If I were to get acoustic effects, I'd probably go with an AIO - the Boss one seems pretty good; or get a decent DI (Fishman/LR Baggs) and pump it through FOH ...     

802

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

We've been listening to some old/new Australian favourites - "Aussie Jingle Bells", "Six White Boomers", "Santa's got a new truck" ... the kids found a huge load of them smile     

[edit]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnJ8jsw4BSo

Thanks for the comments - this is "Killing me softly": https://youtu.be/535zyX_Ok38     

804

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

easybeat wrote:
Tenement Funster wrote:

So much appreciated, Peatle! Thanks, and Merry Christmas to yourself also. I'm sure I speak for the rest of the Chordie Universe, that we have all appreciated your music, your poetry, your humor, and the in-depth background you often provide us with about so much of the world's great music. You're truly deserving of "The Loremaster" title, and we're fortunate to have you among us.

Here Here,
Peatles a great bloke.

I'd second that!!!!     

805

(8 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Nice track!!     

This is "I'm on fire", not a big Springsteen fan, but I like this song: https://youtu.be/NjH127hgrTI     

I'll go in ...     

808

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

Peatle Jville wrote:

Richard you did an excellent cover.

Thanks for the feedback ....     

809

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

CurtRHCP wrote:

Nicely done Richard!

Thanks     

810

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Jandle wrote:

neo excellent both songs ............ another talented song writer it seems here on Chordie

Tenement Funster wrote:

That's superb work, Neo, both of them. Someone else here said that suffering often produces some of the greatest lyrics / music, and music is a great way to let it all out. Appreciate your work, and sympathize for what you must've gone through to produce it.

Thanks for the compliments ...

Cheers

Richard     

Another song I missed out on doing, "I can see clearly now": https://youtu.be/lOvaENVfp74

Enjoy

Richard     

I like your song, I think I heard it before - best wishes to you and yours too ...

Cheers

Richard     

I wanted to do this in a previous FSOTM, so, in a way, it's a reflection of the year, "Sunny": https://youtu.be/Jo2rpwMx6IQ

Cheers

Richard     

814

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Part 2:

SufferingRichard Mortimer


Intro: G D C Em




[G]Suffering,[D] [C] why are you [Em]here?


I don't[C]like you around [G], you always surprise me,[Em] and up with a [D]tear




[G]Suffering,[D] [C] please go away[Em]


Go[C] and see someone else, [G]and don't you[Em] dare stay[D]


[Am]Betrayed, exposed, [Gm]disclosed


On a[Dm] day I didn't [Am7@5]forsee


[Dm7]Take leave of me


[G]I don't want you, [E7]I wish you'd go [Am]away[Em7-5]


[G]Suffering, [D] [C]you feel so wrong?[Em]


W[C]hich is why I [G]wrote you [Em]this song[D]



[G]Suffering, [D] [C]I never knew you're name [Em]


[C]until you showed me [G]a side of you, cau[Em]sed me so much [D]pain


[G]Some days I[D] see you, I [C]try to hide my [Em]eyes


But [C]time goes by, and [G]so do I, and you [Em]win the [D]show


[Am]Betrayed, exposed, [Gm]disclosed


On a[Dm] day I didn't [Am7@5]forsee


[Dm7]Take leave of me


[G]I don't want you, [E7]I wish you'd go [Am]away[Em7-5]


[G]Suffering,[D] [C] why are you [Em]here?


I don't[C]like you around [G], you always surprise me,[Em] and up with a [D]tear


[G]Suffering,[D] [C] please go away[Em]


Go[C] and see someone else, [G]and don't you[Em] dare [D]stay[G]


     

815

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

TIGLJK wrote:

Richard - very nice cover - well done.
Jim

Thanks!!     

Jandle wrote:

Here is my attempt at covering Summertime ...... nearly at the end of the month already .....where does time go?!

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/summertime

Excellent work ... this month has flown by, next month will be twice as fast; then it's 2020!!! yikes

Richard ...     

817

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

Tenement Funster wrote:

Thanks for the tribute to Joni Mitchell, Neo ... one of my all-time favorite songstresses, who just turned 75 recently. Well done!

Thanks ... I heard she had a birthday ...

Richard     

818

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

Phill Williams wrote:

silly me! i thought it was called " clouds?" silly me. very nice rendition. well done.

Jandle wrote:

nicely done neo

Thanks!!

Michael Bourke wrote:

Now, Neophyte, going back to our discussion about SongBook.....yes it does link to Dropbox but again, I'm a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to that stuff.  I can usually bumble around and do what I want but it usually takes four coffees and lots of swearing.

Heh - I know what you mean - trying to set up my bluetooth pedal had the same effect ....

Michael Bourke wrote:

On a different matter, I notice that Neophyte is in Perth but is that Perth, Western Australia?

That's the one!! Good to have another Aussie onboard!! smile

Michael Bourke wrote:

I live in Wodonga which is on the border between New South Wales and Victoria

I think we went there one time when we visited the Mountain ... I was about 10 and Dad got lost ... in the days when crossing the Nullabor required a 4WD ...

http://neophytte.mine.nu/photo/1975-00-00-mortimer_photos/images/img482.jpg

Cheers

Richard

820

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I dared ... did you have the chords to it?     

821

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Welcome aboard, look forward to hearing some of your material ...

Cheers

Richard     

Michael Bourke wrote:

I'm with you on the collection of paper versions......I'm over it!  My friend and I rehearse on Tuesday nights but only play for friends and the occasional 'open mic'.  But having the tablet means no more paper, no more light problems at night, no my breeze problems etc etc.  I still have an old briefcase full of books and sheets but I'll slowly put the ones I want into SongBook and then shred the rest.  By the way, SongBook also has a hand internet search link.  I like Chordie because it allows me to import directly to SongBook with the chord notations in place.  Easy peasy.

Sounds good - can you synchronise with DropBox or iCloud?

I think OnSong has a search facility, but I've tended to download a copy, fix any issues then pop the song into my DropBox account (using an "artist_songtitle.crd" style of naming convention) and synchronise it from there, as I also use "SongSheet Generator" on my Mac (and/or PC) which allows me to make PDF's for the older folk, as they haven't got the app ... (although I'm slowly talking them around to it) ...     

Michael Bourke wrote:

I've been using SongBook for a couple of years now and find it does pretty much everything I need.  I must admit I'm a fairly 'low end user' and have not tried to use many of the enhancements and font option that are available.  But for me and a couple of my friends it does the job very well.  I like the feature of being able to tap a chord symbol and see different inversions show up on the screen.  In fact, sometimes when a song I'm looking at mentions a chord I've never heard of I open a new song, type in the chord, then tap it to see just what the fingering is (if you get my meaning).  I also like the metronome option and the scroll is something I use all the time.  It's a bit fiddly to edit songs but once you get the hang of it things go quicker.  I'm aware that SongBook works perfectly on Apple products, pretty well on Android and not very well on the Microsoft platform,  A of mine mate had a Microsoft tablet but couldn't get SongBook to work properly so he bought an iPad and all was good.

I have not heard of OnSong but I'll look it up.  I went with SongBook because a couple of friends use it and told me about it.  So I didn't hunt for something, just took their suggestion.  I'm hope this is enough info for you but if you have other more specific

Interesting - I think I narrowed my search to the two options of "OnSong" and "SongBook", and found that I'd previously downloaded the first when it was a "free release" for some reason - I'd discounted it at the time, but then had a play and opened up a wider world ... mostly because the older folks I jam with kept giving me paper copies of their songs, and I ended up with a very large folder full of songs ...

BTW: welcome aboard!!

Cheers

Richard     

Michael Bourke wrote:

Hi there Neophytte (where do you guys come up with these names??)

https://thesaurus.plus/img/synonyms/181/neophyte.png     

smile

Cheers

Richard

825

(33 replies, posted in Electric)

Wow, they are pricey down here in Australia:

https://www.kosmic.com.au/fender-americ … t-metallic

$au3400!!

Cheers

Richard