I find I breath better if I balance the cigar with a good stiff drink, but hey that's just my method
526 2015-08-20 11:13:47
Re: "We're LOSING Him! BREATHE, Dagnabbit!" (18 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
528 2015-08-18 05:49:25
Topic: somewhere (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
not sure how to describe the beat on this one you will just have to listen to it to get a feel for it
my apologies.... Bill and Zurf don't be hating on the B7
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/some-where
(G) (C) some(G)where (C) out (G)there
(C) there's (G) a girl (C) I used to(G) know
(B7)she called my name at night
(Em) made me (D) feel so (C)right
(C) in my (G)dreams (C)she still (G)calls to me
I'm going back I'm going back in time
I'm going back to when that girl was mine
now I wont sleep at night
till she's by my side
in my dreams she still comes to me
in my dreams she still comes to me
sometime before life slips away
I'm gonna find you know I'm gonna find my way
because she wont be mine
till I make things right
in my dreams she will belong to me
someone someone once told me
what will be what will be will be
they said my fate
was written in the stars
in my dreams she is my destiny
something's something's were not meant to be
but you you were meant for me
and you hold me tight
each and every night
and my dreams have become reality
530 2015-08-17 15:52:55
Re: Hey, Amy? (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
now I feel the to musicate
* taps Bill on the head on the head and both shoulders with the royal Gherkin* arise mere mortal , musicate, musicated and musicating are here by added to the dickshunary
and I thought learning Arabic was tough. what do you call this new language Bill?
531 2015-08-17 14:27:49
Re: Hey, Amy? (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Strummerboy Bill wrote:
Maybe a proclamation is in order? I mean if we're gonna put it in the vocabulary and all? We already have a Head Pickler, we might as well have our own musical language. Agree/Disagree?
Bill
how did I get drug into this????????
its PICKLE RHYMER by the way
532 2015-08-14 09:34:07
Re: Way Off Topic: Can't Sleep (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Doug_Smith wrote:
I sure am glad I didn't guess earlier...... I was gonna ask if there were really that many Rodeos still running.
Oil is still booming though, spent a bit of time up on the Bakken, and have a good friend working in the Permian.
Say Hey to Granny!
im afraid granny is no longer with us. I spent 30 years in the gulf of Mexico before I took this assignment and right now the boom has gone bust
533 2015-08-14 02:19:33
Re: Way Off Topic: Can't Sleep (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Baldguitardude wrote:
I don't travel as much as Mojo (wtf do you do for work????), but between having a wife and baby that live 4 hours away half the time and work travel, I have gone as many as 6 weeks on the road with less than 3 days at home. Destroys my ability to really rest. The only thing that helps? Guitar. Even when I'm tired and don't feel like it.
BGD I am a double naught spy. that will tell your age if you get that one. I work in the oil biddness as we say in Texas
534 2015-08-13 11:52:23
Re: Sex Or Guitar (18 replies, posted in Poems)
well as every one knows who has listened to the pickle song i really like playing my gherkin. But... if I had to make a choice, I can all ways play the radio. besides the gherkin plays better in a duet than it does in a solo.
535 2015-08-13 11:42:08
Re: Way Off Topic: Can't Sleep (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I can relate. my job takes me across 9 time zones every 28 days. so for a week to 10 days every month dealing with jet lag it sucks staring at the ceiling at 2am wide awake
536 2015-08-12 17:04:35
Re: Ouch (12 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
if you do go to hell that will probably be the back ground music
537 2015-08-11 12:39:26
Re: Dear Friend of Mine (21 replies, posted in Songwriting)
mazzy I had echo problem to ,I started listening to play back through ear buds eliminated the problem when playing the second track
538 2015-08-08 14:57:12
Re: Has This Been Proposed/Discussed? Compilation CD? (33 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Cocktailsfor2 wrote:
mojo01 wrote:I am looking for reasons not to contribute, I agree with MKM about what charities are considered. i am on the fence some one push me off one way or the other
Okay, you're in.
...howzzat?
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well alllrighty then. looks like I'm in
don't push so hard next time
539 2015-08-06 12:22:11
Re: Has This Been Proposed/Discussed? Compilation CD? (33 replies, posted in About Chordie)
I am looking for reasons not to contribute, I agree with MKM about what charities are considered. i am on the fence some one push me off one way or the other
540 2015-08-03 02:18:00
Topic: Hollies song link (0 replies, posted in Songwriting)
541 2015-08-02 06:13:17
Re: The Morepork (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Beestie after googling morepork ( I was thinking bacon) I played your tune on my guitar , I liked it a lot. good song thanks for posting it
542 2015-08-02 05:42:53
Re: hollies song (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Strummerboy Bill wrote:
Our friend Mo': The guy who disappears for a while and then comes bustin' in with wonderfully written tunes. I keep seeing someone like Springsteen holding you at gunpoint and screaming, "WRITE, DAMMIT!!!".
So far I'be just read the lyrics which are AWESOME. Later this evening, after tucking the "Little Woman" (she hates when I call her that too. The other nickname is "Madondra".
) in, I plan to sit right here, catch up on all the performances I missed and have a relaxing evening listening to my "Songsmith Friends" perform.
Thanks, Mojo and ALL of you writers/singers for inspiring the rest of us!
Bill
ETA: Is the title "Hollie's Song" or a song meant to remind us of the group The Hollies, Mo'? It reads like the former is the case. ----- OCD Bill
Bill, thanks for the kind words, unfortunately song writing for me is like seizures I never know when its coming or how long it will last
and Hollie is someone special to me
543 2015-08-01 19:01:51
Topic: hollies song (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
ok so I had the first couple of lines to this song and had been fooling around with it for a while. I was sitting here after work tonight in my room and was messing around with it and reading the post here, I read Unhuhs post and the replies and something clicked. I guess we all have problems with family at one time or another. any way this one just kind of poured out. personally I feel like its the best I have. laid down the guitar in two tries and the vocals in one only problem is the internet is so slow here at work that it may be a day or two before I can get it uploaded to sound cloud and posted. here are the words and chords I wanted to get out and see what yall think about it I will post the recording as soon as I can it up loaded. some notes if you want to try to play if before you hear the recording the chord pattern changes in the middle with a little walk down from the G to the D and it gradually picks up the tempo as the second half goes on
ok its late here I have gotten this out of my system got it written down and recorded time for bed
(Bm)I was feeling pretty(D) good today(A) then I thought about(G) you
(Bm)all those feelings I had(D) buried (A)came crashing (G)through
(Bm)just beneath the(D) surface like a (A)wound that wont(G) heal
(Bm)didn't take much (D)reminder to(A) bring back how I (G)feel
time wont heal it no matter what they say
the feeling just gets stronger since they took you away
just over the horizon like a sun that wont rise
just out of my reach you smile cant light my sky
so I sit in the shadow hiding from the light of day
sitting in the corner my guitar to blue to play
(D)there's always the(G) future that(Bm) keeps my hope(A) alive
(D)my world will be a(G) better place(Bm) with your sunny(A) smile
maybe someday soon ill see those sparkling eyes
we'll put the past behind us and we'll all recognize
just what fools we've been we could not compromise
some one so innocent that we all jeopardize
so here's to the future its all in front of you
ill only make one promise to you I will be true
(G)I make one (D)promise(A) to you I will be(D) true
544 2015-08-01 15:14:03
Re: things we say (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
thanks for the comments guys ,
Funster, I thought that was the second best line, i thought the love hate ballet was the best one but that's just me
545 2015-08-01 12:50:52
Re: Avatar (15 replies, posted in About Chordie)
i spent 15 minutes writing a goofy song about a pickle and bingo AVATAR appears
546 2015-08-01 08:25:22
Topic: things we say (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
(C) sometimes we (G)say things (D)we do not (G)mean
(C)sometimes they(G) hurt and (D)sometimes they (G)sting
(C)its love or(G) hate or (D)something(G) between
(C)why must we (G)take it and (D)make it (G)obscene
chorus
(D)you said something's that you (C)cannot take (G)back
(D)I said something's that (C)turned your heart(G) black
(D)why must we go at each (C)other this(G) way
(D)we'll be alone at the (C)end of the (G)day
sometimes we love and soar like the birds
sometimes we hate and cut with our words
sometimes our lives can be so serene
why must we take fire and add gasoline
chorus
sometimes I miss you cant wait to get home
but I get my fill and I want to roam
but something about you keeps brining me back
I've changed my mind before I've even packed
(D)you said something's that you(C) cannot take(G) back
(D)I said something's that turned(C) your heart(G) black
(D)we keep on dancing this(C) love hate(G) ballet
(D but we're still together at the(C) end of the (G)day
547 2015-07-29 17:24:32
Re: two at a time? (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
TIGLJK wrote:
Mojo
Jim sounds like we suffer the same affliction CRS (cant remember s***) one other scenario, two different songs wind up merging into one with bits and pieces discarded stashed away for another projectI do it all the time - i use the notepad on my phone usually to record thoughts that pop in my head --- it seems the easiest for me.
I usually have two or three going - then I forget about them for a while and when searching for something on my computer - they will invariably pop up and I'll go
" hmmm, oh yeah.... I remember that "another scenario for me is a lyric that i have worked on - but can't find the right chord progression - I get mad - put it away forget about for a year or so :0 )
I woke up the other night had a great verse and chord progression in my head.... sat on edge of bed - went over it a couple of times...was gonna go downstairs and write it down..... but then said to my self - eh - I 'll do it when i get up - went back to sleep . You know the outcome probably already - woke up "Craft syndrome" set in ( .... can't remember a freaking thing) !
I have no idea of words or lyrics - just remember that I had a good one !
Jim
548 2015-07-29 15:41:33
Topic: two at a time? (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
any one else ever work on two more songs simultaneously? I come up with lines that don't really fit what I am working but they are to good to trash so I end up with several going at one time. then the original ends up on the back burner or forgotten for awhile. its strange some just seem to write them self's in a few minutes and others are a struggle that can drag on for ever. just a few thoughts from a wandering mind. hey there may a song in that line, crap that will be #4 in note book.
549 2015-07-12 19:51:28
Re: Who is within an hours drive or less of Shreveport, LA? (12 replies, posted in My local band and me)
unhhuh wrote:
mojo01 wrote:im about an hour and a half away
Okay, that's cool. What state are you in.
I head towards Texas semi-regularly.
I've got friends with recording equipment and backup musicians here in Shreveport is the thing though.
I do know a woman in Wills Point Texas that has multiple outdoor soundstages and hosts bands regularly.
She was in charge of booking all the bands for Sons of Hermann in Deep Ellum, Downtown Dallas for over a decade.
So there're some options.
im in Texas. closer to Shreveport than wills point
550 2015-07-12 04:46:12
Re: introductions (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
welcome aboard