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the thing about playing the guitar or any other instrument is that you do it the way you feel best playing. be inventive, be original. why copy someone else? unless you're accompanying some one that is, then i suppose you have to play the way they'd like it.
as for strumming patterns; you can strum up and down. have a listen to some older eagles songs eg lying eyes and listen to they're strumming patterns.
i love it. i'm actually making a list of people i want to send it to.
hi robert, it has been a while, nice to see you back, keep rocking. nice little christmas ditty. have a good one.
hi jim, enjoyed it very much. don't keep apologising for your voice, it's in tune all the way though, and your guitar playing is also good. and the story is heart warming and well written. so, all plusses. well done.
if i may suggest something that might help though? work on your breathing. because you run out of breath half way through a line you throw the timing out....so my friend.....deep breaths.
merry christmas to you, mrs jim and the jimettes
phill
i have to agree, that is a super photo and i would also like to echo the christmas, new year and happy birthday wishes. if anyone deserves a peaceful and healthy 2016 it's you two.
love and best wishes from me and ann.
as far as i could work it out and the chord changes are made to sound funny because of the timing changes go (i think) like this;
Bb-Gm-F-Eb FOR THE VERSES
CHORUSES ARE; Ab-Eb-Bb-Eb. it's a lovely song but if you play it as recorded you'll need ...well i don't know what you'll need, but i wouldn't play it that way, i'd do it more rhythmically.
hope i could help
i understand your dilemma. i only have 7 but play only 3 regularly, but i couldn't bear to part with any of them, even the rubbish one.
ask yourself before you do; will you regret it in the morning?
nice one graham, but where's the photo?
Thanks for the heads up TF, I see it's open for the less fortunate over here too. She's a beaute!.
i'm a gentleman and i prefer blondes...so it's the epi for me
i always lusted after a rickenbacker like john lennon's, it was so disappointing when i tried one. i now fancy one like mark knopfler got made for him by an american luthier, he was so delighted by it that he wrote a song about him....only i cant remember his name...it's my age you know?
i tried to name them once but i kept forgetting the name i'd given each. now i just call them my strat or tele or crafter or F90 or the bass or "that other lump of crap that i never play....oh and the twelver.
wives are notoriously hard to buy for; if i get her clothes i must keep the receipts as she'll take whatever back next day. i once paid £10 for a box full of gold? stuff bracelets necklace rings....all real gold imitation. that was the worst christmas i've ever spent (in the doghouse of course) she gave me some turkey you know all the fatty stuff at the bottom which i hate, so never again. only expensive jewelry.
i suppose you could always stand at the top of the bungy and cut the rope as she reaches the bottom? 
i think it's sad that they want to dump ties with the UK. if they want to include the fern in the flag why not put the union jack in the bottom corner? after all, you're our history as well as us being yours.
hi jeff, at a guess we have all been through this, me more than once! i've always felt that once you start finding fault in their bad habits that's when the love has become a chore. chats become nagging etc.
great song well written.
phill
jim, totally inspiring video.
thanks for the comments on the audio guys, but it pales compared to jims video.
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phill
joe, rockabilly never occurred to me, when people say country i think of jambalaya etc! i like the way you link me to all those dead people 
as a coincidence, i played a gig last night with a rockabilly 3 piece; guitar, double bass and drums. from what i heard they were very good, i was in another room doing my set.
hi ark, i don't know why it came out as a 12 barrer (if it wasn't a word before it is now) strangely for me, i actually like the song myself.
jim, "length doesn't matter to me" funnily enough the wife tells me the same thing.....:lol: all the mini stories are true events one stand out is when the band bought a trip bus/ coach (i don't know the americanism) which broke down on the way to spain and the guys were stuck there for several months. we were meant to be leaving on christmas eve, not when you have a wife and kids....maybe i was short of commitment?
TF, thanks for the listen and comment.
bill, how did you know that i've been reading your mail? 
we had a few drummers, one fell asleep during "summertime blues" he was well lubricated that night. by front man, i'm referring to the guys that wanted to stand up front and do all the chat and announcing because they thought they it was easy, till they made a complete fool of themselves (not exactly the wording i would have used on FB, but were not on FB)
bluejeep and dino, thanks for the listen and comments. it's an awful temptation to get all snooty and stick some clever chords in, but i'm happy with the way it turned out.
thanks to everyone for listening and commenting.
phill
hi grah, thanks for the listen. i was about to omit the last verse, well there wasn't a last verse but i had more to add to fill in the picture. i suppose i could have left the solo or a chorus or two out but i just record guitar and vocal as the song goes, then add other tracks till i think it's done, so track length isn't an issue...it is what it is, it could have come out at 2 minutes and that's what it would have been, if you see what i'm getting at?
i didn't think of it as a country song though. thanks for the comments, always glad to hear constructive critism
I would love it if you gave it a listen then leave a comment here, click the link below....thanks
this is a kind of history of my early life in rock bands. the time line is not linear as events and rhyming don't naturally coincide. hope you like it anyway.
nice one curt. this is probably my fav from the axis album. i even like the way the cors do it. well played
beautiful song and a great rendition. i tried doing this once but i couldn't pitch it right so i haven't tried it again. but your pitch is good. thanks for sharing
very cool brother. loved the beat, really got my feet tapping. you mention the bassist (also playing pedal hi-hat) but not the other guitarist?
i wish i'd taped some of the gigs/rehearsals i had with the various bands i've played with. i know some were filmed with no sound....shows how long ago that was...LOL
just tried it and it loaded slowly but it was all there.
i get the same type of thing with my tele and strat. i think it's a bad earth (ground) thing with mexican fenders. i turn the guitar vol off between songs and try not to stand too close to the amp.
maybe russ can offer a better solution. i'd like to know it myself.
Guitar chord forum - chordie → Posts by Phill Williams
