it's funny you should mention that...i went out and bought 2 pairs of trousers, one from Asda and one from Tesco, now i've been wearing size 34 waist since i was 20 (honestly) but the Tesco one's were too tight yet the Asda one's fitted really comfortably. even though i still wear the same size trousers, round the waist, it seems my legs have grown, because 34 legs (which i've worn since i was 20...honestly) seem to be a lot shorter than they were. i wonder if it has anything to do with my butt growing bigger?
3,702 2012-01-17 00:12:02
Topic: i had a dream (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
i had a funny dream last night....elton john was standing in for roger hodgeson in supertramp live gigs??? i know i've been listening to supertramp live in paris lately, and i also have a recording (somewhere) of elton john singing with queen live in paris! maybe i've subconciously mixed the two up. silly realy as elton john could never hit the notes in dreamer.
anyone else had a weird and wonderful dream?
3,703 2012-01-16 16:42:14
Re: If you could listen to one band/artist who would it be. (35 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
i only really listen to music in the car. so i decided (on a long journey) to listen to all my Beatles CD's. it was great hearing all those songs again in order. on another trip i thought i'd listen to all my Yes CD's. then my Jethro Tull one's etc etc. how can anyone listen to just one band/singer for the rest of their life...unless they only had an hour left to live....
3,704 2012-01-15 20:08:09
Re: Anyone know of best iPad recording app ? (4 replies, posted in Recording)
just a thought. i know the i-pad is great, just wondering how it would cope memory wise as multi track recording can eat up memory like no-one's business. give it a go though and let us know how you get on. i've seen several solo acts using them on stage as backing, but they had the bigger memory.
3,705 2012-01-15 20:03:02
Re: Wanna buy midpriced acoustic! Any advice. (33 replies, posted in Acoustic)
got to agree, i bought my crafter semi-acoustic 3-4 years ago, i walked into a guitar shop just to pass the time saw the crafter sat and strummed for a couple of minutes when my mobile started ringing. it was the wife. i'd been there over an hour! i also have a fender acoustic (f90 i think) and a 12 string. both sound good, but the crafter is the one i pick-up to practise and record on.
i've also tried ashton guitar strings. sound great new but they fade pretty quick. by bass still sounds good with them though.
3,706 2012-01-10 19:22:05
Re: Hoodie (13 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
not a problem amy, i dont like pickles anyway
phill
3,707 2012-01-08 20:12:31
Re: Hoodie (13 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
i think it was me who removed the link, to be honest i didnt check out the posts, just saw the link followed it and saw it led to an on-line shop, to me that meant spam. i'm obviously wrong here so i apologise for my error
phillip
3,708 2012-01-08 20:08:54
Re: String Sound? (New Guitar, Advice Would Be Much Appreciated) (8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
all the above replies have merit. when i first read your post, it occurred to me that you needed to change the string gauge and a new set of strings was required,
the ones already on have been there since manufacture and lots of people have played them and left their skin acids
on them, so get rid and pop on a new set. next take your guitar in to a guitar doctor for true set up, he will advise you on the best gauge strings to use new guitars normally have a heavy gauge, so try a lighter one.
have a happy strum in 2012...above all....enjoy
phill
3,709 2012-01-06 20:04:11
Re: wots the best amp for rockabilly (13 replies, posted in Electric)
hi lee, i see your from the uk so i would look at on-line shops in the uk/europe first!
thorsmanns from germany are good. i bought a vocal harmoniser from them. good service)
i found music matters are also good and prompt. (i bought a recording program from here, so i dont know if they do amps)
there are others but i cant remember their names at the moment, so just "search" an amp brand (vox etc) to find out the best price, then try one out at your local dealer (which will probably cost more but they will give you good advice) then when you've decided what suits you best, go for it.
let us know how you get on
phill
3,710 2012-01-05 12:48:37
Re: science and inventors (56 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
when you look out at the other worlds in our solar system, you begin to realise how lucky(?) we are to be alive and existing in this so very hostile universe. you can argue that God created the uyniverse, and life on Earth! to me, it's just too easy to explain away the whole "miracle" of life, the Earth,the universe and everything by saying God did it. that's what "organised" religion has been doing for the last 2000 years. because we cant explain why we're alone in the universe, "mankinds" greater brain power has reasoned that it must be the hand of a greater being (GOD). it's a question that has bothered me for many years, and will continue to plague my mind till i find the answer. most likely that answer wont appear till i shuffle off this mortal coil and my atoms are returned to whence they came....the universe, or God, if that's where they came from?
3,711 2012-01-02 23:36:03
Topic: science and inventors (56 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
we've all been dicussing a variety of topics lately, but i'd like to see how people theorise a few questions that have bothered me for some time?
1) we know that nobel "invented" dynamite, but who first thought of putting those ingredients together (in china) to create explosives? was that person trying to make something else?
2) if the big bang created everything and all matter in the universe was created in the first seconds, where did the space and the matter come from in the first place? God will not surfice as an answer.
3) by the same token as question 1, who and how did the first people come up with the idea of chipping a bit of stone to make tools and weapons?
is it any wonder i suffer with headaches?
i have many more questions, but i think these will do for now
phill
3,712 2012-01-02 20:41:07
Re: Novo NGD para-me (31 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
hank won then rog?
phill
as mark knopfler said " kill to get crimson" good album have a listen
3,713 2011-12-23 17:11:23
Re: t:title"a christmas gift" 422 (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
no great grand kids yet but i've got 2 that are nearing the age, 17 going on 35 you know what i mean?
as for us, it seems we've always got a house full, my daughter lives just 3 doors away so we see her and her 2 kids daily. the 2nd oldest son lives in the next street, he's just produced my youngest grandson, which we see every day, he has 2 older kids too. my youngest son lives about a mile away his oldest (9) can find his own way here and does at least twice a day, my son brings his 3 year old daughter down to see us every other day. so it's a good life and seldom quiet.
MC
phill
3,714 2011-12-23 16:40:13
Re: Missing Plug In (12 replies, posted in About Chordie)
well spotted. i just switched from chrome to fire fox and got the jam play banner back. it must be a google chrome thing.
phill
3,715 2011-12-22 19:11:11
Re: Missing Plug In (12 replies, posted in About Chordie)
further to my post above, it seems the "missing plug in" has infected me too.
phill
3,716 2011-12-19 21:17:54
Re: NGD (6 replies, posted in Electric)
that is one fab looking tele buzz! having bought a tele myself last year which was a standard, i didn't realise you could buy a babe like that over the counter, i know the feeling you must get just playing scales! treat her gentle
3,717 2011-12-19 21:11:52
Re: Missing Plug In (12 replies, posted in About Chordie)
sorry cam, i haven't got it. try updating your browser?
3,718 2011-12-19 19:43:51
Re: wots the best chords for rockabilly (7 replies, posted in Electric)
hi lee, welcome to chordie.
i've normally found that rockabilly songs focus on just 2 chords, which chords they are depend on the writer and what key feels best. try A to E, if you'd prefer try C to G or D to A or even G to D. they're probably the easiest chords to play. but at the end of the day, it's up to you. most singers will change key to suit themselves any way.
phill
3,719 2011-12-19 19:39:35
Re: t:title"a christmas gift" 422 (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hi Robert, I've just had good news from my oldest son in Australia, I'm becoming a grandfather for the 11th time in August/September next year, so your song has that little bit more significance for me.
A happy Christmas and festive season to your good self and your family.
Phill
3,720 2011-12-19 10:21:26
Re: t:title"a christmas gift" 422 (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi yupgift2u, welcome to Chordie.
if you read the words you'll see that the gift is a baby, it's given and received! the original gift i guess was Jesus.
nice one Daddy, showing that Christianity grew from Judaism and that Islam, Judaism and Christianity all stem from the same roots. So why all the bad feeling and strife? the true message is....LOVE EACH OTHER and delight in the gift
of children.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone, no matter your beliefs or creed.
Phill
3,721 2011-12-15 20:29:12
Re: Heron (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
following on to what jerome said above, the first time i went on holiday to turkey was one big eye-opener for me. this was about 15 years ago and after getting off the plane at dalaman airport (which is or was a military airport) and travelling for 4 hours in a rickety old bus, all i remember is the poverty, the broken down homes, cars that were left overs from the american bases and were falling apart, but mainly how friendly these people were. i'd never had any contact with muslims before and i was very apprehensive as to the welcome we'd get. apart from watching the men so they'd leave the wife's bum alone they were great, we made friends and when we returned the following year they'd actually remember us even our names. i've had holidays since in spain and greece and felt like something they cleaned off their shoes. one of my fondest memories was walking down the main street in kusadasi and seeing an ox cart with the farmers wife pulling the ox, the cart full of water mellons and the farmer sitting with the reins in one hand and his mobile phone (cell phone) in the other! at that time i didn't even have one my-self!
i thought i'd share this cos the religious theme has overtaken the thread somewhat.
to finish off, i think we are all religious in one way or another, even pagans. god may have been invented to explain how we got here, to give laws and teach how to live in peace. unfortunately theses ideals have been used and abused by the religious hiarchy for their own ends. governments would have us all illiterate and innumerate if they could. they got away with it for hundreds of years, a time we call the dark ages. the poor only get dangerous when they have a little knowledge and can think for themselves. then we would stop being cannon fodder for the rich, powerful and royal.
3,722 2011-12-14 20:20:57
Re: Giving sis a guitar (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
not everyone has a problem with "B" my friend. i just found a lovely sounding "B" chord by putting my index finger across the 4th fret and playing the "G" shape playing the open high Ab. i guess that makes it a B6. it's funny how chords take on a different feel when played in different shapes and positions.
3,723 2011-12-14 20:15:04
Re: Heron (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
hey russ, that's interesting about the fender broadcaster as i used to know a guy who had one. did they start making them again later?
talking of steven hawking, i watched one of his programmes the other day in which he (more or less) proved there was no god!
i dare say someone else will come along and prove there is...what bothers me about religion is that we have to accept the word of people like the pope, the arch bishop of canterbury, mullah's, rabbi's etc. i wonder if we'd accept god's word if he actually turned up? would we be as hostile as they were 2000 years ago when they crucified jesus?
3,724 2011-12-13 20:14:54
Re: It's happened again! (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
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
3,725 2011-12-13 20:03:52
Re: New band name could win you some cash (79 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
during the 70's i played with a band called "Enchiriadis" (enkiriadis) it's a musical term that was suggested to me by a music teacher. i cant remember now what it means (old age) but feel free to use it if you like it, and can pronounce it.
phill