I find writing harder these days, but the process is also more thought out .... it's also hard with distractions all around, it's easier to chat on Chordie than pull out the video, edit, etc ...
Cheers
Richard
177 2024-11-06 09:55:39
Re: NOVEMBER 2024 – RANDOM WORDS (16 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
easybeat wrote:
heres one i banged out subject ``Rain``
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/the-rain
would love to hear your song on one of the csom subjects
That sounded quite good - I was watching a special on Leonard Cohen the other day, and it gave me vibes of that ...
Cheers
Richard
178 2024-11-06 09:52:06
Re: NOVEMBER 2024 – RANDOM WORDS (16 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Roxanne by The Police has the words " ... I won't share you with another boy ... ":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7rIAErkr4
Can't believe that was 6 years ago!!
Cheers
Richard
179 2024-11-06 00:46:58
Re: SUGGESTIONS - FOR DECEMBER 2024 (5 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Grah1 wrote:
yeah back in 22 heres a link to the thread https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=38627
I was just looking through my YouTube channel and saw I did a cover of your song last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm6c9tsDFuY
Maybe others can do a cover too?
Cheers
Richard
180 2024-11-04 01:30:41
Re: SUGGESTIONS - FOR DECEMBER 2024 (5 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Hmmm, looks like it's time to finish of the song I wrote for _last_ Decembers FSOTM, about the family Christmas day - it's called Two in the afternoon, as that's when Dad traditionally went off for a snooze after too much food and beer 
Cheers
Richard
181 2024-11-04 01:17:14
Re: UK (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Jandle wrote:
Well done neophytte, good you have your buddy playing along with you too. Good message, I like the line "your chosing our fate" and your right, so many views on the politcal arena.
Thanks - I hope the world doesn't turn crazy (or crazier?) after this election ...
Cheers
Richard
183 2024-10-28 10:58:56
Re: FSOTM - Entries for October 2024 (11 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Grah1 wrote:
Sounds good Richard and looks like a good venue as well
Thanks, I think it's a record shop / cafe during the day .. looks like a good place to chill.
Jandle wrote:
neophytte, nice one, good lyrics, thumbs up from me.
Thank you!! The microphone helped with the audio, as the guy up the front balanced them out (not like our club ones, where it can be sometimes hit and miss - but getting better)
Cheers
Richard
184 2024-10-28 10:54:37
Re: Suggestions for FSOTM November 2024 (4 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Just a couple of days to go, if anyone else would like to contribute some words?
Cheers
Richard
185 2024-10-26 00:14:11
Re: old video from around 2007 GB Blues at Albatross bar in Crete (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
It's amazing when you find old stuff like that!! Looks good!
Cheers
Richard
186 2024-10-26 00:06:18
Re: FSOTM - Entries for October 2024 (11 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Happiness, which has the line smile and joke, talk about folks ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkrH_mk1Uy0
Cheers
Richard
187 2024-10-24 09:58:55
Re: Ai Videos/ Beatles (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
easybeat wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l60r_IqhhRU
here is one of the vids.let me know what ya think?
Hmmm, I found it a bit ... weird? I'm thinking they typed the lyrics in, then asked the AI to make the film clip, which works well in some aspects, but the shop names and some of the imagery is very left of centre.
And the hourglass that empties in seconds ...
But it wasn't as bad as the other one I watched (Octopus' Garden): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEGlYbhMZjM where the main crew seem to be imitating Captain Pugwash and his crew ....
Cheers
Richard
188 2024-10-19 00:57:43
Re: Ai Videos/ Beatles (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
easybeat wrote:
There been a bit of talk here about Ai
Although im not a fan of the idea,recently i viewed some vids on utube
that had been done by Roberto Lope using Ai.
wow even though i didnt want to be impressed,i was.
the vids for Elenour Rigby and Penny Lane were sensational they took great songs
to another level.
Got a link?
Cheers
Richard
189 2024-10-15 07:31:25
Re: War Torn Calm (18 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Peatle Jville wrote:
Cheers Richard , King Homeboy is a big guy with a big heart he also is a actor a short story writer a M C among many other things that should be an interesting Doco when it comes out. I will attach a short doco about his backstory and some of his early life struggles made back in 2015 here just in case anyone is interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHsUdc3ISKg
I think the doco you have and the one I have are one and the same
Cheers
Richard
190 2024-10-15 06:53:21
Re: Fake performances (10 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Is it possible they were using a looping pedal?
Cheers
Richard
191 2024-10-14 03:31:23
Re: War Torn Calm (18 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Peatle Jville wrote:
Jandle wrote:Peatle Jville wrote:Here is my rough attempt at a poem song just with my guitar that I wrote.. Hope it makes sense.
I liked your poem song Peatle, I think many people are wondering about this world of ours right now.
Cheers Jan there is a lot of turmoil in the world. I just am thankful and feel blessed to be where I am at the moment. Having said that without feeling apprehensive I realise that we have to enjoy and treasure the moment when things are good because all roads have bumps in them. As many of the buskers around town tell me it is tough out there at the moment but despite that you have to remain positive. I will attach a busker talking to me about that here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjxB-LGwRMk
He has a documentary about him too: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4255330/
Cheers
RIchard
192 2024-10-14 02:26:53
Re: new guitar . (2 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Grah1 wrote:
Today I picked up my first Martin an LX1E travel guitar absolutly blown away what a brilliant little thing the bonus was I got it very cheap and its like new .
First thing: we need a picture or video!!!
I've never been a big fan of Martin, (my two main gigging guitars theses days are both Maton's) however an old friend used to swear by them for years, so perhaps it's time to give them a go!
Cheers
Richard
193 2024-10-14 01:30:33
Re: Is it possible to set/change the "recent items" (2 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Hi Phil,
Thanks for that - but not exactly what I was after ... I suspect when you click on:
https://www.chordie.com/forum/search.ph … how_recent
it is date restricted to the last date, if we look at the code available here:
https://github.com/punbb/punbb/blob/master/search.php
It shows it restricted to 86400 at line 86, what I wanted is to set this to a few days, so I guess forming a URL Like this:
https://www.chordie.com/forum/search.ph … lue=432000
Now ... we can see 5 days of recent activity ... but I was hoping there was a more elegant way of doing it.
Cheers
Richard
194 2024-10-12 10:03:32
Topic: Is it possible to set/change the "recent items" (2 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Hi,
Is it possible to change the number of _recent items_ as displayed here:
https://www.chordie.com/forum/search.ph … how_recent
Now there is less forum activity, it would be good to be able to set it to a higher number, so we can see items which are a bit further back in the timeline. I couldn't see it in the _Settings_ tab either ...
Cheers
Richard
195 2024-10-09 05:34:01
Re: Suggestions for FSOTM November 2024 (4 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
illusion
bill
journal
deer
196 2024-10-07 01:01:56
Re: Ai song writing (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Grah1 wrote:
Further to this discussion check this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxYAtL0D50A
His bottom line, or key takeaway was: "you can't trust anyone anymore" ... which is sadly what the internet has given us ...
Cheers
Richard
197 2024-10-07 00:27:10
Re: Kendal Live Music Festival 2024 (5 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Grah1 wrote:
Thanks Richard it went better than I expected . Mike stepped in on second guitar a t the last minute to cover for Paul who had to rush off to see his mum whos not well .
The other thing I was thinking was you might do well to invest in a tripod, which will possibly reduce the shakes when recording ... not sure what the pub scene is like over there, but over here in Australia, when I'm doing a pub gig, I'll either set my camera up out of sight, or somewhere very obvious ... and it usually depends if I have someone in the audience or not
Was just a passing thought as I was riding the bus this morning ...
Cheers
Richard
198 2024-10-06 06:46:47
Re: Kendal Live Music Festival 2024 (5 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Grah1 wrote:
Heres a vid from our set today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLUAk0BnuUk
Nice blues!!
Cheers
Richard
199 2024-10-05 09:11:20
Re: War Torn Calm (18 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Peatle Jville wrote:
Richard, beer and steak diplomacy I like that.
200 2024-10-05 08:19:00
Re: War Torn Calm (18 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Peatle Jville wrote:
Maybe the Fred Dagg approach I should have taken here is his example attached below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYvMeT2GC14
Oddly enough - I remember this song ... was probably in the phase where I was hitting the pub quite a bit, and might have been on Rage early one morning ....
Cheers
Richard