This guy uses right hand palm muting (which I've never been a fan of): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ZOPqcjK8c
Cheers
Richard
1,102 2018-05-07 13:26:46
Re: Muffling All Strings, But...... (16 replies, posted in Acoustic)
If you mean you want to muffle the strings when you're singing - the best way to do this is with barre chords; I tend to keep my left hand slightly above the strings on the right hand strike (or plectrum strike) then push down when the strike has finished to kinda make the sound of the chord ... not sure if that's the sound you're after?
Cheers
Richard
1,103 2018-05-05 13:33:50
Re: SUGGESTIONS: JUNE 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH (4 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
King:
Dean Martin, Thats Amore: In Napoli where love is King when boy meets girl, here's what they say
Don McLean, American Pie: Oh, and while the King was looking down The jester stole his thorny crown
Hoyt Axton, Joy To the World: If I were the king of the world,
Jim Croce, Bad bad Leroy Brown: Yes, you were badder than old King Kong
Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah: The baffled king composing hallelujah
Lloyd Cole, A lost weekend: I was a king bee with a head full of attitude
Monty Python, Knights Of the Round Table: Arthur, King of the Britains: Oh, on second thought, let's not go to Camelot. Tis a
Neil Young, Hey Hey My My Into the Black: The king is gone but he's not forgotten
Rick Wakeman, Arthur: Arthur the king of all this land.
Rocky Horror Picture Show, Science Fiction Double Feature: Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong
Roger Miller, King Of the Road: I'm a ... man of means, by no means .... King of the Road
Tom Petty, Honey Bee: I'm the king of Pomona
Who, Pinball Wizard: The Bally table king
Queen:
Eagles, Desperado: Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
Gordon Lightfoot, If You Could Read My Mind: And enter number two, A movie queen to play the scene
Gordon Lightfoot, Sundown: She's bin lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream
Grateful Dead, Dire Wolf: I cut my deck to the queen of spades but the cards were all the same.
Janis Ian, At Seventeen: The rich relationed home town queen marries into what she needs
Led Zeppelin, Going To California: To find a queen without a king
Michael Jackson, Billy Jean: She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
Rolling Stones, Brown Sugar: I bet your mama was a tent show queen and all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
Sandi Thom, I Wish I Was Punk Rocker: And when God saved the Queen she turned a whiter shade of pale
Prince:
Spin Doctors, Two Princes: I know what a Prince and lover ought to be
Princess:
Stranglers, Princess: She's no lady, she's princess of the pack
Captain:
Leonard Cohen, Everybody Knows: Everybody knows the captain lied.
Neil Young, Captain Kennedy: And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy
Nena, 99 Luftballons: hielten sich fuer Captain Kirk das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk. Die
Cheers
Richard
1,104 2018-04-29 22:49:40
Re: Original songs posted to chordie (6 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
kitster wrote:
Hi
Thanks for the suggestions. I do have some hosted on chords-and-tabs.net but their site is limited as to what you can do with them, ie export to Dropbox, etc.
Kit
On Chordie, you can click the eye icon to see the song in it's chordpro format - then you can copy this and paste into a text editor of choice to save to DropBox ...
Cheers
Richard
1,105 2018-04-28 11:32:35
Re: Original songs posted to chordie (6 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I use OnSong for this purpose, and then download them onto my iPad; if your jamming friends have PC's, I'd suggest putting your songs onto a 'read only' folder on DropBox and then pointing an application like "SongSheet Generator" at that folder (works on both PC and Mac). Finally, if your friends are low tech (like mine!!) you can create song sheets in either application and print them out as PDF's ....
Hope that helps!!
Richard
1,106 2018-04-27 12:43:56
Re: Music production (3 replies, posted in Recording)
Thanks for these ...
1,107 2018-04-25 12:29:15
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Behind blue eyes (The Who): https://youtu.be/fzBBaERmxXw
1,108 2018-04-25 12:10:56
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Green, green grass of home (Claude "Curly" Putman, Jr.): https://youtu.be/IgFyhFEUskE
1,109 2018-04-24 06:41:52
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac or Santana): https://youtu.be/mfYjS2i0AFA
1,110 2018-04-24 06:37:27
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Fields of Gold (Sting): https://youtu.be/k6Ldl4sg_TQ
1,111 2018-04-23 13:24:01
Re: Having A Laugh With Music (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I'm lost for words 
1,112 2018-04-23 13:14:49
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Golden Brown (Stranglers): https://youtu.be/rrHRsqGBd1A
1,113 2018-04-23 13:11:15
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane): https://youtu.be/FBvmrA2i-6U
1,114 2018-04-23 11:57:58
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
easybeat wrote:
To support CSOM i`ve jammed a quickie,i`ll leave it online for a few days,
these fat fingers aren`t made for uke picking
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/tinkering
Sounded pretty good to me!!!
1,115 2018-04-23 11:45:29
Re: Power conditioners (4 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
That's a pretty good price, well done!!!
1,116 2018-04-22 13:49:49
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jandle wrote:
Neo .........what can I say! You once again covered so many, you amaze me. I always look forward to seeing what scenic background you are going to perform from
and I really liked the stream running behind as you sang and the kids playing in it. I noticed the slight variations on the filming eg Mellow Yellow had a slight yellow hue to it
Thanks for your kind words - I've got a few more for this month, but unfortunately just in the backyard ...
Cheers
Richard
1,117 2018-04-22 13:46:59
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Roger Guppy wrote:
Unfortunately the water noise is a little overpowering but by using headphones I was able to pick up the guitar work more clearly and you played that piece well. Good job.
Thanks - the problem with having a single mic is ... there is no mixing, which is both good and bad ... but thatnks for the feedback!!!
Cheers
Richard
1,118 2018-04-22 13:34:25
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
An original...
Misty Morning Blue (Richard Mortimer): https://youtu.be/P8-H5mYdyiI
I guess it's worth noting I have a bunch of original instrumentals which are more "electronic" based, which sit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRpniJY … gbVq3hXI2E
1,119 2018-04-22 13:24:56
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree (Tony Orlando): https://youtu.be/4WtbWvcBluM
1,120 2018-04-22 03:15:08
Re: SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE FSOTM (21 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Songs that mention royalty (King, Queen, Prince, Princess) in any context ...
1,121 2018-04-22 03:13:36
Re: New Amp Day (21 replies, posted in Electric)
These are good amps, congrats on the purchase!!
1,122 2018-04-22 03:09:22
Re: New/Need Encouragement! (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Stick around, you'll get lots of encouragement here ... pop over to the FSOTM section of the forum, always good to learn new songs!!
Welcome aboard (even though you've been here for a while), and look forward to progress reports!!
Cheers
Richard
1,123 2018-04-22 03:06:21
Re: What do you take to a gig? (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I haven't gigged in a while, but I always made sure I had a soldering iron on hand ...
These days I'd take my iPad and iPad stand, as I've moved most of my songs on there (thanks Chordie!!)
Cheers
Richard
1,124 2018-04-21 23:12:27
Re: Quick Update (1 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Glad to hear you are getting the "right: stuff; I hope it does the right job (my personal experience has been that some drugs don't provide the right one).
Good on Classical Guitar for providing you with a tune that brings you such enjoyment!!!
Stay well to the both of you.
Cheers
Richard
1,125 2018-04-21 14:13:23
Re: APRIL 2018 FSOTM - COLORS - INSTRUMENTAL (53 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
I forgot I recorded this ... the instrumental "Blue Bossa", which is kinda like some noodling on guitar, added the lead bits in today with my old Jazz guitar. It's a bit scrappy (my lead is way out of practice!!!), but hopefully sounds ok:
Cheers
Richard