When you nail down a date, please let me know.  I would be delighted to come and join in for a long weekend.  Flights are cheaper the earlier they are booked.  I've broached the subject with Mrs. Zurf and she has not thrown me out of the house either.  Charter boats aren't cheap, but neither are they entirely out of line.  Catching dinner on a fly rod would be fun, then top it off with some adult beverages while Toney plays music - tough to beat.  Seems like a dream.

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

I haven't tried Spotify either, but I have tried Grooveshark and it's worth the time for a cost-free try.

2,478

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

That looked like they were having a lot of fun.

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

I meant I didn't get why they thought it would be a good idea in the first place.  I guess I don't mind that they're there in middle school and up.  No strong feelings one way or another, but it just seems odd to me that schools generally have a no eating or drinking in class rule, and then have machines offering food and drink with only four minutes to get between classes.

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(24 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Thanks Jerome, I'll consider it.  Seldom Scene's home base is (or was at one time at least) Fredericksburg, Virginia, which is just down the road a piece from me.  They play in this area often.  I'm hoping to make Florida in February this year, but perhaps a future year could work out for us.  I love Pacific Northwest.  If I was made of money, Port Townsend WA is one of the places I'd have a residence, a boat, and a captain to maintain and sail her for me while I drink wine, take pictures, and fish from the dinghy.  Alas, I am not made of money.

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

I don't know anything about that.  That group broke up a long time ago, so they didn't need a sound engineer any more.  I've lost touch.  Much like the Grinch, my guess is that he'd not touch the opportunity with a 39 1/2 foot pole.

FMS

You can have multiple songbooks.  Start a new one.  I had that problem too. 

Also, it would be helpful to start a new thread in the future when you have a completely new topic to address.  To do that, from the forum view where you can see all the topics listed, click on the New Topic button at the top of the appropriate forum.

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

I don't understand the whole soda machines for students thing anyway.

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

I don't know when it was, but he was an amazing guitarist.  There was no key in which he couldn't play or transpose to on the spur of the moment.  He could maintain electric lead licks, bass line, and rhythm simultaneously.  He had arena rock band hair if that helps.  But, he was a gentle hearted and humble individual and the rock star scene hurt him in ways few of us will ever understand.

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

Bring 'em up.

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

bunbun wrote:

There are a few rock bands out there that may be considered "Christian" but only as far as the core beliefs go. Chevelle, as mentioned prior, is one of them. I was always under the impression that Kansas was a "Christian" band. Creed is probably the more well-known recent band that espoused "Christian" values...until Scott Stapp backslid.

My firefighter is a cousin of the lead singer of Stryper. When he was 15 (1986 or 87) he went with Stryper as they toured Japan. He told me that, at the time, Stryper acted very un-Christian while on tour.

I knew the former lead guitarist of Stryper.  He left the band over their behavior even though financially it cost him dearly to do so.

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

Succinct and accurate as usual Jerome.

Flights are cheap.  I may want to visit you for a weekend in late January or February sometime even without Paul and Amy trotting in.  Of course, my wife won't much care for that.

2,489

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

I like tattoos.  I think it's neat when someone likes art so much that they want to carry it around with them wherever they go.  I saw yours on your Facebook page and think it looks like a good one.

2,490

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

We're back to watching every move and constant direction this morning.  Yeah.  It's so much fun.

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(2 replies, posted in Acoustic)

There's a real good version with picking pattern and strum pattern in the lesson book series The Complete Guitar Player Songbook Omnibus Edition.  There are a number of other songs that work on developing your skills in that book too.  I highly recommend it.

- Zurf

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

jerome.oneil wrote:

I'm still uncertain if the younger one will live to see 14.

This reminds me of a joke.  Q: Why did God tell Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on his 12th birthday?  A: Because if God had waited until he was 13 it wouldn't have been a sacrifice.

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

We count.  We do not warn that we will count.  We count.  The kids have each found out what happens when we get to ten (Mom) or three (me).  They do not like it. 

- Zurf

Let me know.  Paul stayed with me when he came to Virginia.  Not only is he a wonderful and generous guest, but by the end of the week, I felt as if I had made a lifelong friend.  I would be eager to sing and play (and drink) with him again.  Oh.  And you're pretty cool too. 

- Zurf


edit to add: If I come to Florida in February, there will be fishing.  Anyone up for sharing a charter?

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

Well at noontime, she came out with all the work done.  I checked it, and she did a pretty good job of it.  Now, so much of it is late that her grades are still going to stink (they better anyway - I want the teacher to take off points for tardiness), but she did it.  So, we went out and did some Christmas shopping and got ice cream as we had planned.

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

The problem is that she doesn't do it.  Seriously.  There's no underlying anything that we can tell.  We're trying to teach the lesson that there are people in the world who really can tell you what to do, that they don't care what your opinion is about it, and they can make your life very unpleasant if you don't do it.  It's not fair from her point of view and that's just a darned shame.

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

It's not that I'm doing that as a punishment or for peer pressure Astro.  She's got the work to do and I'm not going to do it for her.  I'm also not going to let her not do the work.  While I think your approach would be good, I think she'd take the time to screw off and not do her work - meaning that we'd still have the frustration of forcing her to work.  Also, with her age the state would have something to say about us leaving her alone.  She's old enough, but not according to our county government, aka Nannies with Cops.

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

My wife has been planning a girl's day for this Saturday for months.  Great!  She deserves some time away to spend with her friends.  I had been planning on taking the kids Christmas shopping, but guess whose eldest daughter is so far behind on her homework that we've got to stay home and sit on her shoulders until she gets it done?  So, another plan flushed because people in my household refuse to meet obligations.  At some point, I'm just going to say to heck with it and just take off and do stuff on my own.  If others want to join me, they can get their stuff done.  It's a real frustration.  So, instead, I'll spend time getting ahead on my stuff.  The laundry never got done this week, so I guess I'll take care of it.  And I've got some project planning I can do for my job.  Yay!  I get to spend my Saturday exactly the same way I normally spend my Wednesdays.  I can't even pop a cork because I have to stay fully focused and capable to take care of any emergencies the little knee biters get themselves into.  Not that my giant Swiss babies are knee biters by any stretch of the imagination.  The 11 year old is the second tallest female in the neighborhood (second only to her mother). 

- Zurf

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

Yeah, that old style of singing where people actually sang rather than talked melodically has been catching my ear more and more.  Tony Bennett at whatever his age is still is vocalist royalty.  Norah Jones seems to be coming into her own in that style of clear, on-key, understated kind of singing.  Frank Sinatra too.

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(1 replies, posted in Songwriting)

To get really good protection, she should get advice from an attorney who specializes in Intellectual Property in your jurisdiction. 

Generally in the U.S., what she needs to do to 'claim' the copyright is to publish it in writing somewhere.  She can do that right here on Chordie in the Songwriting section.  I'm sure there are many other ways of doing it.  A low tech solution that used to be used is to write it down and mail it to herself.  Put the name of the song on the outside of the envelop and don't open the letter until she needs it to prove her claim, and then only in front of a legal witness.  That's what "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" was talking about. 

- Zurf