5,676

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

daddycool  you only forgot to  put      "song" in  [  ] to get it to print (no "  " on song) so its
[ song  ] im spacing the brackets this far so it dont print  for the rest its {t:by you inclosed with}
i forgot to mention good job on the song keep writing

5,677

(4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I think this is a nice alternative to myspace and utube it offers the advantages of both and new features for promoting your music and yourself I think its worth the time to check into for all chordians who want to display there talents and you can custom design one for yourself this is my profile page http://profile.imeem.com/rBU9ozW   this is there sign up site http://www.imeem.com/

5,678

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

daddycool i like the words and the chords,in chopro formating you have to start with the word
song enclosed in  [ ] lower cased brackets this is the "on switch"
title: by you inclosed with  {  } upper case brackets
/song inclosed with [  ] lower case brackets not { } brackets  this is the "off switch"
and you need to type this in simple text hitting the enter key to align each line of the song
wordpad is the best or if your using a word processor "simple text" not "rich text formating give this a try and if i havent explained this well enough Roger Guppy can explain it better he helped me goodluck

5,679

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thankyou  i love r&r but theres a warm spot in my heart for country songs they have a way of tugging at the emotions with simple words and melodies

daddycool wrote:

hi russell a lovely song,sounded great too,well done...stay cool

5,680

(30 replies, posted in Acoustic)

have "it" that depends on how you intrepret what "it" is. if you mean the ability to learn fundamentals and develope some degree of expertese in knowing your way around the fretboard thats a learned skill aquried with a lot of practice,but if your definition of "it"is creating a audio work of art that sets you apart from others i think its a gift or a blessing whatever you want to call it there are differen't levels of "it"

                            MOZART---------very rare! few attain this level only the gifted
       above average........ some, those who practice hard and steady over and over           
average--------most, like our friend who only practices at class and stores his guitar away till the next class         

so yes in my opinion there is a distintion you have it or you dont the "gift" of music is exactly that, a gift from the creator

5,681

(19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

hohner blues harp, marine band or hot metal any of these would do the trick

5,682

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

crap! i thought i knew it all lol  lol   

Roger Guppy wrote:

Hi Lieven,

Nice song about a horrible experience, Well done and keep them coming.

For Russ's benefit I did a minor edit to your song as I too had never heard of C#mmaj9 but checked and found there was such a chord and it made more sense than what was posted so I assumed that is what you intended. If I was wrong let me know and I will change it for you.

Roger

5,683

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I often thought of becomming a freelance gyn and call myself "DR.Feelgood" i could make house calls and i woulden't even wear a rubber glove aaaah yes i can just picture the hanging shingle a sign with one finger yuk yuk lol  lol lol

5,684

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

yes as long as theres ice cream i can live without anybody but that aside i liked the lyrics i really cant tell about a song till i hear it played to much is left to imagination but it was a good job keep writing um

5,685

(9 replies, posted in Acoustic)

ark i saved this guys performance there are additional links from that url to other great solos at first i thought what the hell is this? but that thought was laid to rest the second he started pickin

5,686

(10 replies, posted in Electric)

I cant argue with leo fender being on the same level as les paul both were inovative giants and there genius has set the standard which is still emulated today

cytania wrote:

I'm not sure one inventor of the electric guitar will ever be pinned down. What it does confirm is that the 30s and 40s were the golden age of American invention. I'm not sure Gibson qualify just for sticking a pickup on a hollowbody archtop. Les Paul certainly deserves mention as a populariser but his namesake guitar is very traditional in many ways (just solid-bodied). For me Leo Fender is _the man_ because he created so many landmark instruments. Not just the esquire but the telecaster, the stratocaster, the precision bass, the jazz bass, the Music Man Stingray active bass... any one of those five would put him on Les Paul's level but together they make him Mr.Guitar Innovator.

5,687

(11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

never heard of it and i was there when it started,the first R&R song i ever heard on radio was Rock around the clock period. if some obscure recording was burried in chess records(rocket 88)archives and not released to the public then it is a moot point

5,688

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

aaah the life of a sperm cell pounding away for admission into the overies i remember the voyage like it was yesterday very amusing lyrics doc it has the feel of a ray stevens song well done keep those creative juices flowing, even in the falopian tube

5,689

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

it looks ok but i never played a C#mmaj9 if thats supposed to be 2 chords in that measure(C#m and Cm9) you have to separate them and put each in [ ] brackets

gitaardocphil wrote:

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP Russell, I tried everything, but it doesn't work out, this is the best I could do.

5,690

(9 replies, posted in Acoustic)

this is off the subject( the link to the electric accustic solo) i just thought it was a great video of a very talented guitarist i appologize for straying from the thread. but i still think the disc over the sound hole may be best i use one when i use my amp, when recording i use a microphone

5,691

(9 replies, posted in Acoustic)

you gotta check this electric accustic  pickin 

Russell_Harding wrote:

doc to play an electric sccustic with more volume invites feedback problems they make a rubber disk that fits over the sound hole and reduces the feedback allowing you to pump the volume up more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dz9yaX8 … re=related

5,692

(19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

it depends on what you like blues country or classical,for classical you would need a chromatic harp with a button to shift the tone up 1/2 step

Tibernius wrote:

Hmm, maybe I'll get one as well. I've always wanted to be able to play it.

     How about if you don't know which key you prefer playing in? Is there one key which has more easy-to-play songs than the others?

5,693

(18 replies, posted in Electric)

i offer this for concideration but watch the whole video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dz9yaX8 … re=related

5,694

(10 replies, posted in Electric)

seems i was on the right track i just didn't know his name was charlie christian but i recall seeing several pictures of him and his electric hollow body gibson

alexpress wrote:

According to Michael Heatley in his book The illustrated History of the electric Guitar the true beginning of all electric guitars was the Gibson ES-150 played by Charlie Christian in 1935 although attempts at electrification were attempted by Lloyd Loar in the early twenties with the advent of the valve amplifier.

The first production solid body was the Rickenbacker frying pan in 1931.

5,695

(3 replies, posted in About Chordie)

I started a account with reverbnation and have uploaded all my songs and most of my videos they have a small player that can be embeded in profile pages or comments ect is there a way i could have a player in my songbook ?  russell

5,696

(11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

i think rock started around 1957 or there bouts i remember link ray (rumble) fats jerry lee lewis buddy holly and elvis and then there were the do wop groups and all the motown artist it was a phenominal birth and a wonderful time of inocence for the music industry

5,697

(11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

doc have it your way but i was a teenager when rock n roll started and rock around the clock was my first baptismal into r&r so unless im suffering from amnisia or oldtimers degeneration of brain tissue im right lol

gitaardocphil wrote:

That is ONLY a theory .
IT IS "WIDELY" accepted that "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK IS THE FIRST ROCKSONG.

NO IT WAS THE FIRST "ROCK COVER"
I DID find that one of the first melodies who earned to be named R&R was and you know that I trie to write as accurate as possible, which is time consuming (Russ, my back is hurting, I am to much online, and I can't move) occupation, well about occupation, I am a professional websurfer, and here I QUOTE:
A man, named Joe Turner aka BIG.JOE TURNER a black blues artists, who sang, “Shake, Rattle, and Roll.��  If one listens to this song by Joe Turner it should be very clear that this is the, or one of the, first true rock and roll songs. It sounds like a rock and roll song, not a blues song. The beat is up tempo and the words and rhythm of the song depict the sounds and feelings of a true rock and roll song. 
Don't forget, IT WAS STILL the time of SEPARATION, the time of RADIO STATIONS REFUSING TO PLAY "BLACK" music, and the time your parents beating the s**out of you when you came home with a single, performed by a black artist, WASN'T IT SO IN THE 50-ties?
About the mix of BLUES, COUNTRY, GOSPEL, BOOGY WOOGY ( an official music style, piano blues, very popular in the 30-ties), this is indeed the mix for rock.
IKE TURNER IS ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR the first ROCK SONG, he wrote ROCKET 88. These 2 =
“Rocket 88��  and “Shake, Rattle, and Roll��  were all remade by Bill Haley and the Comets.
If you consider BILL HALEY as the first ROCK & ROLL ARTIST, he is a master in covers.
ELVIS PRESLEY, wasn't he considered as a "Black artist?
"The fact that there were so many cover songs recorded by white artists of black artists’ music was also obvious and depicted the state of America at the time
- LAST POINT = Music producers would hear a recording being made or done by a black artist, find a white artist or group to record that same song, and credit the white artist or group as the original artist(s) of that particular song or songs, without giving any recognition or credit to the black artist who first recorded the song.
SO THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT CLOSED: WHO or WHAT, the first R&R song

5,698

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

doc on the last line after "it felt great you included "to cheat" in the same [ ] (brackets) as the chord,just put the chord before the words"to cheat"in the [ ] and everything should be fine before you :post" click "preview"first and look at what it will be when you submit it and edit the necessary changes and preview again and if your satisfied click"submit"

gitaardocphil wrote:

Liam (I am very nosy, why you choose paranormal? I adore a lot of stuff, called or considered as paranormal. Just think about the DEJA VU phenomenon, being convinced you saw it already but you can place it) and RUSSELL.
Yes, this time I worked different, and I hope that this way of writing a song, is a lot better for me.
In stead of playing a song I have in mind, followed by lyrics and chords AT RANDOM, I try to play guitar AND adding lyrics, BEFORE: 1 line, and placing chords, a second line + chords, I changed my philosophy by playing and singing, writing it down, followed by playing and singing "the entity" in stead of every single line.
Thanks for your "constructive comments". What about the lyrics, are they correct, are they placed in a right sequence? Do you have some suggestions?
Thanks

5,699

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

doc it is differnt i agree with liam just keep writting what you feel not what you think others will like neal young was asked once after "heart of gold" became a hit if he would stay in the middle of the road with his music,his response was "i meet more interesting people in the ditch" so what the hell say what you want good job on the song russ

5,700

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

jets nice story there good feelings it has a harry chapin kinda feel like the "cats in the cradle" theme where you see the changes the years bring on in lyrics,nice job