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jerome, no they cant do their own songs, they do covers. mostly not very good covers at that!

i've got to say that the judges should be taken out and shot (along with jeremy clarkson) i was just getting to respect 
gary barlow (one of the judges who writes and sings most of the songs in a boy band called "take that") but after hearing his comments and totally disagreeing with his judgement calls i rate him alongside tullisa and louie...a point below zero

with or without glasses zurf?

funnily enough, i just glanced sideways and found blair and yan he looking back at me....i turned away quick, having said that, they do look like the same girl! different names for different disciplines maybe?

ok russel, let's get technical. a harp is a stringed instrument of various types such as orchestral, Irish there's even a Welsh harp. 2000 years ago the bards that wandered around Britain used harps to pass on news or accompany their songs/verse.

a harmonica is blown and operates in a similar fashion to a church or bellows organ ergo; it's other name "mouth organ"

you may have managed to remove the English military out of the US, but then again your army consisted mainly of immigrants from the UK anyway, people who wanted to get away from the "red coats" and their tyranical king and government.

the US and UK, 2 countries separated by one language. what does it matter anyway, we'll all be speaking Chinese soon!

phill

hi saggypants and welcome to chordie.

there is no substitute for practise. i'm 60 myself and have been playing since i was 15! so i've suffered most of the aches and pains somewhere along the line. posture has to be the reason for which you're aching. sit up as straight as possible and try not to look down at the strings when you're playing. i often practise solo's or instrumentals in the dark.
i remember a friend telling me when we used to watch bands play at the local dance; "you can always tell a professional guitarist `cos they dont look at the strings when they're playing." we all look occasionally but try not to look all the time.
get a feel for the notes and picture in your mind what you are about to play. and dont forget....sit up straight.

phill

so a sharpie is a big felt pen, so why didn't dj call it a felt pen so we less educated across da pond would know what you're talking about?

i was beginning to think toots was a bit of a sadist wanting to take some sharp implement to some sweet lady's software!

and i also think amy was right, if you buy an instrument, whether or not you play it, it is then 2nd hand. and who'd want a guitar signed by someone who hadn't actually played it?

phill

hi rog, this is just a suggestion and you can shoot me down in flames if you like, but i did a paint job in the house where i had to strip down some old, dark paint which had penetrated deep. when i couldnt get it all out i painted a white matt paint and let that sink in, then stained. the result was...interesting!

phill

hi beamer,

i have an Alesis, it's an 8 track mini mixer which i bought new with a cheap price tag. it comes with a USB out put. that said   
it doesn't seem to work very well into the PC. i think roger has the best solution which is to take a pair of RCA's size down to a mini jack and there you go. MAKE SURE YOU DONT LEAVE THE VOLUME TOO LOUD ON INPUT.

4984mill,

go to the songwriting forum. at the top right you'll see "add a new topic" click that, then either type in your song or if you have it on word or open office high light it, click "copy" go to the open page and click "paste" then the song will magically appear.
check out the sticky as to how you work the "chopro" program, and your chords will appear "all purdy like"

phill

hi kajir, welcome to poems

i agree with BGD, that it's never a good idea to put your phone no on line, you could get bombarded with calls from spammers or even nut-jobs. chordie has an email service so members can email you while retaining your privacy, so i'd recomend you edit your no out and invite members to email you if they're in you locale.
now to your poem; nice work, deep yet vivid! i can see why it might be difficult to put to music, but you can invite attempts by other members to put music to it.

dont be a stranger, lets see some more

phill

i agree with jerry, yamaha's are good, they're quite cheap over here (UK). if you were thinking of getting a used one, i had a lot of trouble with the "midi out" connector. i had it repaired once then it broke again, so keep an eye out for that.

i think the term your looking for is "weighted keys"

tfsails,

i'm guessing that by bending you are referring to the practice of speeding up or slowing down a recording to (usually) make the vocals sound better? it's normally a tape thing that knocks the tuning out, i wouldn't have thought that with digital recording it would de-tune.

the beatles did a lot of that to either give a song more "poke" or maybe just confuse we strummer's who try to play along. whichever way you look at it, it's annoying. but it's their song and their recording....catch 22?