926

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

As you all most probably all know Easybeat is in the process of doing a kid's book written for his granddaughter with an illustrator. If you want to follow the progress of that here is a link to his publisher that will keep you updated on that.   HazelrosePublishing Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/HazelrosePublishing

I thought as a result I would have a go at doing a kids thing video with a bit of song and voice acting and nothing dumbed down in it..  Easybeat pointed out to me yesterday kids under five brains are great and it is sad that we dumb things down for them. Kids under five can pick up different languages where adults find it hard because an under five brain is like a big learning sponge sucking everything in.  He mentioned a chap who said it also should have an adult appeal so I am trying  to inject a bit of that into the video as well.  My sister told me kids love learning to say  supercalifragilisticexpialidocious because it is a long word and has a musical flow. I know the word comes from a movie and I remember kids singing that song  back in the 60’s.   Funny thing there was four of us old guys aged from 62 to 70 sitting at this table in our local pub yesterday  talking about this when we four spontaneously burst out into singing that song. No doubt we sounded quite atrocious supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.                                                                                                                                                           
So, I am putting the word preposterous in my short kid's vid as my new mission in life is getting under-fives to use the word preposterous. Am I on the right track any thoughts please?

927

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

Maye we could do  a Doctor Who and have friendly  Daleks running around our town exterminating all spammers and hackers.  If my memory is correct did the Daleks go around saying "exterminate" as they set about  to destroying things.? I was told the other day Doctor Who is now a woman so that would help our town of Chordie  which seems to be full of men nowadays. Good thing about Doctor Who if it keeps going is at least kids in the future  will know what a telephone box was. Here in NZ pay telephones and telephone boxes have all disappeared and in two years time all  landlines here are going to be disconnected when they close the phone exchange.

928

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

Phill Williams wrote:

Holly Nostradamus batman! Are you two warning us of a future apocalipse? Food for thought.

I was writing about a lady called Miss Information from the land of inexactitudes and half truths. False ideologies  producing anger that drives many  to a point where it loses it constructiveness. I am just saying buyer beware or as the legal jargon goes caveat emptor of the real driving force behind what could appears to be good.. Not sure where EB is coming from.     For me it is worrying watching the big power players and how they are positioning themselves in the world. The ability of leaders to manipulate their followers or subvert opposing peaceful voices. No apocalipse warning from me I get warn ( worn)out listening to all the crystal ball gazers and all those crazies trying to ruin humanity.
Caveat emptor NOUN the principle that the buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a purchase is made. My way of saying beware of vipers and snakes.

929

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

I agree with  you Jim it would be great to have you all as real life  neighbours. It is a privilege to live on the continent of Cyberland  in a town called Chordie.     

930

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

You don’t want to be suffering from Vertigo.

When your walking on a tightrope.

Fed by lies from those on high.

Sitting in their fancy spires.

Their power chord plugged into a devious grid.

Agendas unclear.

Catch phrases.

Marketing ploys.

Psychological hazes.

Used by Hitler many others through ages.

Manipulators of the sell sending everyone to hell.

Casting of wicked spells.

Their chanting audience.

Stuck in a trance.

Mimicking words.

Mass hysteria spreading to a mindless herd.

Lemmings jump on board join the absurd.

Follow the herd.

Their fancy tight rope won't save you.

Strung from cliff to cliff

Even on solid ground.

Vertigo can get you..

When up there .Acrophobia hits those who think they will fall.

Those who live up on the canopy.

I hope you wake up.

The innocent won't break your fall.

Under your bad weight branches can break.

People beware of people at the top who are fake.

There is only so much people can take.     

931

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

I like that Piri

Is it A to Z

Alpha to omega.

Or heaven to L     

932

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

Phill Williams wrote:

I see you're feeling better Pedr?
Anyone can slap out chord after chord and sing like Freddy Mercury...well not Freddy, Not many have that original singing and playing style you exhibit. And of course your exceptional observational skill to transform that observation into a song or poem. I loved that high note, was Maree crushing the family jewels?

Cheers Piri

I am on new meds that are making me feel a lot better than what I have for a while. That high note was one of those test tickle moments.



A squeeze of the hand on a vital gland.

Helped this silly sod.

Reach high notes like he never had before.

Before he paid his money and got thrown out the door.

Beware good folks his singing coach with a Jewelry broach.

A beautiful girl

With the obvious name of Pearl.

Was no real Lady.

In fact, she was shady.

Worked part time as a stripper.

To help feed her nippers.

Is a singing teacher and more.

Note I wrote a singing teacher and a word that rhymes with war.

Has squeezed high notes from many a boy before.

Those who wanted to do more.

Than what they paid for.     

933

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

Cheers Jim I find singing and playing music well is something I will never master,. For some strange reason despite my lack of talent music keeps luring me back. They were talking about songs on the radio a couple of early mornings back that were about the telephone songs and the phone operators that  used to connect long distance calls  which are all now  obsolete things due  to communications systems that have changed with smartphones.. They put the song on as an example of this,  Martha  by Tom Waits it was something I didn't expect to be hearing a song written or done by him like this. It was the right song for me to hear at that moment as some parts of it resonated with me. To sing like Tom I will have to take up smoking maybe a hundred cigarettes a day. On Martha his throat sounds a bit clearer than usual. I will attach the song,  Martha  done by Tom..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDcco9rGOlE

934

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

I  wrote this after talking to Easy Beat about the frustration of not being able to sing good. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgJz9zeuxrg 

935

(3 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Jeff your real good at these thinking songs. I can picture myself in your song when I am in one of those philosophical moods end of night early morning waiting on sunrise while looking out of a window.     

936

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Nature the perfect place to be  to get rid of the things that the daily grind can throw at us. That feeling that an irritating little  pebble in  a shoe gives us  that needs getting rid of before we can  tackle the big boulders that try and block our path through life at times can be dealt with  in quiet places on land, sea and hills. Excellent song. I like those lines of yours.
I figure out to do,
Going anywhere I want
With the people I want too.     

937

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Greetings Piri brawd  thank you I was trying for that sort of gospel blues sound though I sort of failed with my lack of vocal ability.



Thank you Jim I wish I had a better voice to give the different layers a better sound.



Cheers Mojo I have noticed that there are many of those very talented people playing busking on the streets around the world, whose music never seems to get played on the radio. New Orleans would have to be the best place in the world to hear plenty of good music on the streets.



Yeah, EB many good artists get left out in the airplay wilderness due to radio music directors being enticed by big labels and other commercial enticements that a small label can't compete with. Small labels get on the smaller stations but the major radio stations around the world that have big listener numbers become more about the money and not the music. It seems to float through fashion and music that horrible saying, “this is on trend at the moment”. What is so called on trend is manipulated into the airwaves and movies, tv plus whatever else that exposes artists to the wider public by the big marketers and record labels.

938

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

jets60 wrote:

Hey Pete - Trying to figure this out. Are you using barre chords for this song? Seems like the chord progression is suited for barre chords.

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Jeff I should of said at the start of the post the chords of this song came from me composing  it on a piano. Guitar I have very little idea.  I  played guitar a little before my hands and arms started to give out  only by feel and had l no idea what I was playing. So I guess if it works with Barre chords go for it. I tried to have a quick bash at it with barre chords just now my fingers were too weak to make it work. My theory is very minimal when it comes to music. Basically I would say whatever a person thinks works best then play it with whatever chords you think fit. When I play guitar with my friends that play guitar good I have to ask them what  some of the chords are I'm playing. I have done a piano run through of the song but my playing and singing was really bad on it  so I didn't put it up.     

939

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Cheers EB I like the idea  of trying or experimenting with different approaches. I agree my voice and vocal setup  is not that fantastic but hopefully something that can be improved on by someone better than me.     

940

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Here is a little vocal play with the lyrics of   "Different Layers".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXI7A92ARuc     

941

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Cheers Phill it is about the busker who Maree and I loved listening to her playing and who I had a couple of conversation with about music. The song is more about the perception of a person is sometimes different to their reality. I won't be recording the song myself as my health is not up to it.

Brian. thank you it will be interesting to hear how you do it.     

942

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Done in a blues sort of timing if anyone wants to have a go at it and improve it.

Different Layers

C                 C #                   D               A

Out             of the shadows  came her music

C                 C #                 D                      A

It              was kind of dark    it was kinda   soul.

C                           D

It filled a hole  on that night.

C                            D

It sent my spirit on a flight.

C              C#

I didn’t Know

C              C#

I  didn’t know.

C           C#               D

You  got to  peal it back.

C             C#

To really know.

C               C#                       D

What’s going on with her show

D                             C           C#

It was a painting with different layers

C                C#                                D

I didn’t realize what’s going down.

C                   C#                                          D               

Somebody’s hidden struggle inside a smart gown.



C              C#

I didn’t Know

C              C#

I  didn’t know.

C           C#               D

You  got to  peal it back.

C             C#

To really know.

C                  C#

Whatever was happening

C                  C#                            D

Deep down in her soul ill never know



C              C#

I didn’t Know

C              C#

I  didn’t know.

C           C#               D

You  got to  peal it back.

C             C#

To really know. 

943

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Phill you are a top musician and the good thing about being 70 is you wont have to worry about those young groupies throwing themselves at you, trying to get you pregnant. Paul and Ringo are still going strong and they must be around the 80 age mark and to top it of you now can hear them in concert without all the screaming groupies of old.

944

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Separated by a wall and 200 years are the homes of two musicians who chose London and changed music, Handel & Hendrix. From Baroque to Rock -London has inspired music lovers of all generations. I love the lyrics to your song Phill and can't wait to hear you perform it.     

945

(6 replies, posted in Poems)

Thank you Jim.     

946

(5 replies, posted in Poems)

That brought a smile to my dial. I love clever limericks like that it entertains me it shows I am a big kid at heart.     

947

(8 replies, posted in Poems)

Used as a sex object and not loved an interesting poem. Boy meets girl they jump into a sex microwave no slow cooker relationship build; a quick pounding of meat nothing tender nothing sweet.     

948

(6 replies, posted in Poems)

Cheers EB, Phill and Mojo  thank you for your feedback I am pleased that my accent and words worked.     

949

(6 replies, posted in Poems)

I have put this poem up on YouTube my tribute to a gifted Sax player who Maree and I loved listening to when she busked on the streets of our city. I haven't written the words down here as I think it is better to hear it as I'm not sure if the words read well until you actually hear it. I hope the words paint a good picture attached to this video are photos I took of her playing.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3NdI9JLBqk

950

(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Jim your lyricism is top notch on this song.