sounds like he's using ultra light strings as he bends the notes way up. i use a 9 gauge set-up and i'd still have to slide as opposed to bend. bendiest strings i know of are the one maker i wont use which are "ernie ball", too bendy, just too bendy.
3,178 2013-10-27 23:17:14
Re: guitar sound (5 replies, posted in Electric)
hi metal man, i used to be in a couple of metal bands, really enjoyed them, but i used to get real bad headaches due to having to scream over the amps (no monitors). i dont think the clientele where i now gig would appreciate big volumes, i cant seem to get my peavy above 1 let alone 13! LOL. but i know where your coming from, aint nothin' like cranking the gain to the top....ah the good old days
3,179 2013-10-27 18:50:26
Topic: guitar sound (5 replies, posted in Electric)
I was using my PA to play backing tracks, vocals and my guitar through. When one of my speakers took a dive I had to buy lesser quality bins that I didn't feel could handle all three. So I dug out my old Peavy Bandit and began lugging that around my gigs.
Lately I've began experimenting with the sound I'm getting, I've always used chorus from my Boss ME50 and a little echo which gives a nice country/rhythm feel from my Tele, it of course gives a nice crack for rock numbers.
So....while tuning up before the gig last night I switched off the chorus and was delighted with the "dry sound" I got but when I was playing full pelt the sound just wasn't there and so I had to switch the chorus back on. I've heard this with other guitarists too, anyone know why this happens?
3,180 2013-10-27 18:35:10
Re: Show time (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hi Rog, you must have taped this for posterity, and the delight of your fellow chordians?
Glad you enjoyed, most fun you've had with your clothes on?
3,181 2013-10-22 19:20:05
Re: Hello people, I am new noob here ! (11 replies, posted in Recording)
as far as i understand, as i've tried myself and failed, you wont get vocals onto MIDI, i could be wrong. question is; why do you need to get this song onto MIDI? if your going to add instruments you will have to be able to play at least a keyboard. if you need help adding instruments (bass, keyboards) all you need to do is ask and i'm sure you'll have plenty of volunteers.
3,182 2013-10-19 16:22:34
Topic: joe brown- for uke lovers (0 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
Joe Brown was a big name in the UK during the 60's and is a multi instrumentalist and though he must be in his 70's (at least) he is continuing to perform and tour.
I was watching a TV show recently and he was on playing a uke and saying how he has recorded a new CD using (mainly) a uke and double bass. He said he sings a few "rock" tunes as well as some standards. So if your into the uke, maybe you'd like to give this a listen. I cant give you the link as I have not looked it up myself yet.
Phill
3,183 2013-10-14 19:05:00
Re: 24th wedding anniversary. (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
congratulations to you guys and your lovely wives. enjoy your special days.
3,184 2013-10-13 17:15:30
Re: under a wave [song start] (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
i've been trying to harmonize for over 40 years....trying being the operative word, or very trying as the wife says
3,185 2013-10-13 17:13:13
Re: these are the lyrics for a song I wrote: Lady Mary's autumn (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi tobijasma, welcome to the forums, a thought provoking song and depressing in a way as at the age of 62, my wife has gone through many of the situations you have written about. it's a sign (or curse) of a writer that he can take what he sees going on around him and make it into a song. i take it it is a song not a poem as you haven't put the chords up. if you need help with chopro see the sticky at the top, or just add them where they go and a moderator will do it for you.
well done, thanks for sharing, and we would like to see more.
phill
3,186 2013-10-11 19:12:32
Re: Sleepless. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
easy, just put something on TV you really want to watch always works for me i've had to buy box sets of my favourites cos i always miss the middle parts. seriously though; power naps. i used to be a lorry driver and if i had some time to spare i'd tell myself 10 minutes (or whatever) then i'd close my eyes and wake up 10 minutes later. but you've got to be able to clear your mind, if you start thinking about anything that's going on in your life you'll never drop off.
3,188 2013-10-10 20:16:54
Re: a small story (13 replies, posted in Songwriting)
thanks friends. it was a little poem (rhyme) i wrote some years ago which i found when i was making room on my external hard drive. i put it up in "poems" and someone asked if i had music for it....you know the rest. glad you all like it
3,189 2013-10-10 20:12:58
Re: under a wave [song start] (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi lane, really good song. they say all the best country songs come from some kind of heartbreak. i think your voice suits the song perfectly. loving the backing track too. if there is one fault it is that you've put too much volume on the mixdown so that the song distorts a bit, but that's just me wanting perfection. i cant get it on my own stuff either!
3,191 2013-10-06 21:04:46
Topic: a small story (13 replies, posted in Songwriting)
this is a poem (rhyme) that i posted in poems, but the concensus seems to be for me to make it into a song, wah lah
A SMALL STORYUndefined
[A] IN A VERY SMALL HOUSE IN A VERY SMALL TOWN
LIVED A VERY SMALL MAN AND HIS NAME WAS BROWN
[D] THE STREET WAS SMALL AND HIS DOG WAS SMALL
BUT THE [E] MAN NEXT DOOR WAS VERY, VERY [A] TALL
[A] “MY NAME IS ED”, THE TALL MAN SAID
“BUT MY HOUSE IS SMALL, SO I BUMP MY HEAD”
“WELL [D] THAT’S A SHAME, MY NAME IS BROWN
IF [E] I CAN HELP, I WONT LET YOU [A] DOWN”
“WELL, THAT’S VERY KIND, MR BROWN”, SAID ED
“I NEED SOME HELP TO CARRY THIS BED…
THE [D] STAIRS ARE STEEP AND THE BED IS LONG
BUT [E] IF YOU HELP I’LL SING A [A] SONG”-(RIFF)
AND SO [A] ED AND BROWN BECAME BIG FRIENDS
AND THEY TALK EACH NIGHT AS THE LONG DAY ENDS
IN THE [D] LITTLE STREET IN A LITTLE TOWN
WHERE [E] ED SINGS SONGS FOR MR [A] BROWN
IN A LITTLE GARDEN IN THE SUMMER SUN
THEY SIT AND TALK AND SING THEIR SONGS
AND THEIR [D] WIVES ARE HAPPY TO SEE THE FRIENDS
AS THEY [E] CHAT ACROSS THE GARDEN [A] FENCE
ED HAS A SON, BROWN HAS ONE TOO
AND THEY PLAY TOGETHER, AS CHILDREN DO
NOW [D] ED LIKES HIS HOME THAT IS SO SMALL
HE STILL [E] BANGS HIS HEAD AS HE WALKS THROUGH THE [A] DOOR
AND [D] BROWN IS SETTLED WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILD
AND HIS [E] FRIEND NEXT DOOR IN THE LITTLE [A] TOWN
3,192 2013-10-06 20:15:54
Re: Here Comes Another Day (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hey jeff, the way you write is great, you obviously take heed to what is going on around you and you have a writers way of expressing it. congrats on another fine song. i listened to the recording but it stopped half way through but what i heard was great. i relate so well to this song, were you writing about me?
3,193 2013-10-06 20:07:33
Re: Come Sundays (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi jeff, you've got "phill w covers? now i must be famous....L&LOL
3,194 2013-10-03 23:06:21
Re: Come Sundays (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
OK the story behind the song;
I used to play in a band that had aspirations to go far, so we recorded a tape full of our own stuff and sent it to several agents. We had a reply with work in Europe in US basses. So we bought a bus and did it all out, sleeping quarters etc, then we had a date on which we had to leave, which was Christmas eve!!!! my wife (now ex-wife) said how can you leave me and the kids on Christmas eve, so I told the guys to get a replacement.
The bus broke down between France and Spain. It took the guys two or three months to get home, in the mean time the wives had to pretend that they had been deserted so that they could claim social security money. I'm so glad I didn't go.
The song is basically about that with little bits added and taken away to protect the innocent?
Oh, we were a rock band and very good so the 3rd rate country band was made up.
3,195 2013-10-03 22:57:06
Topic: Come Sundays (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This song needs a little explanation as it has several sources for the story, which is mostly factual.
Come Sunday.Undefined
[A] Running for the station, gotta make that early train.
I'll be home by Sunday if I make it to my plane.
I've [D] had enough of hotel rooms and drinking day and [A] night. (RIFF)
[A] I'm running down the road, got my guitar in my hand.
I'm sick and tired of playing in a third rate country band.
I've [D] had enough of hotel rooms, and drinking day and [A] night.-(RIFF)
And [E] Sunday when I get home with you.
Everything will be all [A]right.-(RIFF)
[A] There's taxi's all around me, they shimmer in the heat.
Traffic's tailed back half a mile, it's faster on my feet.
I'm [D] sick and tired of hotel rooms, and drinking day and [A] night.-(RIFF)
[A] I used to have a future, and a job to last my life.
Now I'm only hoping that I still have a wife.
I'm [D] sick and tired of hotel rooms, and drinking day and [A] night.-(RIFF)
And [E] Sunday when I'm home with you.
Everything will be all right.-(RIFF)
We're [F] taking off on Christmas day, and [G] heading for the [A] sun.-(RIFF)
But [F] every day's a different town, [G] a different hotel [A] room.-(RIFF)
I've [Bm] had enough of bar rooms/[C] club rooms, drinking out of [G] hours.
[F] And [E] so I'm coming home to you. Sunday will be [A] ours.-(RIFF)
[A] The promise was for money, and fame and all that stuff.
But all I've got are I.O.U.'s “we didn't make enough” .
I've [D] had enough of hotel rooms, and drinking day and [A] night.-(RIFF)
[A] These guys can't hold a country tune or play a slide guitar.
And so I'm coming home to you, and still I'm not a star.
I've [D] had enough of hotel rooms, and drinking day and [A] night.-(RIFF)
And [E] Sunday when I'm home with you. Everything will be all [A] right.-(RIFF)
And [E] Sunday when I'm home with you. Everything will be all [A] right.-(RIFF)
(SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS.)
||:[A] Running for the station:|| (SUNG OVER RIFF)
3,196 2013-10-03 19:21:31
Re: Help! (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
thanks one, down loaded AVG and all is fine. i now run AVIRA on my PC, another free anti virus on my laptop and AVG on my tablet! life is great if you don't have to pay....ha ha ha (dances away singing; "busy paying nothing......")
3,197 2013-10-01 20:06:56
Re: Havent played since April. (31 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hey JJJ, I'm so sorry to hear of your troubles. You must be totally exhausted! My best wishes and regards to your other half and hope that you and her come out of this refreshed and ready to take on the world again.
As for the guitar thing; I have a little strum most days, but I get depressed and frustrated when I seem to end up playing the same old riffs and chord sequences. A lay off of a couple of days helps put the desire back into it, I don't know if I could last all those months though. Just think of the joy you'll get when you get back into it.
Keep your chin up. Respect.
Phill
3,198 2013-10-01 19:55:38
Re: Help! (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I'm soooooo glad I live in the UK (where computing is concerned). I thought our telecommunication networks were money grabbing fat cats, seems like US ones are even worse.
FYI; I bought a new 7 inch tab Monday, had a hell of a bargain, full cost £119.00, but with Tesco vouchers it only cost me £9 !!!!! brill! When I got it home I couldn't get it linked up to my wireless network. I was on the brink of taking it back when I realised I'd miss read one letter of the network key, it took me two pairs of glasses to be able to see it right, but everythings working great now.
Anyone know if Hudl's come with anti virus, or do I need to down load one?
3,199 2013-09-29 18:24:05
Re: Help! (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I may be way off track here, but aren't modems built into your PC's these days? Modems are only used if you have a dial up service, which means you don't have broad band!
If you go to the signal strength icon on the bottom right of your screen, left click and a dialog box will appear which says; troubleshoot problems or open network sharing center. click on the latter which will allow you to set up a network or add to your network. you may need passwords and the network key which will be on the router.
That's how I set up my wireless network, will it be different in the US from the UK?
Let us know how you get on.
3,200 2013-09-23 19:40:36
Re: Some Blues with my new Guitar (42 replies, posted in Electric)
how could i resist?