SHALOM TO ALL MY CHORDIE FRIENDS.
Neo whats wrong with you, apologising for what ????
I am angry reading this but honestly looking for an answer and I am not trying to be a Schmuck or an obnoxious person.
We have the French Horn is calling it a French offensive.????It almost sounds like some people are saying to call an instrument a Jews Harp is anti-Semitic. Music shops here call them Jews Harp and I haven’t noticed any offence taken by my many Jewish friends.
Classical Guitar I am thinking the way to combat the perception of the name "Jew's harp" as a slur in your country is not to try to change the language, but to improve the image of the instrument. You could do that by treating the Jew's harp as a legitimate musical instrument and encouraging others to do the same."
If I am wrong so are the music shops that sell these items.
1,676 2018-10-30 03:42:04
Re: 3 New recordings (9 replies, posted in My local band and me)
1,677 2018-10-29 03:39:12
Re: Why Dont Girls Play Air Guitar. (13 replies, posted in Poems)
Thank you Easy Beat and Neo for taking time to comment on and read my piece.This year's world air guitar title was won by a Japanese lady , Nanami Nagura. I see females are now taking up guitar more then they use to. I wonder if many people play air piano??
Jim I guess if Sigmund Freud was around today, instead of writing my piece, he would have presented an intellectual university paper on the male gender describing the energy created by the life instincts and DNA of the male prone to playing air guitar and it's effect on the human female. When I hear people say they have made "a Freudian slip" I always think Freudian Slip would be a good name for a boat ramp. I guess that shows that I really am weird.
Phill you are right kids are a great source of inspiration. I can imagine there are people out there who could tell some interesting stories about blow up guitars.
Classical Guitar there are some brilliant lady guitar players out there in all genres but I think there is still a need for more to strut their stuff. I am starting to realise that maybe the Kid is right not many girls are prone to playing air guitar. I had alot of funny ideas come into my head following his question.
1,678 2018-10-29 03:12:24
Re: Recording- It takes two (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Excellent lyrics good to hear you doing this song in your Bob Dylan way. I love the way many people perform your songs, like Phill and Jan who do it by delving into your lyrics and rewriting their essence through performance.
1,679 2018-10-29 03:00:19
Re: Happiness (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Neo outstanding. For me it is a sad song that has an optimistic outlook while still been sad and yet still reflecting on good times, which makes me feel happy listening to it.
I enjoyed your video. playing and singing good to see and hear you back on your song writing horse.
1,680 2018-10-29 02:50:34
Re: Every Little Thing You Do (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Jeff that is an outstanding love song very cleverly put together. I wish I could write one like that.
1,681 2018-10-29 02:46:42
Re: PASSION (5 replies, posted in Poems)
Man there is passion in there while reading it I feel all the differant emotions coming through. Your ability to paint with words the desire inside ones heart at times of emotional testing shines through again Beamer.
1,682 2018-10-29 02:39:41
Re: SHADOWS (4 replies, posted in Poems)
Beamer you have a great way of putting words together .
1,683 2018-10-29 02:36:05
Re: 3 New recordings (9 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Curt I like your country style. I have left comments on your youtube.
1,684 2018-10-27 04:07:58
Topic: Why Dont Girls Play Air Guitar. (13 replies, posted in Poems)
I wrote this a few weeks back a few days after a very clever nine year old asked me, " why don't girls play air guitar" ?
A nine year old boy asked me an important question.
Why dont girls play air guitar?
I guess it would make them more like blokes.
Maybe imaginery music stores are sexist.
They will only sell air guitars to blokes.
Or someone with male intentions.
Someone with whiskers on their face and other infections.
Sometimes I feel the need to adopt the Silly Me stance.
When asked important questions.
By those wiser than me with much better perceptions.
Why dont girls play air guitar?
To say they like the real thing would be far to easy.
Why doesn’t this kid ask me something easy,
While on his musical quest seeking answers from grand old folks.
Popular music and questions about things that happened before his time.
Those he talks to older ones who refer to Beatles as musicians.
Something any entomologist would dispute.
Or the Rolling Stones as the giants of rock.
Something any geologist would dispute.
This kid needs more than me.
Me allegedly someone with the right connections..
Not guilty your honour that girl did not steal that air guitar.
Check the evidence you will see this air has boys fingerprints all over it.
Unless you can prove otherwise air guitar are made for boys.
What more can a poor boy do but play air guitar.
Why dont girls play air guitar?
Don’t ask me my heads not pointing in the right direction.
My microscope is worn out and my eyes aren't as observant as yours.
Why dont girls play air guitar.?
Kid ask an astronomer.
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.
What, your only nine and you now want to know why this metaphor has become part of popular culture.
Why don’t girls play air guitar?
1,685 2018-10-26 09:45:05
Re: Happy Birthday!! (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Sweet Sixteen Happy Birthday Chordie.
1,686 2018-10-25 07:13:52
Re: anyone but me (20 replies, posted in Poems)
Phill are whirley birds those tree seeds attached to the end of a wing shaped extension which has a slight pitch, causing it to spin like a propeller when caught by the wind when dropping .from tree branches,?????
1,687 2018-10-23 04:28:02
Re: without you (19 replies, posted in Poems)
Laurin800 interesting reading about you on here and I am with you Phill's poem is a fantastic piece of writing.
1,688 2018-10-23 04:18:37
Re: anyone but me (20 replies, posted in Poems)
Phill your excellent poem captures some of my day dreams as a kid. It was amazing the number of times my push bike turned into a horse when I became a cowboy for the day. When I did ride friends horses, I was never me, always someone out of cowboy movie. The number of times the hair brush turned into a microphone and I became Elvis or another pop singer wasn’t funny. The small rock bank about 12 foot high at my Grandparents house turned into Mount Everest on many occasions . The tree’s we climbed sometimes became sailing ship masts. Ahoy me hearties we sailed the world in those trees.
Oscar Wilde once said with his usual wit: Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
1,689 2018-10-22 10:34:07
Re: It Takes Two - written by TIGLJK (5 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Wow Jandle I love the way you covered Jim song by capturing the essence of it through a great vocal performance.with the multi added voice sounds. Great demo to send out.
1,690 2018-10-22 10:01:15
Re: Brauns Lullaby (6 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
CG hearing you playing this takes me back to when I was a child listening to it playing on my Nans wind up music box. As a little child every time Nan would open the lid of the box and it started playing it felt like magic to me. My mother had a windup music box that use to play a short part of the The Blue Danube Waltz which I loved also as a kid. Thank you CG for bringing back some beautiful childhood memories and this big kid loved it.
1,691 2018-10-22 00:59:49
Re: Too Many People (19 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Cheers Neo Playing music for me at the moment is a bit of a trail due to my health and also other factors. Despite the music thing I am living a good life and are happy just incase it sounds like my world is terrible. Further down the track I will hopefully get back on the horse again. So you wont see much of me doing my own music on here for a while. Instead of me playing, for now I will leave you a clip of a Kiwi bands take on rhythm and blues, which I enjoy listening too. A bit about the band. Netherworld Dancing Toys was a New Zealand band from Dunedin formed in 1982. In 1985, their single "For Today" reached No3 in the New Zealand singles chart. Nick Sampson wrote 'For Today' during a summer spent working at a Taranaki freezing works. His love song has become a classic here in NZ aided in no small part by Annie Crummer's soaring vocal. The now defunct Netherworld Dancing Toys reformed again to do this one of performance at this years APRA Silver Scroll awards in NZ.. Unfortunately as it was only a small venue you dont get to hear the crowd singing along, but when I have heard crowds singing the chorus line at big Rugby games it sounds great,. "For Today I will remember your smile." is the chorus short and sweet and easy for people to remember.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gceLjREO_i8
1,692 2018-10-22 00:36:37
Re: Jamming with 2nd son (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Neo I enjoyed that thank you for giving me a glimpse in to your family life. Excellent you for starting him young he will grow up to understand about the essential language of music. To me music making is part of what makes humans human. Kids who have early musical training do develop areas of their brain related to language and reasoning. Just like playing sports, children can develop motor skills when playing music which. can improve their hand-eye coordination. With encouragement from mum and dad a kid playing a musical instrument builds pride and confidence in themselves. In years to come your family band will not only be a source of pride it will sound great.
Cheers
Pete
1,693 2018-10-22 00:33:55
Re: Is this Per that runs our chordie ? (3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
That Per plays nice guitar.
1,694 2018-10-22 00:32:07
Re: Happy Birthday, Doug! (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Happy Birthday Doug.
1,695 2018-10-21 00:38:20
Re: Too Many People (19 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Thank you Jan glad you liked it.
1,696 2018-10-21 00:35:13
Re: my song- When it ends (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Welcome to Chordie Tonny great lyrics hope we get to see more of you on here.
1,697 2018-10-21 00:32:42
Re: Happy (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Jeff I love the message and the story in your song. Your emotional connection with nature and the importance for all of us to find that happy place in our minds. For me when I have gone through a dark moment recalling places where I was happy from my past uplift me. It was a good listen on soundcloud for me excellent.
1,698 2018-10-21 00:24:03
Re: New Postings On Sound Coud (25 replies, posted in My local band and me)
CG I would love to hear more of your excellent playing. My wife was trained as a classical piano player and her first love is classical music. Me I love all types of music but also realise to play like you do takes dedication and talent.
1,699 2018-10-20 01:58:58
Re: Seeds To Sow (4 replies, posted in Poems)
EB, Vamp you very much.it was just a rush of blood from the jugular the venous drainage for the contents of my weird skull.The best laid poems of mice and men. Robert Burns in 1785 according to Miss Quoted. Hopefully not all in vein. From one New Zeppeliner to another I am thinking people are thinking what the fish and chips is this.all about. No need for weird music or one handed applause. Just a quiet grin and a question what would John lennon think of this.???
1,700 2018-10-20 01:57:17
Re: New Postings On Sound Coud (25 replies, posted in My local band and me)
CG your playing is just magic to listen to. While waiting for my wife who is getting ready to go out and me already to go I had a quiet space to myself for half an hour. Listening to your playing has been a highlight of my Saturday so far.
THANK YOU
Pete