easybeat wrote:
cricky Neo those chords are far too flash for me
LOL - it uses the same shape up and down the fingerboard ... you'll get the hang after a few tries ...
Cheers
Richard
451 2022-11-29 05:37:00
Re: SUGGESTIONS: DECEMBER 2022–SNOW, WINTER, SUN, BEACH, CHRISTMAS SONGS (14 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
452 2022-11-29 01:27:01
Re: SUGGESTIONS: DECEMBER 2022–SNOW, WINTER, SUN, BEACH, CHRISTMAS SONGS (14 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
I might put this one out there too, see if anyone wants to cover this:
Storm Richard Mortimer
Pick Amaj7 (x x 14 13 14 x) at 12th fret and slide into normal position
[Amaj7]Rivers flowing into the [Cmaj7]sea, [Dmaj7@5]somewhere to [Amaj7]end, [Dmaj7@5]somewhere to [Amaj7]be
[Amaj7]It washes in it's [Cmaj7]content, [Dmaj7@5]somewhere to [Amaj7]end, [Dmaj7@5]somewhere to [Amaj7]be
[Em]and if the rain falls [G]down, it joins[D] them as [Am]one
[Em]suddenly it seems all [G]three, [D]can be united as a [Am]family
[Amaj7]you there playing on the [Cmaj7]beach, [Dmaj7@5]your long sweet [Amaj7]hair, [Dmaj7@5]is blowing in the [Amaj7]wind
[Amaj7]and there's laughter on your [Cmaj7]face, [Dmaj7@5]the clouds may [Amaj7]come, [Dmaj7@5]but the clouds will [Amaj7]go
[Em]perhaps they shall bring [G]a storm, [D]even though the sun is[Am] gone
[Em]we know that it shines[G] on, [D]somewhere, [Am]somehow
[Fmaj7]and when the storm [Gmaj7@3]passes, [Fmaj7]we'll still be [Gmaj7@3]together, [Fmaj7]we can smile [Gmaj7@3]again
[Fmaj7]but there's always more [Gmaj7@3]than one storm in life (ascending run)
[Amaj7@5][Bmaj7@7] [Cmaj7@8] [Dmaj7@10] [Emaj7@12]
[Amaj7]sands of time play with [Cmaj7]me, [Dmaj7@5]both are [Amaj7]young, [Dmaj7@5]both are [Amaj7]free
[Amaj7]will they not take my [Cmaj7]life, [Dmaj7@5]but to[Amaj7]day, [Dmaj7@5]I can [Amaj7]play
Instrumental free-form
[G]The sand of t[Em]ime, [G]They take my [Em]life
[G]The sand of t[Em]ime, [G]They take my [Em]life away, but that's OK
[G]I can't play today[Em], [G]Sands of t[Em]ime
Has both sun and beach in the lyrics.
Cheers
Richard
453 2022-11-28 03:32:32
Re: SUGGESTIONS: DECEMBER 2022–SNOW, WINTER, SUN, BEACH, CHRISTMAS SONGS (14 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Grah1 wrote:
Am G Am~
Carol lived in a box . Down near the market square
What is the tilde (~) representing? Is it a double length chord?
Cheers
Richard
454 2022-11-28 03:29:38
Re: NOVEMBER 2022 FSOTM – ANYTHING TO DO WITH WATER (46 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jandle wrote:
neophytte, nice vocals from Lesley and nice guitar work from you. Thanks for the comment on my song and yes as I mentioned under my reply to Jets60, I had recorded this song b4 on garage band which I had totally forgotten about.
Thank you; we did perform that around town quite a bit, that song was quite a few poeople's favourite ...
Oops, sorry I missed that bit, but that sounds a lot more polished ... isn't it amazing that Apple gives away Garage Band for free? My kids use it quite a bit and enjoy it immensely ...
Phill Williams wrote:
: RAIN
I didn't like my first few tries with just voice and guitar so I did it this way' https://soundcloud.com/iphillfine/rain?
What a great song! Really enjoyed listening to that .... I really like the bass line going with it's fat sound, I think you win FSOTM this month!!!
Peatle Jville wrote:
Good one Richard preforming live for the people. It was also good that your video catches the crowd applause which shows your skills are coming across good.
Thanks Peatle, I had to pick up the organizer of our little get togethers that night, and had been running around and was sweating hard when I did that, missed out on a couple of words (fumbled over them) but concentrated harder on looking less at my iPad and more at the audience. I've also got this one from the same performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhtA7e34wBY - Swinging on a star, which has the words A fish don't do anything, but swim in a brook; the recording sounds a bit 'boomy' so I may fix that later.
Also did this one a year and a half ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO9VUoP … p;index=18 - Driving Rain was written by the keyboard player, Alan Burke, who I'm playing with in that video (in his back room). He writes a lot of good songs and we've worked together a fair bit both in bands and acousticly.
Hope you enjoy them!
Cheers
Richard
455 2022-11-23 09:35:22
Re: NOVEMBER 2022 FSOTM – ANYTHING TO DO WITH WATER (46 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Girl from Ipanema which uses the sentence "she walks to the sea" ...
Enjoy!
Richard
456 2022-11-18 03:51:36
Re: NOVEMBER 2022 FSOTM – ANYTHING TO DO WITH WATER (46 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
easybeat wrote:
Another mth another song
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/boy … last-night
That was a nice tune, I liked the way you stuck on the one chord in the middle 8 - that was actually a good break in the tune ...
Peatle Jville wrote:
Here is my short contribution for this month song as my arthritic fingers struggle to move when I play guitar nowadays. Just poorly recorded on my cellphone but hopefully it entertains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWr-E3-1rxQ
Peatle, you might want to go down a guage on your strings, some of the guys at the acoustic club I go to are doing that, and finding it a bit better. YMMV ...
It was short, but a good tune ... ! Your videos are always a joy to watch - one day I'll get you to do one for me 
jets60 wrote:
Here's one that fits I call What It's All About - I wrote it a while ago - mid 2020 - but it fits the theme for this month.
https://soundcloud.com/jets60/what-its-all-about-1
Ha - that was a good tune ...
jets60 wrote:
Thanks, Jan and Sorry about that - you can hear it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPy_iuxuVLY
But I liked this version better!!
Jandle wrote:
Here`s my very quick attempt tonight to cover a song for the month. Finding it a bit difficult to record anything let alone play/sing anything at the moment as we are renovating and the room I play in and record in is fill of furniture. A bit of a mission to set up the recording gear. Very rusty as haven't been playing or singing much lately.
Did you do this one before? It's a good version, but can hear that rusty element. It's pretty good considering those facts ....
Cheers
Richard
457 2022-11-18 03:31:49
Re: NOVEMBER 2022 FSOTM – ANYTHING TO DO WITH WATER (46 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
I uploaded one of my old songs to SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/neophytte1/storm
Opening words are "Rivers flow into the sea ..."
Cheers
Richard
458 2022-11-16 02:05:23
Re: NOVEMBER 2022 FSOTM – ANYTHING TO DO WITH WATER (46 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Hi,
A song my wife recorded while I was jamming with myself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0CNQku0O7s
"live by the edge of the sea" ...
Will have a listen to the others soon - just found out my new work computer doesn't have speakers ... !!!
Cheers
Richard
459 2022-11-06 01:46:58
Re: Another NBD! (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Zurf wrote:
Pretty sweet, huh?
Cool!! Congrats!!
Richard
460 2022-11-03 23:16:19
Re: SUGGESTIONS: DECEMBER 2022–SNOW, WINTER, SUN, BEACH, CHRISTMAS SONGS (14 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly
461 2022-11-03 05:58:47
Re: OCTOBER 2022 FSOTM - DREAMING, PICTURE, ELECTRONIC, REMEMBER (33 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jandle wrote:
neophytte, Drivers Seat, I hadn't heard of that song before so can't compare it, but it sounded good when you performed it
Thanks for listening ... the original can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SCzVEUlqqA
Cheers
Richard
462 2022-11-02 03:48:42
Re: OCTOBER 2022 FSOTM - DREAMING, PICTURE, ELECTRONIC, REMEMBER (33 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jandle wrote:
neophytte, I had to listen hard to that song to hear the word `remember`, then finally towards the end lol. Well done
Oh yes, I should have mentioned that; it's the last verse ... And thanks for listening ..
easybeat wrote:
thats sounds good Neo,just managed to get in before the end of the mth.
I think it was one day after, but I won't tell if you don't 
Peatle Jville wrote:
Good one Richard and also a good round of applause from the crowd. It's good when the punters stop talking and take time to have a listen.
Thank you, I'm trying to fit my Chordie challenge in with my live performance once or twice a month ...
Cheers
Richard
463 2022-11-01 05:58:47
Re: OCTOBER 2022 FSOTM - DREAMING, PICTURE, ELECTRONIC, REMEMBER (33 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Sorry, only got to edit this video: The word is remember in the line I'll never remember my time with you, which I managed to fumble through in this video of "Drivers Seat" (originally by Sniif 'n' the tears): https://youtu.be/0LsLUSMF1PU
Enjoy!
Richard
464 2022-10-28 00:25:03
Re: OCTOBER 2022 FSOTM - DREAMING, PICTURE, ELECTRONIC, REMEMBER (33 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
TIGLJK wrote:
Nice one Richard.
That is super acoustic guitar playing - seems like a few different strum patterns were involved. I almost thought there was another guitarist playing with you off camera. Also liked the pauses of the guitar to emphasis the important section of the lyrics. Well done. Jim
Thanks - this one is a bit of an old favourite of mine; especially with the capo on 2, it goes with my gritty vocals.
Peatle Jville wrote:
Nice one Richard.
Thank you, kind sir!!
Jandle wrote:
neophytte, thanks for the comments on my poem, lol I was smiling to myself as it came together
Nice acoustic guitar on your song and agree with Tigljk about it being interesting and sounding great with the different strum strokes. I liked the intro to it. I could hear someone in the audience occasionally tapping along in time to your performance, it made me think how much this particular song would be next level with a drumbeat. Good to hear the audience joining in too with their singing. The only thing I would say otherwise, is maybe the vocals could have been a bit louder as the guitar was quite loud and at times overtook your vocals.
I was thinking of taking your poem and doing a Noel Coward styled tune out of it, but time was against me again this month. I still have some videos to edit, but other priorities have take a higher precedence ...
Thanks for the comments on the song, this was a totally acoustic gig (which scared the hell out of me, as I have a soft voice and a loud guitar, and also tend to strum too hard), so no mics or amps anywhere (one lady had an amp for her uke-bass which was frowned upon, but accepted) and I'm not used to playing like that. My "totally pro" setup is having an iPhone SE on a tripod where I was sat, so you can often hear audience participation better than the guitar (as the mic is sat amongst the people), and it also surprised me when I heard it back that they were singing along. You can hear in my other song above where the guy behind was coughing close to the start of the song, which was probably louder than the song itself ....
TIGLJK wrote:
That's a nice song, I commented on the other thread as well ....
Cheers
Richard
465 2022-10-28 00:23:27
Re: Last Night (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
TIGLJK wrote:
This is the recording of the song I wrote for the SOTM for October. https://soundcloud.com/tigljk/last-night
Jim,
An excellent little ditty!! Every month I think I'll write a song for the FSOTM, and occasionally I get to it, but wish I could be more consistent with it. Glad you found the word a bit of a challenge, I got it from a random word generator and I must admit I found that word hard to find in any song ... !!!
Cheers
Richard
466 2022-10-27 10:46:00
Re: OCTOBER 2022 FSOTM - DREAMING, PICTURE, ELECTRONIC, REMEMBER (33 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jandle wrote:
Any more entries for this month?
I've got "Two out of three ain't bad" with the line I remember how she left me on a stormy night: https://youtu.be/2IGVbo34E7E
Enjoy!
Richard
467 2022-10-27 02:26:56
Re: SUGGESTIONS: NOVEMBER 2022 – Anything to Do with WATER (19 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jandle wrote:
Neo and Grah1, yes look forward to hearing them in November, not too far away now is it. Year has gone so fast!
I've still got some entries to the Oct one to post up ... from another gig I did a couple of weeks ago. Gosh, end the year is creeping up fast!!!
Cheers
Richard
468 2022-10-27 01:55:37
Re: Rain. (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I was reading through this and had thunder sound effects going through my head ... looking forward to hearing it ....
Cheers
Richard
469 2022-10-26 02:28:34
Re: October 25th Chordies 20th Birthday (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Happy birthday to Chordie!!!
470 2022-10-21 02:32:16
Re: SUGGESTIONS: NOVEMBER 2022 – Anything to Do with WATER (19 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
I might rope my 8 yo into doing "Smoke on the water" ...
Cheers
Richard
471 2022-10-16 10:43:22
Re: OCTOBER 2022 FSOTM - DREAMING, PICTURE, ELECTRONIC, REMEMBER (33 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jandle wrote:
Well, I struggled with the word ELECTRONIC for this month's FSOTM, so I wrote this instead.
ELECTRONIC Poem
I been thinking about songs
Using the word ~electronic~
It had me bamboozled
Something chronic.
I tried to make it harmonic
Something iconic
But nothing came to me
My ideas very embryonic.
So, I sat down and visualised it
It had to be symphonic
Pictured it all lit up
All ~electronic~
Then the word faded
As I sipped my gin and tonic
Oh well, I will go watch my Panasonic.
Ha! Very witty .. I also struggled to find anything with the word electronic in; I had about 3 songs from artists I knew, but didn't know the actual song, so went with the word remember in this song I performed live. It has the line "Remember me I used to live for music, remember me, I brought you groceries in", which is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzNis_m-rVE
Cheers
Richard
472 2022-10-03 14:16:46
Re: OCTOBER 2022 FSOTM - DREAMING, PICTURE, ELECTRONIC, REMEMBER (33 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
easybeat wrote:
Ok here we go again,i will kick it off for Oct.
I looked at the words for oct and thought, these dont talk to me
then i picked up my guitar and bang i had this.a warning! its very rough
come on you lot can top this!!!
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/dreaming
Was a good tune, toe tapper ...
Cheers
Richard
473 2022-10-01 05:56:33
Re: How old is chordie? (19 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Peatle Jville wrote:
An excellent bit of research there Richard. I wonder if there is any more info on the start date of chordie or is it a trade secret???
First record I could find was 8th Dec, 2002, and this is what it looked like: https://web.archive.org/web/20021208055 … ordie.com/
Looks like it became popular around 2005 as per this graph of usage:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000 … ordie.com/
Cheers
Richard
474 2022-10-01 03:43:07
Re: Peizo pickup in solid guitar (5 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
You'll need to add a pre-amp to the piezo as they have a different impedence (if you're comparing like for like), something like this diagram should be sufficient:
Cheers
Richard
475 2022-09-29 06:51:21
Re: How old is chordie? (19 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Doug_Smith wrote:
I migrated over here when some "Lawyer Types" forced OLGA (On Line Guitar Archive) to fold their tents around 2002-2004? (I forget... old age I suppose).
2006 according to the Wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-line_Guitar_Archive - I think the 'take down' stuff started around 2003, a friend wrote a script to archive it, and you can still find remnants of it on the web today ...
Cheers
Richard