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Hi Per,
James's problem also occurs in posting a song on the forum. In my last offering "Chordie Friends" I had a long 16 line chorus broken into 4 parts of four lines each. I had to use a multitude of {soc} and {eoc} to enable it to look right.
Roger
Hi Per,
Any chance you are able to make the original songs in the Songwriters section easily printable so they come out 'all nice and purdy'. Thank you.
Roger
Thanks Ken,
Praise from yourself and Toney (SouthPaw) who are regular performers means an awful lot.
Thank you Ark, glad you are back with us again and I am pleased that you liked this little number.
Pretend granddaughter Rhiannon I am glad you like it too. We have not had a song on the Forum from you lately but I hope you are still writing.
Roger
Hi Mark,
Great song from you as usual with some interesting chords it to keep the fingers nimble. Wonderful to be able to listen to it as it is now on FoC at the usual URL:
http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie
Well done and thank you.
Roger
Hi,
The Campaign is underway. Mark Robertson (Bud_Wiser) has sent me "Rediscover" to upload to FoC so that has got rid of one of me. I am particularly grateful to Mark as he does have his own MySpace site, so thank you Mark.
Rhiannon I am looking forward to receiving a song from you as soon as you can record one, thank you.
Now how about the rest you guys and gals who have never recorded one? Go on give it a bash, please.
Roger
Hi Lorijo,
Please forward it to admin@chordie.com it will then get to the man who knows.
Thank you,
Roger
Hi Helena,
Great song and fun to play.
Surely the male of the species cannot be like this, oh well I will now get back in my cage 
Well done and thank you,
Roger
I am getting rather embarrassed. I set up Friends of Chordie for Chordie songwriters to post their songs and it is becoming more like a Roger Guppy site. With two MySpace and and one YouTube I do not really need another. So I have decided to no longer post my songs on FoC I will use my own site in future.
PLEASE. Songwriters get yourself a cheap microphone and record your work. The quality of the recording is not an issue but it is far better to hear the song the way it is intended to be played with the correct melody. No one expects a virtuoso performance and you never know, you might enjoy it as Mark (Bud_Wiser), Jeff (Jets60) and James McCormick and set up your own MySpace for your songs. Give it a whirl, sent it to me and I will be more than happy to remove mine to make room for yours.
Lets start a new campaign and "Get Roger Guppy off Friends of Chordie."
Roger
Hi guys thank you for your very kind comments, but if it were not for all of you the song would not, and could not, be.
Huoyuanjia there is about 6 hours work in that song. I had the first two lines of the chorus in my head and then had to research to find the active Chordie Members who had more than 150 postings but found I needed to find a few more ladies. I tried to include as many songwriters as I could and I also had to include special friends like my pretend granddaughter, Rhiannon (Hinder_Rox07), also Krishanu from Calcutta. This gave me 45 names to work with. After writing the lyrics and chords and deciding on the melody I had to revise the song so I did not get too tongue tied reeling off the names.
I then wrote a backing track and laid three guitar tracks over it. The longest in time being the small instrumental part as that is not my forte (it is in fact picking string whist playing the chords). Then finally laying down the vocal track and if you have tried singing all those names you will know that it is none too easy so I had about 6 attempts at that.
So all in all about 4 hours to write it and 2 to record it.
Roger
In the songwiting section SouthPaw41L admitted that:
I once drove my motorcycle into a telephone pole while looking back at a station wagon full of young gals from Tennessee. Lucky for me the folks who lived by the pole I hit were doing some remodelling to their home and had some sheet rock tilted against the pole I ran into. I escaped with only minor injuries to myself and motorcycle but my pride was almost totaled.
There, I told you mine now you tell us yours!
Is anyone else willing to share their most embarrassing moment?
OK I had better reveal mine after that. Whist out with some friends when I first came to Portugal I went, in a rush, to a loo. On the way I saw the sign "Homem" and read it as "Women" and so went flying into the other one. Homem is Portugues for MEN. Ooops. I came out a darn sight faster than I went in and of course my friends were all laughing their socks off and kept reminding me for weeks.
Roger
Hi Jeff,
This certainly was very easy to play and I had great fun playing it upbeat and perky.
Like Old Doll I too always think that "I can do that" and I have done just as you describe in your song.
Thank you,
Roger
Hi Jeff,
That is prettty much how I played it the third time round but it would be great to hear you perform it so please record it.
Roger
i'm only 13 and i've only been playin 4 a while but F was the hardest so far but i've nearly got it
Hello and welcome to Chordie. Certainly the F chord is not easy to master and I am pleased that you have just about cracked it. Keep at it and very soon you will be wondering about the next hard one to learn.
Take care,
Roger
It is a while since I posted a song that is entirely my own work and this one has been mulling around my head for some time. I finally got it together so here it is. If I have pronounced your name wrong or omitted anyone please accept my apologies in advance.
It is on FoC at: http://www.myspace.com/friendsofchordie
Roger
Hi Ken,
If you know you breathe properly when singing, give up the talking and just sing, it will solve your problem.
Seriously, all the best mate and I hope all goes well.
Roger
Many years ago I sang at a karaoke evening. I was on a promice from my girlfriend if I sang "Save The Last Dance For Me" for her. I upheld my part of the bargain (which went down well) - she did not - so never again.
I do agree though that it is usually those who cannot sing who try karaoke so I now avoid bars that have it.
Roger
Hi Jeff,
Love the sentiment of this song. It is great to people around you to lift and encourage when you are down. This is not the easiest of songs to play straight off so I think I will 'Badeye' and see if I can make a better job of it this time around.
Thank you,
Roger
Hi Last Rebel,
Although I am not normally into Gospel songs I did enjoy playing and sing this one. Well done and thank you,
Roger
Hey Daddycool,
A delightful kiddies song and even at 60 years of age I enjoyed it too. Well done,
Thank you,
Roger
I might be preaching to the converted but, when playing barre chords, do make sure that your thumb is placed in the middle of the neck and not wrapped around it. Wrapping the thumb around the neck does make it ache.
Roger
Nice one Jeff,
It plays and flows well, I enjoyed singing it.
My daughter is in the UK and I certainly enjoy our phone calls far better than the e-mails. Luckily though she is usually in when I ring. Mind you she is now 37 with 2 children of her own but I still worry about her and I still think of her as my little girl., and I suppose I always will.
Thank you,
Roger
James,
I loved this song. It weaves and interesting tale and plays very, very well. I just have one question.
WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO?
Roger
And remember - it's the journey, not the destination that's fun.
Now that is something worth remembering.
Roger
Hi Traite,
I also listened to your songs and I particularly liked "Chase the Blue Sky". I hope you will post the lyrics and chords on the forum sometime.
Thank you,
Roger
Hi Ken,
Just watched the video for this song, very good. I gave it maximum stars but only because you used Old Doll's silhouette in the shower for it .
By the way I cannot play it to the wife as I do not have one. Two ex ones but no current Mrs Guppy so I am perfectly safe.
Take care,
Roger
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