1,001 Reply by neophytte

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

Phill Williams wrote:

soooo true, but still too close ha ha ha

I guess the internet (and associated technologies) has made the world a smaller place ....     

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1,002 Reply by neophytte

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

Phill Williams wrote:

Thank you Richard, high praise indeed.
Can you pop round and say hi to Paul, my son who lives in Mandurah? Lol

Just checked- that's about a 200km round trip .... yikes   

But I'm guessing it's closer than you ... smile

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1,003 Reply by neophytte

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

Roger Guppy wrote:

Well that went down like a lead balloon. I wonder if 'Love Is All Around' will fare better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzF3U1IXLaY
Roger

I enjoyed this one a lot!! I was curious what software you're using to record it, because it sounds pretty good ... I'm going to have a try at this one later this month (although time is already running out!!!).

Cheers

Richard     

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1,004 Reply by neophytte

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

Roger Guppy wrote:

Here is the YouTube link to the lullably "Hush A Bye" I have just uploaded:
https://youtu.be/4Vmj5ugiq8M
Roger

That was pretty good - enjoyed the pictures of (your?) dog smile Are you using a harpsichord in the background?

Cheers

Richard     

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1,005 Reply by neophytte

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

As a regular user of the site, I've got to say this is probably the most confusing aspect of the songs ... and since I've found it, I generally find #2 or #3 are better than the first one offered - is there any way we can push up the ratings so the 'best' song appears in the first position, or are these ratings pulled from the external sites?

Also wonder whether it might be worth having a "?" in that panel and some "hover help" as I've seen this question asked a few times, and wonder how many people don't login to the forums and ask the question (thus go to another site) ....

Cheers

Richard     

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1,006 Reply by neophytte

(2 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

RIP sad     

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1,007 Reply by neophytte

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

That is excellent!! I'm at work at the moment, and can't log into YT - I'll try to leave a comment and like tonight ...

Cheers

Richard     

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1,008 Reply by neophytte

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

That sounded pretty good for an "iPhone at rehearsal" video!!! Enjoy!!     

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1,009 Reply by neophytte

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

joeyjoeyjoey wrote:
neophytte wrote:

Do you have an ETA on the replacement??

2 weeks.

That sucks, but better than not getting a replacement ...     

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1,010 Reply by neophytte

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

Do you have an ETA on the replacement??     

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1,011 Reply by neophytte

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

ctech wrote:

SCIENCE CONFIRMS THAT SONGWRITING IS GOOD FOR YOU

Whilst I'd like to believe it, because I'm starting to write again, I have to ask the question - do you have a source??

BTW, found this whilst looking for the source: Science Proves: Pop Music Has Actually Gotten Worse     

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1,012 Reply by neophytte

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

Strummerboy Bill wrote:

If nothing else, at least they got a few "mentions", and that won't hurt their feelings, I'm sure. wink

Any publicity is good publicity ...

I've bought some smaller items from SweetWater, because the time/cost to ship from the US is almost the same as getting it from our East Coast!! But now our government have decided to slap GST on _every_ item bought from overseas - I can see myself looking harder at both local stores and Eastern States stores, although the cost of purchasing will probably include GST markup, so the only one who win are the government!! Previously items under $au1000 for personal use were tax-exempt.

We get the poor end of the stick down under; a couple of years ago I bought a PRS SE online from America for $us700 - can't remember the exact figure, but it came to about $au950 including postage from a USA online shop, in the local shops it was $au1400.

Today, (with the different excange rate) the guitar itself would come to $au985 + shipping, which would then push it into cost + shipping + GST + import tax + import tax assessment. By my calculations it would make it about $au1450.

Bleh ...     

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1,013 Reply by neophytte

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

Do we know who will be willing to be challenged? I'll put my hand up ... 

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1,014 Reply by neophytte

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

Ouch, hope you are ok now ... 

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1,015 Reply by neophytte

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

For the desktop I like SongSheet Generator: http://tenbyten.com/software/songsgen/

It's donationware (works without donation) and runs on multiple platforms ... 

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1,016 Reply by neophytte

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

I woke up to this news today, sad, but he had a good innings (82) ... my memories of childhood have him in "Smokey and the bandit", and "Cannonball Run" - two movies that entrenched my love of cars .... RIP 

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1,017 Reply by neophytte

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

Good luck with rebuilding those callouses ... 

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1,018 Reply by neophytte

(42 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

This guy does "Shine on you crazy Diamond" on acoustic guitar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wukNgS4oCYM 

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1,019 Reply by neophytte

(4 replies, posted in Music theory)

Not sure if this will be any help, but when I'm writing out my song sheets (in ChordPro format), I generally use the 'define' function to add obscure chord fingering or voicing, so for example the D9no5 at the fifth fret would be: 

{define: D9no5@3 base-fret 3 frets x 3 2 3 1 0 }


which should draw the correct chord format.

You can read more at the ChordPro site: https://www.chordpro.org/chordpro/Direc … efine.html

I've also written a little on-line app to help with the chords: http://neophytte.mine.nu/chord/

I'm also not sure if the Chordie site 'respects' defines (I generally write the songfiles for my local applications; Song Sheet Generator on the Mac/PC and OnSong on the iPad).

Hope that wasn't too off-topic, and it helps ....

Cheers

Richard 

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1,020 Reply by neophytte

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

Jandle wrote:

Thanks to Peatle and mojo for taking the time to have a listen  and comments smile

I had a listen, but forgot to comment!!! 

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1,021 Reply by neophytte

(14 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Tenement Funster wrote:
neophytte wrote:

"dudded" in the context of the comment is when the woman won't allow the man access to the children, urban dictionary says "swindled, rooked, done": https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dudded - it's probably Australian slang ...

Cheers

Richard

Slang and dialects have been a life-long fascination of mine. Every language has them, but English is so wide-spread around the globe that it seems to have many more variations .. all of them very interesting and enjoyable.

Strewth, we've got enough slang to take you beyond the black stump and back .... !!!

smile

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1,022 Reply by neophytte

(14 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Strummerboy Bill wrote:

Richard, I had never heard of these guys before and will make it a point to look them up as I like their sound very much. What does "dudded" mean? (I read that in the comments below the video).

Here's their Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weddings_Parties_Anything

"dudded" in the context of the comment is when the woman won't allow the man access to the children, urban dictionary says "swindled, rooked, done": https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dudded - it's probably Australian slang ...

Cheers

Richard 

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1,023 Reply by neophytte

(14 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

There's also this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYKNqftCkSQ 

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1,024 Reply by neophytte

(14 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Oh, and it's Fathers day in Australia, so happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there!!!

Cheers

Richard 

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1,025 Reply by neophytte

(14 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

easybeat wrote:

Neo
haven`t heard anything new from you for a while.

Sorry guys, been pretty busy - I've been trying to get a couple of songs in the FSOTM section of the forum, but I'm even struggling to get time to do that ... time will hopefully get a bit free-er later in the year smile

Cheers

Richard 

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