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!
3,203 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
3,204 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?
3,205 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
3,206 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.
3,207 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)
3,208 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......")
3,209 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
3,210 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?
3,211 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.
3,212 2013-09-23 19:40:36
Re: Some Blues with my new Guitar (42 replies, posted in Electric)
how could i resist?
3,213 2013-09-22 16:08:33
Re: Some Blues with my new Guitar (42 replies, posted in Electric)
hi russ. finally! great tone and sustain, and you're still using that gizmo thingy to great effect.
rock on
phill
3,214 2013-09-22 15:42:20
Topic: holiday blues (3 replies, posted in Electric)
i've been on my travels again (without my guitar) and no practice for a few days before or when i returned.
i got a request from a friend to do a gig saturday, so off i went. though my voice was OK, after an hour or so i realised my fingers weren't doing what they aught. solo's i normally do just were not working! the crowd enjoyed the show and i actually got big applause for "albatross" and "Apache". several people came up after the show and said how they enjoyed the programme, so it must have been OK, but i was not happy with my performance.
i've now resolved to practice at least a half hour every day. of-course it could be my age causing my digits to seize up! any advice?
3,215 2013-09-06 19:12:24
Re: chords to ''it doesnt matter anyhow'' by jose feliciano (4 replies, posted in Song requests)
hi farr, welcome to chordie. apart from telling you to punch the "translate button" i cant help you. hopefully someone else can. please enjoy chordie and take part in the forums.
phill
3,216 2013-09-06 19:09:00
Re: a lesson in idiocy (13 replies, posted in Electric)
hey TF, you've gone up exponentially in my estimation, all those bands you mentioned were what i was listening to in the 70's, and still am, truth be told. all we had in those days was the BBC radio and if you wanted to hear decent music you had to be awake and listening at 2 AM. we had this DJ called John Peel, but you had to listen to some really weird stuff before he got to Tull, Yes, Genesis etc. there was also Alan Freeman who had graduated from "pop" to the real stuff....ah! good old days (he says, staring into space with a silly grin on his face) 
3,217 2013-09-06 18:59:41
Re: Tremolo for Les Paul (34 replies, posted in Electric)
looks brill, i'm tempted to get one for my tele, do they do them?
3,218 2013-09-04 12:37:05
Re: a lesson in idiocy (13 replies, posted in Electric)
hi TF. thanks for that, did a couple of gigs the weekend and apart from the top E going flat (which I've come to expect over the years) she's playing well.
I have to get one thing straight; I've never owned a BeeGees album. never seen "Saturday Night Fever" and if there had been anything else more interesting on TV at the time, I would have been watching that.
The jar I saved (at the cost of a couple of small dents to the Tele) was one of a pair we had bought in Turkey 10 years ago, so if it had broken, I don't think the wife would have actually killed me, but I would probably have wished to be dead. She gave me a little verbal over the guitar, I never mentioned the jar! It is made of marble and goes with the clock, fruit bowl and fruit and fire place and hearth. So you see why I saved the jar?
3,219 2013-09-04 12:23:01
Re: Tremolo for Les Paul (34 replies, posted in Electric)
with the exception of a woman buying clothes, it's only a muso that could say it's been a "good day" after spending all that cash!
glad you're happy with your purchases. still waiting for the vid showing off the sound of the new axe?
3,220 2013-09-02 21:25:04
Topic: Maggie Coulter (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
after hearing Jets and Beamers latest offering, it reminded me of a song I wrote in 2001, called Maggie Coulter. I cant remember if I posted it before, but I was never satisfied with the recording, so I've re-done it on 24 track and posted it to my-space. I'd like comments if anyone fancies having a listen. Thanks.
Phill.
PS if you'd like to see the words and chords please say.
3,221 2013-08-30 22:25:03
Re: Chordie SSLLLOOOOWWWWW slow (10 replies, posted in About Chordie)
well slick, there are 474,000+ members, maybe that would have something to do with it?
seriously though, we are all experiencing the same thing. hang on in there.
3,222 2013-08-30 18:22:08
Re: Traveling Thomas and Brandy - another Beamer/Jets60 song (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi beamer. no i meant no harm and i suppose the word vagrant is more commonly used these days but alcohol never entered my thoughts. Maggie Coulter wasn't a drinker. a lot of people were made homeless over here during and after WW2, and that's when my song was set.
it's nice to hear a story of true compassion and Christian charity.
3,223 2013-08-29 22:49:08
Re: Traveling Thomas and Brandy - another Beamer/Jets60 song (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
and some of his money too huh?
reading beamers story i got the impression that thomas was a hobo? what we'd call a tramp which reminded me of a song i wrote a few years ago called "maggie coulter" a story i'd made up but ran along the same lines, an old woman who walked the roads with the intention of getting to a place called st. Davids, which is on the west coast of Wales. but she only manages to get to Cardiff (about 100 miles away) where she freezes to death. i hadnt thought about Maggie for a while so thanks for that.
3,224 2013-08-29 20:09:45
Re: I Love the Internet (1 replies, posted in Poems)
i see alot of thought went into this. reading between the lines i think there's more than a little angst coming out here?
nice one, and nice to see you giving the poets an offering.
phill
3,225 2013-08-29 20:05:28
Re: Traveling Thomas and Brandy - another Beamer/Jets60 song (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
great story song beamer and i love your treatment of it jeff, dont mind me saying so but you sound a little like niel young on this one. very nice. look forward to hearing the finished version.