126 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Wikipedia came up saying it was Pop whereas I have always thought it was Blues

My kids are always telling me information on Wikipedia is skewed, but I always say it's crowd sourced and vetted, so it should be correct - but here I would agree with you, I'd consider it Blues and not Pop, so perhaps Wikipedia is not the "source of truth" I thought it was.

But yes, great song in a great movie!! I still have the VHS cassette of it from when my old video player remote was still connected via a wire ... !! I watched it again about 1 or 2 years ago, still a great movie (unlike the sequel).

Cheers

Richard

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127 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Here is a re-write of a song I had written......   now its more like rocking blues

I must admit I find it hard to "visualize" songs that are written and not sung - any chance you could play it for us?

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Richard     

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128 Reply by neophytte

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Make sure you get the chordpro formatted song for your external application - it's under the "eye" icon and should have the chords within square brackets and in-line (eg " ... this is a [G] song ... ").

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Richard     

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129 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

Richard ,Brian  both  good  songs   you  both  get  a  great  acoustic  tone,  well done  guys

Thank you!

Brian - I added a comment on SoundCloud then went through so many hoops to log in, two songs finished in the background!! My comment was "that took an unexpected turn" towards the end of the song. (I don't think it saved it)

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Richard     

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130 Topic by neophytte

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Perth musician who was always active on the scene:

https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainme … c-17998949

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Richard 

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131 Reply by neophytte

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I was playing this one the other day, it seemed to work quite well, sorry for the mistakes:

https://youtu.be/bcT6TNcxng8

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Richard     

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132 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

I wish I had the skill and patience to build guitars an amps. Well done to those who can, you have my admiration.

Not quite the same, but I installed a synth kit in my guitar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzO8Yys … mp;index=6

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Richard     

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133 Reply by neophytte

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joeyjoeyjoey wrote:

At one point. I had well over 40 in my arsenal . Maybe over 50. I lost count. I`m DOWN to 28 now.

I hear you - I did a "collection" photo around the same time Covid hit, and I knew I had a few, but was surprised I crept close to 30 - my collection includes some rare and expensive (well, they are now) guitars, but you can't play them all at once, nor can you take them with you.

I've sold a couple, and haven't bought anymore, but I must admit I find it hard to part with pieces which I have an emotional attachment, which is most of them ...

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Richard     

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134 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Richard,   Nicely performed.  I had never heard  of that song, read it was almost not released.  ( I also read it's about either Heroin or a girl- both can be pleasurable and deadly smile ) Thanks for sharing.  JIm

No worries - the band was a bit obtuse in the 80's but became quite well known in the 90's, as other underground music went mainstream ...

Jandle wrote:

neo, never heard of this song, so like TIG, I looked up the meaning of the song and yes is right with his comments on what the song is about.  Interesting little song, it punched along with the strumming as you played it.  The Reverb or echo mostly good, maybe a little over done in a few places?.   I enjoyed listening to it.

Thank you!

Cheers

Richard     

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135 Reply by neophytte

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Golden Brown cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrHRsqGBd1A     

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136 Reply by neophytte

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I should be doing a video with my friend next week, but I'm not sure what song we will do, but it will probably be either rocky or folky (it will be keyboard and guitar). I should have it ready for March ...

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Richard     

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137 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

neophytte, that was great!  Loved the piano/ piano organ for a change, it really suited this song and your voice.   I would love to see the lyrics to this song.  Some great lyrics in there, well done smile

I only have a scan of the original working notes ...

http://neophytte.mine.nu/forum/simpleforum_files/attachments/Richard_Mortimer-The_Spiral_Staircase.jpg

I usually scribble stuff as I'm recording, which is where the song takes shape ...

Cheers

Richard

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138 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

Nice   recording   Richard  ,I  could  see  the  story  in my  mind .

Thank you!

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Richard     

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139 Reply by neophytte

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This is one I wrote a few year ago, has the line " ... she lights up a cigarette, and pulls back some death ..."

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

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Richard     

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140 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Richard you almost have an Arlo Guthrie feel on this one which works well with your guitar and vocal.

Thanks Peatle!

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Richard     

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141 Reply by neophytte

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I'm thinking about doing this song at our next club meet - Louise, by Peter Siebel:

https://youtu.be/iAxo61VeEdY

I know the Leo Kottke cover better (although it's not played like that). Anyway.

Enjoy!

Richard     

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142 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

As  any  thing  goes  this  is  a  cover  of  No  love  in Oaklahoma by  Luke Combs   ,Still  a  work  in progress   as  so  far  its just  me  and  the  looper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgLE_rupdtM

Sounds good!!! The guitar is a bit loud in the mix, are you recording individual tracks or mixing it straight to 2 track (or mono?) ... the slide solo was excellent!!

You need a "fill light" to your lower left though, the overhead is causing a lot of shadow on your face ... doesn't have to be anything special, just get that harsh edge off the light.

Hope it helps ..

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Richard     

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143 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Richard that is excellent playing fast paced action music and vocal fits in perfect also your animator did a brilliant job on the video.

Thank you!

TIGLJK wrote:

Richard

I a agree with Petey    Excellent!

Thanks!

Grah1 wrote:

Sounding  good  Richard

Cheers!

Just as a general thing - I've always been missing making videos for the music (I'm more about the audio than the visuals - MTV never ranked high on my watch list, but the music would be on), so have toyted with the idea to get an external person to make the videos for me - Fiverr fits that job. This was my first trial into subcontracting a role - overall I was impressed with the animators work, although I probably picked the wrong song for his style, and it's also a fairly long song which has problems with keeping viewers visual interest. It was an experiment that I will try again, although I think I'll use a different resource next time!

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Richard     

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144 Reply by neophytte

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Anyone else like to suggest some word ... ?

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Richard     

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145 Reply by neophytte

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This is a song on my CD that I had an animator add some visuals to:

https://youtu.be/dnBp8NRrThA

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Richard     

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146 Reply by neophytte

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suitcase
possible
network
meaning     

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147 Reply by neophytte

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Nice! Gave it a like on YouTube!!

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Richard     

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148 Reply by neophytte

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Look forward to seeing a rendition on YouTube ...

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Richard     

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149 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Cheers Richard and Jim Happy New Year and thank you for your feedback.

HNY to (both) you too .. whatever works, works ...

Cheers

Richard     

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150 Topic by neophytte

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Phase 1: Pick four (4) words from the RANDOM WORD GENERATOR:

https://randomwordgenerator.com/

And post them here.

Phase 2: You can write an ORIGINAL using at least one of the words suggested, and post the lyrics/chords for us to attempt, or post a song by a well-known (or not well-known ... we're really not that fussy smile ) writer that we can cover.

READY, SET, GO!!!   

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