776

(7 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Thought  I'd  commented  this morning   nice  bit  of  a  reggae rhythm there  Phill

777

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

Phill  I  get  what  you  say  about Glastonbury  but  I  caught  these  guys this morning   doing  an acoustic  number    , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCKERcqbF0  really  great .

Yesterday afternoon  I  played  at  the  Lancaster  Beer festival ,in the  evening I  was  invited  to  see  a young  band  play a  support  slot for an "Up and  coming " singer  song writer  who  had just  played  the  isle  of  white  festival  and been featured on BBC radio two .Well  the  lads  were  fantastic  they  ripped  through  a  set  of  Stevie  ray  Vaughn songs self penned  stuff  in a  similar  style   and  had  the  crowd  dancing  in the  isles .sadly  it  was   too  short and  they  made  way  for  the  headline  act ,who  I  wont  mention by  name .
Well  I  dont  know  if  its  just  me  or  if  I  have  a  different ear   for  music  than the  modern audience   but  I  wouldn't  have  paid  the  guy   in washers ,talk  about  dreary   I  nearly  slit  my  wrists  ,sure  he  had  a  decent  voice  but  he  was  an  engineers nightmare  as  he  bobbed  back  and forth  from the  mic   continually changing  the tone   from a  deep  bass  to  a  squeak  all  due  to   the  distance  he  was  singing  from the  mic .He  was a  reasonable  guitar player  but no  better  than most  on this  forum .
Sorry  for  the  rant   but I'm  at  a  loss to  see  the  appeal of  this  dreary   down beat  music  that  a  lot  of  the  younger  performers  seem to  be producing these days .After  about   20 mins  of  this  Pam and  I  discreetly left as  he  attempted  three  rounds  with  Simon and  Garfunkles "The  boxer" I  think  he  probably   went  down in the  forth ...lol
As  I  said  I  wont  name  names  but  if  any ones  really  interested    send  me  a  PM   for  a  clue.

779

(15 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Cool song Russell sounding good

Good  stuff Russell

781

(7 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Terrific  song Phill

Jim  its  a  cover  its  by  Blind  Blake . Thanks  for  the  comments I  think  John picks  a  mean uke .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LIUuAPx4U

This  is one  for  Jan  ,John Prince on electic  uke

Its  a  cool  version Jan  suits the  Uke  .John and  I   have  an electric  uke  track  in our  current  set   I'll post  it  on the  forum soon .

785

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

I see  on  MSN today   Ed  Sheeran  is  getting  sued  for alleged  plagiarism for his  song Photograph . Its  so  difficult   to  come  up  with  original rhythms ,phrases ,progressions  etc .There  are  bound  to  be  similarities in songs  .Unless  it  is  a direct  copy word  for  word  note  for  note  ,what  is  the problem .How many  blues  songs  use  the  same  progression  ,what  about  the  rock  and  roll  songs  that  use  the  blues progressions  but  faster  Is  this  plagiarism .I  think  we  have  all   been subject   to  plagiarism   at  some  time  or  other  be  it  in  our  daily  work  or hobbies etc  I  know  I  have .I'll  not  give  specifics  but back in  the  day  when I  raced  slot cars  I  adapted  an electronic principle to  make  a universal  controller details  of  which  were published  in  a hobby  magazine  some  years  later  the  same  thing  reappeared as a revolutionary idea  by  a  certain manufacturer .Now  I  know  I adapted  the  idea  but I  never  claimed  to  invent  it .I  put  it  down to  research  turning up  something .However  and  more  to  the  point  of  blatant plagiarism, I  submitted a script to  a popular  UK  TV soap which  was  rejected but  about  six months down the  line  certain aspects  of  my  script  appeared  in the program .I'm  not  in a  position   to  fight   a  case in court   as  I  cant  afford  to  take  on  the  big  corporations nor  can I  prove  that  the similarities both  in  my  invention  or  my  script  came about   by  plagiarism  or chance .What  I'm pointing  out  is what  might  at  first   glance  may  appear   to  be  plagiarism  may  turn out   to  be chance ,after all imitation  must be  the  sincerest  form of  flattery or there  wouldn't be so many " tribute"   acts  about .

Very good Phill some amusing lines in there too ,I especially like the one about maybe its payback for all the cars I stole.

787

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks  guys  for  the  review  I'll let it  run for  a while I'm  interested  to  hear what  every  one  thinks .

You win tonights star prize Jim love the words

789

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I wrote  this  song  a  couple  of  days  ago  please read it  and  tell  me  what  you  think  its  about  please  also  comment  about  how  you interpret   the  chorus  lines  and  the  bridge as well .
I  have  reasons  for  this  request  so  dont  hold  back  on your  comments . I'll post  a  recording  later .
Thanks
Grah

The cloak of invisibility

Em                         Am
People of a certain age
D                     Em
they tend to disappear
Em                     Am
as they walk along the street
D                                      Em
there's many things they fear
chorus
C                        Em                  Am               D~
What is there and  what  is not ,what is  reality
Em                           Am                        D         Em
you walk  the streets unnoticed  as you pass invisibly
Em                                        Am
The  young think  you dont know a thing
D                      Em
its like you never lived
Em                                      Am
all the  things you  learned in life
D                                  Em
theres lots  that you can  give 
chorus
C                        Em                  Am           D~
What is there and  what  is not ,what is  reality
Em                           Am                        D         Em
you walk  the streets unnoticed  as you pass invisibly
bridge
C                                 D                            Em
And all the  time you wonder  what's  the point
C                       D                  Em
if no one listens to  a word you say
C                   D                            Em
maybe  you should keep it  to your self
C                 D                     Em
maybe you should just fade away
Em-C           Em-C
fade away   fade away

Em                      Am
when your time is ended
D                                    Em
and they put you in the  ground
Em                                 Am
the pages of the history books
D                          Em
your final words  resound
chorus
C                        Em                  Am                      D~
What was  there and  what  was not , what was  reality
Em                           Am                        D         Em
Maybe  then they will see you  as you pass invisibly

Two more  great  versions     well  done guys

Nice timing on this Joe sounds great

My  effort
https://soundcloud.com/graham-windle/af … or-chordie

nice  gentle  version  Ricky jack very  well  played

794

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Love the minors Jim gives a great feel to the song

795

(6 replies, posted in My local band and me)

played  on a Lag tramontane with  a  bit of  reverb

796

(6 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Hope  you  like  this  I  think  its   got  a  catchy  chorus
https://soundcloud.com/graham-windle/turns-around

Bit   Floydy  Peatle  a  very  different  approach  well  executed .

798

(2 replies, posted in My local band and me)

a couple  of  tracks  on my  face book  page  from my  set  at  Powerfest   hope  you like  em

https://www.facebook.com/graham.windle. … 2700028482  London rain

https://www.facebook.com/graham.windle. … 7116711707 Rollin and tumblin

https://www.facebook.com/gillian.collin … 44/?type=2
With  George  Collins   on guitar  15 yrs  old  fantastic

799

(7 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Reminds  me  of  the  Dead Kennedys ,like  the  feel ,well  done .

800

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

Thanks  Zurf there's    two  on your  list I'm not  familiar  with Pink  Houses and  volcano?
Jerome  seven drunken nights is  awesome  in a  folk  club  .
Uncle Joe  I'd  pulled  this  Wood song  off a  couple  of  days  ago  again its  a  great  song  for  our  folk   clubs My  friend  Will Kaufman does a Woody  tribute  act  and  its  a  fantastic set .