Excellent collaboration of both  your talents with a positive message of encouragement. Musically and visually bang on.     

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(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.

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(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.     

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(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.

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

unclejoesband wrote:

I check in almost every day. I just don't have a lot to say. smile

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     

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(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.     

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

Phill Williams wrote:

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

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

TIGLJK wrote:

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.     

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(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.     

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(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 

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(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. 

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

Good one Grah.     

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.????     

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

Thank you Phill     

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(4 replies, posted in Poems)

A perfect song about  a person with a scary Elephant in the room inside their head erupting once their wound up and ready to rampage. But then again I see the side that stays hidden a volcano that can't quiet erupt. Is that a pressure cooker about to  explode or one about to gently let out its steam.????????? A gem of a song  be interested to hear what comes next Beamer. So far the first ten minutes writing it have been used well.

Jim  and Phill great job.  That song would fit into a musical show perfectly it has a show  stopper quality about it and a great message,.  First song written for your musical all you need now is a story line and some other songs.

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

TIGLJK wrote:

Pestle
Agreed
Phill is not only an excellent musician, but a true humanitarian that shares his talents

I’d be quite lost without his help

Hope you feel better soon

Cheers. Jim

Jim I must say that you are not only an excellent songwriter you are also a true humanitarian that shares his talents.     If you get a chance check out online a short poem by  New Zealand writer Joy Cowley "The Bridge" I think  it something you can relate to and possibly even get your students to have a look at..

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

Cheers Jim

It has been many months back since we have been in lockdown in this part of NZ. When we were in lockdown  being with Maree made it enjoyable for me. The photos are taken around the area of my home. The chickens belong to my friend Robert who lives about two minutes walk away. The horses belong to my grand niece and her mother. The apple tree is on the paddock next door. Phill made that song what it is by adding good lyrics to mine and also putting together a terrific backing track. Unfortunately I am not sure if my video does  justice to Phill’s  brilliant soundtrack, his sound engineering is well ahead of my video production ability. To me his arrangement is pure brilliance. People who know better than me have told me what he has done is something special on this one. The production values on it are outstanding and I feel humbled to be part of it. This is special in more ways than one as at this time I have not been very well and a bit muddled in my head and efforts to put things together. I appreciate your feedback thank you. Even in this reply I have to get Maree to help me as writing this has been an effort. I think Jim you would agree with me working with Phill is a real treat and privilege.

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

Hello Chordie, I would love to hear back from people out there on this one. I have been very unwell  recently and having this song project going  with Phill has uplifted me . Phill and I wrote this and he did the music and some of the lyric and I wrote the rest of the lyrics. This track to me the way Phill recorded it has a brilliant country rock feel to it, It would mean a lot to me to get some or any feed back on this track,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPBYt2f … rt_radio=1

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(3 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Scott listening to the soundcloud and reading your lyrics  I could imagine someone with a Alice Cooper type voice singing this song.

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(23 replies, posted in Poems)

Good one Brian your words put us inside how it felt for you to be in the spotlight for the first time.
Phill reading your excellent words above  made me think of what my mum said to me after me doing a party song on a karaoke at her village.
"Your no Elvis Presley thank God most the people here are deaf."  Not  sure if her words took the wind out  of my sails or kept my feet on the ground.

A good bit  of kit there Scott.     

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(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Kia ora Piri (Phill )
The long version of your name in Kiwi Maori is  Pirihi. Girls called Phillipa are named Piripia or Piri for short.
Cheers
Pedr     

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

I was involved in the print industry for most of my working life. Until today I had never heard the word Zinemaker. I read this article about a woman who works as a poet, writer and Zinemaker.  Anyway after looking it up I wonder if anyone on chordie is a Zinemaker?
A zine (/ziːn/ ZEEN; short for magazine or fanzine) is a small-circulation self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images, usually reproduced via a copy machine. Zines are the product of either a single person or of a very small group, and are popularly photocopied into physical prints for circulation. A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest. The term was coined in an October 1940 science fiction fanzine by Russ Chauvenet and popularized within science fiction fandom, entering the Oxford English Dictionary in 1949.

Slawn-che iss toin-che  ( Irish for health and wealth) to everyone on this Saint Patrick's Day.

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

Hallelujah Zurf that is good news.