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Wow neophytte and zurf you two have been busy, love it.  I sat and listened to them all today now I am back from holiday and have plenty of internet access again.   So congratulations you two, very impressive the sheer number you guys managed to perform this month.

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I agree neophytte, you are a human jukebox, you sure can turn them out.  You did one song that i never heard of before (Dedicated Follower of Fashiion by the Kinks) so that was a new one to me.   Probably vocally in my opinion ~Don`t Want Me Baby~ was your best vocally and possibly ~Living Doll~ .   I thought ~Those Were The Days~  well done but maybe a bit low vocally for you?, wondered if a different chord on this song for you?.   I liked the added video of your setup too.

Glad I opened your musical horizon (even if the song is older than me!!) smile

Thanks for the feedback on the songs; those two were the ones I didn't practice beforehand ... and were at the end of the session, so my voice was a bit dry and creaky ..

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Down side of holidays is the clean up when ya get home.

Ain't that the truth!!! Welcome home, BTW.

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Thanks Neo for the welcome home smile

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Ok, here is my quick attempt (2nd take) at this song .... a Singer with the letter K ............. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King.  Love to hear your feedback good or bad smile

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Ok, here is my quick attempt (2nd take) at this song .... a Singer with the letter K ............. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King.  Love to hear your feedback good or bad smile

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/will- … e-tomorrow

I like it - I'm not sure it's the best you've done, but that's probably (I'm guessing) because you've been on holidays and not as much practice as normal ...

Not sure if this is a valid comment given that statement above, but I found the vocals very staccato, falling on the beat most times, and I seem to remember this song is a more free-flowing one, where the voice kind of "roams around" the beat - it's a darn hard thing to master, though!!!

But it's a good song choice - really suited you ...

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Jandle I enjoyed your Carol King cover, Welcome back to chordie seems like you have been away for a while,

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Thanks for comments both here and on Sound Cloud smile

neophytte .......... thanks, yep your right about the song  being more free flowing, totally  ... however as I am not the lovely Carol King and don`t have her vocals or talent, I just have to sing it how I can sing it, it`s a cover after all, done my way lol   big_smile

Peatle .... thanks and yes i have been away for a month, back to reality now smile

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neophytte .......... thanks, yep your right about the song  being more free flowing, totally  ... however as I am not the lovely Carol King and don`t have her vocals or talent, I just have to sing it how I can sing it, it`s a cover after all, done my way lol   big_smile

No probs - and it was meant with all due respect, just an area that could be focused on to improve smile

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neophytte ... all good, great to get input from people so we can grow and learn smile

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neophytte ... all good, great to get input from people so we can grow and learn smile

Right on! That's what this forum is all about - trying new things to find out where we can improve and have fun doing it! Shoot, I'm still working on Jack and Diane from April.  LOL.  And Smoke on the Water - which I'm just about to a point that it's as good as I'm going to get it, which is not good at all. That scream singing is totally foreign to me, and power chords nearly so.

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Jandle wrote:

Ok, here is my quick attempt (2nd take) at this song .... a Singer with the letter K ............. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King.  Love to hear your feedback good or bad smile

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/will- … e-tomorrow

Got a chance to listen. Nice work. You're strumming has come along nicely.

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Got a chance to catch up on Neo's posts.  Good work. It seemed like you weren't as familiar with the lyrics on Don't You Want Me Baby and Those Were the Days as you usually are, but you were on key and the guitar work was good on both. I thought you got a groove going on Those Were The Days, which was really cool because that's not what I'd usually think of as a "grooving" song. It's all about the groove!

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Thanks Zurf for having a listen and comments smile

Ok here is my last entry for this month ..............why I picked it I have no idea ........ I couldn`t find a chord (even after trying to transpose it that suited me) so sheer determination won over vocals .......... it was way to deep in parts for me lol 
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/those-were-the-days

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Thanks Zurf for having a listen and comments smile

Ok here is my last entry for this month ..............why I picked it I have no idea ........ I couldn`t find a chord (even after trying to transpose it that suited me) so sheer determination won over vocals .......... it was way to deep in parts for me lol 
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/those-were-the-days

(edtied by Jandle to add the word "was")

I had a listen over the weekend, but was when I was putting our young one to bed and didn't get all the way through - went to listen today and it seems to be missing??

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Zurf wrote:

Got a chance to catch up on Neo's posts.  Good work. It seemed like you weren't as familiar with the lyrics on Don't You Want Me Baby and Those Were the Days as you usually are, but you were on key and the guitar work was good on both. I thought you got a groove going on Those Were The Days, which was really cool because that's not what I'd usually think of as a "grooving" song. It's all about the groove!

Thanks - those two were the "I've got 10 minutes before I have to go to work" left-overs, so were also the ones not practiced before I got to them ...

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But please clean the lens!

Ahh yes, I have a sad story about my iPhone 5s, which got the battery bulge, which pushes the front screen out, which makes the camera go blurry ... fortunately mine didn't explode!! I've replaced it now, but haven't had a chancve to try it out yet ...

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neo ..... I took it down it was that bad http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_0847.gif

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Jandle wrote:

neo ..... I took it down it was that bad http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_0847.gif

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