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

No  Phill  I  wrote  the  whole  chorus   then  put  it  into  the AI  which  then   suggested  a  load  of  lyrics  which  I  then sorted  through  and edited   into  verses   which  I  felt  appropriate   I  then put    a  chord  progression together .I  must  admit  I  hadnt  noticed the   similaritys you  mentioned  . Its  interesting  how  a  different  pair  of  ears  pick s  up  on different  things .
When I  created  this  song I  was  reluctant   to  play  it  live  but  the  response  has   been positive  so  I  will include  it  in the  set  for  a  while .     

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz8rpqAQgio  try  now  Phill     

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

Played  my   AI  song   live  for  the  first  time  last  night    really  went  down well  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz8rpqAQgio This  is  the  original  version   Ive  changed    the  live  version slightly .

I think a song that gets overlooked as a Xmas song is Food for thought by UB40 just have a good listen to the lyrics ,we've just added it to our set for next weekend,I reckon it will go over a lot of peoples heads.     

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

So   sad  to  hear  this   Phill , My    condolences   to  Bill  and family .     

yeah  back  in 22 heres  a  link  to  the  thread https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=38627     

I  have  a  song    called  Christmas    Carol but  I  might  have  posted  it  last  year   will  have  to  check .     

Sounds  good   Richard  and  looks  like  a  good  venue   as  well     

Thanks Richard .It brought back  a lot  of  memories .We  had  some  great  nights  there over  the years..     

Found   a  disc  today  with  some   old  vids  of  the  band  in  its  early   format   a  couple  of   dodgy  bits  but   not  bad  for  4am  on a  Saturday  morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbNyeaMA1K8 

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

Jim our drummer  always  gives me stick  for  playing  an extra bar in the solo , I  tell him I'm old  and Ive  forgot  how  to  count .     

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

my  reall  gripe   about  this  is  the  fact  they  are  miming  ,not  that  someone  uses  a  backing  track  . .When  Brian and  I   formed  GB  blues   20  yrs  ago    we    made backing  tracks   and  played  as  a  duo until  we  recruited    the  rest  of  the  band .And  we  played  some  massive  venues back  then but   when  we  were  satisfyed with  the  line  up  we  ditched  the  tracks   and  only  played  live .  In  my  current  solo  shows  I  sometimes   use   a  trio   pedal   or  a  looper   but   generally   its  all  live .I  would  never  consider  miming  guitar  or  vocal  in any  situation .     

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

Richard ,they  had    a  kareoke   amp   and   wern't bowing or  fingering  the  violins  at  times     it  was  so  obvious ,and  played  the  same  2  tunes  over  and  over  note  perfect . Definetly  fake.     

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

Went to  the lake district  today  then came  back  via   Kendal . I  was  shocked  to  see  some what  I felt  were  fake  buskers   performing  near  the  birdcage .
These  guys   were  using  a  backing  track   and  seemed  to  be  miming  violin to  it .
Can any  one  confirm  they  are  fake .
At  one  point I  observed they  stopped  "playing" while  the    music    continued .
Now  I'm not  against the  use  of  backing tracks  in a live  performance   and  sometimes  use  my own which  I  have  created  for  my  shows ,  but blatant    pretending  to  play   and  taking  money  off  the  public   for a fake performance  is  wrong .
How ever  if  these   guys  have   created   the  music  themselfs   then it  puts  a  different  spin on the   performance  but  it  should  be  made  ovious the lead track  is  real  and  not all  coming   from the  pre  recorded  track  as seemed  to   be  the  case today 

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(1 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Today   I  picked up  my  first  Martin  an  LX1E travel  guitar  absolutly  blown away    what  a  brilliant  little   thing  the  bonus  was  I  got  it  very  cheap   and  its  like  new   . 

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

Bob Dylan and Lou Reed     

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Further  to  this  discussion   check this  vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxYAtL0D50A     

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

I  liked  it Peatle  I  can hear  shades  of  Bob and  Lou   coming  through   ,well  written     

Thanks Richard   it went  better  than I  expected  . Mike  stepped  in on second  guitar   a t the  last  minute  to   cover  for  Paul   who  had  to  rush  off  to  see  his  mum   whos  not well .     

Heres  a  vid  from our  set  today .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLUAk0BnuUk 

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I've posted it over on Facebook and so far reaction has been positive no one realises.I'll let it run over the week end and then repost a video explaining but one puzzle is who has the rights to the song ,me or the web site or both     

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This  is   the   song as   it  currently  stands  , I   inputted  the  chorus   and   used  random  words  and  lines  generated  by  the  AI  . and  I'm quite  surprised    how well  it  came  out . I  then set  it   to  a  chord  progresion of  my  choice .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz8rpqAQgio
Please  listen and  then comment  on here     just  like  or  dislike  on you  tube   with  out  mentioning  you  know   how  it  came  about . I  would  like  iit  to  be  an experiment .  I  will  reveal  to  you  tube and  face book  later   that  it  is  AI generated in part .     

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Well  I'm quite  shocked  at  this  site  I  found , Its  an Ai song  generator  . I've  typed  some  of   my  own lyrics  into  it and  it  has delivered  a  completed  song/poem  to  which  Ive  just  had  to  create  some  music .
I  will  probably   finish  it   but  it  makes  you  feel  a  fake  in some  ways  .
check  it  out  and  give  me  your  thoughts  .
I'll  finish  the  song   and  then decide whether  to  post  it  or  not   any  way   heres  the  link /
https://toolbaz.com/writer/lyric-generator

I've been revisiting some of my old songs recently this is a Iive acoustic version of one I wrote some years ago. 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XknF6TyhQFg

It was written pre covid when we came back to live in the UK and saw how ageist it was compared to the Mediterranean where there is a lot more respect shown to the older genre and vice versa.But the vid was made during lock down as one of my daily broadcasts.     Thanks for the comments I always appreciate them.