Jim and Phill thank you for taking time to check out my video. I appreciate your feedback and kind words. The cloud shots were taken over a period of fifteen minutes with my phone from the veranda at home of the same spot on the ridge of Mount Kau kau using different lens magnification.. I think the images were most probably the best part of the video. The poem story side doesn't necessary fit what would be a standard modern rhyming way of poetry. The song is something I might work on at a future date as a song for young kids.
952 2021-04-15 20:17:12
Topic: Last Light Reflections (26 replies, posted in Poems)
For a small part of my childhood I lived with my family in Fiji my mothers country of birth. I use to love how the old Fijian people some of them my relatives would use things in nature to impart their philosophy’s on life or use the environment as a way of uplifting peoples spirits when life was going wrong. Often the story would be told in a poetic form with a little song to finish what was told. So rather than write this poem down you will have to listen to it if your interested as writing it down takes away from the oral tradition. It is how they would have told us a poetic story extending that thought every cloud has a silver lining. So for this one using English language I have become a Fijian elder and story teller from my childhood. The setting for this one is here in Wellington New Zealand starting at the Cook Strait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QPmuoJWudw
953 2021-04-14 20:44:57
Re: Death Rider w/ Jets addition (3 replies, posted in Poems)
Good one Beamer and reading what both you and Jim written above got me thinking of this piece of Shakespeare writing below. To me Shakespeare is saying a healthy irreverence to death is not a profane attack on a dead soul. It is a celebration of a life well lived and going out bold.
We should profane the service of the dead,
To sing a requiem and such rest to her
As to peace-parted souls.
954 2021-04-12 08:08:46
Re: Malcom (3 replies, posted in Poems)
Cheers Piri and Hemi thank you for your good comments. Jim , Hemi is your name in our local indigenous language.
All the best to you guys.
Pedr (my name in Welsh)
955 2021-04-11 22:05:38
Topic: Malcom (3 replies, posted in Poems)
This is a poem I wrote about a friend and old neighbour of my mother and someone who my sister regularly went to lunch with, who I knew and talked with a little bit. I wrote it when I wasn't very well and unable to attend his funeral so I watched it on live stream. Rather than have this poem never seen by anyone and have it disappear I decided I would put it on here. There were only twenty people at his funeral. He was a person who did alot for tram and rail societies in our area of NZ. He had some strange quirks and collected and hoarded a huge amount around his interest which have now being gratefully accepted my museums. He had this strange quirk every time he brought a book or magazine or anything with public transport he would buy two, one to use and one never to be opened or used and put in his collection in their packets unopened. Sometimes I think I know people when I don't. At his funeral they spoke about his many talents and aspects of his life that many including me didn't know about.
Malcom
I’m watching your funeral on live stream.
Sorry I couldn’t be there on the team.
My heads a mess.
I’m not that well dressed.
The meds putting me to the test.
Your life story is talked about.
On a screen in front of me.
I see your coffin.
I say thank God that’s not me.
The computer feels like I’m watching TV.
This reality its you not me.
The speaker making up the trinity.
I thought I knew your life.
You were sort of strange never found a wife.
To share your life.
Trains , buses, trams, steam engines fascinated you.
Public transport a passion for you.
I know it’s not true.
Many things I thought of you.
Your life was more and you paid your dues.
I’m feeling confused.
Wondering why you never made the news.
Right click computer camera turns around.
Not many people sitting in the pews.
After I will have a cup of tea.
I don’t think I will turn on the radio or TV.
It’s all bad news.
Don’t need a world view.
Just want to know about a few who do what they do.
That lady saying Malcom I love you.
I wish the world had more people like you.
They carry you out.
They empty the pews.
I thank God I learnt something new.
I’m drinking tea with my Maree.
I’m talking of you.
With a different point of view.
My feet hit the bathroom floor.
I have a shave.
I had my little private rave.
I got to face the day.
Get dressed up.
Go for a walk.
I pace it away.
Sun on my face
To clear my head and make my day.
Wondering If I will ever see you Malcom.
On some other day.
An ambulance flies past.
I’m glad its not for me.
Will I see you in eternity.
956 2021-04-11 21:58:43
Re: Covid: The Missing Years (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Peatle
Yes 23 skidoo has a lot of meanings that kind of revolve around getting out of some place. some say it's used to also to quickly leave because it's dangerous.
My reference is just let's go - let's move on from covid
Their is actually a lot of controversy as to how it came about - many claiming fame to it's origin.
John Prine is amazing- as a song writer and as a performer.He was in the military and worked as a mailman for 6 years before he got his break.LOL the cigarette- he is also chewing gum !
Sure wish I could have hung out with him for just a couple of hours, it would've been unforgettable I'm sure.
That would be a good chordie question - If you could spend an evening hanging out with any musician past or present - who would it be ?Thanks for taking a look
Cheers
Jim
Jim
I like your question suggestion for chordie . A man who has always fascinated me as a person is Johnny Cash I would love to spend and evening hanging out with him..
Thank you for putting up a brilliant entertaining piece of song writing and a post up that helped me learn new things.
cheers
Pete
957 2021-04-11 07:57:33
Re: Covid: The Missing Years (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Jim, this is the first time I have heard seen John Prine do that song very clever on lots of levels. That was very entertaining. We wouldn't see that today a recording artist appearing on stage with a cigarette. Remember old Dean Martin lighting up one cigarette after another on his TV show. Back to your song very clever and having watched the video I now can get the 23 skidoo reference. Does the word skidoo have another meaning or is that a place name????? Though I I see it is written without a Capital S. Just looked it up on the interweb and it says it is an American slang word meaning forced to leave. So I guess in a sentence it would be used like this, "I was made to skidoo after getting behind in my rent".
958 2021-04-09 23:52:50
Re: Desire (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Beamer I dig those lyrics and with a singer, drummer and bass player added to your video it would get the place going. Many a man will have memories of ladies like that. Ones from their wild young years when settling down wasn't on the horizon.
959 2021-04-09 05:11:41
Re: Garcias Glasses Demo (5 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Good one Grah about thirty minutes back I was dropped of at home after listening to Lou Reed Transformer album being played through the car sound system by my friend who is also a Jerry Garcia fan. That helped me get two of them maybe??.Though I have a person sitting next to me saying Garcias Glasses is a reference for something else. Some clever song references in there some I got some others I wiIl have to think about. I like your song and the thinking challenge behind it.
960 2021-04-08 20:47:10
Re: Ship of life video by Jim Kenyon (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Grah, that is a thinking song which can be interpreted by the listener in many ways about the many aspects of the human story, the ups and downs of life on this planet. Jim is a video maker extraordinaire everything fits perfectly and at the right time around your song. Gentlemen I salute your talents on this perfect collaboration.
961 2021-04-06 22:24:32
Re: Chordie Thoughts. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Neo, thank you for dropping in great to hear from you. It good to see you are now doing live performance I watched your recent one at the Merriwa Acoustic club on youtube. That link you provide on your post here is very interesting. I hope what it was saying about social media dividing, compartmentalizing society doesn’t become an out-of-control monster. As the article stated social media becoming the opposite anti-social media. I find it very sad that young people here in NZ are becoming increasingly addicted to their smart mobile devices. They interact with their smartphones more than each other when out together. I guess in ten years people will be experiencing social media through virtual reality, such as augmented reality glasses. The lines between real life and social media will blur. And within that experience, we’ll be more inundated than ever with advertising-related intrusions. It can’t be good for people's mental health.
Phill, not only do I consider you a good friend the way you also share your magic talents and time with folk like me on chordie is very respected and an inspirational. You are a shinning light not only to me but also the many others on here. I am not into many web sites I do have a facebook account which is there mainly for my young contacts but its not a regular thing with me though I did use it a lot when NZ was in lockdown for a while.
Beamer, I am sorry to hear we have lost Amy from chordie. Like you I have tried to get people onto chordie but it hasn’t been for them. Interestingly when Easybeat introduced me to chordie about six years ago I initially thought this won't work for me. After a real short while I discovered a cool community of people that keeps me coming back. Full credit to Easybeat as he got me putting stuff on SoundCloud and YouTube. I actually only started fiddling around with music again after a break of thirty plus years when Eb brought me a guitar about six years back. Though I had played my Maree’s piano and sung badly sometimes for my family at functions. I am not trained in music so music theory is something that tends fly over my head. Thank you Eb and chordie for getting my creative music juices going. I got another couple of mates who push me along with music but so far, I haven’t been able to get them onto chordie.
Dirty Ed, your posts have always been interesting and of great value to me. You have a excellent way of getting me to think about music in different ways which I appreciate. It would be good if the younger generation could rediscover this style of communication.
It is a beautiful sunny Autumn Wednesday morning here time to head out into nature and the community I live in. I have enjoyed everyone's posts.
962 2021-04-06 05:55:53
Re: Chordie Thoughts. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Cheers Phill thank you for enlightening me on Spammers I didn’t realise these Vermin of cyberspace were doing it for money. They use to sell a product here in shops from America called Spam. It was a tin meat product that people used in sandwiches a product I don’t see around today. Another thing in the same vein when butcher shops were everywhere they made and sold brawn. People like my fathers parents had it on sandwiches. Opps sorry I have seque to another topic.
Zurf I didn’t realise there was previous tension in our chordie community with each other and also the Moderators and the people. There is no need for members to treat each other with rude and foul treatment so that is good that you have brought that out into the open, even though you don’t want to pursue the subject any further. Moving forward I hope that sort of thing is now in the past and our good Moderators have a handle on not being too heavy handed or controlling while respecting people. I know at one stage there was a bit of a minority musical puritan element on here that felt that any banter outside the discussion of music was unnecessary. They no longer post on here those people. So I did have a past moderator tell me that people on here were not interested in my side-line banter and to focus on the music. I didn’t take offence at the time but I did feel that part of the enjoyment of chordie is also learning about people and different life’s on here. Just like sitting around a campfire playing music and enjoying each other's company. . Aside from that one discussion I don’t think I have had any conflict but if I did it is all in the spirit of respectful debate.
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Beamer you have a good point this site demographic recently has been older men . Where are the ladies and younger people not here? People like me tend to be out of touch with the modern world though I am not saying, because I am like that everyone else is on here. The fact that chordie is family friendly means it is not going to appeal to everyone who are a bit more into the modern culture and way of expression. That to me part of the charm of this site is the way one has to deliberately put on ones thinking cap on to put thoughts and music across. Though it is sad we are not attracting new input, chordie does have something special and unique. Maybe we are an old-style institution sailing into the sunset disappearing out of sight of this modern world soon to be a charming piece of history. To me it would be great to get some more diversity on here but also retain that family value and I myself have no idea how that would happen. This discussion has been real good.
Grah your post tells it good chordie in its own way gives a lot to people like me.
UJB good one playing for six hours is a good work out. I agree with you modern tech has changed people's expectations and it is most probably making people more impatient if something doesn’t happen at a press of a button.
Mojo One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer. if it is good enough John Lee Hooker or George Thorogood it might do the trick for me also.
963 2021-04-05 10:38:53
Re: Song Phill worked his magic on,and recorded for me is now on YouTube (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Excellent collaboration of both your talents with a positive message of encouragement. Musically and visually bang on.
964 2021-04-04 23:07:25
Re: Chordie Thoughts. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Russell being a young man in my head myself with an old mans body and breathing problems it sucks but the good thing is we don't let it stop us enjoying life. I walk about a hundred yard and I have to take a breather took me a while to get my head around my old body but all good as I feel my life is good. Man your playing is real cool and the videos you make I enjoy hearing and seeing you putting the music out on the interweb. Keep on rocking that guitar brother.
965 2021-04-04 22:56:28
Re: I'm on the radio (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I just remembered you were on the radio and fortunately it was ten to ten am your time. So tuned in just as he presented your song and played it. He mentioned it was the electric version so I am guessing you did a straight folk version of it also. It is a clever anti war song I enjoyed it. Not sure if you were on earlier but I caught the last ten minutes of the show.
966 2021-04-04 07:20:18
Re: Chordie Thoughts. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Cheers Grah I have never figured out what the spammers are trying to achieve or what the point of their silly game is. With many people around the world in lockdown over ther last year, I was thinking people would have had more internet time but maybe not. I am sure chordie has a bigger potential to get people sharing ideas but most probably it is a thing of people not perceiving that. I am not sure how one would get more people to look in and post.
967 2021-04-03 21:56:45
Re: Chordie Thoughts. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I check in almost every day. I just don't have a lot to say.
Hi UJB
how's it going I enjoyed watching the videos with you and your friend playing guitar and singing. Are you and him still playing music together?????
Good to see your still around.
Pete
968 2021-04-03 04:00:34
Re: Good Friday (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Cheers Jim and Phill the bit you missed is when I switched of the laptop camera my Maree shouting out "I've had enough of your terrible noise." Glad you guys found something of interest with my off the cuff ranting and odd bits of random guitar noodling. " Just brought up the file before I had a look at it and listen then thought what was I thinking. Rainy weather does strange things to a man. At least I got to wish you all a Happy Easter.
969 2021-04-03 03:45:41
Re: Chordie Thoughts. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Kia ora Pedr. Bet you can't guess who this is?
It's an awful shame that more strummers, beaters and plonkers (keyboards players) not to mention writers and composers can't up date their profile here as they do on face book etc?
Glad to know Pete has updated his profile to tell us he's feeling a little better. As for myself...the sun is shining, the day is warm and I managed to sleep until 11am. Only down side, Ann wants me to take her shopping!Piri
Iechyd da! Piri
I know what you mean about shopping. Maree has a Black Belt in shopping. When I do shop with "She Who Must Be Obeyed" it does buy me brownie points for any misdemeanors that I have committed. Apart from going to a good music shop which I enjoy shopping to me is a bit of a chore. Though garden centers and hardware stores are ok when I have something in mind that I want. Saturday sun shinning here today tomorrow NZ moves its clocks back one hour. Winter first official day here is June the 1st. At the moment this is our Autumn.
Ka kiti ano
Pedr
970 2021-04-03 03:25:11
Re: Chordie Thoughts. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Peatle
Agreed.
In fact I was excited today to see the post by Strummerboy Bill - but alas it was just a newbie replying to an old post of his.
I was thinking the other day about a couple of the girls that used to be here regularly - Kiki Jan, Mekidsmom, (Amy)
They come to my thoughts often.Thanks for the reminder.
Jim
Cheers Jim
I miss Bill he use to email me I haven't heard from him since last year. He is truly a Legend of Chordie I hope him and Dondra are okay. Mekidsmom and many others seemed to have disappeared. I miss the female input on here . I think Easybeat still has contact with Kiki Jan but I haven't heard from her for a while.
I suppose also with Covid things have changed for the chordie group over in the USA. I remember you guys use to get together. I think it was called it Chordiestock.
Thank you it got me doing a reminisce.
971 2021-04-02 10:22:49
Re: Chordie Thoughts. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Cheers everyone thank you for your feedback it is good to know your still out there looking in. I can't really say I am the best at this as my internet habits are erratic. I check my emails most days but when it comes to websites I sometimes don't look in for weeks on end. I try and check out chordie at least once a week., With my health picking up especially in the last 24 hours now they have reduced my meds from today and our winter coming up I will most probably check in more often.
972 2021-04-02 07:14:41
Topic: Good Friday (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Just a short Good Friday Easter Greeting while noodling around on my guitar. I will take it down after a couple of days. Hope you all are having a safe and Happy Easter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bxmouqhlbs
973 2021-04-01 22:52:58
Topic: Chordie Thoughts. (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I have been thinking about chordie today and wondering where the old community has gone. When I was introduced to chordie about six years ago there was lots of people posting. Now we seem to be down to just a few. This leads me to the question are the people who view these posts just passing by observers or chordies who feel like they have nothing more to offer?? Even posting this I feel like I’m posting to an empty void in space where I am talking to myself rather than an audience. Feedback please.
974 2021-04-01 19:43:33
Re: I'm on the radio (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Good one Grah.
975 2021-04-01 19:41:24
Re: New here, songmaker and old performer coming back (2 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I just want to say welcome Sana to Chordie. I love to know when you describe yourself as a performer does that mean your a singer and a music player and were you involved in other aspects of show.????