Hi Snowden,

Unfortunately with MySpace you can only have 4 songs on at a time and I have always replaced the oldest when a new one was uploaded. I still of course have your song, and every other one, on my hard drive. There are three options that I can think of:

One. I re-upload old songs either on a regular basis or upon request.

Two. I invent two or three more e-mail addresses to open more FoC MySpaces (I am running four already).

Three. I find somewhere else that will accept more than 4 songs and upload then there.

As I run FoC for Chordie Members what do you guys and gals think?

Roger

Firstly apologies to you all for the delay in completing this recording. Unfortunately, due to boring technical reasons, Helena, James and I were unable to complete this song as a trio as we had hoped. So I am afraid it is a solo from me. However we do hope to be able to trio at a later date.

Secondly apologies to Weedjie and Jeff as I made some alterations to the chords they had posted. Weedjie, I felt that it should be a 4 line verse and not 6 but loved the D, D4 combination so much that I kept it as a break between verses also. Jeff I added a Dmaj7 to your chorus as I felt that it kept the right feeling to the song. I have posted the chords I used and I have recorded the song on FoC: http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie

Arsdteach who wanted lyrics to work with, or anyone else for that matter, can rework and record this song if they wish and I will gladly remove my version from FoC to make way for theirs.

Thank you to Alex (Scrimmy82) for the great idea to start this thread.

Roger

All Chordieby Chordie Songwriters

Brilliant James,

There are so many youngsters that fit snugly into this category and, as Old Doll has already pointed out, how ever any of them become sensible adults is beyond me.

Good song to play and sing, excellent lyrics.

Thank you,

Roger

Your song book will only hold 100 songs. If you have reached the limit you wil have to start a new songbook.

If this is not the solution please post again.

Roger

Having roused my interest I think I have found the song from which I believe was the catalyst for Last_Rebel's  new song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgiILl_F7O8

Roger

Hey Helena,

You have shown how easy it can be but I suggest that Ardsteach eat his lunch before starting to write as we do not want his dog getting overweight.

So young man the ball is in your court, Old Doll has thrown the gauntlet, can you pick it up and put words down?

Seriously Ardsteach, do have a go even if it takes several attempts. Nobody on this Forum has ever made fun of, or belittled anyone else's work. Praise and helpful comments where it is due and encouragement to continue is the norm. Our very own Upyerkilt, Ken wrote a song about a little black flea which I think is still on YouTube. I have just posted one about my favourite fantasy writers so can you think of a more unlikely subjects for a song than those?

Roger

Hi James,

Multi track recordings can be great fun too. You can then play your autoharp in two or more different ways and put backing vocals, ooohs and aars, maybe even getting your family to do some for you. It is great fun experimenting this way so when you are comfortable with single track recordings start playing with multi track and have fun.

Roger

Hi Arkady,

A beautiful song for your better half. I would reckon that that deserves breakfast in bed for at least a month (or until you do or say something wrong ).

I really enjoyed playing it, thank you,

Roger

Hey Lieven,

There was no need to feel guilty, I know that you did not mean that only James and Helena were to answer your question. I sometimes forget the English is not your mother tongue and my reply was meant to be lightheated and 'tongue-in-cheek'. There was no need to alter the title.

Before I put chords to lyrics I will have the lyrics written in front of me with plenty of space between each line and I will have a sharpened pencil too. I know that the key of G suits my voice and that is where I usually start (although I may change it later). I will then play chord to try to get something to work for the first line of the song. The I work on the second line and do each one until I have all the lines of the verse. Then I will play and sing it and very often have to alter what I have put until I think it sounds OK. I will then play and sing all the verses to check that the lyrics will fit in with the melody I have chosen before starting work on the chorus. This is my favoured method but is only one of many ways of getting the job done. You need to try and find out what suits you.

If you want to put lyrics with the chords above in blue then read James's 'Sticky' at the start of the section and if you are still having difficulties write to me privately and we can go through it in detail.

Roger

Hey Rhiannon,

I have always said that James and Helena have a special way with words but you are up there with them. Well done.

Roger

Hi Rebel,

I am with Old Doll on this (it is not safe to argue with a lady anyhow ) that the 'hulling peas' verse does not seem to fit in with the other verses and could easily be the basis for another.

The verse plays great but I also played the thingy different by adding two C chords  as below, but as Ken said this is our interpretation of your song and it is how you want it to be that is important.

THE OTHER THINGAMAJIGGER
             C                                          G
And we spend our whole lives goin' nowhere
         C                                                D
When somewhere's where we wanta be
               G
Me I aint lookin' for nuthin
        C                           D              G
But i guess nuthin was lookin' for me

Thank you,

Roger