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Nicely performed and written neophytte. Good to see your still out there performing and extra special that you're performing your own work
Thank you; I'd forgotten how much I like to play my old songs ...
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Richard
It's like a game of snakes and ladders, but the ladders are shorter, and the snakes are longer ...
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Richard
I don't know what the answer is I would like to see more people post on here.
I blame social media:
https://www.makeuseof.com/social-media-online-forums/
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Richard
Why not Grah, I have several times...lol
The spamming is getting worse. I try to check every morning and evening if possible. Even if others have lost faith in Chordie, present company excepted, the core members need to show we are still here and keeping the faith. As the old saying goes...use it or lose it. If Per decides one day that his baby is going down the pan with the bath water he may just pull the plug and we'll all be the losers
The times I've seen this before, it was a financial decision, not a usage one ... if it's free to keep it going they generally sticks around longer!
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Richard
It's true, the spam here is getting bad, and I see some of the new people joining and commenting, but it looks like AI generated text in response to a generic question ... I did post a link to a video for FSoTM, but it received no replies ...
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Richard
This was emailed to me, so I thought I'd make others aware of it:
Participating musicians or groups can share a folk song from their country, and in exchange, learn and perform a different folk song submitted by another participating musician. The songs will then be performed and shared on Make Music Day.
https://makemusicday.co.uk/folk-song-swap/
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Richard
Here's me playing an old original song of mine called "All's not fair in love and war", which has the line "the forest is a comfortable *home* , giving them all their necessities" in it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqKwU959LE
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Richard
neophytte, that was really good, well written, well sung and well played, you nailed it this month, I applaud you. Side little note .... I would still love to hear louder vocals from you
Thank you.
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Richard
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I remember one gig I played "If you could read my mind", and one of the older guys was telling me about his (unknown to me at the time) large number of hits, I looked him up and borrowed a "Greatest hits" from our local library, he had some great songs.
Ironically I was playing that song the evening before I heard about his passing, which was unusual - it's in my list of 'B' songs I play (for me, that's "songs I play OK, or good when in the mood), and was the last song I played that evening.
RIP song smith ...
That's really good Richard , one of your best . And it suits your voice perfectly .
Thanks - I still feel it's unfinished as I wanted to take the third verse into somewhere like "from the highest king to the lowliest beggar, sadness come for us all" ... but we recently had ANZAC day over here and I'm a bit weary from all the sad songs I've been hearing ...
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Richard
I've been a bit busy this month, I started to write this song when I saw the words, but haven't finished it yet, so I've recorded a demo here:
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Richard
"Thinking is the best way to travel" by the Moody Blues (who maybe fore saw a global pandemic where we couldn't travel, but just think about it ... I dunno)
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Richard
Anymore suggestions from anyone for next month?
Country Roads (John Denver) - has 'home' in the chorus ... if I write the whole chorus, I think it will be stuck in your head all day ..
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Richard
A short update: I bought a Dell from amazon and I'm just blown away with the speed! I am left scratching my head at times with the change of operating system. Thanks for all the advice and help you guys. Any further tips will be gratefully received. Phill
Great!! Which model did you get? And which OS did you go from and to .. ?
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Richard
Thanks, Richard. Have you used the Zoom LiveTrak L-8 ?
No, I haven't - the guy who runs our club has one, but I haven't personally heard the sound, but check the review on YouTube and the audio magazines and so forth - the ones I saw all looked very positive. I've used an R24 a bit, sound quality on that is very good, the L-8 came out afterwards, so the quality will be as good, or better.
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Richard
Yep, gotta agree with Jim, vocals were slightly low in the mix, though - heard them better when I listened the 2nd time ....
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Richard
Zoom R16 or R24 for just audio input (and good second hand prices), Zoom LiveTrak L-8 if you need to send to an amp (or need new).
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Richard
I think I've decided on a tower PC as I want a dvd drive.
Oh, forgot to add - I thought I'd miss a CD/DVD player on my Mac, but we bought a USB based one, which we share among the family - I was surprised at how often it just sits on the shelf these days, as most items (software/videos/etc) are downloadable. The times I do use it are for ripping rare CD's from Perth bands ...
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Richard
Thanks to Doug and Richard. I already have a laptop but find they have a tendancy to let me down at the worst possible time, I used to use it for stage work! I think I've decided on a tower PC as I want a dvd drive. Amazon have pages of reconditioned PCs at attractive prices and win11 installed so I may go that way. Any further advice will be welcome like how to get my stuff from old to new PC?
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with a laptop, but sounds like you've already jumped on the right track ...
I'm more Mac orientted these days, and haven't done a Windows user swap over for a few years - I'll let others advise on that, as the old way was to re-install everything from scratch (don't know if that's changed?).
Richard my son lives in a Perth suburb...he says it's really hot at the moment. He's tone deaf so he doesn't follow me...lol
Yer, we've had lots of days in the high 30's (centigrade), but haven't cracked any 40 days yet ... it's cooler at the moment, but apparently getting hotter next week, which is unusual for mid-March!
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Richard
Unless you have a requirement to be tied to a desk, I'd recommend a laptop over either. I've successfully run 8 audio tracks into a 2015 MacBook with 16Gb of memory, with the convenience of being able to move that (almost) anywhere. Considering it's an older Inter i7 CPU, it keeps up with most daily tasks I throw at it, including video processing, gaming, and graphic design. Anything newer will be a bonus and will probably meet your requirements. Expanding on what Doug said above, you may want something with expand-ability, including memory, SSD and GPU, but it also depends on your use case and desire for future requirements. Most PC's are sold these days with an expected lifespan of 2 to 3 years, as that's when manufacturers will hope you will upgrade, but you'll get some good bargains if you look second hand for those aged computers, and will probably be sufficient from the details you gave here.
Of course, that all changes if you say you're editing 4K videos as part of your "day to day" stuff ...
HTH
Richard
Hey neophytte, I have never ever heard that song before, but I have to say, it was one of your best performances yet! You nailed it vocally and instrumentally and you owned it. Well done
Thanks! The original is a bit of a toe-tapper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCHdMIEGaaM
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Richard
I performed this song Get Lucky in January this year at our acoustic club, although the original is pretty synth laden, it transfers across to acoustic guitar quite nicely, although I did rearrange some of it to suit better. Hope you enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_xiLtmBbEE
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Richard
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