201 Reply by neophytte

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Hi,

Jandle wrote:

If you get the chance, write the words of the last verse down on here so I can have another listen.

I don't know what else to tell you, it was a story from long ago, we all survived, except the spider and a chain saw that was thrown. The chainsaw kinda stopped, I was glad for that feature, the spider was dead, she no longer moved, but her children came out alive ...

Thanks for listening in!! The recording was just on my phone, and my son took a few happy snaps as well.

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Richard     

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202 Reply by neophytte

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Great song, haven't heard this one for many years, but always a party starter in high school!!

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203 Reply by neophytte

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Well, I entered this one last month, but this was a performance I did last Friday, with the complete3d third verse and some of the rough edges tidied up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC_cS5yotEM

Enjoy!

Richard     

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204 Reply by neophytte

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Rio by ex-Monkee Michael Nesmith...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio#Songs

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205 Reply by neophytte

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Georgia by Willie Nelson ... (not sure if it was originally by him?)

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206 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … rs-of-love
let me know what ya think please

I had a real quick listen to the first half, but being at work I can't crank the volume to hear it properly ... when I'm WFH tomorrow, I'll have a better listen ...


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207 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

Neo
yeah you aussies claim all our best bands

You can keep Mother Goose smile

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208 Reply by neophytte

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Hadn't heard this one, but we had the same situation in Australia - breaking out and writing your own songs was a rare thing, but became more common in the 70's and was somewhat of a norm by the 80's ...

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209 Reply by neophytte

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What a classic!! I must admit I thought they were an Aussie band, first saw them on CountDown ...

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210 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/indic … o-my-abode

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/cover … n-the-fire

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/cover … ast-friday

These were all great - left some notes on SoundCloud too!!!

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211 Reply by neophytte

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Yakety Sax?     

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212 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

The best line was a woman newsperson who summed it up in a few words -   Americans can now choose between "Vile and Senile" !

Rough take: https://youtu.be/XVVWmwbhbtY

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213 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHv-wMD4sMs Ford  from   hell  enjoy

That was great (but I don't think Ford will be contacting you anytime to advertise their cars! smile )

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214 Reply by neophytte

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I heard a quote on the SImpsons once - "Believe in yourself, and you can accomplish anything"; good on you for believing in yourself!!! I look forward to reading it someday ....

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215 Reply by neophytte

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neophytte wrote:

I might try and mix one of the other songs I did the same way ..

Here's another one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gftKLtR7fQ

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216 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

neophytte, that was great, really enjoyed it.  Liked the lyrics, the way you sang in it, including the little speaking bit haha and of course guitar wise, it suited the song very much.  Look forward to hearing the next verse.  Maybe you could right more about your reaction in the 3rd verse or make up something that happened for a 3rd verse smile

Thanks - it took a bit of extra effort to set up, mix down, and do the video editing; but it does make it look a bit better. I might try and mix one of the other songs I did the same way ..

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217 Reply by neophytte

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I wrote this song last year which is somewhat comedic, based on a true imaginary story of a spider jumping on me:

https://youtu.be/GOWO1_UgrJ0

I'm still missing a third verse, so suggestions are welcomed!

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218 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Well I just returned to the USA from a fantastic visit to the UK.

Glad to hear you had a good time!!

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219 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

neo, that was awesome!  I like what you have done with it, very effective.

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220 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

I  always  thought   AC DCs  you  shook me  should   have  been a  comedy  song    , we  always  had  a  laugh   playing  it  at  parties .

I was looking up comedy songs and someone mentioned AC/DC, but they said Big Balls was their comedy number ...

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221 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

neophytte, that was well written, I liked the lyrics on this one.  Can you share the lyrics and chords with us please?  I would like to have a go at this one.

Hi Jan,

Sure, here it is https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=36356 - it also has one of the follow up songs "Suffering", which follows the same chord progression;  there were two others that followed on, but I haven't posted or recorded them.

Just on note on the chords - I use the 'at' symbol to specify where on the fretboard it is meant to be played, so the Am@5 means to play the Am chord on the 5th fret - it gives it a different dynamic to playing in the 1st position (eg x 0 3 0 1 0 in the first position as opposed to 5 7 5 5 5 5 at the 5th position), but if you're going to play it on uke, it may be a moot point.

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222 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

Loved  it  , What   was  the guitar  you  were   playing   it  looks  a bit  like  a  Kramer    ,I  couldn't  make  out  the  logo .

It's a Session guitar (which I still have and use as my "pickup test" guitar now); I've never been able to find much info about them on the web, but there was this snippet from this site:

Session were a brand in Australia by The Electric Factory in Melbourne Victoria …… the first and second runs were made in Japan and were of very good quality that stood up against Profiles and Daions , the third and fourth runs were made in Korea but weren’t quite the same ….. I believe they sold the brand name around 1995

I think mine was one of the early ones as it plays and feels very good - it was my main ax for a number of years!!

http://neophytte.mine.nu/photo/2011-10-06-Session/images/Session-009.jpg 

And the bass:

http://neophytte.mine.nu/photo/2011-10-04-Hohner/images/Hohner-007.jpg

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223 Reply by neophytte

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Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) by Benny Hill     

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224 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Here is my entry for this month an old one I did about 9 years back when I had more dexterity in my hands with word Devil in it. Just a recording done on a cellphone
https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/dont-let-the-devil

That's a pretty good song, and as always your video was outstanding!!!

Peatle Jville wrote:

Wow Richard that is brilliant.

Thanks - the guitar bass and drums were recorded live to my 8 track way back in the mid nineties at a rehearsal room - the keyboardist didn't turn up and we just jammed out a few songs. There were about 4 or 5 verses we played, thenb during 2023 I edited the audio down to the two verses that the song had and added the vocals, effects and tweaked the sound of the original instruments into what you heard in that track.

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225 Reply by neophytte

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This was one that I did sometime back in the 90's - a friend used to make "video productions", and every year he and his extended friend group would make one big video - on this year they did a Telethon-style appeal for Nana Mouskouri:

I had a drum machine that I operated with my foot, (probably a Boss DR-110) and the other guitarist (Michael) was just for show (and extra vocals) - he was the drummer in one of our bands. I later bought the bass players (Kevin) bass guitar and still have it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjrpg1v_D0o

Most of the other acts were miming or telling jokes, and they were all impressed by our 3 minute cover of "My Generation" by the Who - several people complimented us on the way out. I can't remember what we did with amps and stuff, but it was probably with our old configuration of a Boss BX600 mixer into a practice amp.

We also made a couple of music videos for the band, but the music was the original and we just kind of mimed and "starred" in the video - I think they were the Beatles "Back in the USSR" and "End of the line" by the Travelling Wilburies. I'd probably get pinged by YouTube for a copyright infringement if I put them up ...

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