1,901

(42 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I love your  nice clean lead guitar with the vocals and backing vocals. A top song all those tracks you laid down fit perfect  like a hand in a glove. On top of your musicianship the sound engineering balanced perfectly.

1,902

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

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.

1,903

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

Phill it is great to have Easybeat appear again out of the woodwork and show the world his good talent.

1,904

(12 replies, posted in My local band and me)

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.

1,905

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

Jim your attention to detail and talent with your hands to make a guitar that requires a high level of craftmanship I admire.  I love the pics look forward to hearing it on here.

1,906

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

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.

Easybeats  song Memory Remains ( Wahine )  is now part of the New Zealand’s national documentary heritage collections, held in the Alexander Turnbull Library.The sinking of the Lyttelton–Wellington ferry Wahine on 10 April 1968 was New Zealand’s worst modern maritime disaster. Fifty-one people lost their lives that day, another died several weeks later and a 53rd victim died in 1990 from injuries sustained in the wreck.  Here is a link to Easybeat doing his song on soundcloud.
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/mem … ainswahine

1,908

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

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.

1,909

(42 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Phill that song makes me feel like a teenager again excellent I looking forward to hearing it.

1,910

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

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.

1,911

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Beamer a great song about what we see on the outside is not what is always in the inside. I hope you record this one,

1,912

(12 replies, posted in My local band and me)

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.

1,913

(580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

TF that part of that  song Time you quote  motivated me to do a twenty one day Outward Bound course back in 1974. Hearing it live just now made me think of how the whole song  has played in my head regually when I want to motivate myself when taking on new challenges. Great choice thank you for putting it up this week.

1,914

(7 replies, posted in Poems)

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

1,915

(12 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Thank you TF for your feedback. I glad some of the things Kiwi,  I  have put on here are of some interest to those from other parts of the world.

1,916

(12 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Thank you Neo and Classical Guitar for your kind comments. Easybeat asked me to put that song on  soundcloud.  I had that song in my head but wasn't sure if it was any good. Now I have lost a lot of movement in my arms and hands I can't always put the idea in my head out on the piano or guitar.

1,917

(7 replies, posted in Poems)

I was wondering is that pig in the sky called Lucy?  Do you use Sargent Pepper in your cooking? Interesting poem.

1,918

(12 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Cheers Jandle I wasn't sure if the lyrics were enough to catch a bit of the Cuba Street area vibe. Thank you for your feedback.

1,919

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

You got a good tune going on the guitar and your singing works good.

1,920

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

Beamer many a person who has a guitar will see themselves in those lyrics.

1,921

(12 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Cuba Street is one of the most prominent streets here  in Wellington. It is one of the more bohemian areas of Wellington, and is the home to an eclectic collection of cafes, op-shops, boutique, small fashion stores, art galleries, and music shops.  Cuba Street  is also popular with many members of Wellington's homeless community. The street is regarded by some New Zealanders as a nexus of creativity and artistic production, featuring buskers, exhibitions, small  music venus, and other forms of expression.
Cuba Street, to me is a place with culinary and creative soul. Here is me on my cheap $20 guitar, which  I purchased from a pawn  shop singing into my cell phone about some of those who hang out around Cuba Street.
https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/cuba-street-people

1,922

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

TIG if I ever get back to the USA again that studio would be a place I would love to visit. Look forward to you putting some pics up.

1,923

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

TF cheers  that is brilliant you finding that Emerson, Lake & Palmer  artwork  with my bad spelling that beast on Tarkus would have been called  a  Nuclear Amour Dilo.  Nuclear Armadillo  was part of this years Cubadupa. CupaDupa a big sucess this year.

1,924

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

Zurf, Nuclear Armadillo would make a good song title. It could also be a   good name for a band.

1,925

(1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Badeye I love the way Jeff and Collin do that song.