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Please keep em coming .
All good ideas !!
   Hey Reb ,mmmmm.....
Slimjim & beerbelly ( we'll save that as a last resort ) .
We play any country with a fiddle backing . C C R is one of our favorites for classic rock . Other than that , Simon & Garf , etc . the list goes on & on . We're in Detroit Lakes , Mn. , right up here where they hold the WeFest music festival every
year . ( If you've heard of that ) .
   Dino ; My partner would love " Eight Second Ride " ,
He ran the rodeo circuit for years . He always says " The
animals don't hurt you a bit ,
what hurts is when that hard ground comes up and hits you ..............L O L .
   Anyway , thanks all and keep em coming ........

Badeye ,
   Excellent work , I'm rather fond of dark stuff myself , I think it reveals a lot about the writer's life experiences .
  Expert use of minors and sevens too .
   I do a lot of " dark " stuff ,
that I have written over the years . I have found that with the right chords , just the intro will set the mood .
   Sometimes at jams I will start right out with three dark ones in a row , then lighten things up with some good loud classic rock , then
have someone ask me to do some more of the other ......
   Again , excellent work !!!

D  !  D  !  Wake up......
   ( Hope you don't mind if I call you that )
   Please finish this and post ..
( Sounds a lot like me !!?? )
   Hope you're doing better soon . It's hard to play with an arm tied up ..........

                   Jerry

Hi Kjohney ,
   That recorder is a very usefull tool . I use a four track whenever I'm working on a new song , and keep playing it back to find out where I have to do something different . There are many songs that I love , but won't sing because my voice isn't right for them . Don't give up after recording one song . The next one you try might sound great .
   As mentioned , use songs that require long notes , use your diaphram , and use a monitor facing you . You'll be amazed at the difference between head tones and hearing the sound in the air .
   Good luck , and don't give up ...............Jerry

  P.S. Nela says it all......

Badeye ,
   Thanks , I love this song .
Right off , it makes me think of some of my best friends over the years .  I think one of the most important things a song writer learns , is how to make the listener identify
with the lyrics . Great job......
  ( One of these days , I'm going to get a computer wiz
to help me put up some of mine ......)
                      Jerry

Hello there ,
  ( now don't be bashful )

Hi all ,
   This topic reminds me of about ten years ago . My wife has never been real musical but she wanted to join in at our jams . After thinking about this for a while , I remembered the autoharps that they used to have in grade school , and that anybody could play them . So I got one for her ,
a nice O.S. 21 chord . The only problem was volume . I tried just about every thing , a mag pickup , a transducer ,
even tried just a mic . Nothing seemed to work well enough . Some one must have figured out a way to amp these things , they really
do sound nice................

Thanks for the tip Murky ,
  I searched craigslist in my area , but nothing right now .
Will check it from time to time though .
   Thanks again.......Jerry

Hi guys ,
   I'm surprised no one has mentioned the often overlooked Peavey KBs .
   I've owned two of them over the years . The first one was a KB 60 , paid fifty used .
Loved it , like an idiot I sold it . Then I found a KB/A 60 ,
( paid seventy five used ) ,
that I will never give up .
  They both run two channels , with two inputs each , 50 watts , and full range EQ and reverb .
   They're actually keyboard amps , so they'll handle the whole range , low , mid , high . Excellent for vocals too.
   I'm actually keeping my eyes open now for the larger version , KB 100 or KB/A 100
for our outdoor jams . The 100 has three channels .
  These things are bullet proof ............
   I also have a six channel powered mixer that we use sometimes , 150 watts , and
that thing just does'nt have the snort that the Peavey has...............

Hello BBDGus ,
   Welcome to chordie .
   Not familiar with that model, but for the most part ,
untill you get into the higher priced guitars , they're typically made of either Luan
or mahogany back and sides
and spruce tops . In more
expensive guitars you'll find maple , rosewood , and mahogany in all different subspecies .
  ( As far as your english goes , it's better than some born and bred americans I know.......)
   Keep Playing..........

Hey Zucko ,
   Are you refering to an audio cassette tape ? This would only help you tune the instrument " relative ". In all my years , I've only seen expensive professional quality
players play at the proper speed . Otherwise from one to another , they're all over the map . If you're going to do this , it would be easier just to tune each string by it's neighbor fretted on the proper note .
   You can buy a quality tuner nowadays for anywhere between ten and twenty dollars . That would be my advice , you'll be much happier in the end......
    Good luck............