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(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

nice words  jeff

The  first  minute  of  this  you tube  vid  contains   a  couple  of  clips of  Cindy  Scholl and  myself   from last nights  set  filmed  by  Sitia  tv ,the  remainder covers  some  of  Cretan  classical   guitarist Nikos Karamalakis set who  also  played  at  this  event .There  is  some  footage  from GBs  set  but  I  haven't  received it  yet .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94YSYIaZm9s

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

this is great   I  love  it .

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(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Very nice  production  well done  with  this .

Thanks dino I'll check it on the pc later

We had a blast tonight ,great crowd  plus sitia tv turned up and filmed some of it.Awsome!!

First time ever GB play acoustic in Sitia at the town square .
Although Brian and I have done acoustic sets as a duo over the years this will be the first performance with the rest of the guys unplugged ,featuring Stefanos on lead guitar and Nikos on kajon .Last nights rehearsal was amazing .The gig starts at 8,30 and will also feature Boston born flautist Cindy Scholl and a variety of other local talent.

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(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This could become an anthem for the buskers in Camden who are getting a bad time off the council at the moment.For those who dont know Camden council are making it illegal to busk unlicensed there is curently a movement against this. If any one wants more details pm me and I'll forward a link

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Good words Scott but songs about nuns become habit forming

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

very  professional  sound  phil really  well  mixed and  played  ,itoo  would  like  to  hear lyrics   with  it  but even as an instrumental  its  great.

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(28 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Check also the post from last week about strap locks as doug says dont end up juggling

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(9 replies, posted in Electric)

only  problem I  found  with the  elixirs is  they  take  a  little  time  to  bed in but  as  I  said  I  have  had  the  same  set  on my tele  2 yrs now and  I  really  hammer  it    they  still  sound  good .

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(9 replies, posted in Electric)

Yeah I have elixir on my Tele  they have been on 2 years and I can't bring my self to change them.I thought they were causing excessive fret wear but it hasn't got any worse.I have gives this guitar regularly over this period and it still sounds the same as it did once the strings settled.

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(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Further to  Dinos  comment   maybe  use  a  capo  then  the  same  three  chords  become  three different  ones, example  E major played with  the  capo on the  third  fret   becomes  G major  this  may  help to  get in the  same  key  as  your  voice  if  you  need  to .Also  try  a  lighter  pick the  strum pattern sounds  a little  heavy .Well done  with the  lyrics ,will you publish it  on here  ?

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(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Something   a  bit  different  now  from what  I've  been posting ,Wrote  this  for  the band  as  a  loose  blues  jam that  we  can  improvise  over  Its a bit  of  a  funky  Hendrixesque  thing .

Evolution – Revolution
Graham Windle
©30/08/2014 all rights reserved

Bass walk up E to A through out
E7#9 funky Hendrix type rhythm

Sittin here waitin for some action
on my own cant get no reaction
don’t know why theres no satisfaction
might as well go join another faction

Chorus x2
Ad lib using these phrases

You cant see just what’s in store
you cant see the future
you cant see what’s in store
might be revolution
might be evolution

From the south there’s a warm wind blowin
in the north I bet that its snowing
in the mountains there’s a dark cloud growing
in the valley, rivers overflowing.

Chorus x2

Ad lib using these phrases

You cant see just what’s in store
you cant see the future
you cant see what’s in store
might be revolution
might be evolution

I keep on talkin but you don’t hear me
Tho my words all come out clearly
now and again you just say really
pay some attention then you can feel me

Chorus x2 solo and  ad lib

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

Big round of applause  for the youth of Sitia and Agios Nicolas for organising two events to raise money for medicines to be sent to Gaza
In a world full of death and destruction it's good to see a bunch of kids doing something positive.
The first event took place last week at the hight of the holiday  season in Agios Nicolas the next Will be on the 6 th of Sept in Sitia .
Good work guys

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(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Brilliant    I  love  the  lyrics  and  the  feel of  this  song   ,cant  wait  for  a  recording .

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(2 replies, posted in Songwriting)

WARNING !!! Don't  play  this  if you are  easily  offended  contains strong language .This  is  the  finished  version of  my  poem   Slaughter of  innocents  which does  contain offensive  language  for  the  reasons  explained  in the  poem thread .

Mods   if  you  think this  inappropriate please  delete I  understand .

https://soundcloud.com/graham-windle/sl … -innocents

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(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Rough  demo  of prescription blues

https://soundcloud.com/graham-windle/prescription-blues

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(4 replies, posted in Recording)

its back and  working now   no problems  , lets  see  how  long  it  lasts

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(4 replies, posted in Recording)

Any  one  having  problems  uploading  at  the  moment .I  have  found that  since  I  got  my  new  computer  (windows  8 )that I  had  to  use  the  old  uploader  on sound  cloud  which worked  fine ,however  this  week it  seems  to  have  disappeared  completely   and  while  the  new uploader    seems  to    do its  job  ie you  drag  and  drop  your  files  onto the  blank  page  it  shows  ,then it  tells   you  its  uploading  ,but  no  save  button appears   so  you  cant  complete  the  upload  at  the  end .
I've written to  sound  cloud  about  it ( n0 reply) and  gone  through  there  problem page  with  no success
Any  ideas  greatfully  received.

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(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

The  chance  to  make  some  quality  vids is  something  I've  been   harassing  the  guys  in the  band  about  for  about  2yrs .maybe  soon we'll get  a  good  camera and operator ,the  live  vids  have  been disasterous,  camera  failure  each time .

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(26 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks for posting the lyric Russ great stuff .Takes me back a few years to when my wife ,who's a criminology lecturer was making a movie about sex chat lines and its affect on society.The girl who was featured looked nothing like the ones in your vid but had the guys on the phone convinced that she did.It was interesting and informative as to how some people make a living.

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(15 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This  is  a  demo of  the  song
http://www.reverbnation.com/gbbluesband … r_icon_nav

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(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

no worrys  dino  glad  you  like  this  one