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Good one Grah I did the test with my headphones on which I think helped.  I got 13 out of 15. the two I got wrong were questions 1 and 15. I was expecting to do much worse as I don't have what is known as perfect pitch. That was a good bit of fun. I think I might have fluked a couple.     

Good one Jan you are good value. I love those words adorning and pouring, mooring, flooring and clawing.  The cat and the boat morning yawning after a night of a husband snoring.
Take care of your voice I hope you get over your cough soon.     

Thank you, Richard and Jan, for taking the time to have a listen, watch and comment. It would be good to see some others give FSOTM a shot.     

Here is a quickly put together song with the word broken in it. I thought I better give this month a shot in the hope it will inspire others to have a go at CSOTM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=034lybXp5AE     

Shy
Negotiation
Car
Venture     

Good one Richard and Jai,     

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(8 replies, posted in Poems)

EB, this kid could have a good future in the shearing shed.     

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(5 replies, posted in Poems)

This kid could be cheaper than a dentist.     

Jim, you know how to capture the pain that someone feels in a relationship that is going of the rails. A heart been torn apart while trying to find some light in the dark. Your song communicates the turmoil that this person is going through in a song that many will empathize with.     

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

Thank you, Jim, for me to recharge my batteries when the world gets a bit pressurized, I find watching nature and not really thinking. about anything gets me back on track.     

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Cheers Piri it is good to get everyone's feedback and also to know people are taking an interest in what I do.     

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Jandle wrote:

NIce one Peatle, you seen to be playing your guitar with better movement, you were playing up and down the fret board and looked pain free?  Good topic, I think we all have those times and I for one, love to walk by the sea, go to the beach or go off walking in the woods.  Good soul food.

Cheers Jan, it is wonderful to see you back on chordie. It is good to be pain free when playing the guitar. Now I don't have the dexterity I use to have in my fingers I have been working on different ways of playing the guitar. I agree walking by the sea or in the forest is good soul food. On clear nights checking out the sky always fills me with awe.

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

neophytte wrote:

Nice ... have you adjusted your truss rod lately? The action looks a bit high ...

https://www.artistguitars.com.au/blog/h … -truss-rod

Cheers

Richard

Cheers Richard, When I brought the guitar brand new. I had the shop set it up for me. I think that maybe I should get it checked out by a luthier and see if the action needs lowering. I am not that technical also I am not sure how or where the truss rod is on my Ibanez. I will have to over summer sometime take my guitar into the shop for a bit of TLC.

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(4 replies, posted in Poems)

Good one EB you hit the nail on the head with this one.     

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Here is a song I wrote about relaxing and enjoying myself by the sea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDv6Go9hgK8 

Jim, your lyrics tell it good and many will feel they are about their own relationship breakdown. The sleepiness  and that feeling bout half past dead.

Richard it is good to have you put another song on here from you. You cover a wide range of genres it's good to see that you don't limit yourself to one style. .     

Grah, I like the way that you can take music and play it in all different sort of settings that people wouldn’t necessarily expect to see a person performing.  Playing shoe songs in a shoe shop and obviously all the puns that can go with it like on a shoestring budget and so on. Having to go to the hospital in recent times one of the things that helped lift my spirits on a couple of visits was musicians playing music in the entrance foyer.     

Grah1 wrote:

This   one  has the  word brake  in one  verse  .It  is  based  on true  events  from the  late  60s  .I  wrote  it  after  I  lost  a  friend  .Riverside  cafe   closed  around  1970 and  was  demolished  ,A modern motel now  stands  on the  site .     
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1_oR4YZFSM   Riverside  Cafe .
This  go's  out  to  Glen RIP .

Grah, that is a good song. It takes me back to the days here in NZ when many young Kiwis rode British bikes.
If you owned a Norton Commando here back then you had a much sort after bike due to them costing a bit more than other bikes. Milk-bar cowboys or bodgies who owned motorbikes was the name many of the young rebellious ones were known as here.

Jandle wrote:
Peatle Jville wrote:

To get the ball rolling for this month here is a song I wrote Different Layers.   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrqpFCzrLOw

I liked that one Peatle, very much how many of us were feeling re voting this year and who for this time around.  I could relate to your lyrics in this song.  I like how you put your thoughts to song.  Nicely done smile

Thank you, Jan.  As I get older my cynicism grows every time  I hear a politician speak. I often wonder is the real truth being fed to us or is it being obscured by irrelevant or misleading information. How much is truth how much is propaganda.     

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Cheers Jan,  I love your poem on words. Many of the new ways people use words to describe things sometimes gets me confused such as when someone says that's real sick meaning it is real good.     Since I'm on about words here is a rundown on some Kiwi slang attached   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7mwczj4s20&t=312s

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(6 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Cheers everyone thanks for your comments I think Caz has a good future in music. I showed Caz your comments and he appreciated your feedback.     

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

Cheers Jan and Jim I see it often people out and about concentrating on their phones and the people around then just an outside noise. I learnt a new word yesterday nomophobia  the fear of being without your phone. The art of healthy social interaction is being destroyed for many by their addiction to their smartphones.     

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(3 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Good one Jim     

Good to see you getting out a lot and playing Grah.     

Good one Richard was that the audience singing along on Light My Fire that I could hear on the video or was it an echo in the hall??? Your two originals very strong songs rhythmically and lyrically also.