1,401 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

neophytte .....Santa Baby ...... your wife was awesome and has a great voice! She sang this song so well, she nailed it!  Get her on here more often!   Your guitar playing along with her was good too, what a team.
Also neophytte .... If I saw those spiders I would be running (in my case limping) as far away as I could in the other direction!  lol

Thanks - I'm still trying to convince her to do "Hallelujah" ... but I can't pick with my sore thumb sad

The Christmas spiders are actually about 5mm across (the picture is hugely magnified) - I'd be more scared of the Christmas Island crabs ... there's an estimated 45 million this year ...

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1,402 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Well done neophytte .......... hope the thumb injury has improved by now smile  Is that a tenor uke by the looks?   Good song this song, its one we play on our set list when we play at retirement homes or resthomes smile

Thanks ... thumb is improving but not quite fixed yet ... I'm patiently waiting as the skin is still a bit raw and I don't generally use a pick ...

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1,403 Reply by neophytte

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It was hard to see the difference in quality between the two speakers in the video, but the end result sounded pretty good ...  (in the second video) !!!

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1,404 Reply by neophytte

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mojo01 wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/merry-chr … the-family
ok had a few minutes this evening so i banged out a REK Christmas  song. ahh Christmas in the south

Nice work!!

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1,405 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

A good  Christmas song you wrote EB. I also like the photo of the Pohutukawa tree in flower with your song.  For those who don't know what a  Pohutukawa trees is. The Pohutukawa tree with its crimson flower has become an established part of the New Zealand Christmas tradition. It only flowers on or around Christmas and New Years.

Nice!! We get the WA Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda - which looks like this:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Nuytsia_floribunda_-_WA_Christmas_Trees_by_enjosmith.jpg/1920px-Nuytsia_floribunda_-_WA_Christmas_Trees_by_enjosmith.jpg

Full details (wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuytsia

And our little Christmas spider, I haven't seen one yet this year (but we had a long, wet, winter):

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Austracantha_minax_1_cropped.jpg

Another Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austracantha

And here is an entertaining piece written by an American scientist, which explains the situation here quite well: http://aussieshed.blogspot.com.au/2011/ … -year.html

Enjoy!!

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1,406 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

my contribution for CSOM.
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/kiwi-christmas

I give it two thumbs up!! Nice bouncy tune ....

My life has been conspiring against me making music; but I'll get my contributions in soon!!!

Cheers

Richard

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1,407 Reply by neophytte

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Cool - that opening reminded me so much of the Triffids song "Bright lights, big city": https://soundcloud.com/the-triffids/bri … s-big-city

Cheers

Richard

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1,408 Reply by neophytte

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I'm still pretty new around here, but in answer to #2, you'll want to follow the chord pro format specifications, which are here:

http://www.chordpro.org/chordpro/index.html

[edit]And just found this post, which covers your topic: http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4613

Cheers

Richard

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1,409 Reply by neophytte

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Nice work!!!

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1,410 Reply by neophytte

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I usually use "Mr Sheen" every time I change my strings (around 6 months, but I think the current set are about 2 years old, 'cause I've been slack), but every now and then I'll use the PRS polish (on electrics, my acoustic is a matt finish):

http://www.mr-sheen.co.uk/products.php

https://www.amazon.com/PRS-PS-ACC-3130- … B004XLH3PW

Not sure if it's the same as wax, but the PRS stuff is pretty good (and usually add lemon oil on the fretboard, depending how dry it feels)

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1,411 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Fantastic beautiful city Neo. Here is a tourist promo  video of Wellington.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVZSbrSX-Do

Well, now we know why your videos are so good - you come from the "City of cool"!!! smile

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1,412 Reply by neophytte

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Thanks!!

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1,413 Reply by neophytte

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Thanks - that's a good video!!

I'm going to cheat (kinda) and show this video of Perth an the surrounds - it was made by a guy I used to work with, and we both had an interest in photography, he's gone on to become quite well respected, and has some of his photography in the local newspaper (frequently) and features on the Tourism WA website:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFq5PrFSGcE

He was testing out his (newish) drone at the time ...

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1,414 Topic by neophytte

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This is a copy of the demo tape one of my bands (Sideshow) had, it's recorded straight from the desk, so it's not brilliant quality, but in 1996 it was passable smile

http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/1996 … w-demo.mp3

http://neophytte1.mine.nu:81/audio/images/albums/Sideshow_demo_cover.jpg

Cheers

Richard

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1,415 Topic by neophytte

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This is the story of Eskimo Joe:

http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/EskimoJoe.mp3

Enjoy!!

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1,416 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Neo  I am enjoying what everyone is adding to the thread. More the merrier keep it going. I havent been to Perth but everyone I know who goes there tells me it's a beautiful city. My wife  visited Fremantle on a ship she was on and loved the place. A young guy who use to do a bit of guitar for me loves playing music in the bars around Fremantle and also in Perth itself. My friend's son  use to work out of Perth driving trucks from Perth to Port Headland. Another friend of mine son lived there and life was going good until his other half murdered their 22month old son at Hillarys Boat Harbour.  She had claimed at the time that the boy unfastened himself from his stroller while her back was turned but when police reviewed CCTV footage her story did not add up. Thats my two bobs worth on Perth.

Gosh - all I have on NZ is that my Mum went there (think it was her honeymoon), and loved it - she wanted to go back, but unfortunately the cancer came back instead and she passed in 2006.

I grew up very close to the Hillarys boat harbour, and used to go fishing there as a kid (before it was a harbour!), think I played some gigs there (at the old pub, not the new one), definitely played gigs some in Freo, and a few in Perth, never been as far North as Port Hedland, but they get to 50 degrees centigrade up there!!!

Cheers

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1,417 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

what does chorus and phrasing mean  ?

There are some good audio examples on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorus_effect

Which is probably easier than trying to explain it smile

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1,418 Reply by neophytte

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Crikey, that's a lot of guitars!!! I'm somewhere around the 10 - 15 mark and thinking I need to sell a few big_smile

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1,419 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

I've been thinking seriously about a uke.

My wife just bought herself a new uke that arrived today - I'll grab a pic and some details as to where she got it ... it's puuurrrrty ....

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1,420 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

My oldest stepson emigrated to Oz about 10 years ago and we've visited twice. He was living in a suburb of Perth called Mandurah, which is around 60 miles away...

I'm at the other end - about 40km's North of the CBD - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joondalup

[sorry to hijack the thread, Peatle!!]

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1,421 Reply by neophytte

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Zurf wrote:
neophytte wrote:

I forgot my wife and I recorded this a while (years) ago - "Santa Baby", until the child interrupts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayq38hihA5k

Enjoy!!

Cheers

That was fun. I'm sure your child was just fine after all.

Thank you - yes, I seem to recall the "emergency" was turning the TV channel ... tongue

BTW, that was when you oldest one was young, now I do duo's with him (occasionally)

Cheers

Richard

[edit] Oops, removed the non-Christmas song[/edit]

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1,422 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Neo
Great performance.
Your wife has an outstanding voice!
I too liked the children in the background - it made the song feel quite "Christmasy"

Thanks - and Merry Xmas to you too!!

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1,423 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Neo you and your fantastic guitar and your wife cool vocals make you two a beautiful duo. The kids backing vocal adds to the  videos  warm family vibe,

Thanks!!!

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1,424 Reply by neophytte

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beamer wrote:
neophytte wrote:
beamer wrote:

- Neo depending on how old it is you may want to consider the tube upgrade also,  In the words of  one of the Roy Blankenship (famous amp customizer' in N. Hollywood,)  "Just cause its old  it does not mean is valuable or good, parts get old and NEED to be replaced"  this is a great vid, you may want to watch 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz3XDNmiIvo&t=512s

It's this one: http://hughes-and-kettner.com/products/ … r-18-head/

Not sure of the age, I got it second hand a couple of years ago now, but I haven't really been using it that much ...

watching that vid is still a great lesson in why things work smile

I'm watching it right now smile

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1,425 Reply by neophytte

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:thumbsup:

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