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
226 2024-10-23 20:24:24
Topic: old video from around 2007 GB Blues at Albatross bar in Crete (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
227 2024-10-16 20:14:08
Re: Fake performances (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 .
228 2024-10-16 09:10:24
Re: Fake performances (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 .
229 2024-10-15 13:06:41
Re: Fake performances (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.
230 2024-10-14 19:34:13
Topic: Fake performances (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
231 2024-10-12 20:18:20
Topic: new guitar . (5 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 .
232 2024-10-07 08:40:45
Re: War Torn Calm (18 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Bob Dylan and Lou Reed
233 2024-10-06 08:02:09
Re: Ai song writing (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Further to this discussion check this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxYAtL0D50A
234 2024-10-06 07:59:45
Re: War Torn Calm (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
235 2024-10-06 07:45:10
Re: Kendal Live Music Festival 2024 (5 replies, posted in My local band and me)
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 .
236 2024-10-05 20:09:25
Topic: Kendal Live Music Festival 2024 (5 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Heres a vid from our set today .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLUAk0BnuUk
237 2024-10-03 08:03:27
Re: Ai song writing (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
238 2024-10-02 19:01:39
Re: Ai song writing (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 .
239 2024-09-28 20:26:29
Topic: Ai song writing (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
240 2024-09-23 03:10:32
Topic: Falling Star Iive recording at The Goats head Steeton (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
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
241 2024-09-03 08:17:30
Re: September 2024 FSOTM - Name / Town / Age / Elements (10 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
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.
242 2024-09-02 10:24:58
Re: September 2024 FSOTM - Name / Town / Age / Elements (10 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbjhD-649fk
Ageism a song I wrote some years ago
243 2024-08-28 20:58:36
Re: Writers block again (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Phill ,that could help.
244 2024-08-28 19:12:14
Topic: Writers block again (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Well we have just moved house and now the dust has settled and the UK government has changed .Ithought I would sit down and write some new material for the band .
Nothings coming and I cant seem to find the motivation . We have a couple of festivals September and October and I would have loved to do some new stuff but it looks like it will be a rehash of the old favourites .
245 2024-08-28 19:11:57
Topic: Writers block again (0 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Well we have just moved house and now the dust has settled and the UK government has changed .Ithought I would sit down and write some new material for the band .
Nothings coming and I cant seem to find the motivation . We have a couple of festivals September and October and I would have loved to do some new stuff but it looks like it will be a rehash of the old favourites .
246 2024-07-13 18:01:35
Re: JULY FSOTM – UPLIFTING AND OR COMEDY (15 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHv-wMD4sMs Ford from hell enjoy
247 2024-06-17 21:33:14
Re: SUGGESTIONS – FSOTM FOR JULY 2024 (5 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Laughing gnome David Bowie . I always thought AC DCs you shook me should have been a comedy song , we always had a laugh playing it at parties .
248 2024-06-17 08:34:30
Re: MUSICAL MEMORIES (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Loved it , What was the guitar you were playing it looks a bit like a Kramer ,I couldn't make out the logo .
249 2024-06-16 19:34:59
Topic: MUSICAL MEMORIES (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Been trawling through some old vids and found this .
Its some footage of me at the Richmond boat club London with a bunch of my mates from the Power of Soul band. My friend Steve secretly brought a very special guitar for me to play that night, a Fender telecaster which once belonged to Alex Harvey of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band .
I was supposed to play an acoustic set that night but a load of my friends tuned up and wanted electric , This and the rest of the set were completely unrehearsed the guys were great and backed me all night ,real pros .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxu2dZUsNB0
Post some of your old vids on here as well lets see what we get
250 2024-05-31 17:42:24
Re: finally book is ready (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Well done Brian , I've tried many times to do a book but not got there yet