since i joined...well a while ago, the one thing i have noticed is that weekends from friday, seem to get very few posts. i guess that means that people are busier on fridays?
my daughter is on FB and some other sites and her phone is peeping every couple of seconds! what i'd like to know is why do people think the rest of the world need to know when they've gone to the shop for a loaf of bread? (that's not what i was going to put here but it is cleaner
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2,401 2016-03-28 19:12:20
Re: What has happened? (18 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
2,402 2016-03-28 19:01:45
Re: Betty is dressed out (11 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
beautiful artwork, sound to match?
2,403 2016-03-28 18:59:18
Re: Guitar first for me. (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
nice one rog, i had a go at two in swansea last year, the black and white (lennon) and same as you've got there, which is the one i preferred, but it had probs with the jack switch which crackled. i told them about it but i lost interest so i didn't go back. i almost bought a violin bass (mccartney) in liverpool at the beatles museum, it was £1000, the wife said have it (it was my 60th birthday) but sanity prevailed. they are a players guitar.
ps, they were all lefties!
2,404 2016-03-24 20:08:16
Re: reunion (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
very touching mojo, please keep safe. TF makes a good point; why not use both? great recording too, your voice and guitar go well together. like all great songs; it reminds you of something but you cant place it....well done.
condolences for your friend, that's the second one this week on chordie, and three people that i know locally.
2,405 2016-03-22 20:00:26
Re: Hey Mum (12 replies, posted in Poems)
hey Jandle, such a tearjerking thought that you've made into a poem. it's such a sad subject but i know scientists are working to find a cure, maybe it will come but too late for your mum, and for that i am so sorry.
i know the feeling; you had thoughts running around your head and like a true composer you wrote them down.
well done and thanks for sharing.
phill
2,406 2016-03-21 20:28:12
Re: new song : MY WORLD (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi jim, this is a lovely song. i played it through before listening to your recording and i wasn't that far out. if you don't mind i will send you a couple of chord changes (which you can throw out) just to give you an idea of how i hear it.
great song ji, you just keep getting better
phill
2,407 2016-03-21 20:16:41
Re: Problem Cure (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
i showed that to my wife and she said if i hit her with my guitar i wont have another one! so i just say "yes dear" problem solved!
2,408 2016-03-21 20:10:05
Re: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
thanks TF, i also love all the above, it's just fitting them in....
2,409 2016-03-21 20:08:33
Re: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi peatle. thanks for the listen and comments.
the williams family funerals tend to go;
stage 1, all sombre, crying etc.
stage 2, back to a family members house for tea and sarnies.
stage 3, someone breaks out the wobblypops and then the funny stories of the deceased's life, the jokes and celebration begins.
stage 4, cant remember..... ![]()
2,410 2016-03-18 23:24:56
Re: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
the thing that erks me about reggae is the crap recording and the "do as you please" attitude on them. this is so good which i suppose is the exception that proves the rule. thanks russ
2,411 2016-03-18 21:32:46
Re: 30 Years Of Tears (12 replies, posted in My local band and me)
loving the raunchy voice there Russ. i've never heard of this one before either, i have come back and listened a few times and i'm getting to like it. are you playing all the instruments cos i can hear a slide and keyboards and a great sound on the acoustic. looking forward to your new track when it's done.
phill
2,412 2016-03-18 21:14:43
Re: brothers of the PUI (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
just listened to the song and watched the vid, looks like a lot of fun, are we to take it that there was a rollover accident? hope everything is OK.
2,413 2016-03-18 21:07:14
Re: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hi Russ, how you diddling my old mate? It's funny how others hear things in your songs that you cant see or hear yourself? Reggae never occurred to me. I'm sorry I've never heard of Lucky Dooby, sounds like something someone dropped outside a wacky backy shop in Amsterdam ![]()
2,414 2016-03-18 21:03:13
Re: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hi Jim. The first line was in my head for a few days before the chord sequence struck me. I was thinking of Maggie May kind of rhythm and a song called If I Could See The Rhondda Once Again by David Alexander which is about a Welshman who lives in Australia and wants to go back home before he dies. And yes the shadow of the reaper seems to be creeping ever closer.
2,415 2016-03-18 20:55:17
Re: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Dino, I had a gig this afternoon and I was keeping my voice, hence no multi tracking or harmonies
2,416 2016-03-18 20:53:50
Re: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hi KIR. I use a capo on the 4/5 frets which plays G in a D shape, the Em/D, Em/Db etc are my way of saying it's an Em chord with a D, Db ETC bass, you probably knew that but it's something I only learned in the last few years...never too old to learn ....right? Lets hope I can learn something really useful before I die ![]()
2,417 2016-03-18 20:47:15
Re: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hi Grah.
Thanks for the listen. When I'm writing, I just put in what feels natural and goes well. The Bm gives a little change from the simple chords and melody line. I hope I've explained that right?
2,418 2016-03-18 09:53:28
Re: brothers of the PUI (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
That's great mojo, the words and rhymes come together as if they'd always been that way. No time to listen at moment, hopefully later. Nice one
2,419 2016-03-17 22:34:58
Re: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
this is the link to the song. hope you enjoy it. I recorded it in one take; guitar, vocal and bass drum. Please tell me what you think.
https://soundcloud.com/iphillfine/take-me-back-home
Phill
2,420 2016-03-17 21:47:39
Topic: Take Me Back Home (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I haven't posted a new song for a while so I thought I'd put this one up. I use a capo on the 4/5 frett.
It's a song about coming to the end and wanting to return to where you were born and bred to await the end.
[song]
{t:Take Me Back Home.}
{st: Phill Williams.}
[G] Take me [C] home. [D] Take me back [G] home.
[Em7] Take me [C] home. [D] Take me back [G] home.
[G] I'm getting tired. [Em7] I'm getting old.
My bones are aching and I'll [G] die alone.
No one cares in this [Em7] big old town.
If they don't push you then they'll [G] gun you down.
Take me [C] home. [D] Take me back [G] home.
[Em7] Take me [C] home. [D] Take me back [G] home.
Long ago when I was your age.
I followed trends and all the craze.
Got to a place where I relaxed.
And all those trends have been and passed.
Take me home. Take me back home.
Take me home. Take me back home.
{soc}
[Bm] Maybe one day when you've [Em] come of age.
[Em/D] You'll [Em/Db] turn a [Em/C] page like [G] me.
[Bm] Maybe one day when you're [Em] old and gray.
[Em/D] You'll [Em/Db] want to [Em/C] stay right [G] here. [Em] Not [G] me.
Take me home. Take me back home.
Take me home. Take me back home.
{eoc}
When I was young I was a fool.
Did crazy things just like you.
Things that seemed so good back then.
I wouldn't want to do again.
Take me home. Take me back home.
Take me home. Take me back home.
Everybody's gonna die some day.
It's up to you where you pass away.
I wanna be where I was born.
That's where my bones belong.
||: Take me home. Take me back home.
Take me home. Take me back home:||
[/end]
Words & Music by Phill Williams. 17th March 2016.
2,421 2016-03-16 19:07:10
Re: it happens (11 replies, posted in Poems)
Hi Beestie.
Sorry that I had to edit your poem. I'm sure we all sympathise with your position, but I'm afraid the wording is not acceptable. As has been pointed out there are younger people that frequent the site and we do not wish to give them a bad example.
Your poem is strong and heartfelt. I know you are angry, and rightly so. Please do not spoil things for yourself and others.
Phill
2,422 2016-03-14 21:31:13
Re: New Member Saying Hello (8 replies, posted in Acoustic)
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER
2,423 2016-03-14 19:22:02
Re: New Member Saying Hello (8 replies, posted in Acoustic)
heads up guys, this post is from october last year, so rusty, john mr is an older hand than you but worry not it's a mistake we all do, but it's still nice to welcome newbies.
2,424 2016-03-12 17:06:14
Re: Keith Emerson (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
i'll always remember towards the end of the 60's going to the local bowling alley on a saturday night, DRINKING coke and (hopefully) pulling birds. the records being played over and over were "america" and "sunshine of your love". i still get flashbacks when they get played on the radio, great times.
RIP KIETH
2,425 2016-03-10 20:14:43
Re: George Martin (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
RIP George. FYI, he didn't promote just produce, and as the Beatles themselves would say he arranged and guided them into hits and standards.