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Roger

Hello SkyHarborCowboy,

I hope this will help with this particular song. Every chord shown is a beat of music in it's place within the lyrics so although the pacing looks uneven the chords are played at an even tempo. If you just downs stroke each one for now until you get the rhythm you can add the upstrokes later.

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Roger

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Hi Jeff,

I hope you are going to record this and send it to Tim as I am sure he will love it (although I am also sure that he already knows how you feel).

Lovely lyrics and chord sequence and a nifty key change in the middle make this another fine offering from you.

Well done and thank you,

Roger

PS

I am working 12 hour days at the moment and I am finding it impossible to comment on every song that is posted as, the way I do it, each one takes me at least an hour. Everyone, please accept my apologies if I have not been able to comment on your song.

Hi Mike,

I followed your URL but found "Paradise" there. As I only listened to half the song you could say I have been "Halfway To Paradise" (sorry, before your time, a 1963 Billy Fury song).

Found it! This is the correct URL: 

<a href="http://www.myspace.com/americanchaostheoryband" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/americanchaostheoryband</a>

Roger

Hi Alex,

You can add me to the list of people who like you latest offering, another good one. I did a 'badeye' and had fun playing along with it.  The recording was better this time too.

Keep them coming,

Roger

Hi Mark,

What I heard certainly was not tuneless warblings and demented strumming. Well done you perform very well, it is a great song.

Roger

Hi James,

After listening to "Happy Cute" I replayed the copy I have of "On A Day Like This" and the recording is so much better. You seem more at ease and less mike shy now, it can only get better.

The tone of your instrument comes over richer in fact I can how hear that it is not a guitar you are playing. Having never heard and autoharp before I am very impressed with it and I am going to try to see if I get my hands on one to try. Unfortunately music shops are few and far between here so I might have no luck.

I enjoyed your song and played and sang along with the recording and it was more upbeat than I expected - I liked it.

I agree with Jeff about the recording. If you can sing to the pre-recorded music it is easier which is why I write a backing track for the songs I am commenting on.

Thank you,

Roger

Hi Donna,

My French is worse than my Poruguese and even that is awful. However I have given it a bash and, although I am sure any French person would have cringed at my pronunciation, I was on my own and I enjoyed myself.

Although unorthodox, I understood your chording, and I agree with Jeff that the result is haunting.

I shall look forward to hearing you sing it on MySpace sometime.

Thank you and well done.

Roger

Hi Jeff,

Another fine offering from you, I echo the sentiment of your song whole heartedly and I enjoyed singing it.

Roger

Thank you for that Steve,

I have just made you and Lynn into a trio by playing and singing along with you both on YouTube, it was fun. I must try that again more often.

Roger

Hi Steve,

I just gave "Gravel and Spit" a thrash and a bash and liked it. I did however add a quick C at the end of each verse and chorus to break the long G and it worked for the way I sang it but it may be completely at odds with way you perform it.

Thank you,

Roger

Hello kaybassette,

Welcome to Chordie. I will try to answer your query as best I can.

Private messages are just that, messages between two people that they want to keep to themselves. I use alot of private messages to send personal information to others or to pass a comment that might cause embarressment if made public. Several members have privately sent me songs and recordings of them performing their songs that are not yet ready to make public and so it is a very handy tool to have.

The open forum is for public messages that everyone can see and comment on.

I hope I have answered your query but if I missunderstood, or you need further clarification please post again.

Roger