426 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

Richard. Sorry to hear about catching the dreaded COVID, get well soon. Shame about missing the deadline, next time?

It was the first time for me - it was more like a cold than anything, I worked (from home) through it ... my sons both had it about the same ...

Yep, next time! I'll have to check in with the WA Folk club to see if anyone from there went into it ...

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Richard     

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427 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Great idea Richard, are you going to participate?

I was going to, but got Covid this week, and honestly felt like doing not much, then missed the deadline .... sad

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Richard     

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428 Reply by neophytte

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bodhiza1 wrote:

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A spammer that complies with the rules ... ?     

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429 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Nicely performed and written neophytte.  Good to see your still out there performing and extra special that you're performing your own work smile

Thank you; I'd forgotten how much I like to play my old songs ...

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Richard     

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430 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

It's like a game of snakes and ladders, but the ladders are shorter, and the snakes are longer ...

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431 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

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     

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432 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

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

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433 Reply by neophytte

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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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434 Topic by neophytte

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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 

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435 Reply by neophytte

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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     

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436 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

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 smile

Thank you.

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Richard     

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437 Reply by neophytte

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438 Reply by neophytte

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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 ...     

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439 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

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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440 Reply by neophytte

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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:

https://youtu.be/EK20Q4Bm-gc

Prelude to Solitude Richard Mortimer


[C] [Am]




The [C]prelude to [Am]solitude, A [C]feeling I ca[Am]n’t forget,


A [F]case of [Em]down with a broken [Am]heart




[C]Twilight I [Am]wil be fine, I’m [C]sure I made up [Am]my mind


And [F]you can’t change [Em]that, there’s no [Am]chance


[C]Some people they [G]dance and [Dm]some of them [F]lie


[C]Some people are br[G]ave and some [Dm]die of fright [F]inside [F]


A [C]prelude to [Am]solitude, A [C]feeling I ca[Am]n’t forget,


A [F]case of [Em]down with a broken [Am]heart



[C]Midnight I [Am]wil be fine, I’m [C]sure I made up [Am]my mind


And [F]you can’t change [Em]that, there’s no [Am]chance


Instrumental


[Dm] [F] [C] [C]


[Dm] [F] [C] [G]




A [C]prelude to [Am]solitude, A [C]feeling I ca[Am]n’t forget,


A [F]case of [Em]down with a broken [Am]heart




[C]Twilight I [Am]wil be fine, I’m [C]sure I made up [Am]my mind


And [F]you can’t change [Em]that, there’s no [Am]chance


Cheers

Richard

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441 Reply by neophytte

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"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     

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442 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

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     

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443 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

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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444 Reply by neophytte

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Cork_92 wrote:

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     

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445 Reply by neophytte

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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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446 Reply by neophytte

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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     

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447 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

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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448 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

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?).

Phill Williams wrote:

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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449 Reply by neophytte

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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     

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450 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

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 smile

Thanks! The original is a bit of a toe-tapper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCHdMIEGaaM

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Richard     

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