76 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

Anything  go's heres  one    from todays  gig in Lancaster  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCzM4ZV9fr8
and  one  from 10yrs  ago  for  Richard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkicwMwuCPo

The newer one was pretty good (had a good sound for what looks like a phone only video), but the pub looks pretty empty ...

For the older one, were you using backing tapes or a looper??

I was chatting with someone the other day and I'd forgotten I'd put this up a while ago from 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVnirXS … ;index=108

Cheers

Richard     

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77 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:
neophytte wrote:

To get things going, here are a couple of my songs some friends and I worked on:

Spider in a tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf7lwfmfNFM

Today is the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrtarwVX1c

Enjoy

Richard

I loved both of these neophytte.  You nailed them both.  The spider one we have heard b4 and I enjoyed it just as much as the first time, probably more.  In both, the visual ambience added to them.   What were you using on the second song to change the vocals?  What camera are you using to film as it scans around the room?  Very affective and adds to the total performance.

Thanks!! A while ago I traded my Zoom R24 recorder up to a Zoom L-12 recorder (you can see it on the desk in front of me in a few songs), which allows me to record tracks individually - so the guitar is on one track, the vocals on one track, the keyboards on one track - then I run it through Logic and tweak each track and balance everything out. It's a bit of a process, but something I enjoy playing around with ...
https://zoomcorp.com/media/original_images/L12_top.png.768x0_q60.png

For the video, I've just got two iPhones on stands; when I've completed the audio as above, I drop that and the two iPhone videos into iMovie and use some Ken Burns effects and cross blur and things like that ... it's another thing that you get better at the more you use it. 

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Richard     

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78 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

well you said anything goes ,so here it is.
ive made heaps of mistakes on purpose so know one will think its Ai.
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/370-govt-man

That was pretty good, in a lot of places your guitar playing seems to me to be better than I remember .. more confident and solid!

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79 Reply by neophytte

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That was pretty good; if you come back you should post up to the FSotM thread:

https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=40486

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Richard     

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80 Reply by neophytte

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I got:

    selection
    security
    available
    funeral

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81 Reply by neophytte

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To get things going, here are a couple of my songs some friends and I worked on:

Spider in a tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf7lwfmfNFM

Today is the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrtarwVX1c

Enjoy

Richard     

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82 Topic by neophytte

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For November 2025 suggestions you'll need to follow these steps:

    1) Got to https://randomwordgenerator.com/

    2) Generate 4 random words

    3) Put those words in our topic here!

Note you don't need to pick the four in the first generation, any four will do!! (ie you can cheat to add words you'd like to see wink )

Look forward to reading what you all RANDOMLY SUGGEST.

READY ... SET ... GO!!! 

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83 Topic by neophytte

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Anything goes month, so anything goes!!! We had an extensive list of suggestions over in the suggestions topic, you can do any of those, or anything you desire.

I'm personally looking forward to @Grah1 doing "Another girl, another planet", but you can do anything ... so tighten those strings back into tune, give a burst of air to your tuning pipes, and let's get cracking:

Ready, set ... GO!! 

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84 Reply by neophytte

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Good tune - I understand your sentiment, but disagree with the line "firing a bullet is a sin", as my brother has a farm in the rural areas; sometimes a shot gets fired to scare the foxes away ... anyway, dropped you a like on YouTube!

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Richard     

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85 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Bit quiet with entries this month anyone else got one of their performances to share?

Yes, it's been a bit quiet ... !!

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Richard     

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86 Reply by neophytte

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Thanks all - it's a fun little song to play ....

Cheers

Richard     

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87 Topic by neophytte

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Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf7lwfmfNFM

Enjoy!

Richard 

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88 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

Good  covers  Richard

Thanks!

Richard     

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89 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:
neophytte wrote:

Love will tear us apart (cover) Joy Division:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1eOcaMGK9U

Tiny Dancer (cover) Elton John:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsBM8OOadE

Cheers

Richard

neophytte, Tiny Dancer, nicely done, good performance by you, so well done.
The other song "Love will tear us apart", I hadn't heard of before, so I went and had a look at the original song as well.

Thanks for listening in!

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Richard     

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90 Reply by neophytte

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Love will tear us apart (cover) Joy Division:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1eOcaMGK9U

Tiny Dancer (cover) Elton John:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsBM8OOadE

Cheers

Richard

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91 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

Paula   Abdul   Straight  up  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4-ttD5 … rt_radio=1     
            metal  version   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhAbSfE … rt_radio=1
            Me  and  band  mates  from GB  Blues   doing   an  improvised  version in a    Greek  taverna   Much  raki   involved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lku6OnlEWek

Nice pop song, always good to see Paula Abdul! Was a fun version with your friends, glad you caught it on camera!!

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Richard     

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92 Topic by neophytte

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Because I'm feeling lazy, I'm going to open October 2025 up to anything you would like, please feel free to suggest ... ANYTHING!! 

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93 Topic by neophytte

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II's the first day os Spring here in the southern hemisphere, and possibly the first day of Autumn in the north, and e are looking for entries related to Pop Music; whenever I hear that phrase, my head goes back to that big record with the "M" on that says "everybody loves Pop music" ... 

https://i.discogs.com/SoSsM4rcbqJa2oK8_8IzFc27eplnqoCpkj-ZjuqSbWo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:588/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ2ODU0/ODktMTQ3MDkzNDU5/OC00ODYxLmpwZWc.jpeg 

Examples of POP artists would be, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Elton John, The Beatles, Bing Crosby to name but a few.

So, feel free to post your POP song or write an original POP song. 

READY, SET, GO!!! 

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94 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

Rocks along nicely

Thanks! Next recording session we hope to have a dummer and bass player join us ....

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95 Reply by neophytte

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neophytte wrote:
Jandle wrote:

neophytte, LOVED IT!!!  that was awesome to watch, very impressive.  Why aren't you playing BLUES more often?

Thanks! I'm writing a song around it ... but haven't got all the lyrics down yet ... content for a blues song has (pretty much) all been done before!!

Cheers

Richard

Kinda finished that song:

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

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96 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Well done Richard, Jazz is hard to play (well at least for me).  Great how you did both parts.  Congrats for being first to post on here this month.  On a different note, that wee child falling over on the rocks, ouchies.

Thanks ... this was a song that my guitar teacher taught me many years ago and I've kept going as it's a good tune to "play jazz" with ...

Hard to believe that kid falling over is starting high school in a few months!!

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Richard     

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97 Reply by neophytte

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Blue Bossa, a jazz standard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4OE4PJV-Ks

I recorded the first part near the waterfall at Araluen, then did the lead on the red guitar at home ...

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Richard     

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98 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/dry-july
just banged this one out,its a bit rougher than usual be warned
made without the aid of alcohol

That sounds like it was a fun tune to write!! Sorry I missed your reply before ...

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Richard     

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99 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Here are my very late entries and probably first entries in over a year.  I will check SoundCloud myself actually to see when I last put anything up.  Anyway, what I am realizing is, "Use it or Lose it".  That goes for anything including anything musical, instruments, singing.   I am quite surprised how the vocals slacken, and the strum become just that, strum, strum, strum if you don't keep practicing or playing. 

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/my-elusive-dreams # country

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/littl … rinking-me  #country/pop

Yes, I've discovered that too - practice is key to sounding half decent ... anyway, they were two good songs!!

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100 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

The banjo gave it a completely different effect Richard, nice to see something different with a well known song.

Thanks - it was a while ago ... !!

Jandle wrote:

That was really good Richard, this version was great.  I think whenever we have accompanying musicians play with us, our performances go way up, simply because the other instruments make a big difference.   Awesome. 
PS:  On a completely unrelated topic, I like the decor in his house, I kept staring at it, very nice.  Loved the sign with the names on it, like road signs.

Thanks - I'll give him the feedback, I'm sure his wife will be pleased!! smile

Cheers

Richard     

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