2,826

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

i have 7, 2x 6 string elec, both fenders. 2x 6 string acoustic. 1x 12 string acoustic. 1 crappy elec (which should be boxed or sold or burnt as firewood, but i have a gas boiler) and 1x 4 string bass.

2,827

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

my thoughts and love go with you and your wife my friend

phill

2,828

(17 replies, posted in Poems)

hi bill, no need to pussyfoot around me my friend i've got a hide like an elephant's rear section.;)

the part...the old must die to make way for the reborn... is meant as nature intends, a tree falls and life springs from the dying bark, your garden veg grow with the help of fertilizer which comes from cows droppings and cut grass mixed  with who knows what, but they grow and we eat them, then we make more ....you get the idea? smile

2,829

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

i use ableton as a DAW, each time i go to record a new track i have to go to the track input and select where the sound is coming from eg mic or your interface and also which inputs they are coming from eg 1- 2. 3-4 etc. i think it should be the same or similar in reaper or audacity. give it a try unless you've already tried and failed in which case....sorry

phill

2,830

(10 replies, posted in Poems)

Tenement Funster wrote:

Perhaps Chordie is a forum best left for music, and not the comparing / bashing of issues of faith and belief. These matters are intensely personal and meaningful to each person, and stating one side can inevitably be taken as a challenge to someone holding a different view.

Just saying ... to be truly respectful.

you are right of-course TF, it is an unwritten law no religion and no politics but i will only step in if people begin arguing or going totally over the top. i don't believe scott has infringed either. if you feel differently then i will remove the offending poems/songs as it is, i cant see any offense taken or meant.

phill

2,831

(17 replies, posted in Poems)

thanks grah, slate does fit better so i've changed it. now i'm not happy with the last line....

thanks bill as grah said above; change blackboard to slate.

to me this was so depressing with all the death references, so i had to work at it to get reborn in there. fact is; i don't like the last line on both of the last two verses...any suggestions?

2,832

(17 replies, posted in Poems)

Children.                    Phill Williams.

The sound of daybreak, crystal clear.
Silent darkness lingers near.
Sol creeps quiet traverse the blue.
And rise, majestic, over roof.

The world stirs, live, with daylight friends.
As night time beasts retire to bed.
Goodnight. Good day. As moon descends.
Your way to work you will wend.

When we are gone, to dust or flame.
The sun will rise, each day the same.
And clouds will rain, and as they do.
Wash clean this Earth of me and you.

For this is how through time, years countless.
This world evolves, the species numberless.
This Earth creates then cleans the slate.
The old must die to make way for the newborn.

And so the sun falls past horizon.
A day must die for the night of passion.
New life with the break of dawn.
Goodnight. Good day. Hello sweet children.

2,833

(10 replies, posted in Poems)

i like the last line a lot...lol

2 semi-religious poems in a day, i guess it is sunday!  this one sounds like a rock song that hasn't yet got rocking?

2,834

(6 replies, posted in Poems)

i agree with bill there, very deep. nice write.

phill

2,835

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

no, sorry bill the guitar is on a stand as used by steve howe. looks like they're well into what their playing though?

i was a big beatles fan in the 60's (still am) and at the time of "glad all over" i began to fear that the dave clark 5 would take over, but they didn't...phew tongue

they had some great singles but unlike the beatles never worked too hard on their LP's.

did you ever see their film "catch us if you can"? i saw it when it came out but i haven't heard anything about it since.

i believe dave clark became a big record producer. i didn't know about the 3 that are no longer with us. RIP to them.

PS, sorry cant help with any biographies sad

2,837

(6 replies, posted in About Chordie)

i'm sorry james but more info needed. are you printing from one of the forums? or from a song book? or one of the songs in the index?

2,838

(9 replies, posted in Acoustic)

hi vic,

been there done that...i'm a solo and i've quite often found what works great in one pub to fab response seems to die a death in the next. i've often thought "i'm going to get paid off" only to find the landlord gushing that i've kept the crowd as they usually drift away (nice song that).

as someone once said "don't sweat the small stuff" and that is small stuff. in some places if you can walk out without getting beaten up or your gear getting smashed-up, you can say...yep, that was a good night! smile

2,839

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

here in wales we have those bumpy things called hills and valleys. the valleys are having some rain and sunny periods while the hills are catching a bit of snow. nothing like what the north of england and scotland are getting or north east of the us.

i love to see snow....on tv tongue

2,840

(35 replies, posted in Electric)

nice one bill, from my experience we welsh don't mind being mistaken for scots (jocks) smile but not english  hmm

i saw  chap use one of those clips in tenerife. he also had a couple of beautiful guitars, must pay well lol

2,841

(35 replies, posted in Electric)

like tyson i have around 5 hours of songs that i can call upon if needed. trouble is over the years i've got lazy and do mainly the same songs each gig. i have to vary them for different audiences of course. my wife keeps telling me i should learn new songs! but i cant seem to remember the words like i used to. so a music stand would be a god send i suppose, but my eyes are failing too and wearing bifocals is a road i don't want to travel down if i can help it. i know of a lot of acts around south wales who do use stands, i've got one for my studio.

one question bill, do they sit down to play as well? that would be the big sin for me, sitting down reading dots from a music sheet. it would remind me of those dance bands you used to get in ballrooms. showing my age now.....:)

2,842

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi mojo, welcome to chordie.

nice song. i found the only way i could get the chords to fit was as a waltz. i particularly like the way you go to Em for the chorus, i guess that would put the song into the key of G? the Cminor7th threw me at the start.

try and get your head around chopro to make it "all purdy like" it's a bit of a fiddle to start but when you get into it, it will come naturally.

very nice, keep em coming

phill

2,843

(9 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

OK Bill with two L's

big_smile glad we sorted that one out big_smile

i'm 63 and a semi recluse. my wife says i desert her most nights of the week to sit here looking at my PC (not porn cool ) so she says she's a recluse hmm anyway i'd rather sit here than watch her "reality TV" or the soaps! sad

anyway, i hope we're friends now? roll

phill

2,844

(9 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

hang on a minute there Bill, i was not criticizing just trying to be humorous. i love piano/keyboards and was trying or failing to support your point, eg; piano is not strummed yet it has strings, and the strings are thumped but is not a drum!!!! does it matter? it makes music by playing the strings and (unless it's me playing it) very nice music too.

i'm sorry if my post came over as me criticizing your post, it was not meant that way.

i guess no-one really gets my sense of humour. maybe it's me that needs to bow out

2,845

(9 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

the clue is the name on the tin....CHORDIE... if it plays chords....

if the site was called "strummie" then that might be a different matter

just my take on it

2,846

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

hi joey,

my condolences. just to say that i attended a friends funeral two weeks ago, and after the sadness, the tears and the interment, we all went out and celebrated his life, though i cant imagine how i'd feel if it was my wife.

regards phill

2,847

(20 replies, posted in Songwriting)

sweet playing song...i like it.

phill

2,848

(6 replies, posted in Poems)

i tend to write a lot of "songs" that don't make it past the first verse. so i keep them in what i call my "slush pile" and when i'm stuck for a line or verse or chord sequence i check out my slush pile. not that i'm saying this song is no good...keep working on it and you'll get there

phill

2,849

(9 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

hi grah, i've got a peavy bandit 112 which i've had since noah got sea sick! and i have to say it's durable (it has to be with all the humping into backs of vans and cars) so if the line 6 is as good then you're onto a winner.

2,850

(7 replies, posted in Poems)

hi grah, terrific piece, i gave it a quick strum, so what i sang maybe totally different from what you have in mind, but when i got to the part; "with eloquence and pride" i exchanged your D for Em. only a thought and i may be way off...but i thought i'd mention it.

phill