i would have thought he'd be chuffed to have his song put out in English, as there is a bigger audience. think of "my way" which was taken from an italian song, "o sole mio" and lots more. as long as the composer gets his cut and recognition why would he/she complain? i wouldnt!
2,901 2014-10-07 19:06:36
Re: Adaptations and translations of songs (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
2,902 2014-10-07 19:01:11
Re: Ma Gold (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
thanks EB, i'm looking forward to that. mother in law is a touchy subject at the moment as mine passed away last month, now she was a complete nutter, in a nice way...
amy/dino, yep your right bonnie was a complete crazy lady but 100 years later. doc holiday? i've got a dentist like that but in reverse, i'd love to shoot him. point made with custer.
grah, now thats a film i'd love to see made, mainly so i could become rich, my song writing doesnt seem to be getting me there 
jim, how're you getting on with the transpose i did for you? i havent actually started recording it yet, i've got loads on at the moment, so when i do get around to it, i may use the C key myself.
thanks all for your advice and for replying.
phill
2,903 2014-10-05 20:23:17
Re: Ma Gold (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
i'm not sure about custer, he wasnt a complete nutter he just had delusions of grandure. i want to portray Ma Gold as a powerful lady, maybe like Ma Baker from a later age, who lost all sense of humanity at the loss of her beloved daughter and grandson, so she went right off the rails and started killing anyone she thought could have saved their lives or caused their death. maybe i should stop now as it's getting a little too morbid for me. but that's the back story, i read somewhere that your characters should have one so as you know where their going....does that make sense to you?
2,904 2014-10-05 18:00:19
Re: Ma Gold (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
i did say it's not finnished yet, the hitler reference, i knew it was iffy but ghengis khan wouldn't fit. it was "mad as hell" . i never gave jesse james a thought as i didnt think of him as "mad". what do you think about Caesar? it fits with the metre and he was quite a dictator.
jimmy, if you transpose the chords to; VERSES; C-D-F-Am-G| C-D-Dm-G-F-C.|
chorus; Am-G-F-C-| F-C-D-G| Am-G-F-C | F-C-Dm-C|| it's in waltz time and at the moment i'm thinking very slow.
thanks for the heads up
2,905 2014-10-05 15:46:19
Topic: Ma Gold (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This is a sad and tragic story which I don't think is finnished yet, but have a read and give me your thoughts....
Ma Gold.Undefined
[F] I'm skirting around that gold [G] prospecting town.
She's [Bb] sitting there waiting, a [Dm] gun close at [C] hand.
She's [F] madder than Caesar. She's got [G] murder in mind.
And if [Gm] she should [C] see me, I'll be [Bb] dead in no [F] time.
[Dm] The ugliest [C] woman that [Bb] I've ever [F] seen.
Was [Bb] mother to a [F] beauty, like a [G] princess or [C] queen.
So the [Dm] love grew [C] between us and her [Bb] belly got [F] full.
She [Bb] died there in [F] child birth, the [Gm] child died as [F] well.
[F] I've been a miner since the [G] time I could walk.
I've [Bb] sworn and I've cussed ever [Dm] since I could [C] talk.
But [F] Ma Gold was nasty and [G] I'm held to blame.
For her [Gm] daughter and [C] grandson that [Bb] died on that [F] day.
[Dm] Ten days of [C] walking to the [Bb] next water [F] hole.
If she [Bb] knew I was [F] coming she'd have [G] poisoned that as [C] well.
She's so [Dm] bitter and [C] twisted, so [Bb] hard and so [F] cold.
But [Bb] no one wants to [F] face her.
[Bb] No one will [F] fight her.
[Bb] No one [F] survives her. They [Gm] call her Ma [F] Gold.
[F] She's alone in the barroom a [G] Colt in her lap.
For the [Bb] ten years that's gone, she's been [Dm] sitting like [C] that.
A [F] bottle of whiskey, deck of [G] cards on the table.
There's no [Gm] one to [C] play with, they're [Bb] pushing-up [F] daisies.
[Dm] Everyone [C] dies, she gives [Bb] no second [F] chances.
I was [Bb] mining in the [F] Yukon, or I'd be hanging from a tree.
Like the [Dm] doctor, the [C] midwife, the [Bb] sheriff, the [F] barman.
All [Bb] died in her [F] rage. Cos [G] they couldn't [C] save her....
[F] I'm skirting around that gold [G] prospecting town.
She's [Bb] sitting there waiting, a [Dm] gun close at [C] hand.
She's [F] madder than Hitler. She's got [G] murder in mind.
And if [Gm] she should [C] see me, I'll be [Bb] dead in no [F] time.
2,906 2014-10-05 14:15:36
Re: Country Style - song I've been working on. (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
nice one, i like the way the words flow and the metre feels right. a cracking country song.
phill
2,907 2014-10-03 18:20:37
Re: My song (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi jimmy thanks, great writing on your part, great musicianship on their part.
2,908 2014-10-02 11:13:11
Re: My song (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi jimmy, really enjoyed the track, who is nashjack? are you involved? loved the guitar and the vocal.
phill
2,909 2014-09-29 19:08:00
Re: ` Sad Clown` (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
monday i've got friday on my mind....
i know the feeling, but lately i've been writing or recording a song, and when it starts getting sticky or same-ee, i leave it and go back next day. though it never comes out the same...
2,910 2014-09-29 19:04:40
Re: Blues Light (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
what do you mean not like UK cops? i got pulled on an empty road, miles of visibility doing (according to the cop) 76 MPH in a 60 MPH limit. cretin gave me 2 choices 3 points on my license and 100 pound fine or 85 pounds and sit through 8 hours of finger wagging...i paid the 85. but what a ****** he must have been bored
2,911 2014-09-28 20:02:39
Re: ` Sad Clown` (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
funny enough nor me. once i finnish the write and record copy to CD sometimes my space or sound cloud, then i forget them until they come up when i'm driving to a gig, then i go...what's this?
would you mind if i change or add some words?
phill
2,912 2014-09-28 19:58:09
Re: Blues Light (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
sounds like they have cops and cross roads in "sunny crete" then? highly enjoyable
2,913 2014-09-28 19:55:05
Re: Away in a Day (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
grah, thanks i'll take the billy joel comparison as a compliment as i love his work
likewise norwegian wood also a fav, thanks jim
hi jeff, it was a big shock to all of the family, i thought they were forever, then again is anything forever these days?
thanks easybeat, i ket the arrangement as simple as i could (for me....)
2,914 2014-09-26 18:57:53
Re: ` Sad Clown` (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
WOW what an endorsement, thanks for that.
i did a little "demo" last night which i wouldnt play to my dog (i dont have a dog, but if i did....) so i know the format that i want to play and i'll get on it next week, baby sitting tonight, gigging tomorrow, sundays a day of rest. the wife goes out monday nights so hopefully i can get started then.
phill
2,915 2014-09-25 18:51:07
Re: ` Sad Clown` (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi EB, like your song, saw there was no chords so i picked up the guitar and a tune and chords came quite fast, if you like i can do a scratch recording and email it to you, i wont be offended if you'd rather do it yourself. email me your email address if you'd like to hear it.
phill
2,916 2014-09-23 22:06:31
Re: Can't figure it out!. (11 replies, posted in Song requests)
the songs actually in E.
intro; E-A-B-E||
verse; B-E-B-E-F#-A-B-E
chorus; A-B-A-B-A-B-E|
solo; E-F#-A-B-E
great song, by the way, fab solo. i played it up the arm on the 7th frett for E & F#, in A shape, and B & A in E shape. you could also put the capo on 4th frett and play E in C shape, B in G shape and F# in D shape, the A would then be in F shape.
hope this helps.
2,917 2014-09-23 19:32:06
Re: I (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
having read through your words it kinda reminded me of wagon trains and the land rush, i read your header after reading the song, i shall give it a listen ASAP.
very nice jeff, yep, still think it's a pioneering song though, things cant have changed that much in 200 years, eh? 
2,918 2014-09-23 19:28:11
Re: Away in a Day (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
just a note; the Em7/9 that i play is not as shown in the diagram, i play (more or less) a G chord playing D on the B string and playing the open E on the E string, so the chord name i have given it is wrong?
oh and it's a waltz
you'll find the track here; https://soundcloud.com/tags/folk
2,919 2014-09-23 19:25:49
Topic: Away in a Day (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Sorry if this is a little depressing, but my sons wife has just up and left him without a word, well she left him a letter, took his young son and all the furnature but no explination as to why. This is the way my mind works things out.
Away In A Day. Undefined
[D] Remember that day by the [Em7/9] river?
Where the [C] willows were [G] heavy with [D] leaves.
And the sun made it's way 'cross the [Em7] heavens.
And you [C] promised your [G] love just for [D] me.
If [Bm] only I [Bm/A] knew what I [Bm/Ab] know now, [G] then.
I could've [Em] saved myself all of this [A7] pain.
Through the [D] good and the bad times.
The [Em7] love and the hate.
Like a [C] fool I would [G] do it [D] again.
I haven't the heart to forget [Em7] you.
You've [C] been a big [G] part of my [D] life.
I'll never forget what you've [Em7] done for me.
And I'll [C] never [G] forgive all your [D] lies.
If [Bm] only I [Bm/A] knew what I [Bm/Ab] know now, [G] then.
I could've [Em] saved myself all of this [A] pain.
Through the [D] good and the bad times.
The [Em7] love and the hate.
Tell you [C] dear I would [G] do it [D] again.
[Bm] Heaven [Bm/A] forgives yet the [Bm/Ab] sin is still [G] there.
But you [Em] sinned against me not the [A7] God up above.
The [D] love that I thought would be [Em7] there all our lives.
You've [C] thrown it [G] away in a [D] day.
You've [C] thrown it [G] away in a [D] day.
2,920 2014-09-19 21:42:06
Re: what pitch ? (9 replies, posted in Acoustic)
here's another thought, pick each string on an open note then again at the octave (12th frett) they should sound the same just an octave higher. there is also harmonics but unless you know what i'm on about then it's just more confusion for you. sorry, i have no wish to sound like a clever dick, but it takes a while to learn how to play harmonics even though once you've got it it's a piece of cake. search for "tuning by harmonics"
2,921 2014-09-19 18:45:25
Re: what pitch ? (9 replies, posted in Acoustic)
i noticed this problem with a friends guitar, he put strings on that were too light. i would recommend a 12 guage set for acoustic guitar any lighter and they would bend too much while strumming. only a thought. welcome to chordie
2,922 2014-09-16 19:31:37
Re: Taken the Plunge (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
would someone like to tell me how i can find EB's music? thanks
2,923 2014-09-12 21:47:34
Re: dont care (16 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi ark, i guess that's just a fact of life these days. buskers are usually honest musicians providinb a service. not like the the hustlers on street corners conning the simple minded with their "rigged" games.
thanks artie.
hi jim, my wife would be happy if i didnt play or sing, except for gigs of course.
thanks to all that took the time to listen and comment.
phill
2,924 2014-09-09 22:11:10
Re: dont care (16 replies, posted in Songwriting)
i've finnished the recording and put it on sound cloud, please click the link if you'd like to give it a listen
https://soundcloud.com/iphillfine/dontcare2
please feel free to comment
2,925 2014-09-09 08:09:01
Re: dont care (16 replies, posted in Songwriting)
i've seen that before in bulgaria, sunny beach i think, where live music has to be dead quiet and finnish at 11 or 12 PM, but night clubs and rave parties and disco's(?) can go on till the early hours and as loud as they like....and all recorded crap, the world has become sick