Hi Igor_Ivanovski85,

Reading through this thread I do not think it should be removed. There is a valuable lesson to be learnt here and it is something that any of us, however experienced, could fall foul to.

Thank you for raising the query and for the explanation.

Roger

Hey Badeye,

Sounds like fun, if I were a little closer perhaps I would gatecrash, but it is rather a long hike from Portugal. Mind you the Moosehead and music sound tempting.........

Roger

Hi Mike,

Unfortunately I have not been able to listen to "Now Teach Us" as I can only get the first 20 seconds to play. My modem is on a 'go slow' at the moment and that may be the reason so I will try again later.

However I did give it a blast and a warble myself (well the bits where you have the chords with the lyrics) and I liked what I heard. I will comment again later when I have been able to listen to your recording.

Thank you,

Roger

Hi Kori,

I can only second James's suggestions here. Audacity is a very good and free programme for recording and you want to get the best quality microphone that you can. If you want a free programme to convert wave to MP3 for uploading go to: http://www.mp3-converter.com/ and try DBPowerAmp.

If you do decide to use the studio for your first recording session it will give you the best insight into how things are done and will be of great beneift when you later record on your own.

Good luck,

Roger

Hello Dave,

You first need to look at the age group of the places you intend to perform in and play covers of songs that they will know and can sing along to.

Playing in a restaurant is slightly different to bars, whilst people are eating softer numbers go down better but after you can crank it up and get people dancing. In a bar I think it is better to hit them with some well known lively music to start, you can mellow it later and then get rocking for the end.

Please let us know how it works out for you,

Break a leg,

Roger

Hi Kori,

Wow, that is some song for a first attemp, well done.

I am in dissagreement with Phil's initial statement about needing to know the melody to play a new song. The absolute beauty of seeing new songs here with just the chords is that you do not have the melody and you make up your own as you go along. I know, as I am sure do most others, which notes I can sing to a given chord and although it may end up completey different to how the composer intended it, you put your own stamp on it.

A little while ago both Ken and I independantly recorded and uploaded James's "So Vivid" and two completely different songs appeared and I bet they were both different to how James plays it. This is what makes this section of the forum so interesting and exciting.

That being said it is alway great to hear the composer's version of their song so how about it? Can we persuade, cajole or bully you into recording this for us all to hear?

Thank you,

Roger

Hi there andyclarke,

As Chordie is a search engine there are no songs actually here apart from the original songs written by members in the Songwriters section.

There are various legal reasons why Chordie cannot host copywrite material. If you can get it posted elsewhere on the Internet it can then be available to Chordie. There is information in the Resources section to help.

Roger

Hi Jeff,

It is rather strange that James should liken you to a troubador as the same thought had passed my mind earlier today. Although in my vision, Sir James was the knight with his trusty keyboard righting all the wrongs, I was the Jester as I get everything round my neck, Lord Per was our master, Ken was the tax collector as the Scottish are always canny with cash, and Old Doll was the beautiful princess.

Anyway enough of my daydreaming and back to the reality of your song. It is sad that the team is breaking up and I am sure your presence has had a very positive influence on the young ladies lives. My feeling is that you should record this to CD and give one to each of them as a reminder of their days in the team.

The young ladies, I am sure, will be proud of the song you have written for them.

Roger

Hi Rooster3,

If you have no place to upload it you can easily open a MySpace slot or if you want it on "Friends of Chordie" let me know and I will put it there for you.

There are some pitfalls opening a MySpace slot for uploading music. Make sure that you sign up as an artist and not anything else and you should be OK.

Roger

Mother's day was 18th March in the UK and last Sunday here in Portugal so I have missed out completely ooops!

Lovely song James and "Catch the Wind" has a great romantic melody to set the mood.

Roger.

Hey Jeff,

I started playing this nice and gentle by finger picking and before I realised it I was bashing it our for the whole neighbourhood to hear. A real rousing one this time.

Thank you,

Roger

Hey Jeff,

I like the chord sequence and the lyrics can just as well apply to life as they do to a game. I played it cold, just me and my old guitar, and I hope to give it 'the works' later in the week.

Thank you,

Roger