126 Reply by KajiMa

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ozymandias wrote:

I'm also trying to make sense to myself.

As are many of us - it's a crazy mixed up world we live in and I confuse myself!

Hey Ozy, man, buenos dias! cool

Hey my random brother, it's been a walk thru' the Sahara - long time , no sea! roll

Sorry!

I'm sad that things are getting you down and I do understand a bit, maybe more and I'd like to tell you a story!

I was walking through a, shall we say, rather less than salubrious part of London. I'd been up there to do 2 things; firstly I was there at request to play for an end of run party for students from the Poor School in Kings Cross; and secondly to talent scout there and at Central for future projects.

I was walking thru' this rough area and walking on the opposite side of the road to me, going in the opposite direction was a guy, much like myself except different ethnicity, different clothes, different build - as far as visual appearances go we couldn't be more different. We looked at each other and at the same moment we smiled - not just a smile, mark you, but they became really cheesy grins; like, if we were on the same side of the road going opposite directions we knew we'd have said "Hi!" in passing; waiting for the same bus we'd have been chatting like old friends within minutes, if only that road hadn't been between us.

That didn't matter; the smiles were communication enough.

What was the reason for this fraternal bonding across the width of a road? We were both carrying guitar cases! cool

We knew we were brothers of the 6th string with many differences but many shared experiences via the guitar! The road between prevented more than a mutual cheesy grinning nod as we drew level, that was all.

At Chordie, everyone is here because we are all brothers and sisters of the 6th string! We all (most of us at least) put down the guitar and feel guilty for not playing for a day/week/month. We all put the guitar down because we hate it/ourselves/jobs/bills/etc. It doesn't matter. If you don't play the guitar for 5 years are you going to forget how to do a C chord? Does that make you stop being a guitarist?

Make your musical routine Chordie in the chat sections or wherever you want to go and talk/help/pass on info - or just be random ( smile ). When you feel that you want to play your guitar again because it makes you feel happy to do so you will.

'Til then come chat and have FUN without stressing!!!

Gans pup bollonjeth oll da, soaz! (With every good wish, mate!)

Check your E-mail shortly!

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127 Reply by KajiMa

(25 replies, posted in Song requests)

Hey Bensonp!

I've had a quick Youtube search with no luck for Kieran Halpin's "Hold On." If you can find a link B4 me please let me know.

If you like it, it's only C, F and G!

Simples <squeek> !

cool

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128 Reply by KajiMa

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A most excellent link, Stonebridge! cool

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129 Reply by KajiMa

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Again, my theory right but numbers wrong! It must be four times the weight on the string too?

I did say - aren't knowledge like I can! big_smile big_smile big_smile

DOH!

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130 Reply by KajiMa

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Hey Guitardocphil, Zurf and Stonebridge!

Interesting one! cool

I was thinking Pythagoras meself while I was reading the first post, Stonebridge and indeed, you are right that Pythagoras was the first to link Maths and Music (recorded, at any rate.) He was the one who found that if you had a weight hanging from a string, if you halved the distance of tension, you ended up with the same note an octave higher (12th fret to open string) and if you doubled the weight but kept the length the same, you have the same increase in octave (increasing tension = tuning an octave higher than concert pitch, but I will not be held accountable for broken strings if you wish to try THIS!).

So, yeah as far as root maths contained in music - Pythagorus!

But Lieven did mention Fibonacci who, for anyone who aren't knowledge like I can (SDH*,) came up with the sequence whereby you start with 1 and add it to the number before it (in the first case 0) and carry on adding the last two numbers - 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 etc.

Now if you look at that a musical element is straightaways visible - 1, 3 and 5 are root third and fifth that make up all major chords!

Take any major key and play the sequence (1 for root, etc) and play 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 - musical or not? If you like it, does it work with minors/others too? If you don't like it, does it work with minor/other keys better?

As for which came first, Maths or Music, I can't help thinking that early man would have had to have communicated "Two mamoths over there!" before they'd have sung/danced their Victory Kill song/danced and their Haven't We Got Full Bellies song/lethargic dance after that!

Interesting!



* Self Depracating Humour big_smile

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131 Reply by KajiMa

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That's great, Russell! cool

I've taught people to play and they haven't gone on to that kind of success but have forgotten or ignore their roots and where they came from (one I'm thinking of I think thought that having me around as his teacher (he couldn't play a note but now earns from playing) was a favour HE was doing ME!)

I went and found Josh's site after you mentioned him in your first post (if brainiac here had thought to go to your site first, it would have saved an awful lot of Googling!) and he can certainly wail (a 5 Album deal!!!! Wheew!), it's so good to know he's a decent bloke too! smile cool

So now we have the Anti-Clapton big_smile and (possibly) Josh Thompson!

Fantastic start! cool


PS: As I said on another post, when younger I used to bleach my hair and everyone said I looked like Billy Idol until my mate said "No, he's his brother Bone!" big_smile

Should we start a support group, Zurf?

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132 Reply by KajiMa

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Hey Russ!

If Josh used to visit Chordie, I think we have our first winner that fulfils the criteria! (Was he signed up to Chordie B4 Columbia?)

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133 Reply by KajiMa

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FANTASTIC! cool as Mustard!!

I can't for the life of me think when I requested this as I don't recall ever hearing it B4, (Who called me smelly? tongue )

Great fun! MORE, MORE, MORE!!!

Good on yer Casey and Toobatooter! TOOTS, MON!

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134 Reply by KajiMa

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Who've you signed with, Zurf? big_smile

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135 Reply by KajiMa

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hey Daddycool, Phill, Geoaguiar, Mightmouseplaysguitar! (great name cool ) and Kanadian Ken! (ha Ken, soaz!)

Thanks for the comments and title suggestions, I like all of 'em! cool

I pulled an all-nighter on Monday when this popped out from nowhere. I spent the next day learning it and went to post when at the start I realised I had no title - DOH!

I should give a credit to Stewart, who I met on the Fri/Sat B4 writing this, who told me a phrase that inspired the chorus; I couldn't remember it word for word, but the essence is there!

Can't make up my mind about the title thinking I should put in the alternative last line on the chorus and should I have put in the middle 8 and pulled it if I didn't like it? IDK!

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136 Reply by KajiMa

(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hey Phill! cool

F - R - E - N - C - H! big_smile

Absolute cracker of a song and excellently recorded too! cool

You've got quite a Vox on you, too!!! cool

What's your recording set up? If you wanna tell, I wanna know makes, models, settings, etc starting with your monitoring facilities!

       - Please!   smile

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137 Reply by KajiMa

(51 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Funny, weird/funny - "Yes! Yes! Give Me Your Jam Jars!"

Very Punny - "Fred Zeppelin."

Things that make you go hmm - "Discharge."

My Favourite - "But Jim, Millions Will Die!"

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138 Reply by KajiMa

(43 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hey Ken!

Nice one matey! cool

Good story and some evocative picture painting! Good on yer! cool

Looking forward to hearing it, meantime, enjoy your hols! cool

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139 Reply by KajiMa

(23 replies, posted in Songwriting)

No worries mate! cool

The thing is getting there, whoever helps! smile

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140 Reply by KajiMa

(23 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Dontcha just love it when someone posts your answer while you're writing it?

Good on yer Ark! cool

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141 Reply by KajiMa

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Yep!

Try removing the spaces in [song] right at the top!

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142 Reply by KajiMa

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Hey Ctech and welcome to Chordie!

Some good songs! cool

Other people know much more about Chopro than I do, but I would move the link out of the song structure (either before [s o n g] or after [/ s o n g])

Also, if after submitting this, the spaces between the letters within the square brackets stop "or after" from becoming Chopro format then I would remove the spaces in the word "song" right at the top!

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143 Topic by KajiMa

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Been thinking about doing this one for a while, folks.

Chordie helps people on the road to becoming accomplished musos every day of every week and has accomplished musos offering their time and advice to help others along their chosen roads. With All1Song at #2 AND #1 on an internet radio station, how long is it before his door is getting battered down by people wanting to sign him up?

So, does anyone out there in interweb land know of any Chordians who went on to bigger and better things like becoming recording or performing artists, producers or engineers for groups we may have heard of, songwriters for labels or people who wrote songs that were picked up by major artists? Musicians for a known artist/band whether in the studio or live or both?

Or maybe you know someone who went the other way, had it all and had to start again (this one, I think, would only be fair if people volunteered their own information).

Let's hear about it!

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144 Reply by KajiMa

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WOW, Gil!!! cool

This is quite some achievement that hits on a thread I've been thinking about starting for a while in this section, I'd better post it before it's too late! smile

Excellent musical and audio standards as always and with songs at #1 AND #2 in a chart you must be chuffed to bits!!! Good on yer!!! cool

Will you still have time to post when you're on your 58 city world tour? smile

PS: Listened B4 writing and both again while writing - DAMN, you good!!! cool

PPS: Would you have time to post a thread on your recording rig and your methods used? (Or if I'm being stupid, could you point me to that info if it already exists?) cool

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145 Reply by KajiMa

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Thank you for commenting RestlizSpirit, Zurf and Arkady.

I second what Phill said - Zurf's link is both pertinent to this thread and completely beautiful! And if you haven't, please check out "Officers and Men" by StranSongs in the poetry section!

A sad, sobering thought is that there aren't any more Harrys left. No one can ever again say in person what it was like to survive that war.

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146 Reply by KajiMa

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

You're welcome smile You're welcome smile You're welcome smile

                   cool

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147 Reply by KajiMa

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

No worries, Tony! cool

That's what most of us here for and it's very rewarding to know we've been some use. smile

Me too! If I was to go busking again, I would travel to where no-one knows me although I was, for a time, the resident busker (singular) in a town of 70,000 which was a resort by the sea! If I was to go busking again I would find a musician built like the guitarist from the Downchild Blues Band (see Badeye's post in Bands and Artists) to come with me!!! big_smile

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148 Reply by KajiMa

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Hey Camdener!

I would have thought that being in London you were best placed of anyone in the country to find like minded/aged musicians!

Have you done much research starting with your school? Where do the musical ones go? What do they read/watch/listen to?

Once you can begin to answer these questions you will know how to target the people you're after.

Alternatively, go round to every music shop, coffee bar where musos hang out, etc and leave an advert "Looking to form a band! Influences are ............ I play guitar and sing looking for Bass, K'bds, Drums (etc). Contact:.............."

I know you are a multi-instrumentalist, but you need to decide what you want to do in the band and keep the rest to yourself FOR THE TIME BEING - so you don't put people off (if people think you are streaks ahead of them in ability they will be put off contacting you!).

Have you thought about starting an Open Mic session at a cafe or local youth club if you can't find an existing one? Either you keep it acoustic or have to sort out a PA, but a lot of venues will do that for you if they can hear the till!

Don't give up! Don't become disheartened! There is plenty of  scope to get this accomplished, but it might not come together to your timescale; in the meantime, learn from the results of everything you do to bring this project home!

Oh, and Break a Leg in getting this sorted! cool

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149 Reply by KajiMa

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

Respect to you and your lady, Tony!

I should have added that by "Busker" I mean someone who is between competent at playing and a skilled street performer and NOT a beggar with an instrument!

Now, a beggar who picks up an instrument and learns how to play it properly - that's a different matter!

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150 Reply by KajiMa

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Thanks for replying Phill and Cam.

May I suggest a visit to the Poetry section, Cam? StranSongs "Officers and Men" is an incredibly hard hitting piece of writing and completely pertinent to this thread.

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