1,751

(10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Saturday night spilt into Sunday night...I think it's Monday morning now so don't expect too much intelligence from me...yeah! Warren Garland, what a hero...no question

Pob hwyl...every happinesses

1,752

(11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hi Austin, welcome aboard the Chordie gravy boat. As you're the newbie it would be nice to know a little about yourself, where you're from, do you play, what you play and how long etc.

So glad you came to the correct forum to introduce yourself, most don't...we all make mistakes.

Have fun and join the conversations.

1,753

(10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Thank you Peatle,

I am also very happy that Ireland beat England after all the garbage their coaches spouted before the Welsh game and you could see that the English players were enticing the Welsh players to fight so they could get sent off! And of course that controversial try.... it should have been given no doubt about that. So congrats to our Scottish brothers and a big well done to Ireland. It's now 9.30 pm and I am out the door to sample some of that ale you referred to. Yechyd da...Kia ora to you my good friend

1,754

(10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Is there a party or extra pickle for 4000 posts? Just 88 to go now.

This is a silly post, please note; I don't post just for the sake of making up numbers as a rule but I needed something to brighten my day.

Ann and I went for a walk yesterday as the sun was shining and it was quite warm. 10 minutes into our preamble and the sun went in, a cold wind came up and it began raining! This morning has brought snow showers. Why wasn't I born somewhere warm?

1,755

(0 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

A friend of mine by the name of Adrian, who happens to be the steward of my local club and also a rather accomplished guitarist, asked if I'd be interested in a guitar night with a few other guitarists? Well yes of course. I hadn't played a jam session for more than 40 years, so I had no idea what to do or expect. We had the first night a fortnight ago just as the snow was starting, so it was just the two of us. We thought we'd try again this week and our numbers rose by 50% . A feller turned up that I hadn't seen since the late 60s. I felt so stiff fingered as Rob and Adrian are so good. We strummed along and sang a bit but we seemed to talk more than play! At the end of the night we all said we'd like to do it again soon and hopefully get some more players, so if there are any Chordians in the locality who'd like to come down you'd be more than welcome just drop me a line and I'll let you know when the next session will be.

1,756

(42 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Thanx TF, total enjoyment. I listened to both tracks mentioned plus Another Brick, Stairway to Heaven and Owner of a Lonely heart. All covers, all brilliant. One worrying thing was Boris Johnson on keyboards! I think you need to be a Brit to understand that one

1,757

(24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

riverjenks, i think you needn't have re-registered just entered your email address in the sign in box and asked for a new password. as i say, i don't know if it will work but you could try it. let us know how you get on.

1,758

(3 replies, posted in Electric)

I've split and moved this post and Jets reply.

Thread bombing to me is like photobombing. So eleczo, if you want to join in a conversation keep to the theme. If you want to begin your own thread open a new topic. If you're thinking of adding spam.... DON'T!

1,759

(9 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

I had an accident some time ago with super glue, US crazy glue? and got it spread on a couple of nails (left hand...I am a lefty) the glue made my nails hundreds of times stronger, I don't pick all the time except with my pinky and sometimes ring finger. It seems to work.

1,760

(19 replies, posted in Songwriting)

once again i have to apologise...sorry, i may have listened to other songs by some other artist?
i don't know why but it seems your song is no longer available, i hope you didn't take it down thinking i was being negative? i wasn't it is a very good song well performed. the other songs must have been on some kind of link so i thought they were you? in a totally different style i may add.
so when do we hear more of your music?

1,761

(19 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I thought I'd already replied to this...oh well! Sorry bout that.

I like this very much, your voice suits it perfectly maybe cos I listened to it on my tablet, I didn't find the guitar overpowering. I thought I detected some Bon Jovi in there? Listened to your other tracks, all covers, did you put your voice over karaoke tracks? Very good sound, I hope you'll put up more of your own self penned songs.

1,762

(20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

when i play a gig, depending if it's a club or pub i would wear a black shirt and trousers or jeans and tee shirt.
i'd never dress like the act i'm going to see, i'm a bit boring like that.

i used to love Leo Sayer in his clown days and i used to do a parody of him when i played in a band back in the 80's complete with make-up

1,763

(24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

it doesn't get any butter, but then it couldn't get much worse(tershire sauce) ....did i have to do that?...yes  lol

1,764

(8 replies, posted in Poems)

Epic work Peatle. You say it's in the Kiwi way to me it's in the "romantic" style all it's missing are the thees and thous you'd expect from Shakespeare. Can't wait for the Floyd version.

1,765

(24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Info for Peatle.

Anything that's "pickled" in vinegar or acid we call eg pickled onions, pickled eggs, pickled cockles etc even tin coated copper for electric wires gets pickled in the process of plating. I believe Londoners enjoy pickled eels!!!!

Edited to correct predictive text

1,766

(19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

over pricing. i've walked into a music shop and looked at gibbies and thought mmmm that looks nice then i look at the price and my attention goes elsewhere. and i don't like the flat, fat neck...sorry

1,767

(24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Baldguitardude wrote:
topdown wrote:
Baldguitardude wrote:

I am relishing all these pickle references.

That is so bad I almost reported this post as offensive. Not Dilly Dilly big_smile

Quit gherkin me around!

Well you two seem to know your onions?

1,768

(24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Congratulations Rick, welcome to mount Olympus!

Just remember we've all been through this stage, you can call it trial by fire if you like only you can make as many cock ups as you like and they still won't fire you, I'm testament to that.

Put your stamp on your forums and try not to piss the members off....too much. Most importantly don't piss Roger off...I dread to see his name on my emails lol

i'd never heard of it before so i had a quick look. it seems to be well laid out and professional and they want £60 a year for the services they offer. they bandy names about such as fleetwood mac and worryingly bram stoker??? i'd look into it a lot further before handing over your credit card details

hi richarg, welcome to chordie forums.

i always type my songs into my PC's office programme, then copy and paste into a new thread in songwriting. there are instructions there for transforming songs into chordpro to make them look purdy like?

i don't use songbook myself but i think that's for the convenience of putting other peoples songs for your easy access.

looking forward to seeing and hearing your songs

1,771

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks for that TF, I'd forgotten about Wishbone Ash, I have the Argus album on vinyl in my attic. Reminds me of the bassist in one of my bands years ago who loved them and actually sounded like them singing and every song he wrote...you get my meaning?

The less I'm doing the less time I seem to have...how does that work? When I get the time and hwyl I'll give it a try.

1,772

(15 replies, posted in Acoustic)

As the constipated man said...oooh that's a hard one!

Bad habits stem mainly from laziness, and I'm really lazy. I learn a song but if there's a bit that I can't quite get I put my own thing in and say I'm being original and putting my own stamp on it...all lies! Eg: the solo from Hotel California, the first 7 notes are from the record, after that I make them up as I go along...see originality?

I've seen people play an open E chord leaving the index finger free. Easier to get to the next chord if it's a barre chord. I don't, my index is on the D# ...see bad habit and I won't change it

1,773

(16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Congrats on 3K. I've never paid much attention to the numbers before, I don't even know how much I have (till I look later) I've been here since 2007 and have learned a shedfull of stuff, spoken to really interesting people and worked with some fine writers and musicians. As you say; best site on the web.

1,774

(11 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

I've thought long and hard about this one and I still don't know. I like my FX on the floor in front of me, it helps as they're all stomp boxes anyway. If yours are placed on top of your amp with dial up FX and a foot switch then yeh loop just watch out for hum and buzz. Pedal boards with set FX are best on the floor. It's all convenience really.

Only twice in my 56 years playing has anyone else string a guitar for me, both times when I bought a new one! Guitar that is! Only once have I allowed the techy tower it up reason being; I liked the way it played in the shop so why change it?

I once tried those plastic coated strings back in the 70s.....once!!!

30 dollars seems a lot for a set of strings though? Let me know how you get on...please