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mekidsmom wrote:

We have had this conversation before, I think, I while ago.  The biggest issue I believe ended up being... who moderates it?  Considering the amount of spam that shows up in the forums from brand new "users", moderation would be a necessity.  Manning a chat room though costs more than a few pickles.  sad 

I've created Skype groups and rooms and the like for lots of purposes.  Use it constantly for work.  It works well enough.  Facebook can do the same thing.  Yup, Google too!  wink  All ya have to do is grab a bunch of people you want to talk to, get their contact info, and chat it up!  wink

well with the price of pickles these days I can understand that. thanks for the answers

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dino48 wrote:

that would be good but it would be costly.

well that answers that question

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ever thought about a live chat room here? probably a reason why there is not one but me being internet and teknoillogical ignorant . just curious.

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Classical Guitar wrote:

I did honestly believe it as a compliment. Thanks Strummerboy Bill for mentioning it. I never considered that Mojo  might take it wrong. And Mojo I honestly never intend to offend anyone and if I did I apologize to you. Bob Dyan has never been a great singer but he  did write many great songs, and enough to get a Noble for his writing.

call me anything you like just don't call me late to supper
i truly appreciate the compliments and being compare to a reluctant nobel prize winner is well, all i can say is thanks

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this one started with the first two lines, it just kind of sat there for a few days then I sitting around playing with it and it
just kind of came together when I threw out the chords I started with and completely changed them
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/one-more-day

G                                      C                  G
good times come and good times go
         C                  G               D
like a favorite song on the radio
G                                   C                          G
sometimes you win sometimes you loose
            C                   G                D             G
sometimes you just have to pay your dues

chorus
C                                                         G         
because there aint no sure things in this life
C                                 G     
everything is just a roll of the dice
C                             G                          C
so let the chips    fall where they may
G                                  D                  G
and just be happy for one more day

sometimes you sing sometimes you cry
sometimes you just have to wonder why
sometimes you love sometimes you hate
sometimes you just have to tempt your fate

chorus

sometimes she goes sometimes she stays
sometimes your feet just turn to clay
were you right or were you wrong
you only know that now shes gone

chorus

some days you smile some days you frown
when your world is upside down
but the sun will always rise again
and this old world will always spin

chorus X2

Strummerboy Bill wrote:

Mo', I left you some comments on the Cloud, my friend. I hope you will read them and take them to heart, because they are heartfelt. As far as the technical quality, I thought your voice came out stronger this time (maybe it was the chords you felt more comfortable with?) and the rest you're just gonna have to read about there and I hope you'll like what I wrote.

Your Bud,

Bill

bill thanks for the comments I really appreciate them. the  second go around was done with audacity so I was able to do the guitar on one track and the vocals on another so I was able to adjust the volume to get the voice a little stronger. i still don't like to hear myself singing.

https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/sat-and-watched-it-rain-2
ok heres another go at it. better , worse ?

G                                  D
sat and watched it rain today
G                                    D
like my mood blue and grey
A                                  G                                              D
I cant stop the rain no more than I can stop the shame

chorus
G                                          D
so I sat and watched it rain
I just sat and watched it rain
I jus sat and watched it rain

I had things I needed to say
your emotions got in the way
I cant stop the rain no more than I can stop the pain

chorus

I wanted to write a song for you
there was no music only the words came through
I cant stop the rain no more than I can light a flame

chorus

I hoped no one would see the tears
in the rain the disappear
I cant stop the rain no more than I can break these chains

chorus x2

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https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/sat-and-watched-it-rain

I had posted a story\poem the other day and TIGljk suggested I make a song out it . so I took his advice. here is the first run at it

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i sat and watched the rain today, i sometimes like the rain but today it just matched my mood. no wind to move the storm just grey and blue .i cant stop the rain any more than i can stop the feelings so i sat and watched
no one would see the tear among the rain drops or the cloud over my head amond the storm clouds. i fade into the storm like a ice cube melts in my drink the two become indistinguisable, how can you be cleansed by the rain when you are the rain when you are the cloud that darkens the sky. i pray for wind to blow the rain to sea but there is no wind not a breath of life. the  wind would only take me away with the storm to rain on some one else so i sit and watch, just sit and watch  it rain.
just wanting to flow away with the streams forming on the ground trying to find my way to the sea. but there are no answers there, ony would i evaporate into the sea mist destine to form another cloud and find my may back to land and turn to rain once again, so i sit and watch
i want to write a song but there is no music in me, no eneregy or desire to force the music out, ony the rain. still the words fall from the cloud like rain on the trees. the words flow like the stream forming in the dust. and like the rain sometimes they come in a down pour and sometimes they come in a sprinkle and sometimes not at all. so i sit and watch
i cant stop the words no more than i can stop the rain, so they stain the page like the water from the sky. the page blows away in the wind along with the clouds because the words are like me today dark and blue, one with the rain. because the words are like the rain i suppose that is why they only come when the sky is dark. they well up to form a cloud and then come pouring down. sometimes i catch the words on paper like rain in a glass but  mostly they wash away with the stream looking for the sea.so i sit and watch
and like the rain the words eventualy slow to a sprinkle and stop alltogether as the wind moves the cloud and they dry up and dissapear when the sun finaly shines through. i really need the sun today, so i sit and watch
the rain has stopped and somewhere a bird is singing again maybe now the music will return and i will pick my self up. now the rain has stopped, another flood has come and gone and i just sat and watched.

Phill Williams wrote:

Hi both. Are you using a heavy or light gauge string? I've been using Martin's 11 or12 gauge but they don't seem to hold their tone for long. I've been thinking about trying a lighter gauge, maybe a 10. What do you think?

I tried ten's on my taylor had take them off not enough tension on the neck and they buzzed on the frets

how about wipe out? that bill can get in on the action with his drums

welcome back Bill hope you get to feeling better

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thanks for the kind words everyone

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this is more of a short story than a poem I suppose. I have never written either. funny how a little dog can bring back memories I couldn't sleep tonight thinking about her . I hope you like it and maybe it brings back a happy memory of some one you miss


i set the six pack of beer on the counter and asked the clerk for a pint of Smirnoff vodka. he looked at me kind of funny and said beer and vodka? you ve been coming in here for years and buying nothing but Evan Williams what's the occasion? no occasion i told him the vodka is for my dad and the beer for my brother i haven't seen them for a long time and i am going to pay a visit. they don't drink much any more but daddy sure liked his Smirnoff back in the day.
i paid my bill climbed in truck and drove to the florist
told the lady i need one red rose. she asked me who is the special lady? i told her my mother i had not seen her for a while and was going to see her. one red rose for all she put up with , its the thought that counts is what they say
so i climbed back in my truck , one red rose one six pack of beer and a pint of vodka and headed home. it was late in the afternoon on a clear blue fall day when i pulled into the yard
it is strange how i remember them, i see my mother when i was very young. i see her rocking me before she sends me of to the school for the first time. i see my dad sitting with me on the front porch on a starry night of that old two bedroom frame house i bought from uncle Harvey. i see my brother walking down the dirt road to mom and dads house coming out the woods from hunting deer with a rifle slung over his shoulder.
i get the rose the beer and the vodka and walk over to where they are resting not sure what to say after all these years, will they even hear me? i tell mom i love her and place the rose on her grave. i open the vodka for dad and tell him i miss the fishing trips and nights on the porch under the stars having a drink. i tell my brother he left way to soon and i quit hunting after he left it just wasn't fun anymore as i share the six pack with him
the sun has gone down as i finish my beer, its going to be a clear cool starry night in the east Texas pines just like i remember.

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just a little tribute to my little 4 pound fur ball  who is gone today . she was a mothers day gift to my wife 10 years ago but the wife always said she was my dog. going to be hard when I get home from work this trip and her not there at the door waiting on me

https://youtu.be/-kSrV_CubiQ

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ok here are the words and chords

D                         C                       G               D
I'm sure some where that the sun still shines
I see a ray of hope in the ties that bind
I know somewhere a love still burns
against the storm it still stands firm
chorus
C                 G                   D
hope and promises we keep
as you sow so shall you reap
words that hurt can be so sweet
like an innocent child as she sleeps
D           C                    G                    D
I know somewhere faith is still strong
I'm sure some one still knows right from wrong
I'm sure out there in a world so mean
there is still a place where a child can dream
chorus
I hope that when the time is right
that you and I will see the light
and maybe when the time has come
we wont regret the things we've done
chorus

did I suggest poncho and lefty???

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https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/no-name
sitting at home alone strumming my guitar and this just kind of came out what do you think? suggestions for a name. if any one is interested ill post the words and chords later

ok here are the words and chords


D                         C                       G               D
I'm sure some where that the sun still shines
I see a ray of hope in the ties that bind
I know somewhere a love still burns
against the storm it still stands firm

chorus
C                 G                   D
hope and promises we keep
as you sow so shall you reap
words that hurt can be so sweet
like an innocent child as she sleeps

D           C                    G                    D
I know somewhere faith is still strong
I'm sure some one still knows right from wrong
I'm sure out there in a world so mean
there is still a place where a child can dream

chorus

I hope that when the time is right
that you and I will see the light
and maybe when the time has come
we wont regret the things we've done

chorus

ok here's my go at good morning America, cut it short because I suffer from OLD and CRS,  forgot the last verse
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/good-morning-america

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I'm guilty as well of not giving a lot of feed back on peoples posting I do have a listen to all of them when I see them. but not knowing squat about music other what some else has said " I know what I like" I wouldn't know what to tell some one to improve a song.

I miss all the fun stuff, have a great time every one

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ok here goes still suffering a little from the crud but managed to get through with out hacking up a lung

https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/broken-branch


ok so here is the do over, some of my critics complained about the chorus (  you know who you are and I thank you for that its the reason I post here) I must say I agree with them so here's the second go round . I tried to record it but I am still suffering from the crud and sounded bad even by my standards so you will have wait a few more days to hear it. that is if this version passes the muster. Let me know what you think

(D)                                 (G)         (A)
knew a boy who was torn in half
(A)                   (G)     (A)             (G)       (D)
watched him sail away on a sunken raft

he lost his mind on a sea of dreams
tried to cleanse his soul in a mountain stream

the prodigal son who would not come home
he was bound and chained to the seeds he sown

chorus
(D)      (G)           (A)       (G)                              (D)
now there's a broken branch in the family tree
             (G)             (A)                    (G)     (D)
yet the tree still grows   it will still be here
            (G)          (D)
when those feelings go
D)      (G)           (A)       (G)                              (D)
now there's a broken branch in the family tree
             (G)             (A)                    (G)     (D)
yet the tree still grows   it will still stand tall
            (G)          (D)
in the winter snow

he could not deny that mistakes were made
but the token queen he could not persuade

closed his ears and he shut the door
that's when I realized it was never more

now life's a two way street
I can only pray that someday we meet
chorus

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thanks for all the well wishes everyone, apparently sinus problems and flying don't mix well
Amy your real close I thought the prodigal son line would give it away
CG I like the broken branch  may try to work that into a chorus

Roger Guppy wrote:
mojo01 wrote:

so how did  I beat roger to the punch on this one?

Because you cheated!! You posted yours in July it should be in August lol

So here is mine which has been uploaded and posted on the 1st of August big_smile

https://soundcloud.com/roger-guppy/knoc … avens-door

Roger

my connection was so slow I thought it wouldn't post till the next day, I was traveling for work on the first, I was looking at last years calendar when I posted it, Amy told me to post it,. ITS NOT MY FAULT

so how did  I beat roger to the punch on this one? here's my cover of knocking on heavens door
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/knocking- … door-cover