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

i do love rock'n'roll, so rock on tommy

phill

hi peeps,

this one is almost a year old, it got written so quickly that i thought i'd nicked it from someone else, so i sent it to russ harding to ask if i had, he said "no..." but then i forgot about it, till the other day, so i thought i'd give it the full works.

sorry it's all in capitals i'm not shouting, even though it is an angry song, inspired by those tedious celebs with their entourage of minders and managers and make-up artistes, and people who are just there to make them feel important....no names mentioned.

it's already on my-space

Hi Tine,

Dare I say your a lucky person to have such a good friend?

I must commend you on your use of words and how honestly they come across.

Having read some of your other stuff, I know that you've been through one hell of a traumatic experience, for which all I can do is offer you my sympathy, but on the up side, and I don't mean to make small of it, you've got some great material out of it!

So another great piece of work, you do seem to be getting stronger all the time, so keep going, your masterpiece is just around the corner, [that's what I keep telling my-self, anyway].

Good luck and congratulations for having such a wonderful friend, and being able to talk about him and your situation so fluently.

Phill

Hi guys,

This poem I wrote today, yes it's about my love for my wife Ann, but there are also deeper more depressing parts about the fall of the iron curtain, and the rise of terrorism, the world resesion and lastly of our own mortality.