just wondering if any one knows anything about or has entered a song in the international song writing competition?
i am considering entering couple of songs just for sH*@s and grins, its $35 a song to enter them.
126 2021-09-23 19:03:28
Topic: ISC song writing contest (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
127 2021-08-10 01:40:22
Re: Inspired by Mojo and Phil - Song called " Cryptic Trance" (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
that second line brought back some memories from way back. lol didnt fix my writers block but sent me back to about 1968ish. the cats and fridge totally unrelated but both are vivid memories from childhood. let me explain . first the cat fighting, the house i grew up in was pier and beam , one night having the sh#t scared out of a 8 year old as two tom cats scream and thump the floor under his bed as they fight it out. at the time i had no idea what it was other than some monsters from the under world coming to get me. that was a very long night only years later did i figure out what it actualy was but to this day i remember it like it was yesterday. ahh the fridge running, at 5 AM the only noise in the kitchen my dad drinking coffee at the kitchen table before we head out on a fishing trip. funny the things we remember. but i remember the sound of that fridge in the early morning hours
thanks jim for bringing that memory back i havnt thought about that for a long time , and thats what makes a great song
128 2021-08-08 13:59:47
Re: in a slump (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Jim that is a catchy line , i study and watch a lot of history shows i will keep and eye for lines from now on.
i am sending a couple to an organization called Woodsong. you can look them up on the net for information that one is free but the odds are million to one to get on the show but they claim to listen to every entry they get. there some other places that can get expensive. i am waiting on input from the guy who owns the recording studio before i start writing checks. Dana has been involved in several country and gospel hit records , he has a copy and said he would give a listen and let know what he thinks.
you have heard all the songs they are all on sound cloud
TIGLJK wrote:
Mojo
What works for me is to read accounts of history. There are so many amazing events and people - seems there s always a catch line or something that I find to be inspiring.
Sometimes it's something someone says in the news.an example - I was reading about abolitionist leader and newspaper owner William Lloyd Garrison and his fight for the freedom of slaves in America.
When people tried to silence him - his response was " I will be heard !" or Sojourner Truth's " ain't I a woman" line in speaking of women's rights.Both of those phrases have the ability to inspire a song to me - not necessarily about slavery or freedom - but you could adopt them to any modern situation.
Another thing I find inspring is just walking around and observing nature.Hope this helps - it works for me but who knows - everyone's candle doesn't burn the same flame.
(LOL - I just made that line up and thought - that's a pretty good phrase for a chorus in some song " everyone's candle doesn't burn the same flame"
JimPS
Congrats on the recording of the CD - I'd like to hear it.
Where do you send them to to get publicized ?
129 2021-08-08 13:36:29
Re: in a slump (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
easybeat wrote:
WAIT!!
lol oddly enough that is my go to cure
130 2021-08-08 00:47:32
Topic: in a slump (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
havnt been around much, went back in the studio a few weeks ago and recorded nine originals with the intent to send the CD,s to different places. for some reason after working on that for a month getting ready to record practicing the songs getting them down pat i am in a slump now. sat down to write some , and nothing , tried to come up with something for Bills request , nothing.
how do you guys break out of slumps?
131 2021-08-07 23:25:19
Re: dusty hill (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
TIGLJK wrote:
Mojo
they touring with out him buy the tickets
That's too bad !!
Just yesterday I almost bought tickets to a ZZTOP show that's coming near my town next month.
Now I wonder if they will still play.Jim
132 2021-08-06 00:39:09
Re: Song Assignment? (30 replies, posted in Songwriting)
a little to the party but looks like ya,ll have it covered. good luck with it Bill hope it turns out good
133 2021-07-30 03:09:01
Re: dusty hill (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
TIGLJK wrote:
Mojo
they are carrying on with out him
That's too bad !!
Just yesterday I almost bought tickets to a ZZTOP show that's coming near my town next month.
Now I wonder if they will still play.Jim
134 2021-07-29 01:02:32
Topic: dusty hill (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
well lost another one , RIP Dusty
as a side note , three years ago on my way to work flying out of Houston and laying over in Paris sat three seats back of Dusty and Frank going over for their European tour . closest i ever got to any one that famous
135 2021-07-22 02:30:40
Re: picks (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
well i dont have my grand kids on my picks but what i have is well i wish i knew how to post a pic here. my daughter talked me into getting a matching tattoo with her of my bill lawrence electric guitar ( my first electric) that her and her friends would sneak into my room and play with while i was away offshore in the gulf of Mexico working. i was reluctant but agreed to my one and only tattoo , around the guitar i had whole notes one for each grandchild and one half note for one that never made it to see this world. you can thank Jack for this little insight
side note i am not that attached to my picks but pretty particular about who plays my guitars
136 2021-07-19 18:54:10
Re: Can I Come Back? I Have Missed Y'all (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
welcome back buddy, dont need to ask for my permission
137 2021-07-06 02:03:43
Re: Internet Banking (10 replies, posted in Poems)
Peatle Jville wrote:
Cheers Jim and Phill , Thank you for your feedback. With all these cyber attacks and reliance on computers and the internet for all sorts of things I wonder how safe the net is. I have a friend who has worked in banking for years he tells me that the banks are getting rid of branches and people to save money. Their trying to get people to do everything on line so they don’t have to pay for business real estate space also have less staff. I recently had to get something sorted with the bank as our local branch has been closed. I was made to phone the call center which took me nearly an hour as I had to wait for my call to be taken. I had to listen to awful music and a voice every so often saying your call is value and we will be with you soon. I had to phone to make an appointment to talk to someone at the bank in the city. It was only a few years back you could just walk into the bank and talk to someone. Many of my friends use to pay their bills at post offices which are slowly been closed down around the country. Many of my friends don’t have computers so they have to pay an extra fee because they get their statements through the mail. Today many outfits here charge an extra fee if you want your invoice mailed out where as before everyone got their invoices in the mail without an extra fee. Maybe it is a weird theory of mine the over reliance on the internet could backfire in a big way with the cyber wars going on at the moment. The Kindergartens and some hospitals here have had to go back to pen and paper while the computer experts try and sort out a mess caused by ransom ware and hackers.
To me it is a bad form of social engineering and a form of discriminations for the elderly. For my one hundred year old Mum banking and bill paying has become a nightmare for her.
dont get me started on the subject lol
138 2021-06-13 01:27:51
Re: So Long as the Weather Stays this Way (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
well since i retired last year the choice is easy for me
ps
still the redskins to me but stopped watching last season they call them what ever they want
139 2021-06-12 02:03:20
Re: Different Layers (13 replies, posted in Songwriting)
easybeat wrote:
Pete,while i dont think this is fantastic,but it is interesting which is not to be dismissed.
interesting has merit,great to see you trying stuff other than tried and true.
an artist i think is very interesting is Bill Callahan i like what he does
but i cant get into it.but i keep going back because hes different.
hope this makes some kinda sense.
like easy trying to make my mind up on this one, like the story behind it would loved to been able to hear her play. reminds me a of an old dude years ago on bourbon street playing the blues on guitar my crew left me on the side walk listening to him while they went on bar hopping. all ways amazes me how people with that much talent never get a break and the crap that makes on the radio today
140 2021-06-04 18:03:01
Re: Limerick (5 replies, posted in Poems)
there once was a man from Nantucket
with guitar and he liked to pluck pluck it
he said with a grin
as he wiped of his chin
if i were a king
it would have golden strings
142 2021-06-01 14:07:26
Re: That Ol' Guitar (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
making faces like SRV or Jimmy when it gets good
143 2021-05-29 02:25:45
Re: ballad of Saturday night (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
beamer wrote:
I said this in the sound cloud but LOVE IT. I kept waiting to hear you somehow quote:
"You know you always have the Lord by your side, And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran Twenty red lights in his honor." A'la Mick and the boys.
It has that same feelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyK1bZZ7E-s
lol thanks for that have not heard that in for ever. i suppose that and the ballad of the uneasy rider are where this song came from
144 2021-05-29 00:36:56
Re: Sons (9 replies, posted in Poems)
easybeat wrote:
mojo01 wrote:which one is which ?
depends on if you`re woke or not,which is which
guess i am still sound asleep
146 2021-05-28 15:26:37
Re: ballad of Saturday night (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
TIGLJK wrote:
Mojo - another superb one! You sound so much like Guy Clark on this one. I kept waiting for a little chorus in there somewhere. I bet this stuff happens all the time. I still can't believe that with your style, voice and playing abilities that you aren't signed to a contract by some recording company ! You are special Mojo ! Jim
thanks Jim , thought about a chorus but nothing ever came to me that i liked , maybe i will come up with something and add it later
147 2021-05-27 19:24:14
Topic: ballad of Saturday night (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
WARNING a couple of bad words sprinkled here and there in this one, nothing you wont here on tv these days
story about a redneck Saturday night
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/ballad-of-saturday-night
G
well i was sitting there at the stop and go
C
drinking beer listing to the radio
G
wondering what to do on Saturday night
C
wifes pissed off we had another fight
G
thought i would ease on over to the caraban club
C
shoot some pool maybe get some grub
D G
so i jumped in my truck and headed to town
with a 6 pack of beer and a bottle of crown
i was headed south just taking my time
theirs lots of lawmen here hwy 59
i get in enough trouble with those old bar fly's
last thing i need is one more DWI
just as i pulled in to the parking lot
some ass hole cut me off and took my spot
was an old beat up truck with whiskey dents
some big boned girl wearing leopard prints
had a cigarette hanging from her lip
tobacco in her teeth from her last dip
well she got out the truck and said you want some of this?
flicked the ashes off her smoke a blew me a kiss
with her hands on her hip in them leopard skins tights
she looked pretty good in my one good head light
at this point i wasnt sure what to do
if she jumps in my truck ell i know I'm screwed
so hell i locked the doors and rolled up the winder
she walked on over and leaned on the fender
set her beer down right there on my hood
reached in her pocket oh hell this cant be good
pulled out her and flipped me the bird
said why dont you get out the truck you little turd
well by now we were attracting a crowd
it was obvious this that ole gal was ploughed
i had no intentions of getting out of my truck
man what a night just my luck
well i was thinking it was for me to go
before someone saw me that i might know
so threw my old truck in reverse
wouldnt you know things just a little worse
there were cars backed up to the road
i was stuck no where to go
with home still standing in my grill
cars to back i about had my fill
i may have been a little drunk and some what miss guided
but i had mad up my mind and i had decided
the only way out was to run that heifer down
hit the road and get the hell outta town
so revved my engine a time or two
yelled get out of the way if know whats good for you
well you know it was right about then
but who shows' up but a couple of lawmen
one was tapping on my window glass
while the other was trying to arrest her ass
but she wasnt going with out a fight
looks like somebodies going to jail tonight
well they tried to cuff her but didnt phaser her
they got her attention when they hit her with that tazer
she hit the ground like a ton of bricks
she was flopping around like a dog scratching ticks
and it seems the cops had forgot about me
they were pretty busy with their new detainee
well it looked like luck was on my side this time
as i eased on past the scene of the crime
now i dont want any one to misconstrue
as i left the parking and pulled on to the avenue
this time i have really learned my lesson
with strange women i should not messing
148 2021-05-11 01:38:37
Re: People Power (14 replies, posted in Poems)
easybeat wrote:
beamer wrote:easybeat wrote:i can understand people that dont bother to vote.
I have never felt anyone represented my views,so politicians dont represent me.
i usually vote for a minor crazy party just to be able to say that i exercised my right to vote.
being a straight white working class bloke i feel even less represented nowadays.another thoughtful piece Pete.
This is so true. However in America this is how such a donk of a person like trump was elected.
He played to the white ignorant vote, stirred up racism to a terrible new high and surly will be ranked in the top 5 worst presidents in history.
I’m not real thrilled with Biden, but what were the alternative options?
As you say, why vote? I voted, but not real happy about what was there. It was a game of the lessor of two evils.
Wow Beamer name calling people you dont agree with is really unproductive.It assumes there is only one right way and that is yours.
it seems people on the left are best at this but by no means have a monopoly.
(maybe i should have said MINOR party in my statement.)
Easybeat very observant on the name calling thing , generally you find the insults start when they have no logical argument against what some is doing or saying so they are reduced to name calling.
Beamer , lol being a donk supporter i disagree top 5 in my opinion and personally question the sanity of any one who would vote for biden or hillary ( and that includes my daughter and son inlaw ) but thats just me and the bourbon talking lol change my mind
149 2021-05-10 19:46:32
Re: People Power (14 replies, posted in Poems)
nice poem Peat, having done some travelling my self , countries where religion rules, countries where dictators rule and of course the good old USA where i am not sure who is ruling right now. i could make some observations but being sober at the moment i will keep my political opinions to my self .
again good writing
150 2021-05-09 02:16:44
Re: why is it? (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Phill Williams wrote:
when the falling down liquid get to my son (and he can put them away) he will tell me to get my guitar out and "give us a tune dad." my reply is " i am an artiste and i only perform for money." which is a lie as i'm happy to play at the drop of a hat but not to family or when i'm drinking or when i'm sober!
my advice: get your excuses ready before hand
could not have said it better