3,126

(3 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi robert, a very sensitive and poignant song and the last line of the chorus "since my husband passed away" is a real tear jurker.

nicely written

3,127

(3 replies, posted in Song requests)

hi curpy.

sorry i cant help you with that song but i will advise you not to display your email address. there is a button on the left side of the screen so you can direct people there and they can send the message through chordie.

THERE ARE SOME NOT SO NICE PEOPLE ABOUT, so i'd remove your email address ASAP

3,128

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi jeff. your so right. we went out for a meal last night to a restaurant that when i was a kid was a cinema! times they are a changing to be sure. it's the price we have to pay, we all want cheaper goods, and unfortunately the small corner shop cant compete with the "super saver shopping centre mega emporium" thumbs up

3,129

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks both, i dont know why i set the reverb so high, it sounded good (i thought) on the first vocal track, then i did a second and i couldnt then take it down, and i couldn't be bothered to do it again! lazy i guess.

hi dino, russ's thumb is big enough for the two of you. cheers

3,130

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

here's a link to a new song that i've put to clipart downloaded from google. i think it's funny. please have a look and share your thoughts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmRSrrZbrhk

3,131

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

well done Ed, just think of all those lesser mortals you've done better than. you've got a mention and a good listen by a lot of powers that be, you may well be destined for the big time. kudos

3,132

(8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

i dont really suffer with feed-back any more, maybe it's because i play a lot quieter now. i put it down to using my Boss ME50. i turn that up to 3/4 vol then turn the amp vol down. the boss gives me the extra vol i need when soloing. you can also put it down to screening the guitar pick-ups properly and using good quality guitar leads.

3,133

(3 replies, posted in Poems)

nice lament there brother. i've been trudging around the pubs/clubs of South Wales for over 30 years. i've met all sorts; good singers bad singers and smartalecs by the score.

i did a really great gig one night and a guy came up to me at the end and said "my mate is a much better singer than you" so i said great, where does he play? the guy says " oh he doesnt do it professionally, he's got to get legless before he starts singing, then he falls down after a couple of songs!" so i said, he's not better than me then is he?

i'd like to hear this if you put music to it. let us know how you get on

hi phoule77,

it wont hurt your amp to play it though bigger capacity speakers. just make sure the ohm's match between amp and cab. eg if your amp is pushing out 16 ohms then it'll overheat possibly and blow. the ohm rating is the resistance of the coil within the speaker. the amp resistance is the force the amp pushes out the signal. so if your amp is pumping out 70 watts through 4 ohms, the speaker resistance will greatly reduce the power emitted by the speakers.

if your amp is a modern one, the chances are that it's a multi-ohm and will play normally between 4 and 32 ohms adjusting automatically. just check first.

3,135

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

hi bonedaddy, i looked back as you suggested and i'm so glad i did, i came across some names that haven't appeared here for some time. and i remembered conversations i had with them and i realized how much i miss their posts and their views.
as far as your song goes, yes it is well written and your thoughts are forcefully put. well done.

so regardless of peoples religious principles, thoughts and beliefs, we should all respect them and try not to foist our beliefs on those who do not share our beliefs.

let us prey that in this enlightened age, followers of all religions and non-religions can agree to disagree and co-exist in harmony and love. at the end of the day; surly that is what we all crave?

same here, i've now got 3 chairs, only one with arms, wont make that mistake again.

3,137

(3 replies, posted in Poems)

hi judymills, nice poem. it sits well with me at the moment as i have a granddaughter that has reached the toddling stage. it's great watching her and the first verse is spot on. and of course we are all too aware of the second and third verses. thanks for sharing and well done.

phill

3,138

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

i agree with bensonp but disagree with the funster. i also have many years in the retail trade selling directly to customers quite successfully. and i always worked to the premise that if the customer has very little knowledge of a product a good salesman will allow him to think he does and by the time he's bought it....he does and he thinks the salesman is his best friend.

i often got customers to pay their bill, which they were adamant that they wouldn't while offering me a cup of tea! just because i found some common ground. i must admit i was good at that job, but i lost interest.

where politics and religion are concerned, always agree.

3,139

(7 replies, posted in Electric)

carpeted flooring and wall paper on walls and ceiling.

i used to play with a band that covered the walls of their practice room in egg boxes (empty ones of course) and foam (as used for  chairs & settees) when they could afford it.

3,140

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

i've been having trouble for a few weeks, i thought it might be my PC. i've cleaned out the temp files, and my PC defrags itself. chordie seems to be the only site it happens on. there are one or two other glitches, eg: when starting a new post, i'll be halfway though a sentence when the type line jumps up to the heading line, it's annoying but not to the point of throwing plates. anyone else get that?

3,141

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

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i repeat

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3,142

(7 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

hi guitar hacker.

yes, this is true, and i did pick this up but let it go as it was a new member asking for help.
we moderators all have our own ways of doing things and this was mine. i sent daisysam an email and informed him/her of the mistake in the hope that they wont make the same mistake again but remain an active member.

please dont take offence.

phill

3,143

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

amazing how a dick-head like him has united everyone, something like hitler really?

3,144

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

thanks dino,

my wife was all gooey eyed until they canceled one of her programmes to run more replays of the baby coming out of hospital.

hasn't anyone told them that women have been having babies for close on 2 million years?

though he is pretty

3,145

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

i would remind you guys that one of the golden chordie rules is; NO RELIGION. and another NO POLITICS.

i saw a notice on the bar of a pub which read:-


                                 IN GOD WE TRUST, EVERYONE ELSE PAYS CASH

3,146

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

my sympathies zurf.

i had the option of having a GPS in my last 2 cars but turned them down. at home, it seems i have a great sense of direction, it's when we're abroad i get lost, so the wife takes over, not driving, mind you, walking! it has nothing at all to do with those scantily clad young ladies, honest!

3,147

(7 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

welcome daisysam, best of luck building your guitar, sorry i cant help, but please keep us informed as to how your getting on.

phill

3,148

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

i may be rong but isnt that what the chordie editors are for? if you spot a mistake you can correct it? obviously having to work through a piece methodically to find the correct word or chord to help others not just yourself is beyond your scope which in turn disqualifies you from chordie membership.

i'd like to say it's been fun. i'd like to.........

3,149

(133 replies, posted in Acoustic)

i feel stupid saying this to guitarists but some chords are like a brother from another mother, they look similar and quite often sound similar too. for example, if guitarist 1 plays G , and guitarist 2 plays Bm you get the effect of Gmajor 7. it may not be technically Gmj7 but it's close enough for the layman not to notice the difference. another one is G and Em = G6. you can go up and down the fingerboard like this, spend some time working them out.

3,150

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

let me just say; the kids probably just thought "wish i had a guitar like that and be able to play like him" this is a fact, i remember thinking the same thing my-self when i was 14 and a kid came to school with his guitar, he just looked good, and i thought played good. he said he was selling the thing and i bought it. it was trash. it fell apart within a few weeks. the action was so high that it was hard to play open chords. i later bought a better guitar and taught myself to play it. then i noticed how mediocre he really was, not that i'm saying you are, but this is how kids think. so take heart, you'll be better next time