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p.s. You would think nobody would want to play music written by an unknown 37 year old either..... and I certainly wouldn't try to get someone to pay me for a song at the moment. BUT my friend that play music are more than happy to try out my songs and ideas. It's great fun for all involved (much less fun for those that have to listen to the recordings) but it inspires us to practice and improve.

Sounds like you are quite creative.... and you do sound like a writer as most that I know do tend to like keeping to themselves and shy away from social gatherings. Is there a writers guild/club near you? In town here we have a writers club that goes away for weekend retreats, you would think it would be quite intimidating as some of them are very good writers, but they also remember what it's like trying to get started and can help with networking and writing tips etc. The other idea could be a cinema club, again here we have a club that get together once a week at the "art" cinema where they show interesting foreign films and can discuss them after. If you don't like just going out and "meeting people" (I know I don't) then a activity you enjoy, that also happens to involve contact with others, is easier to get the motivation to do.

Currently playing a Conn C melody sax from the 1920's Much more fun to play with guitars with their love of unfriendly horn keys like E Blues scale E.mp3

Origami is great fun, I'd like to learn that "new" (at least for me) wet paper folding, they make some beautiful pieces with that. ... so many hobbies so little time

I've not heard from Sean for a few months now, but I saw some very cool paintings on facebook so I hope he is doing o.k.

IIRC Dr Morris use to enjoy a cigar and a tasty beverage What is annoying thought is once you do feel nice and tipsy, but your breathing changes, that "feeling" drops down and out and you feel pretty normal again... frustrating

Nice find K, can't recall seeing this book before. Thanks for sharing

Its not hard to roll someone into the recovery position when they are choking

Just finished the end of Season 4, well worth it. I had stopped watching breaking bad after season 2 with what Walter did (or more specifically didn't do) to Jessie's girlfriend. He really did become the one who knocks

Way to go Stig, nice site, Dao De _/\_ After I was exposed to Tai Chi by a teacher showing the school at morning parade I spent most of my life (school - uni - working life) teaching myself. While I made significant improvement once I met my Sifu, I would not have even been interested in Tai Chi that many years later if I wasn't still reading books and web sites trying to learn myself.

I just found this(basically a 12 bar blues) Just a Bum - Greg Brown from In The Dark With You Transcribed by Tern Roberts <[email protected]> Standard Tuning VERSE C I saw a man, he's a well dressed man, he had a tan, from the Yucatan F he had a car, he looked like a star C I said hey don't I know who you are G But when he glanced in to my eyes C I saw yes I saw was such a big supprise CHORUS C he was afraid, that he's just a bum, some day when all his stuff is gone F and he's left with out a dime C time ain't money when all you got is time G and you can see em, standing on the corner with a C nine day beard and bright red eyes (little lick rundown of 2nd and 4th string in C Goin hey, hey hey hey hey, come on and listen to my story, hey, hey hey hey hey, ah hey) Lyrics " Just A Bum " I saw a man, he's a well-dressed man He had a tan from the Yucatan He had a car, he looked like a star I said, Hey, don't I know who you are But when he glanced into my eyes I saw yes I saw was such a big surprise He was afraid that he's just a bum Someday when all his stuff is gone and he's left without a dime Time ain't money when all ya got is time And you can see him standin on the corner with a nine-day beard and bright red eyes I know a guy, he's a pal of mine I say, hey. He say, I'm doin fine I'm movin up the ladder, rung rung rung I'm gonna get my million while I am still young But at night when he's had a few His eyes say different than his tongue They say I'm afraid that I'm just a bum Someday when all my stuff is gone and I'm left without a dime Time ain't money when all ya got is time And I can see me standin on the corner with my nine-day beard and my bright red eyes Goin hey, hey hey hey hey, come on and listen to my story, hey, hey hey hey hey, ah hey Some people live to work, work to live Any little tremble and the earth might give Ya can't hide it in a Volvo or a London Fog Can't hide it in a mansion with an imported dog No matter how we plan and rehearse, we're at pink slip's mercy in a paper universe And we're afraid that we're just a bum Someday when all our stuff is gone and we're left without a dime Time ain't money when all ya got is time And we can see us standin on the corner with our nine-day beards and our bright red eyes Goin, hey hey hey hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey, come on and listen to my story man hey, hey hey hey hey, ah hey The man of sorrow's acquainted with grief Stands in line waiting for relief He will tell ya it wasn't always this way One bad little thing happened one bad little day Heartbreak has bad teeth and a sour smell and lives when he can in a cheap hotel And he's afraid that he's just a bum Someday when all his stuff is gone and he's left without a dime Time ain't money when all ya got is time And you can see him standin on the corner with a nine-day beard and bright red eyes Goin, hey hey hey hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey, come on and listen to my story man hey, hey hey hey hey, ah hey any singing guitarists? Not sure I could lay down the "base" but I'll do harp and backing vocals

I like those questions _/\_ mjjbecker

If you are able to help out with some ideas of where to hold an event in Sydney, Chris can be reached via - [email protected]

Well we certainly could cover Tears in Heaven,it's a beautifull song. Not lots of room for improvisation (I like creating original songs because then your chops are not getting compared with Clapton ) but if you wanted to lay down something as a .mp3 then we can see if anyone else can add something to it. I might be able to put some sax on it, but would need to get some sheet music

If you don't have a contact for Chris ( Mantra68 ) send me a PM or email and I and pass on the info

20 months ago yes they are And just to clarify, this is incorrect as reported posts can/will be removed that breach the forum terms and rules

Ok so I've used FourTracks Lite recording from my phone to make a 3 min 12 bar in E I'm playing- bass - Casio px-330 inc a simple drum track rhythm - Hohner Special 20 (A) chorus of lead - Lee Oskar Model #1910 (A) (stuffed the turnaround a bit) some singing (so that nobody worries about how bad they sing ) recorded - Samsung Galaxy S II phone mixed - FourTracks Lite - Android Can anyone lay something over this? edit : slight rethink as our upload limit is only 3.39MB and this file is 3.8 Ziped it's still too big, a .rar is small enough but can't upload that extention so.... I've uploaded the .wav to google doc's, should be able to download from this link https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5map6JukXSCZTE0ZjViMDktZDVhOS00MmZmLWE1MGQtYTUwMzdhODRmNmZh&hl=en_GB or Blues in E.mp3 Edit: also just the rhythm section track, we can add to this to get a nice full sounding section Blues in E rhythm section.mp3 then using that common track that we can then mix in the various lead recordings.

I really enjoyed reading this. Explores the relationships of people doing things I find interesting (being at uni, doing plays, learning about themselves, includes a1st exposure to Tai Chi) Was hooked from the 1st chapter

Alright, there is interest so... before we get to song selections (I love blues and jazz standards but I'm not talented enough to make really good jazz) How do we actually "do" this, as I've never tried. I'm thinking of using something on my phone like the android apps FourTracks Lite http://nomadicwhales.com/wordpress/category/fourtracks/ ULoops http://uloops.net/umc/index.php (My fishtanks are in the same room as my PC so recordings on my PC pick up a nice waterfall effect from the tanks ) Then starting with a "seed" track that we can all muck around with putting our parts over, then post the file back here (mp3's are tiny) then someone else puts their bit over etc etc... and just see where we end up. I can have a chat to Santi at class on Sunday, anyone here tried exchanging music tracks like that or have any recording program suggestions?

Hey Aaron, While I'm not really sure what exact issues are involved here..... I do want to say that I've really appreciated the effort you put into the TTC forum. Thank you _/\_ I could try to teach how to remove a mod from a forum (It's just like a personal practice section mod, not like concierge which is a different group) But since I haven't been able to work out how to teach making a personal practice section... you might have some time to reconsider your decision. Just remember, nothing ever works out perfectly and the responsibility of what TTB is, and how people interact here, is shared by everyone who participates.

Go for it, Personally I'd delete the 1st post as a Forum Terms & Rules violation The 1st posts hits most of those, is objectionable, and I find reading that sort of crap about good people like MPG offensive.

If you made the 1st post in a thread "edit" that 1st post, using "full editor" and you will have access to change the thread titles