings if you get a chance to check them out.

Thanks,
Mark

Personally, I don't think it matters. I've done both. I guess it really just depends what you come up with first. Sometimes you get a really good lyric going round your head and then think up what sort of mood you want to use to convey it and put the music down from there. Other time you might get a wee melody in your head and then put words to it. Go with whatever you feel is natural....just make music buddy!

Haha....check out the chords to Wonderwall....you may find quite the similarity. I like the progression in that and it woks around the same sorta key.

No word on the gig front as yet. I've got one of my mates demanding to be my agent so i don't think he's going to let me bottle out of it. Will keep the chordians posted of course...

Ok, so this is an odd one. The chords I'm playing and the ones shown above are almost entirely different. Will try and tab the fingering for each, maybe someone can tell me the real names.......????

Em7 - 022033
A7sus4 - x02033
Cadd9 - x32033
D7sus4 - x02233
Am7 - x02010

Think thats them anyway.......

I've stuck a wee recording on my Myspace page. It's mega rough, just one quick take really but wanted to get this outta me dammit!! :-)

Good work matey. You're learning really quickly.....keep it up!!

Thanks for the "good for you" comments guys. Very kind as ever and much appreciated. I'll try and post the finished results somewhere...prob on Myspace and I'll let you know when it's done.

The purpose of writing this was just to tell everyone how much fun the whole process was. Part of me thought it'd be quite laborious and dull but it soooooo wasn't. Extremely exciting altogether. Made me even more jealous of the professionals who manage to pay their bills by hitting the studio. Now thats my idea of working!

My mate called my Freshman acoustic "Excalibur" which seems to have stuck. Bit grand in my opinion, but I kinda like it. Makes for a more significant moment when it's whipped out of the carry case when I'm round for a jam.

Good job. Great wee rythmn to the song too and some cool guitar playing. Well done matey.