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hi stransongs,

yep another nice one, i like the way you get your belfast [is it?] references in, i had to look twice, i thought i read charlott church...old age huh?

i know a guy and he's just bought a new martin "box" and that's about all he talks about, "going home at 3 o'clock by quarter past i'll be strummin' my martin....far away look in his eye.

nice little ode, it's obviously about a person not mentioned, real or imagined?

phill

hi ken, tine

so glad you liked this, [i'd forgotten about it till i looked down the page!!!] sorry i made you cry tine, my wife did too when i read it to her, i'm thinking of entering it in a local poetry competition, so here's hoping.

ken, glad you liked my poem/lyrics words lines and verses. i do love the scots!

phill

hi ark, russ, pix

i'm in the process of recording a song at the moment a song called "all about you" this is what i've done so far:-

i started off recording directly into my computer program via midi lead from my korg K61P keyboard.

i firstly write a drum beat onto 5 bars, then copy and paste to make sure i have at least 5 minutes recording time. drum beat is; bass drum, snare and high hat, on track 10.

track 1.  [all tracks are made with a key board] bass guitar
track 2.  electric piano
track 3.  rock organ.

i then went back into the drum track to add rolls, spaces symbols etc to suit the song.

once that's done, i went to the mixer section to mix down

then down load to my korg D8 onto track 7/8 through my alesis multimix 8USB mixer, via a yamaha MU50 and MU5.

that's as far as i've got so far, next will be the lead vocal, on track 6, then acoustic guitar, on track 1, i think i'll put a slide with distortion on track 2, then a lead guitar on track 3.
after that it's harmonies/backing voices, mix down then transfer to my tascam MD350 mini disc player, [which i store new songs for transfer to CD] down load to MP3 and finally onto the computer and up-load to myspace. not a bit confusing ... is it?

phill

as far as i understand it, diminished chords can be named as any of the four notes played, therefore;

A Dim = A+D#+C+F#.

or
C Dim. or D#Dim or F# Dim.

you can also play the same chord on the 5th fret [for A Dim] or on the 7th fret or 10th fret, which will be the same notes in a different order ; A+D#+C+F#. or C+F#+D#+A, OR D#+A+F#+C, they also count as any of the notes become the chord name.

here's something you might like to try, you can stick it in a song for effect, i have many times;

play A Dim on the 2nd fret, then same shape on the 5th fret then the 7th fret then 10th fret, it gives a kind of run-up feel, play with it a while see what you can come up with...

your not just limited to A by the way, you can use the same shape for any diminished chord, just find the root note which can be on any of the 4 high strings, and away you go. a little practice till you find the most effective for the section your playing.

hope this helps

phill

nice one russ,

i usually use a metronome, which i have on my korg D8 and also on my computer program sound studio gold,[i can usually play 3 1/2 beats to a bar in time before losing the plot!]. i use a different recording technique depending on if it's a song i can play using keyboards. when i next upload a song [i'm working on one at the moment] i intend to describe the process here, it would be nice if others do the same.

phill

hi kajima

just a polite question;

what language do you use on your quote line please? it looks a little welsh, but the syntax is wrong. kept me up all night...

ps. i think the morris dancers [naked or otherwise] is an english thing, i've never seen it in wales!

may day on the other hand is mainly a european thing, it's only since we joined the eu that we've had the day off. so you candians should join the eu then you could have it off too [presumably with the naked morris dancers?]

phill

Hi Kajima,

Believe it or not it's bank holiday in Wales too....[joke]

Today I had to go see my granddaughter on her 2nd birthday, she lives about 10 miles away, a lot closer now [she used to live in Australia..long story].

Tonight though, I have to catch up with my recording, my hard drive is nearly full, and I have to put vocals on about 3 songs, down load a couple and delete one or two, then I can get on with some new stuff!

Glad to hear I'm not the only Jethro Tull fan, Heavy Horses being one of my favourites, it "moves the land under me"

Happy Bank holiday

Phill

Hi Stransongs, sounds like your describing Elton John!!!! I could only aspire to that level, writers are dreamers, if only dreams came true....

Thanks 

Phill

Hi again Stransongs, 2 songs, you'll be catching up with Daddy Cool! I love songs about family, and it sounds like you come from or are part of a very musical family so when are we going to hear some of your work?

Keep up the good work

Phill

Hi Russ,

If I see you some time, some place, I'll run up to you, give you a big hug and say; "I'm so glad to meet you at last..."

This appears to me to be your personal story, of-course mine runs along the same kind of track, naturally I don't sing or play as good as you, but it never stopped me trying!

I am going to give this a listen, but knowing your work and the quality of your recordings and writing, it'll be another classic.

Talk soon bro

Phill

Just had a listen, and I knew it, brillient! Very Dylanesque, my friend, very likeable and playable, another triumph *****  [that's 5 stars not swearing]

Thanks Russ,

I like the beat too, variety is the spice of life...so they say

Thanks Ark,

Not as good as yours or Russ's guitar, but it'll suffice.

Just bought Pale Rider, I'm reading that next, I started a book on "Yes" [the group not the affirmative] and I'll be reading Rider next. I saw it on the net about his new book, one thing at a time though!

Hey Daddy,

Your definitely right there, though I feel I have thousands of good mates on Chordie

Cheers hairy ones

Phill