Cool, I can't quite tell from the photos - is it a european round-back, or american flat back?
Cheers
Richard
726 2019-05-22 15:09:37
Re: NMD I just couldn't resist (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
727 2019-05-21 07:17:22
Re: Tune Will Come. (9 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Reminded me of Barrett's experiments in early Floyd - and you've got an American twang at the end!!!
Cheers
Richard
728 2019-05-15 08:53:19
Re: Skinny & Ageless (7 replies, posted in Poems)
Phill Williams wrote:
I'd renew your license free of charge cos this is so true and well written. You guys down under are getting sooooo good
I can imagine it being recited with a stubby in his hand 
729 2019-05-15 01:11:12
Re: Skinny & Ageless (7 replies, posted in Poems)
easybeat wrote:
Joined a gym today
True story? Or New Years resolution ... ??
Cheers
Richard
730 2019-05-10 14:27:51
Re: FAVORITE ALBUM COVERS (31 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Oh yes, ELP!!
And Oxygene:
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731 2019-05-06 13:36:27
Re: FAVORITE ALBUM COVERS (31 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
always loved the Joy Division, 'Unknown Pleasures' cover:
It's a digitized version of the word "Hello".
And the Nirvana cover:
And Pink Floyd ...
Cheers
Richard
732 2019-05-06 13:25:43
Re: NBD (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Excellent!! I mentioned before I've started a new job; part of my daily routine is biking to the train station, these are some pics I put together, strung into a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTHOD6QfUfM
Cheers
Richard
733 2019-04-17 02:08:56
Re: Heaven can wait (cover) Steinman (6 replies, posted in My local band and me)
TIGLJK wrote:
Nice cover Richard.
I wish I could play and sing as well as you do.
I was amazed in reading how many songs Jim Steinman had written that were hits for so many huge groups/singers.
Thanks - this was a hard one to nail, and it took a few takes for this one.
Peatle Jville wrote:
Nice cover Neo
Thank you!
Tenement Funster wrote:
Great job on that one, Neo ... the song has an interesting chord structure, and you nailed it all 100%.
Thanks for that - the Eb is a hard chord to get to for the short time it's required ...
jgreen wrote:
Well done Neo!
Thank you ...
Apologies for not being around much lately; I've started a new job and it's about a 2 hour commute each way, and it leaves little time for anything ... so guitar and related activities are taking a bit of a back seat at the moment!!
Cheers
Richard
734 2019-04-14 10:53:50
Topic: Heaven can wait (cover) Steinman (6 replies, posted in My local band and me)
A cover of the song "Heaven can wait", written by Jim Steinman, but probably best known for being sung by Meatloaf: https://youtu.be/pgx3lsNDA7o
Enjoy
Richard
735 2019-03-26 06:16:03
Re: The Grande Affaire (10 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Tenement Funster wrote:
Haha!! 
736 2019-03-26 06:13:31
Re: Promises (cover) Clapton (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Thanks for the feedback; it wasn't a song I knew but my jam partners bought it out one night and I just gelled with the song ...
Cheers
Richard
737 2019-03-26 06:10:40
Re: Forever Young (cover) Alphaville (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
TIGLJK wrote:
Nice song Neo - sounds good.
I had not heard that song , although I have heard Dylan's and Neil Young's songs of the same title.Thanks for sharing it.
Jim
(and a great smile or two!
Thanks - yes, it was a synth song that was popular in Germany and Europe in the 80's, but it's a pretty good tune ...
I got the Wiki page wrong on the video, should be here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Y … ille_song)
Cheers
Richard
738 2019-03-22 12:49:50
Topic: Promises (cover) Clapton (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Promises (cover) Clapton:
739 2019-03-21 06:19:52
Topic: Forever Young (cover) Alphaville (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Forever Young (cover) Alphaville:
" "Forever Young" is a song from German synthpop recording act Alphaville's 1984 debut album of the same name. The single was a strong hit in Scandinavia and in the European German-speaking countries in the same year.
Though the single achieved more success in the United States than in the United Kingdom, it was not the group's highest-charting European hit. It failed to reach the American top 40 despite 3 separate US single releases, "Forever Young" became one of the signature songs of the band and it has subsequently been covered by numerous artists. "
741 2019-03-12 02:38:46
Re: Im a rainbow fallen angel (20 replies, posted in My local band and me)
ctech wrote:
neophytte not to bad considering. I get lost and they are my own songs,haha!
Hahah - when it's your own, you "improvise"
742 2019-03-07 13:00:20
Re: Daniel (cover) John (6 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Phill Williams wrote:
Glad to be of help.
:thumbsup:
743 2019-03-07 04:44:35
Re: Daniel (cover) John (6 replies, posted in My local band and me)
neophytte wrote:
Phill Williams wrote:Just one comment, I hope you don't mind me saying; maybe if you'd moved your capo up another semi tone? You seem to be struggling just a little with the low notes? It's great that you're performing all these songs and putting them up on YouTube, keep on please.
Thanks, I always enjoy constructive feedback, and I tried it last night one semi-tone up and you're right - it was easier ... I never know quite where to put the capo so sometimes just play when it feels right, but I've made a note on this song for capo on 4, not 3 ...
Tried it with capo on 4:
Cheers
Richard
744 2019-03-07 01:18:05
Re: Im a rainbow fallen angel (20 replies, posted in My local band and me)
ctech wrote:
Thanks for giving it a go, neophytte.
I love that song.
Hope I did it justice (besides getting lost a couple of times, and faking it ...)
Cheers
Richard
745 2019-03-06 06:21:49
Re: Im a rainbow fallen angel (20 replies, posted in My local band and me)
ctech wrote:
Id like to hear you do Leonard Cohen's Everybody knows.
I don't know it, but have an attempt here:
Cheers
Richard
746 2019-03-02 10:35:41
Re: Idea 11 (13 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Phill Williams wrote:
I once saw a thing on tv about the Eurythmics and how they wrote their songs. Well as you probably know they were a very electronic band? Dave Stuart used to noodle on acoustic guitar while Annie Lennox messed about with words and melody lines until they arrived at a song. They then took the bare bones into the studio and electrified it. So, writing words and a tune is just the beginning, the hit song is created by the arrangement and production and of course the performance.
I wish I could listen to my own advice.
I've got a funny story about the Eurythmics - back in the early days of jamming, we had a friend, named Porky, who was a bit of a talker; he managed to get himself backstage on a tour with the Eurythmics, and got his guitar signed, here are the pics:
Anyway, there was a dear old lady who ran a music store very close to the place where I lived, so he took it to her to sell, and she thought she'd get a better price if she cleaned it all off - poor guy was broken when she told him how well it cleaned up. These are the only photos in existence, and I went with him to one of the gigs and after party. It was less wild than I thought it would be ....
Cheers
Richard
747 2019-03-01 10:03:04
Re: The Grande Affaire (10 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Phill Williams wrote:
How many out takes? I do loads, never to be seen or heard...lol
I did 12 songs during that recording ... this was one of the songs I did twice (the other was The Rolling Stones 'Angie'), when I thunked the top strings on a random strum ... I sometimes go through a run through before recording - especially if it's like "Daniel", where there's that Ab that can catch you off guard ...
748 2019-03-01 06:22:53
Re: Idea 11 (13 replies, posted in My local band and me)
ctech wrote:
Thanks neophytte i have lots of ideas but i havent got the musical knowledge to finish them.
I would challenge that statement - sometimes it takes something different to finish a song, I don't think it's always based on musical knowledge; - do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
749 2019-02-28 15:31:03
Re: Songs About Places like Nashville. (26 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Zurf wrote:
No idea on 500 Miles. It's a wonderful standard, though.
Proclaimers: https://www.chordie.com/song.php/songar … index.html
750 2019-02-28 14:26:37
Re: The Grande Affaire (10 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Tenement Funster wrote:
Duly noted about the "concentrating face", Neo ... got a chuckle out of this. Playing & singing simultaneously does take a fair bit of focus, and I think we all know that. My wife will sometimes ask me a question while I'm playing, and she gets a blank stare for a response until the piece is done ... kinda like your concentrating face.
Yep, do that too!! 