901 Reply by neophytte

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

Well, I managed to grab a few 5 minutes yesterday, and you play awesomely!! Moonlight Sonata has been a favourite of mine since I was young, but I've got to say the stand out track for me was Malaguena - I've probably heard it before, but didn't know the name of it ...

I'm not sure why you'd think people would be reluctant to hear classical music - I love it when played on guitar; it has a certain quality that can't be captured on other instruments, it may not be everyones cup of tea, but I would hope that (as a collective bunch of guitarists) we'd be able to appreciate well played piees on th instrument of our choice. I love rock, but don't really like heave metal, but I can appreciate a good tune in that genre too ...

Anyway, hope you post some more for us mere mortals to ogle smile

Cheers

Richard     

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902 Reply by neophytte

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

Well, this popped up on Udemy today:

https://www.udemy.com/music-theory-and- … RIENDS2018

Free course for theory and reading music (which it sounds like most of us - excluding CG - could do with smile ), I'm already enrolled ...     

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903 Reply by neophytte

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

Looking forward to hearing these when I'm in a quieter environment ... !!

Cheers

Richard     

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904 Reply by neophytte

(12 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

Classical Guitar wrote:

Classical Gas has been posted to soundcloud at : https://soundcloud.com/user-289672863/s … ssical-gas     

Hope all enjoy  it.

That was excellent (albeit a few days early for the November challenge). I hope you can post some other tunes which you might enjoy playing yourself or hearing others play ...

Cheers

Richard     

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905 Reply by neophytte

(12 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

Rock     Paint  Box (Pink  Floyd)
Folk    Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul and Mary)
Jazz    Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
Blues    Crossroads (Robert Johnson)
Heavy Metal    Paint it black (Rolling Stones)
Lullaby    Moon River (Andy Williams)
Musical     Edelweiss (Julie  Andrews/SOund of Music)
Reggae    I shot the sherrif (Bob Marley)
Classical    Classical Gas
Punk    Princess of the Srtreets (Stranglers)
Instrumental    Apache (Shadows)
Pop     Here Comes The Rain Again (Eurhythmics)

(May be edited when I get access to my iPad ...)     

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906 Reply by neophytte

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Baldguitardude wrote:

This sounds great. I think Beamer has rubbed off on me because I was expecting to hear Enter Sandman, which is a different song entirely.

It did get me wondering if anyone has attempted an Enter Sandman cover on uke, which I shall now research.

Again, sounded wonderful!

https://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductImage/9781603789615-01.jpg     

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907 Reply by neophytte

(45 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

Peatle Jville wrote:

Neo your a good man. I love the way you give all songs a go great work. I just heard on the radio  that Youtube went down world wide today good see it is all working again.

Thanks .... maybe that's why Jandle couldn't reach my links ...     

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908 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrLOHQT9lkE

That was a great song, that kiwi has a good voice!!     

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909 Reply by neophytte

(19 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Jandle wrote:

Well, that's weird, I did nothing and today it is working!  Go figure *scratching my head*

Well, that's a good outcome ... !! smile     

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910 Reply by neophytte

(45 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

Jandle wrote:

hey neo both those links you put up don`t work.

Hmm, just tried them again, and they both worked for me ... ? Did you want to try again??     

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911 Reply by neophytte

(19 replies, posted in About Chordie)

Have a look for the CCleaner keyword in the forums - I remember Classical Guitar wrote a lengthy description on how to fix this issue - or you may want to touch base with him to ask him (sorry, I use Mac's, so I'd be slow to guide you through a Windows process) ....

Cheers

Richard     

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912 Reply by neophytte

(45 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

Jandle wrote:

Neophytte challenged Anyone to cover these two songs …. Crazy by Patsy Cline and You and Me by Alice Cooper.

Crazy: https://youtu.be/5DktKPAoV6A

You and Me: https://youtu.be/dBkVq1MBsPY

Enjoy

Richard     

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913 Reply by neophytte

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

Thanks all - I was hoping to record it with him, but found the continual arpeggios hard on his fingers ... but he was happy to learn something outside of his normal music class - I told him he should play it for his teacher, but he gets a bit shy(?) - anyway he loves playing keys, and I think he's top of his class - but my opinion may be biased smile

Cheers

Richard     

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914 Reply by neophytte

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Classical Guitar wrote:

I buy very expensive classical guitar cases and have never had anyone to try to take something that does not belong to them. At the same time there is nothing wrong with being thrifty and  buying a used case if it fits your guitar. I doubt it has to with  "would-be thieves".

I probably should quantify my response with the fact that, when working in a band, I've worked a lot of pubs/clubs where people can be tempted under the influence of alcochol to take something that's not theirs - it's happened to me at least once, fortunately I got that guitar back (the red and black acoustic) and I'm on a local group where there are weekly posts about people gear getting nicked - but most of them are from parked cars with all the gear in the back.

I'm glad it hasn't happened to you; it's not a nice feeling when gear goes missing ...

Hope that explains it.

Cheers

Richard     

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915 Reply by neophytte

(19 replies, posted in Poems)

That's very nice ... you should be proud ....     

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916 Reply by neophytte

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

Great outcome - any photos of your handiwork??     

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917 Topic by neophytte

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

Beamer posted his vid of jamming with his son, so I thought I'd show you my boy learrning last months FSOTM:

https://youtu.be/8UIn0OjrVIc

Cheers

Richard 

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918 Reply by neophytte

(8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

joeyjoeyjoey wrote:

That is a great deal. I have been known to buy a case here and there. I have no problem buying a used case.

Sometimes it's good to have expensive guitars in cheap looking cases, so they look less appealing to would-be thieves ....     

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919 Reply by neophytte

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Nice!!!     

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920 Reply by neophytte

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beamer wrote:
neophytte wrote:

Sounding good!!! I wish I had an area like that in our house ... !!

(Part 2 gave me a 404 error)

Cheers

Richard

All fixed

Thanks!!     

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921 Reply by neophytte

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Sounding good!!! I wish I had an area like that in our house ... !!

(Part 2 gave me a 404 error)

Cheers

Richard

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922 Reply by neophytte

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

I'm not a SoundCloud expert (one app I have on my iPad uploads it's recording directly there), however I believe you need to record the tune onto your local PC and do all the adjustments there, prior to uploading it to SoundCloud. I've never seen where you can record directly into it, like a recording program ... I hope others can chime in if I'm mistaken.

Cheers

Richard     

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923 Reply by neophytte

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Cheating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCDf0sSwE8

But we live in an MTV generation, where looks are more important than talent ...     

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924 Reply by neophytte

(45 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

Jandle wrote:

Ok here is my entry that easybeat challenged me too.  I had a  bit of free time tonight to learn it,  practice it a little bit and record it.  Actually easybeat, when I listened to Frank Sinatra singing it, I didn't know the song at all really, it was not what I was thinking it was.  Anyway, I had to do it tonight or not at all as I am babysitting my 2 yr old grandson for 3 weeks and today and tonight was my only child free day to do anything this month.  Also, I have never really tried to play Jazz before, that in itself will take me a while to learn how to play properly.  So I am not sure it sounds very Jazzy to be honest, and the vocals aren't the best in places as I am not that familiar with this song.  It is another song that I wouldn`t mind having another go at but I had to stop, it was getting late and the neighbours probably aren't impressed!https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/fly-me-to-the-moon

Sounds good!! I did a version over a year ago, but my recording techniques weren't so good then (vocals are a bit distorted!!) ...

Can I challenge you to do Nancy Sinatra's "Boots are made for walking" ... ???

Cheers

Richard     

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925 Reply by neophytte

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Nice work!! Sounds good!!     

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