i like it. a good cowboy story.

what sort of beat do you use? i tried it with both waltz and 4/4 and it worked with both.

ps dont tell anyone,but i dont know much of dylan's work.

phill

i bet they were quick enough to look at the gore?

very powerful piece of work grah, whether as a song or a very fine piece of poetry.

phill

i am overwhelmed and overcome, seriously overwhelmed and overcome, in all honesty this is the last song on the CD (i just wanted to finish it off) so it's not (in my opinion) as good as some of the others.

russ, i'm getting the hang of the DP24 now so that helps.

ed, i didn't realize the billy joel connection, i'll have to go back and give it another listen!

thanks amy, i cant play sax, each time i blow i see stars...

artie & dino, thanks for the comments and for listening.

love to all

phill

lucky they didn't do a post mortem isn't it?

thanks guys, it's nice to feel the support from you guys.

hi grah. loved your words, made me smile, nice use of chords too. personally, i like your voice.

phill

British weather is a little hit and miss, but when we get a good one we get a good `un. Case in point is last summer which was super-duper

PS, I listened to your song and was very impressed, very blues-y. I enjoyed it. Well done

when my PA went kaput, i searched the web for a cheap but good replacement, now i get emails from all those on-line music shops with bargains and sales. funny how they always turn up when your not desperate for new gear?

1. the publisher makes the most
2. the artiste/writer gets a bit
3. the arranger gets some, but i think his cut comes from the show producers, who get their money from the sponsors who make their money from people buying their goods.

i think there is also a fee paid by the broadcaster to the writer, publisher etc. and if they use the original recording, to the record company, now that's what i call stretching a buck.

i read somewhere that paul mccartney makes around £25,000,000 a year in royalties. a dirty job, but someone has to do it, paul, i don't mind helping, just a couple of grand would do me!

saturday; i've had this virus (on me not the PC) since new year, so i only did 1 show this year so far, till saturday when the agent guilted me into playing, so much as i wanted to go to my local club and get lubricated, i headed down to milford haven, which is right on the irish sea. it wasn't just raining it was chucking it down, the wind was gale force, so i got soaked and froze with the cold. but being the trouper i am, i soldiered on, and by the end of the night i felt much better, till i had to face the storm again....roll on summer 

I have my own little Beatles story, I may have put it up before, if so sorry.

Any way, I was around 11 and due to spring tides and a flooded road, my father had to take the long way home, we had radio Luxembourg on in the car when this rock and roll track came on and made my hair stand on end, it was "My Bonnie" the only time it was played on the radio. Many years later after reading The Beatles biography, that somewhere in Liverpool one George Harrison was also listening, so to me that instance gave me a feeling of brotherhood with George, God rest and bless him.

The following year when the Beatles became "main stream" I became a fan again and I have all their records in vinyl, cassette and CD! I say "again" because I found a record in 1968 of recordings made while they played in Hamburg and "My Bonnie" was included on the disc.

PS, I've had to listen to "New" by Paul 3 times to get into it, but now I'm glad I took the time, it's brilliant though not as good as "Memory almost full"

i hardly ever sit down to (force) out a song any more. i used to, and went through several years of trash. when i joined chordie i thought i needed to write songs that had meaning and or a story.

these days i only write when something is itching to get out; i was in the shower and an opening line came to me, so while i was washing my bits i was developing the words and tune (they usually come together) so after drying off, i scurry down to my studio and pop the words down and look for the chords. if i have something good then i need to record it right away as if i don't by the time i get back to it, it's gone, so i leave it in my slush pile, and when i have a tune but no words i'll go back and see if they fit, maybe years later!

other times i've been strumming away or tinkling on the piano, when a chord sequence or a riff or tune comes out, soon a few words will come along whether i'm trying to write a song or not. in all cases the first few lines dictate the theme/story of the song, and what may start out as a rock song may end up as a ballad!