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Another brilliant peice of songwriting.Mojo     

Good one EB . I am glad you are talking about this. As you know I got hIt by depression and anxiety years ago. It came on real quick at a time when my life was going good outwardly but on the inside I was falling apart. I went from being a confident person to a mess. I was in a very dark space but with help and time I am now in a good place, The brain is an organ that can play up like any other part of the body. Now I am in a good space. Way back in the past  I had to get help and  find ways to get my self back to being a normal functioning person it all took time. Now I know what can trigger my brain to go into a dark space I have good stategies to avoid that.. A big part of my recovery was having people to talk to and also finding out that depression and anxiety can hit anyone. The people I know who have been through this are quiet often people I wouldnt have suspected to have experienced this until they opened up and have shared their experience with me.

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(9 replies, posted in Poems)

Cheers Phill thank you for your kind thoughts and also for reawakening  my sense of awe and wonder of mother nature when reading your poem. I blame Bing Crosby singing White Christmas on the radio here for making snow at this time of year a romantic thought. My family and some of my friends like to sing it as a sing along every Christmas. Many of our young ones  have never been in snow and have only seen it on the mountains in the distance.     Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.

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(9 replies, posted in Poems)

A magic peice of writing Phill you created with words striking images of the changes of seasons on the land in your part of the world. The bees and other animals plus the way plants and trees in mother nature change with differant seasons. While we have summer around Christmas and New Year in New Zealand people originally from your part of the world that live here experience a  bit of homesickness thinking about the images of snow back in their homeland. What would have been a nuisance snow and blocked roads when trying to travel becomes a romantic memory. Also in photos and paintings plus Christmas cards, snow looks beautiful. The importance of protecting nature is described in an old  Maori proverb ‘Te toto o te tangata, he kai; te oranga o te tangata, he whenua’ (while food provides the blood in our veins, our health is drawn from the land).

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(311 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Cheers CG,  Danny Bryant song Prisoner Of The Blues is an excellent  blues about anxiety.     

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(3 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Copyright laws vary a bit from country to country. As long as your not doing it for commercial gain your safe in situations where it is just a small group gathering having a fun singalong. Where you can can get into trouble is when you start selling those songbooks or giving unauthorised copies away.     

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

Phill your song works perfectly for me. It is. It is a complicated story in my past  but your song reminds me of an ex offering me another bite of the apple and me fortunately having the sense to walk away. One big differance with my story  her husband was miles away not outside in his car. Another top song of yours.

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Jim not only have you written a good song the recording of it is done with country polish an excellent listen.     

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Beamer your lyric writing is top notch I like the way you do  that biblical cross over thing excellent.     

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(311 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Cheers another good one CG I like the way Lisa plays that six string bass.     

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

Beamer nice sound coming out of your guitar and your video works good.     

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Cheers Phill world cup rugby should a good and entertaining watch this weekend. We play the Irish and here is an advertisement on tv put out by our local airline for our Irish friends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJgIUB3j0b4     

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(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Phill Ive seen those annoying people in the pub lyric checking the entertainment. I say why sing the original lyrics when you can make the song your own if it was  good enough for Joe Cocker it is good enough for everyone else.
Here in pubs bars and restaurants we have cameras everywhere. My  mate who works in that industry tells  they come in handy checking out those who are trying to cheat using smartphone in pub quizzes.

I hope Wales this Sunday wins against France their  next game at the World Cup.
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I would like Japan to beat South Africa in their next game. Japan standard of play has caught many by suprise.     

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(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Phill,  Excellent lyrics. I look forward to hearing you play this song.  One of my nieces calls me “ The Over The Hill Kid”. The past few years have made me realise how Im not bullet proof.  Two years ago my once good  health changed and I had to get use to doctors medication hospitals and so on being a big part of my life.. As Grah has pointed out  we are never to old to sing and  play rock n roll. You still got it Phill rock on brother.     

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Jim    Cheers I love the idea of the All Blacks doing a haka then smashing their phones at the end of it.

Grah I think it  would be a cool video  a bunch of solid looking guys chained to their cellphones singing like they use to sing in chain gangs or in the style of an old black spiritual my song.

Phill  Thank you for your encouragement.  I have that also  around here, family engaged on their smartphones more then each other. Im notorious for being grumpy if they spend too much time on the web so people  to keep me happy tend to be more aware about using their smartphones around me. I see it alot when I am out people who are  more engaged with their smartphones instead of each other.  One thing I do like if we are out and we don’t know something people can google the answer.

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(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I couldnt come up with any guitar or piano for this so I did it as a very rough acappella like we use to sing in Fijian church when I was a kid or at partys.I don't have a great voice but I hope it gives a rough idea of how it could sound if done properly. I had a snare drum and high hat handy I added a bit of that only just to add a bit  to the mix. Most probably I have read too much George Orwell,when I was younger. I can’t help but wonder how big a step would it be to plant the small chip that make smartphones work into your head or hand.  Im not sure if I would count anything out like that in the future giving some sort of big brother a control over people.  Making us all part of the World Wide Web  apparently is all part of  how smart devices work. So this is part of where this song comes from. When I am out and about I see people who are addicted to their smartphones living a big part of their life online.
https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/is-the-web-my-life


Is The Web My Life 

Is the the web my life  no no
Is the the web my life  no no
Is the the web my life  no no

My life is out there and here and with my friends and people.
Yeah with my friends and people.
With my friends and people.
Hey I am saying this with a smile because I am reaching out to you.
It is good to know your out there and I love you too.

But is the web my life no no.
Is the the web my life  no no
Is the the web my life  no

But Im glad that you are there and Im glad that Im here.
And Im saying it with a smile on my face.
I love you all I do.
I love you all I do.

Is the web my life no no.
Is the  web my life no no.
Is the web my life no no.
There is more to life then that.
Hey I love my family  "Hallelujah"
I love my friends    "Hallelujah"
I love all that is going on.
I love everything.


Oh is the web my life  no no.
Is the web my life no no.
Is the web my life no no.
It aint my life.
Yeah.

Hey I am saying this with a smile because I am reaching out to you.
It is good to know your out there and I love you too.

But is the web my life no no.
Is the the web my life  no no
Is the the web my life  no

But Im glad that you are there and Im glad that Im here.
And Im saying it with a smile on my face.
I love you all.
I love you all I do.
I love you all I do.
I love you all I do.

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(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Beamer I look forward to hearing your song . I am sure many can relate your lyrics.     

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Grah your  song works perfect, Rocks along nice , funny an excellent production.     

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(311 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

CG I am not sure if Papa Chubby goes to the gym he sure does a good workout on his guitar and vocals good one.     

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

CG Wow I never expected a girl that young to move and sound like that.     

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Excellent CG you do a wonderful job of bringing the blues to chordie. Thank you I enjoy looking at the artists you put up.     

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(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I don't know much about music. I have always thought if it sounds like a song and you have made that sound with all that goes with it  you must be a song writer. The debate will always be is it good or bad we all have differant tastes.

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(6 replies, posted in Poems)

Iechyd da Phill if I ever make it back to your part of the world I will definitely have a beer at your local with you. 
Here is a Willie Nelson quote I like “There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.”
kia ora ( good health to you)
Your friend Pete

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

Beamer I  like the good rhythmic way you play that. All you need now is to get a vocalist to join you.     

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Cheers Phill, getting a bit of stick is all part of the  path over a pint or two with mates. It would be great to have a bevy with you. I am pleased my words resonate I am never sure if Kiwi situations travel well. You are right pace is important when reading poetry or stories. I struggle with getting that right when I read aloud.

Jim,  you are right time changes many things including perspectives and meanings.... doesn't mean that they didn't have value ---- then or now. I appreciate your wise encouragement.

Beamer,  cheers I love reading your words on chordie, they paint pictures that cut to the heart of things. I appreciate your encouragement.

Writing in all forms can be a difficult Journey.Sometimes it can be something magical.
Doesn’t matter if it is good or bad it is a good way to make an experience or thought have a space. I love the way people on chordie are not disinterested observers but are players in the game of self expression. Some people outside of what we do, who are not keen to have a go at what we do can become dismissive of what we do. I love writting  differant ideas down while inhabiting them with my head. It started in my childhood this love and passion for myth and folklore plus life stories.  I find the power and rhythm of a person with a distinctive voice who can read poetry and story magical. Sometimes those that dont have that skill have a way of destroying what would sound good done by someone else. Hopefully I have managed to magnify a moment without making it seem more than what it was. I was writing more about a brief moment where my mind was making a mountain out of a mole hill. My poem was more about my sensitivity rather then about the person reading my words who lacked an ability to put a rhythm and pace into my words that worked. After I got passed my annoyance I laughed at myself.  A while back I saw  Willie Nelson being interviewed and the reporter asked him what is it like hearing your song come on your radio. He said  something along the lines of, “if I hear my song come on the radio I will turn the radio off. Now that doesnt mean I dont like making music I love making music it just means I just don’t like hearing myself on the radio.” I got what Willie was saying it made sense.  For me It is a bit like that also , I dont always enjoy listening to or reading my stuff but it doesnt mean I don’t enjoy doing it. Sometimes there is a right  time and place for everything. Unfortunately that bloke reading my stuff wasn’t at the right time or place and it really got on my nerves. Sorry Im ranting better stop here.  I really appreciate the feedback on here it means alot to me.
Thank you
Pete