Cheers Richard thanks for your feedback on my song. I was trying to use my voice to make separate characters I'm not sure if I got the old man frailty right in my voice. Then I was also trying to make my voice sound younger in the other parts of the song. It's more of a mix of my guitar a monologue and a song. It's good to hear you putting something up as well. The tide around here seems to be dragging people away from chordie at the moment. I hope some others give FSOTM a go.
151 2024-02-06 11:10:27
Re: FEBRUARY 2024 FSOTM – SEASON, PLANTS, MUSIC (19 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
152 2024-02-03 02:36:01
Re: FEBRUARY 2024 FSOTM – SEASON, PLANTS, MUSIC (19 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
This is my entry for February it is called "The Old Man Likes In Tune". The concept is an old man talking about himself and other people talking about him.
153 2024-02-03 01:07:18
Re: New CD - XS in an XXL world (13 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Richard that was a good interview and the recording of you singing and playing The sound engineer had everything balanced perfectly.
154 2024-01-31 10:25:13
Re: JANUARY 2024 FSOTM – NEW, FRESH, GRANDAD, GUITAR, PHONE, HOME (29 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones plays his six-string guitars with only five strings and an open G tuning , While he plays with only 5 strings, he uses a slightly heavier set of strings, usually sets of.011 to.042 where the.042 is the fifth string. Richards's favoured open tuning is a five-string open G tuning: GDGBD
155 2024-01-30 04:16:16
Re: JANUARY 2024 FSOTM – NEW, FRESH, GRANDAD, GUITAR, PHONE, HOME (29 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jan your a natural born musician good to hear your excellent version of two great party songs from the 60/s.
Richard, good to see you on chordie doing some gigs with your own songs. Was that gig inside a garage?
156 2024-01-25 03:52:53
Re: JANUARY 2024 FSOTM – NEW, FRESH, GRANDAD, GUITAR, PHONE, HOME (29 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Socialbar I see you have also snuck Grandad in there this is a a clever bit of writing. Hope to see more of you on chordie welcome.
157 2024-01-22 18:55:48
Re: JANUARY 2024 FSOTM – NEW, FRESH, GRANDAD, GUITAR, PHONE, HOME (29 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Hi Richard, growing up at home in New Zealand we had a Phillips Radiogram that had only Am radio and a record player. Back in those times there was only three local radio stations in our area all on short wave. Later on in the 70's radio transferred more to FM and also we had more radio stations. Some older people still had their old gramophones.when I was a kid. When we lived in Fiji late 50's early 60's in Fiji many of my relations played records on the old-style windup gramophones. Also many used peddle sowing machines.in Fiji when I was a kid and kerosene lamps for lighting at night. I think the problem with many an old gramophone was the needles tended to be a bit harsh on records. My mum who was born in 1920 all her life called anything even if was a stereo a gramophone player.
158 2024-01-21 07:43:00
Re: JANUARY 2024 FSOTM – NEW, FRESH, GRANDAD, GUITAR, PHONE, HOME (29 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Happy New Year Mojo good to see you back on here. An old song of yours but still a good one that has stood the test of time.
159 2024-01-21 07:39:25
Re: The day you got your 1st guitar (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
My relationship with guitars is a weird one. As a child guitars were always there in my family home, To cut a long story short round about 2014 Easy beat Brian gave me a guitar so I have tried to play it but not that successfully. The good thing for me was finding chordie through EB this has encouraged me to try and play guitar. Also I have now a good online relationship with some of the best people on this planet.
160 2024-01-20 03:33:43
Re: JANUARY 2024 FSOTM – NEW, FRESH, GRANDAD, GUITAR, PHONE, HOME (29 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Good one Richard you're a real trouper. It is good to hear you doing a great song by an Australian song writer and troubadour that has been covered and made popular by my many a well-known musical artist that has meaning too many. around the world.
161 2024-01-18 06:18:35
Re: JANUARY 2024 FSOTM – NEW, FRESH, GRANDAD, GUITAR, PHONE, HOME (29 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jan, Thank you I am glad you liked my effort. I hope your having a good holiday season. I am hoping some others will have a go at this. To change things around a bit I decided to have a go at making some artwork for this video using my computer. Yes, it is my artwork. Wishing you and your family all the best for 2024.
162 2024-01-18 06:11:13
Re: SUGGESTIONS - FSOTM FEBRUARY 2024 (8 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Sometimes
Tune
Roses
163 2024-01-18 06:08:07
Re: One Hundred Trillion Cells (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Happy New Year Jan, I try and cover a lot of ground and different moods with my attempts at poetry.
Piri, hope your all refreshed for the New Year after your holiday. My thoughts at times tend go off on all sorts of weird tangents. A big part of my relaxing time is spent reading I try and incorporate all these strange things that fascinate me into my writing. Thank you for your encouragement and feedback.
164 2024-01-18 05:56:53
Re: Quiet And Simple (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Cheers Jan and Piri. Even though I put Maree into my song I'm not sure if she was that impressed with my effort.
165 2024-01-18 05:48:06
Re: Muireann Bradley (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Cheers everyone glad you all enjoyed Muireann.
166 2024-01-13 02:45:09
Topic: Muireann Bradley (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I think this down to earth 16 year old Irish girl Muireann Bradley has a great future. Not only wonderful playing on this video there is also some real good banter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYVRUR2woBw
167 2024-01-12 22:20:11
Re: Silence is deafening (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hi Jim and Piri good to see you on here
And carrying on
Today is a new day
Tomorrow it will be yesterday
A day that has gone
As they say things carry on and move along
Do I remember all the people I knew
Do they remember me
It is hard to say
All I know is Yesterday is a good song
I write these words
In the hope that Chordie grows this year
Becomes big and strong
168 2024-01-06 09:24:48
Re: JANUARY 2024 FSOTM – NEW, FRESH, GRANDAD, GUITAR, PHONE, HOME (29 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
This is my entry for this month called "Grandad Guitar". I hope this entry of mine is not flogging a dead horse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-0I1GwUH1A
169 2024-01-04 03:44:38
Re: SUGGESTIONS JANUARY 2024 - ANY WORDS (3 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Happy New year here are my word suggestions for January
Grandad
Guitar
Phone
Home
170 2024-01-01 07:56:52
Topic: Quiet And Simple (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Here is a song I wrote called ""Quiet And Simple" to help kick start 2024 Any comments welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx4n0tQso7E
Quiet And Simple
Soft and gentle that’s what I want
I don’t want to be in those places where people are driving me crazy in the crowd
I don’t want to be in a mental frenzy where everybody is loud
Soft and gentle
Soft and gentle
Soft and gentle
Soft and gentle
I believe that the best things that happen are in a quiet natural space
Away from the crazy human race
Its not that I don’t like people
And I sometimes find when i’m with the people below the church steeple
Its not always is the way that you think its going to be
Well we all have different versions of anchoring
We all have different beliefs
But I tell you what suits me is a place where I can find peace
I don’t need a building but it will be nice to have a bit of shade
When the sun shines out on this place
I don’t worry to much about what folks are thinking
I do my thing
But I’m peaceful and obliging as can be
Quiet and simple
Quiet and simple
That’s me
Quiet and simple
Quiet and simple
That’s me
Chewing the Breeze
With me and my Maree
Quiet and simple
Quiet and simple
Quiet and simple
Quiet and simple
Quiet and simple
Quiet and simple
As me
171 2024-01-01 07:09:54
Re: re-write of a song (1 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Jim when it comes to writing good songs your natural ability. shines. A good song to start 2024 I look forward to hearing it.
172 2023-12-30 09:36:25
Re: One Hundred Trillion Cells (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Cheers Jim, “The Alchemist" by Paulo Goelho is a book I haven’t read. I just looked it up on the internet it is a book judging by the reviews that I would very much enjoy. So I will put that on my list of books to read in the New Year.
Thank you and Happy New Year
Pete
Here is a bit of a word play poem I wrote for fun.
Happy New Year to all you good Chordie folk
Professor Anity studied humanity
Many knew him simply as Prof Anity
His wife Violet was also known as V Anity
Their son Steven was known as S Anity
There daughter India Naomi Silvia Anity was a famous psychologist who was also known as INSAnity
The conversation around their dinner table was well know for all its Profanity
They also owned a tea company known as Annie Tea all grown and packaged in the town of Granity
173 2023-12-30 07:54:28
Re: Oldie ... but really good (2 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Jim, I love the way he used the xylophone in that song.
174 2023-12-29 09:39:08
Topic: One Hundred Trillion Cells (6 replies, posted in Poems)
The human body is made up of trillions of cells, each with their own structure and function. Cells are constantly dying, and new ones are being made simultaneously. On top of that, the actual number of cells will vary from person to person, depending on their age, height, weight, health, and environmental factors. As I don’t have the ability to count the cells in my body I picked the number One Hundred Trillion.
One Hundred Trillion Cells
After their gone around here there is always a song
A way of honour and celebrating what’s gone
Keeping us together
Keeping us strong
I said goodbye to many friends this year
Even though their presence might be distant from here
Some how there are parts of them still near
Close to my heart though we might be apart
When I look at the skies I realise we all move on from here
The universe is a thing of wonder
Many other people thoughts I have plundered
Not meaning to steal their thunder
The small things can often deceive
A universe its expanse so hard to perceive
I am just a dot in a picture a pen prick on a page
In the stillness of time I contemplate the things that star in my mind
When the storm rages
I look for an anchor that has been around for ages
Pointing my prow into the waves
I remember those who are now in their graves
Don’t worry about me
I’m not depressed just pushing on like the rest
I’m making the most of my life until my eternal rest
In my hours of darkness there is a distant light
That makes me not give up the fight
What drives me on is the 100 trillion cells that make up an adult body
As one year ends a new one begins
There are many possibilities an abundance in many forms that excites me
175 2023-12-28 02:27:39
Re: He Is Born - updated and a new recording of it (1 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Jim, this is a good song and it. could also be sung by a choir in a Nativity scene.