Happy new year to all!!
27 2026-01-07 09:12:37
Re: DECEMBER 2025 FSOTM – ANOTHER ROUND OF CHRISTMAS SONGS (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Richard, both your entries are great. The Christmas one was very easy listening, had a nice vibe to it. Well done to both of you on this performance. The second one had a political vibe to it and I liked it very much. Food for thought in songs of this type. Very impressed, well done again to you both.
Thank you!
Cheers
Richard
28 2025-12-31 06:41:24
Re: Your Opinions, Please? (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
If the strings have been off for a long time, it's possible the neck is bowed, you can sometimes resolve it with some truss rod turns, but sometimes you need to overtighten the strings and put it somewhere humid .. it's a bit risky as you can cause other issues, but with the fibreglass back, you might be ok .. it's not an overnight job, though, it can take months ...
Cheers
Richard
29 2025-12-25 12:41:35
Re: Chris Rea has died. At age 74 (2 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Yes, I saw that on the news and was a bit sad ...
Cheers
Richard
30 2025-12-22 05:31:49
Re: DECEMBER 2025 FSOTM – ANOTHER ROUND OF CHRISTMAS SONGS (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
thanks for the song guys,good christmas vibe
sounds like the crowd enjoyed it too.
Thanks! We also did this one, but it has less of a Christmas feel (and more like a David Attenborough 'save the planet' feel):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mmm-6Cnuh4
Cheers
Richard
31 2025-12-21 08:06:42
Re: Just Ducking In To Wish... (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Right back at you, Bill - hope all is well.
Cheers
Richard
32 2025-12-18 02:36:31
Re: DECEMBER 2025 FSOTM – ANOTHER ROUND OF CHRISTMAS SONGS (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
33 2025-12-07 11:40:09
Re: SUGGESTIONS FOR JANUARY 2026 - ANYTHING GOES THIS MONTH/CHALLENGE (5 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
I'll see if anyone wants to use the phrase in a song:
Getting help .. each week with a lady who specializes in hands.
I saw it in another post and thought it would make an interesting topic. Anyone up for it?
Cheers
Richard
34 2025-12-07 11:34:07
Re: DECEMBER 2025 FSOTM – ANOTHER ROUND OF CHRISTMAS SONGS (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
easybeat wrote:https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/381-christmas-2025
thought i would kick things off with this song
i had a beer or two before i recorded it so as you can hear i really got into it.
lets hear some christmas songs from the rest of ya!
I like the boogie-woogie blues there!
Cheers
Richard
35 2025-12-07 11:30:48
Re: DECEMBER 2025 FSOTM – ANOTHER ROUND OF CHRISTMAS SONGS (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Going to attempt to play my ukulele this week, hopefully my wrist will be able to do it, wish me luck.
Good luck - if it hurts, put it down ... you may need to work back up to it ... I'll be doing some concerts in a couple of weeks, so I might enter my friends song that I'll be playing on ...
Cheers
Richard
36 2025-12-03 00:55:23
Re: Close Your Eyes This Christmas (1 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I hope you will record it for the December FSOTM: https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=40540
Cheers
Richard
37 2025-12-03 00:54:07
Re: Christmas song (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I hope you record it in time to add it to the December FSOTM: https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=40540
Cheers
Richard
38 2025-11-30 08:05:17
Re: Saltaire CND festival Grah1 both sets (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkR8EestkM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qssn2ipFVvs
Both sets from my set at todays CND Festival at Saltaire Victoria Hall
each set contains a cover of a song written by a Chordie member . Joe and Brian thanks for writing these great songs they went well .
Those look pretty good ... I had to scrub through, so will have a better listen this evening!!
Cheers
Richard
39 2025-11-19 09:15:29
Re: November 2025 FSOTM - Random words (17 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
neophytte wrote:[Here is an entry from me that has the word day in it, Today is the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpTrfLRy0wI
Cheers
Richard
Nice one Richard, some nice guitar work in there.
Thanks, I hope you are feeling better ...
Cheers
Richard
40 2025-11-16 10:47:30
Re: songbook and downloading in chordpro format (1 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Is it possible to download songs from here in Chordpro format? This is the full reason I am here. Want to create a huge list of songs to play, and jam to.
I use the view icon, select the eye icon, then copy -> paste to a local program, which is ok for singular songs, but if you want a whole swag, you're better off getting something like the OLGA archive, available here: https://archive.org/details/olgaarchive - the problem you will hit with that (as I did), there is lots of really bad versions and lots of songs (and bands) you've never of ... then you need to weed out the junk ...
Good luck!
Cheers
Richard
41 2025-11-16 10:41:47
Re: November 2025 FSOTM - Random words (17 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Hope you like it https://soundcloud.com/graham-windle/to … ever-comes
That sounded pretty good, pity it never got the attention it deserved!
Cheers
Richard
42 2025-11-16 10:35:28
Re: Put On Your Crown (7 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Nice little tune you got there, very meaningful in today's world!!
Cheers
Richard
43 2025-11-16 10:30:53
Re: up until now (17 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Enjoyed the song, left a comment on SC as well.
Cheers
Richard
44 2025-11-12 02:04:21
Re: November 2025 FSOTM - Random words (17 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Will the word today count
I think it should .... we're pretty relaxed on the rules ![]()
Cheers
Richard
45 2025-11-11 11:30:49
Re: November 2025 FSOTM - Random words (17 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
That was pretty good - enjoyed the groove you got going!!
Here is an entry from me that has the word day in it, Today is the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpTrfLRy0wI
Cheers
Richard
46 2025-11-02 02:00:36
Re: October 2025 - FSOTM - "Anything goes" ... (27 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
OK - sorry I missed October but here is a song I wrote.
This pretty much is about my wife and I
I am going to post under songwriting as well - I hope its ok.
Yes, you can enter the FSOTM even after the month has completed ... I did a quick check, and I couldn't see the words aligning with the November FSOTM, but it would be possible to add it there if some words were changed (and you were so inclined!)
Cheers
Richard
47 2025-11-02 01:47:58
Topic: Suggestions for Dec 2025 - another round of Christmas songs! (3 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
For December 2025, we are looking for suggestions for songs that fit around the Christmas theme - comedy, serious, religious, or family can be included, as long as it stems around the Christmas theme ... please feel free to make any suggestions and we will make some music as the end of the year approaches!
Let's hear those suggestions!!!
48 2025-11-02 01:41:58
Topic: November 2025 FSOTM - Random words (17 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
This month we have a selection of random words to be used in a song; you can write or record a song which uses one (or more!) of the following words:
available
dirty
deputy
selection
day
security
deny
funeral
Ready, set ... GO!!
49 2025-10-25 06:59:35
Re: October 2025 - FSOTM - "Anything goes" ... (27 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
neophytte wrote:Jandle wrote:I loved both of these neophytte. You nailed them both. The spider one we have heard b4 and I enjoyed it just as much as the first time, probably more. In both, the visual ambience added to them. What were you using on the second song to change the vocals? What camera are you using to film as it scans around the room? Very affective and adds to the total performance.
Thanks!! A while ago I traded my Zoom R24 recorder up to a Zoom L-12 recorder (you can see it on the desk in front of me in a few songs), which allows me to record tracks individually - so the guitar is on one track, the vocals on one track, the keyboards on one track - then I run it through Logic and tweak each track and balance everything out. It's a bit of a process, but something I enjoy playing around with ...
For the video, I've just got two iPhones on stands; when I've completed the audio as above, I drop that and the two iPhone videos into iMovie and use some Ken Burns effects and cross blur and things like that ... it's another thing that you get better at the more you use it.
Cheers
Richard
Oh how I wish I lived closer to you neophytte, to learn about all this stuff from you. I am such a novice with all this stuff.
YouTube is a great source of info these days, even when I had the R24 there was a bunch of "how to's" for it .. the rest is experimentation ...
neophytte wrote:Grah1 wrote:Anything go's heres one from todays gig in Lancaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCzM4ZV9fr8
and one from 10yrs ago for Richard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkicwMwuCPoThe newer one was pretty good (had a good sound for what looks like a phone only video), but the pub looks pretty empty ...
For the older one, were you using backing tapes or a looper??
I was chatting with someone the other day and I'd forgotten I'd put this up a while ago from 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVnirXS … ;index=108
Cheers
Richard
neophytte, sound quality was of the era, but I totally got the vibe
Wish I had gotten into music when I was younger rather than in my more mature years lol, wonder where it would have led .......
You'd be sucking back on your Pina Colada in your multi-million dollar mansion, of course!!
Cheers
Richard
50 2025-10-24 09:27:51
Re: Probably No One Here Now Would Remember Who I Am... (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
We remember you ... sorry life has thrown you a rough time to get though, I hope you come by more often ...
Cheers
Richard