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sorry to hear you've not been well tony, hope you feeling better.

nice to hear something new from you. i could picture myself lying under a thin canopy, river babbling to my side, especially in this weather. lovely soothing piece of music. well done.  phill

may the happiness in your heart be matched only by the wealth of your generosity.

happy birthday

mccartney can still cook a good one, though he does seem to be rasping a bit after a tour.

back in the day i used to like Focus, saw them a couple of years back and all that falsetto had gone, in fact he was having trouble hitting low notes. that's overkill i suppose?

each time i look in the fridge the wife says "innit time you filled that up now?" so i don't look in the fridge.

a lot of rock comes from folk/country just listen to the eagles. so i'm waiting with baited breath for a recording...should be good if the words and chording are anything to go by

the first band i was in was not making much money so i didn't change the strings that often. the effect of this was that tuning was great open, but getting sharp or flat as i progressed up the arm. i'm now slightly better off so the strings get changed more often. i played a strat with trem in those days. could the strings need changing? just a thought

it happens all the time, eg; i write a song and when i record it it sounds brill! so i play it over and over and it still sounds great. then i switch off, go to bed and listen again next day....then it's....oh dear, it's as if next day i'm a different person listening as a third party and so listening with a more critical ear. then i re-do it, and re-do it..ad infinitum...

lesson is; i never do a gig inebriated, never finalize a song that night, never marry a girl i've only met once...? never buy anything from a salesman who says; " i can only offer you this price now, tomorrow it goes up." ok, i'll get it on ebay. i'm not even making sense to myself now so i'll say goodnight and go to bed.......

hi russ, yep i do the same, track 1&2 are acoustics, track 3 bass, 4 is lead, then 13 up are keyboards and drums. i've also been cloning the lead vocal to fatten up the sound.

i find it's easier to keep track if you keep the same order. i use the plastic bag that came with the dp, i wouldn't use a towel as it could hold moisture.

mid 30's? my god a mere child. wait till you hit your 60's.

i try to avoid any painting, plastering, fixing the grandkids bikes. but the wife starts up with the verbal and (wound-up) off i go!

up till about 5 years ago i could do a 4 hour straight set, standing and dancing (not much movement mind you) night after night.

last saturday i played from 8.30 to 11 15 and my legs were cream crackered, my back ached and my voice was hoarse for my sunday gig. the worst part is i've got no singing voice at all today (monday) and my real enjoyment is sitting in my front room, otherwise known as my studio, writing and recording new songs accompanied of course by my guitar or piano. fortunately, my fingers are fine.

here's a tip; whilst we were in Lanzarote recently, we bought some Aloe Vera gel, which i rub into my fingers. i'm not saying it's a miracle cure, but my fingers are working well (at the moment)

i usually barre the A as everyone else seems to agree, but for some unknown reason i've started playing other A shaped chords up the arm B ETC using my pinky as the shaper eg; for "B" B-F# index finger barre, F#-B-Eb using pinky barre. i don't know why i started doing this, i didn't think "i'll start playing it this way" i just looked down one night when i was playing and there it was!!!