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1,502 2017-11-09 06:31:09
Topic: Shallow Mind - an original song (0 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Shallow Mind - recorded live to the desk, excluding the vocals and bass, which were added later (as we were without a bass player at the time):
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/ShallowMind.mp3
It was also remixed in 2013, which fixed up some bits:
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/Shal … 2013-2.mp3
Enjoy!!
1,503 2017-11-09 06:22:18
Topic: Sleep - an original song (0 replies, posted in My local band and me)
This was a "live to the desk" recording at a rehearsal:
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/sleep-NC.mp3
Enjoy!
1,504 2017-11-09 03:45:01
Re: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME (94 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
easybeat wrote:
come on you lot you can do better than this!!!!
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/hor … out-a-mane
I liked the jangly sound you got on your guitar!! But it's hard to hear the words (in my el-cheapo $2 headphones) ....
1,505 2017-11-09 03:42:34
Re: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME (94 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Zurf wrote:
Ha ha! "Hello Kitty!" That guitar sounds good. I didn't expect that from the novelty decoration.
I'd never heard that song before and didn't know what to expect, but I liked it and couldn't tell that you had a cold. The diction was clear and you were on key. You're very good at keeping a steady beat too. That's something I need to work on. Very nice recording!
The "Hello Kitty" guitar is made by Squire - it doesn't sound too bad, but needs a new set of strings (as the wife never plays it) ...
Thanks for the kind words!!
1,506 2017-11-08 06:58:00
Topic: All's not fair (in love and war) - an original song (1 replies, posted in My local band and me)
This was from my solo CD recording:
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/AllsNotFair.mp3
Got a fair bit of air play, mostly on the local stations.
Enjoy!
1,507 2017-11-08 06:50:52
Topic: Beautiful Dreamer - an original song (0 replies, posted in My local band and me)
This was recorded for my solo CD (a little bit Pink Floyd inspired):
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/BeautifulDreamer.mp3
Enjoy ...
1,508 2017-11-08 01:24:03
Re: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME (94 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Zurf wrote:
I didn't get a chance to listen to your contribution yet, Neophytte, but I'm eager to hear it. I like your whole approach and style.
Thanks - my voice was a bit off, as I was coming down with a cold, and didn't know it at the time ... I may re-do it now that I'm on the mend 
easybeat wrote:
Yeah Neo.i think thats the one.
Thanks - I'll have a bash at that ... !!
Cheers
1,509 2017-11-07 11:32:14
Re: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME (94 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
easybeat wrote:
I challenge
Neo to do Elvira
Is it this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUBmx3g2yRU
Cheers
1,510 2017-11-07 06:18:03
Topic: Garden of Pleasure - an original instrumental (1 replies, posted in My local band and me)
This is the title track of my solo CD project:
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/Gard … easure.mp3
{edit} just found it for sale: https://www.discogs.com/Richard-Mortime … se/1642739
Enjoy!
1,511 2017-11-07 06:15:53
Topic: Interstation Ride - an original instrumental (1 replies, posted in My local band and me)
This is an instrumental I wrote a long time ago:
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/Inte … 20Ride.mp3
This was a re-recorded version for my solo CD project. I also used it recently for a backdrop to a video I put together of random photos of the sunrise from our front yard over a couple of years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTHOD6QfUfM
Enjoy!
1,512 2017-11-07 05:57:37
Re: NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME (94 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
I already did "To her door" a few days ago, just before this wretched cold got a hold of me:
but ...
easybeat wrote:
I challenge
Neo to do Elvira
Challenge accepted!!! (although I've never heard this song)
1,513 2017-11-06 08:31:32
Re: SUGGESTIONS: DECEMBER 2017 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH (7 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Australian Christmas Song - Aussie Jingle Bells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1aYkutjXfQ
Because it's bl**dy hot in Australia at Christmas!!!
Cheers
1,514 2017-11-06 01:39:23
Re: SUGGESTIONS: NOVEMBER 2017 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH (14 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Zurf wrote:
beamer wrote:Zurf wrote:I love A Horse With No Name. Four chords, three of which you don't really see anywhere else, and it has a terrific bass line that I've never been able to get right. To quote Jimmy Buffett from God's Own Drunk, "It's so simple it plumb evades me."
4??? I only used E and Em LOLOLOLOL
When I replace my scanner, I'll send you a chord chart that came from the America website. I haven't been there in a while, but they used to have chord charts to a lot of their songs the way they played them.
Not sure if this will help, but I wrote a chord diagram program some time ago:
http://neophytte.mine.nu/chord/
Will also work for different stringed instruments (via settings) ...
Enjoy ...
1,515 2017-11-06 01:32:22
Topic: Josselyn - an original song (0 replies, posted in My local band and me)
1,516 2017-11-06 01:31:10
Topic: Lydia - an original song (0 replies, posted in My local band and me)
1,517 2017-11-03 07:40:42
Re: Belated NGDs (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
jgreen wrote:
On the wall to your right is the mando-banjo - I'm pretty sure it's a MANjo (1930's?)
I did some "work" on a similar one of these, which was my then-girlfriend's mothers musical item - she called it a "banjo-lin" .... when we broke up, I had to give it back, totally disassembled, which I always felt bad about ...
jgreen wrote:
Yikes! Sounds like a lot when you list 'em like that. I better shuffle them around the house again so they are harder to count
Sounds like what I do ....
Really nice collection, I like the Solitaire ...
1,518 2017-11-03 01:24:19
Re: The Spiral Staircase - an original song (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
easybeat wrote:
Gidday Neo
i like this one a lot.
Thanks - you'll (maybe) also enjoy "The man in the glass cage", which was recorded at roughly the same time: http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=187385
1,519 2017-11-03 01:22:48
Topic: Man in the glass cage - an original song (1 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Another one from my solo CD:
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/Man% … 20Cage.mp3
This was recorded in the same session as "The Spiral Staircase", and the bass line from "Man in the glass cage" is the piano line from "The Spiral Staircase". Had a session vocalist (Janet) do the backup vocals, and swapped her talent for putting some MIDI files onto her sequencer, which she then used as her backup tracks for singing at pubs and clubs ...
I always liked this song for the 'latin' feel, and the feedbacking guitars at the end ... but it seems I'm in the minority
Enjoy!!
1,520 2017-11-03 01:17:49
Topic: Rhinoceros - an original song (1 replies, posted in My local band and me)
This one was recorded on my solo CD, back in the 90's:
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/rhinoceros.mp3
It got a bit of airplay and was featured on one of the MTV videos they were producing at the time (I think it was about fashion or makeup, or something ...), apparently got a fair bit of airplay on some of the college radio stations in the US, which, to me, was a bit odd, as I recorded it with "bits and pieces" of ideas, and was pretty quick to record ...
And it has Sinbad at the end ...
Enjoy!
1,521 2017-11-02 04:08:33
Re: Double Tracking Just Using My Cell Phone. (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I like this one!! It has raw emotion ....
1,522 2017-11-02 04:05:05
Topic: The Spiral Staircase - an original song (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/SpiralStaircase.mp3
I wrote this music one night when I was the midst of a sweaty bad cold/flu, then added some vocals in the next day (or two) ... there's no guitar on this one!!
Enjoy!
1,523 2017-11-02 03:59:45
Topic: Trust - an original song (1 replies, posted in My local band and me)
http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/Trust.mp3
This was an early version of this song, got some airplay on the local stations (back in the day), and was later re-recorded and released on CD ....
Enjoy!
1,524 2017-11-01 10:28:53
Re: "Some people (do funny things)" - an original song (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Website should be back up now 
1,525 2017-11-01 07:11:17
Re: Falling in Love (18 replies, posted in Electric)
I can answer the second part of that question ... you'll need to wire in a battery and also change the 'mono' output plug to a 'stereo' output plug - this allows your mono plug to act as a switch to turn the battery on or off as needed (don't leave it plugged in, or the battery will always be 'on' and get drained!!), it's not a very complex circuit, here's a wiring diagram I found for EMG 85/81/60's ...
