Wow Scott (Fatstrings) is on the ball. This morning I recieved a 'trial run' recording from him and then had great fun playing along with a 'real live' bass player again, it has been a while. Thank you Scott and I am looking forward to your finalised piece.

This in no way means that I am pushing anyone to get their part completed. Take your time and be happy with your contribution. If you are happy with it I am sure that I will be. The final recording will be ready when it is and not before.

In some instances I have asked more than one performer to record a certain part and some to record on their second choice instrument in an effort to include as many as I can but everyone who contributes will be included in the final mix.

I think that everyone who contributed to the lyrics did a wonderful job. In spite of 4 different people writing the verses completely independantly, with only the chorus as a reference, there is a flow to them and it is not obvious that there are five different writers involved. There has only been minor tweaking by me to get the rhyming continuity and line length right to fit the melody. Thank you.

Most of the correspondence for this project has been through private e-mail apart from my initally asking for lyrics. For the recordings I have put together two synthesised backing tracks, one with vocals and one without, and sent them to the performers asking them to record their part alongside the track (to keep the tempo uniform and to give an idea of the style). I have asked for the backing track to be deleted after recording so I will recieve just their part and then I will mix them together. Although everyone will be working independently by using the backing track I think it will all blend in together nicely.

I am quite exited about this, I am more than happy with the the lyrics I was offered and also the intitial response from the performers as this is something I have been wanting to try for the past couple of years. The new Recording section has made it possible.

Roger

Royce we are obviously on the same wavelength as I am 61 going on 16

Roger

Hi Jeff,

Life's road is long and winding with many tempting side paths, some good and some not so good but we do not know which until we try them. Looking back on the good ones is fun and it is especially good to remember the wrong ones and how we got through them. All part of the rich tapestry of life. Good theme and a great song.

Roger

Hi Nmomygomery,

Here are some words that may help. Feel free to use, edit or discard as you see fit.

I hoped the contents of the whiskey bottle,
Would help me to forget just how I hurt,
But even though I consumed all the amber brew,
My head is clear and filled with thoughts of you.

I am looking at an empty bottle,
It seemed it was the only friend I had,
But I have gone and drunk it till it is all gone,
There's nothing left for me to now lean on.

Roger

Hi Rich and welcome to Chordie,

One of the more theoretically minded guru's will hopefully answer your question for you.

Personally I would just look at the Chord Chart in Resources and see how the chord is played, but then again I am just a simple country boy who only needs to know it works and not how .

Roger

Hi Pkiula and welcome to Chordie,

This is the place for song requests so I have moved your post here.

You omitted to mention which song you are looking for and although it may not be here under Shaky's name it may be a cover or covered by someone else, Whatever let us know the title and we will see if someone can help.

Roger

Hi Russ,

I had the same problem. It appears that this will happen if there is more than one Chopro formatted message in the thread. I have therefore reverted the earlier messages to plain text. One for Per to look into I think, I will write to him later.

Roger

Right I now have chords for this song and I am working on the melody and finalising the lyrics to fir. I have given it a title "Wrapped in Happiness" but I am open to suggestions. I have also put the lyrics in Chopro so they can be printed.

{t:Wrapped in Happiness}
{st:by as many Chordians as I can involve}
{c:A slow waltz - 80 bpm}

Intro:
[G]    [D4]     [G]    [D]

Verse 1:
[G]    [Em]    [C]    [D]
[C]    [Em]    [Am]    [D]
[G]    [Em]    [C]    [D]
[C]    [D]    [G]    [D]

Verse 2:
[G]    [Em]    [C]    [D]
[C]    [Em]    [Am]    [D]
[G]    [Em]    [C]    [D]
[C]    [D]    [G]    [D]

Chorus:
[C]    [D]    [G]    [Em] 
[F]    [G]    [A]    [A4]
[C]    [D]    [G]    [Em]
[C]    [D4]    [G]    [D]

Verse 3:
[G]    [Em]    [C]    [D]
[C]    [Em]    [Am]    [D]
[G]    [Em]    [C]    [D]
[C]    [D]    [G]    [D]

Instrumental:
[C]    [D]    [G]    [Em] 
[F]    [G]    [A]    [A4]
[C]    [D]    [G]    [Em]
[C]    [D4]    [G]    [D]

Verse 4:
[G]    [Em]    [C]    [D]
[C]    [Em]    [Am]    [D]
[G]    [Em]    [C]    [D]
[C]    [D]    [G]    [D]

Chorus:
[C]    [D]    [G]    [Em] 
[F]    [G]    [A]    [A4]
[C]    [D]    [G]    [Em]
[C]    [D4]    [G]    [G]

I will be in touch shortly asking for help with parts of the recording.

Roger

***I have had to remove the Chopro formatting for this I am afraid.*****

Hi Tinimax,

Welcome to Chordie. You will see that I have moved this song request to the correct section for you and I deleted another post with the same request. I see the Royce Drake has already answered the request from you.

Roger

Quick aside for Royce Drake. Well done sir. I, like Russ, could not make head not tail of the original message.

Oooops I am late in replying!! Must be a Senior Moment (again)

Rhiannon, my favourite Australian granddaughter, I hope everything is OK with you down under. Thank you and I look forward to your e-mail.

Helena, 'fraid so but hopefully there will be more entries if Russ does it again. Star Wars is one of my two favourite film series so it was about time I did something about it. Thank you.

Phill, Thank you too for your coments, and yes, only the chord progressions were fixed but the arrangement of them, the lyrics, tempo and style was left up to the individual. I enjoyed doing it and was quite pleased with the result. Arks instrumental entry "Crime" was first class and Russ, of course, has his own version of the song. All completely different.

Roger

Thanks Toney,

As I said in my last message I always take, and use, protective gear. Yes my hands are precious to me and I always wear gloves for such tasks. I will take your advice on the fish oil capsules so I will be off the the health shop tomorrow although my fingers are back to normal now I am pleased to say, just a few twinges in the legs.

Roger