2,651

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

ooops! incase anyones wondering, my last message was posted from my tablet which apparently has the password from the time russ and i were writing together. i hope russ doesn't mind too much?

2,652

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

Amy. I was checking out the post and then something stuck out like a sore thumb .....white socks? 😨

Seriously though thanks. It still seems very complicated but I shall give it a try shortly.

Thanks again

Phill

2,653

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

Zurf wrote:
Phill Williams wrote:
Zurf wrote:

Happy NPD.  I was a little nervous about that one, especially with the picture requirement, but figured it was Chordie so it must be OK.

sorry zurf no compredee...what picture requirement? but i'll recomend it. i've never been able to get that "fender" sound but with a few tweeks it was there...bliss. till i forgot to save it...wotadik

There's a picture requirement for NGD's.  Obligation really.  I think the rule is less clear with U, or P, or B.

i see said the blind man who couldn't see at all cool

i shall make an attempt or as mr guppy says; do or do not, there is no try


tried-failed, anyone like to enlighten me as to how one posts a picture on here? i would be eternally grateful big_smile

2,654

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

thanks dino, the power pack came today so that'll save me a fortune on batteries

2,655

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

Zurf wrote:

Happy NPD.  I was a little nervous about that one, especially with the picture requirement, but figured it was Chordie so it must be OK.

sorry zurf no compredee...what picture requirement? but i'll recomend it. i've never been able to get that "fender" sound but with a few tweeks it was there...bliss. till i forgot to save it...wotadik

2,656

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

Grah1 wrote:

Phil I  modified  mine  with  an external foot switch  for  the  drum machine  so  I  could  easily  switch  it on and  off  when playing live  Its  simple just  a  two  core  lead  from the  back  of  the  switch  to  a  push  to  make foot switch   from maplin  ,cost  a  couple  of  pounds

hi grah. i never thought of that so i checked and it must be the "control" socket you're referring to?

as i said i'm only using it for recording, i have a boss ME50 for live, but the foot switch is a good idea, i've got one around here somewhere....

2,657

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

hi amy. it's so simple even i played it right away. it's a simple plug and play, push a button and it does what it says on the tin and it has an acoustic section too.

having said all that, i tweeked until i got a great sound, but when i went back to it a couple of hours later it had gone....i hadn't hit the store button yikes

2,658

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

for safety you'd need a biggie, 32 gig at least and that wont last very long if you back-up regularly. best thing i've found is an external HD or expansion drive. i bought a Seagate 1 gig which was quite cheap, they're coming down in price. and seeing as my PC is only a 500gig, i've got treble my storage capacity, i think. i expect someone smarter will come along and tell me i'm wrong, so i'll just say it works for me.

phill

2,659

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

hey bill. i had a catastrophic crash last year with win7 and had to re-install it....in doing so lost almost everything including at least 10 years of family photos. luckily a lot were backed up to the cloud so i got them back, but everything else including my songs, stories and lots of files and programs were kaput.

i must be honest i saw your post and almost wrote warning you of the consequences, but i saw you had advice from cleverer people than me so i thought there was a work around.

just a thought; i keep a book beside my PC with passwords site names addresses etc as my memory aint winning any prizes.

best of luck and sorry for not giving the heads up

phill

2,660

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

hi guys. everyone seems to be having a "new guitar day" lately, but there's no chance of the wife putting her hand into my pocket and letting me have a new axe, so as i was depressed with the sound i was getting on my recordings i decided to lash out on a new FX pedal namely a Digitech RP55. after reading the rave reviews i bought it from Amazon for only £25. a bargain as other on-line shops wanted almost double! i ordered it on friday and it arrived on monday free post! WOW. anyway noodled with it monday and wrote a song (something i haven't been able to do for a while) then read the instructions properly today (tuesday) and wrote another song...amazing. one rock one country.

it has a tuner, 40 factory presets and 40 editable user sounds. a full house of sounds; amps, cabs, and all the usual guitar FX and an amazing sounding drum rhythm section. it's nice for getting the beat for writing but i'm still doing my drums live after recording the basic track. i'm only using it for recording though not live work as it's too fidley for that. just thought i'd let you know.

2,661

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

russ, i wonder if you just got a bad copy or something? mine seems to be working well so far...touch wood. i had a little problem with my printer but after a few hours of poking and prodding (metaphorically speaking) it cleared itself.  i also had to re-download my recording program and it wont even look at audacity! to be fair though it's never worked right on my PC anyway...but good luck

sorry i guess i'd gone off on one.
i don't think they're odd at all. it's a story of a fella going off to work (i think he's not running on a full tank, if you know what i mean?) and the story tells of his day; picking up after others, looking at "glamour" photos in the daily paper etc. i think it's as good as elinor rigby in that it tells a tale and has a good melody. lets be fair, after nearly 60 years of song writing, he must be having difficulty finding new themes, musical and verbal.

as for paul simon; i bought one of his recent CDs and though the musicianship was top notch, the songs don't really hit the spot. i tried to find it but it'd buried deep amongst the other "also ran CDs"

easybeat wrote:

Does Paul simon have another Gracelands in him?
Great question.
I often wonder if  the greatest writer, Paul Mccartney
has got a great song left in him?
I`ve spent a lot of time thinking about this,the only answer i`ve
come up with, is many of his great songs were about every day subjects.
I think he now lives a less than humble life(& good on him he`s earned it)
also he does everything himself with out arrangers & song writing partner to bounce off.
So no i don`t think he`s got another great song coming.
Don`t know if this applies to Paul simon.
look forward to your opinion.

i have Pauls recent CD "New" on it is a track called "On my way to work" give it a listen i think it ranks up there with his best work...IMHO

2,664

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

i have 3 of those £1 shop stack-up racks, 2 of those drawer thingies and loose stacks. one of the racks holds my Beatles CD's and their solo's so i have a shed full of mccartney.

as keepitreal says, i seem to play the same dozen or so and the rest are what i thought i wanted at the time.

i must have bought the last car made with a CD player in along with the MP3. my son bought his car (same make) but his had an MP3 and sat-nav....i grew up on maps why should anyone want a sat-nav? or MP3 till i found how easy they are to use...

2,665

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

thanks amy, yeah i am enjoying W10 somewhat, somewhat because i haven't been able to try it out much...things, ya know?

any hoo, i had more or less decided after writing my last post (sounds ominous?) that i was going to keep vista, better the devil you know when you're fumbling around for the next track with 200 half-cut wedding guests waiting for the next dance?

i much appreciate the advice.

phill

2,666

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

talking of laptops....i've got win10 up and running on my PC and apart from having to look for everything (as you do with something new?) it's going great guns.

now i'm running VISTA on my laptop which i must admit i only use for gigging now (if i need a quick on-line thing i use my tablet) so can i update to W10 on my LT? and if i can is it worth it? i need help. thanks phill

2,667

(23 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

hello and welcome MUSICSPEAKS. i see you've waited a long time to make your first post. now that you've broken your duck, please come and join us more often.

i'm sorry i'm like your dad and know nothing about autoharps, but i hope you enjoy learning and playing yours.

phill

i would also like to welcome all the other first timers too...

2,668

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

I'd forgotten about it till I was speaking to a friend then I ran and switched the PC on and it downloaded straight away and that's what I'm using now only 4 hours after switching on. Still a bit confused but I guess I'll get there. Why isnt there a clock?

2,669

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Game set and match. The twist in the tail got me there. Well done I likes it. BTW it's a well known fact that tennis players have soft balls 😂

2,670

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

It happens to me most of the time! I usually get great lines while I'm in the shower or bed. Funny how those are the best ones you've written if only you'd actually written them down?

I started taking a pen and pad to bed but the wife complained about the light coming on all the time and waking her up😴

Now I just write them down when I remember, which is why I have a backlog or my songs sound so disjointed. Never mind it's better to have a load that you can pick the best bits from 😇

2,671

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

so sorry to hear of your troubles. i cant imagine any of that happening to any of my kids. my thoughts and best wishes are with you and your son.

phill and ann.

only if it was really bad.

i cried the first time i sang "honey" i was reading the words as i sang it and decided not to sing it again...good plan.

i didn't want to read the link before adding my 5 pennorth. i bought the 25th anniversary CD last year and it's near the top of my play list and i cant understand why i didn't buy it at the time. i must say though that each time i listen to it, visions of him jamming with those great musicians and using their performances and claiming the writing plaudits does rankle. but once i get past that i can settle back and enjoy some of the best music of my generation.

i've read stories of lennon getting stuck for a word or line and whoever happened to be there chipping in with something but never getting so much as a nod. i guess all writers pinch stuff from others, some get away with it, some don't...eg george harrison and "my sweet lord"

2,674

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

great idea, unfortunately i'm struggling to draw a pension though i still have plenty of lead in my pencil wink

2,675

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

dondra, are any of us strangers? we are all joined together by a golden cord which is love and the love of music. i have never met any chordie members yet i feel that they are all friends yet to be met. i so hope you're feeling better and i'm glad bill is doing such a great job of looking after you, and i dare say you looking after him too!  be well

phill