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Aliceinwonder, I am not much of a singer or guitar player here is a song I wrote about the frustration of getting the guitar to play. My friend Darcy is playing the guitar. Keep playing you will get there. I hope you keep us all posted on your progress and maybe we will have the priviledge oneday  of hearing your singing and playing on here.
https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/come-on-guitar

I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up. Eric Clapton.

Hello Bill great to see you back on here.

Miley and the band knocks that one out of the ball park excellent. Another modern artist that has suprised me is Pink singing Me and Bobby Mcgee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwmUMvhy-lY

I was watching Chet Atkins on youtube a while back playing and talking about guitar. He said he loved playing guitar like he did but always wished he had the talent and technique to play in other styles.

CSOM great to hear all your covers.

To me music  shouldn’t be about getting famous. It shouldn’t be about the size of your following. It should be part  of the way in which you connect with the everyday people in the world around you.  Fame is a fleeting enjoyment. But if you’re really lucky, playing music can last forever. To me this is what all the wonderful Chordie folk on here are about connecting to good people and the enjoyment of life and music. I feel humbled to be accepted as part of  this community.

Cheers Phill thank you for your feedback. I just heard on the radio your rugby team has had two good wins over the last two weekends. TF that is a good trophy size trout.

Phill that song  is writen by Easybeat and  also is all  his singing and playing . I am sure Eb would pleased with your constructive comment. If it was me doing the song it would be all over the place as I play and sing badly only  by feel.

I am not much of a singer or musician myself but I love it when I have been able to do my thing with good musos.

Another trick of singing and playing for friends for a sing along is as long as your singing is good no one notices the bits you cant play. When you miss a chord out as long as the rhythm is still there or just using vocals to fill the small gap can also work.

Cheers TF we have rivers here  in NZ with Brown and Rainbow Trout also in the South Island Salmon. If you come to NZ you will discover many a good spot to Fly Fish. I have had the privilege: in my time to have had the experience of living in differant parts of the world,. I have noticed as you have stated with  eloquence: that when we strip away the exterior trappings of culture and such, people are essentially the same throughout the world.  Without thinking about it until now I am pleased my writing has acknowledged and represented that.

Was it Spike Milligan who said, " The blinds are drawn but the furniture is real"?