https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:45:47 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/paged/2/#post-264740 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:15:43 +0000
Just excellent - so enjoyable, so easy to relate to and so cleverly written. You've done the hard part and that's to get your first song done and up here so let's hope we see a whole lot more from you in the near future.

Excellent stuff

Bob :D]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Bob https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/paged/2/#post-264740 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/paged/2/#post-264530 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:43:32 +0000 So, truth be told, how many times did it take to deliberately screw up some of the timing and all? That's not all that easy to do!
It's a natural talent of mine. :wink:

To be honest, the song is entirely autobiographical, and the messy bits were my normal outcome, and the smoother sections the lucky accidents. I think that the "Mojo" that Nick speaks about just happened to call briefly by during some of the passages. The "look at that pinkie go" talking part was scripted, but the other two asides were just ad-libs on that take. I did stuff up the breathing (several times), and make all the other mistakes (also more than once). :oops:

I took a term or so of starter lessons a couple of years ago, but mostly my learning path has consisted of highly undisciplined random noodling and improvising. This is fine when I'm just mucking about and day-dreaming, but it makes for some rude awakenings when I try and deliberately get a particular outcome. As Blind Kiwi pointed out, the confidence began to build as I went along, so some of it went quite well - although I did start to run out of vocal steam again at the end. But because of the theme of the song, none of that mattered.

I really do have trouble counting the bars, and whatever happened between the verses was just luck. And that really was the first song I've ever got around to singing all the way through, instead of incomplete bits. I did three 'takes' - the first was pretty similar, the second attempt at a recording was using an acoustic guitar (on that take I actually changed to a G chord at one stage, for some unknown reason. :shock: ) and the third take seemed a good enough balance between bad and forgivably OK. I absolutely must now spend some time taking Raystrack's advice about learning how to play on one track and sing on another. When I tried it once before I ended up helpless with laughter it was so bad. I really did have no idea when to start singing and when to stop, and had no clue when the next change was coming or where I was in the song. Complete disaster. It's the price you play for mucking around too much and not putting in enough time following a set score or getting the basic timing and ear skills nailed down, I guess. So I do have a lot of work to do, but at least I now have a direction and a bit more focus.

Despite the 'battered old acoustic' feel of the song, I was playing my Epi SG400 through a Johnson Blueline amp and recording the whole lot through a small condenser mic. That's what happens to me - I start out trying to sound like AC/DC and it comes out sounding like a combination of Frank Ifield and Woody Guthrie.... 8) Still, they're not to be sneezed at as role models either, I suppose.


Thank you all so much for your very generous support. My next effort at songwriting here is sure to be harder, but I'm determined to keep the ball rolling now that you've all kindly helped push start it.

Cheers,

Chris]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/paged/2/#post-264530 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/paged/2/#post-264514 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:00:44 +0000
So, truth be told, how many times did it take to deliberately screw up some of the timing and all? That's not all that easy to do!

Chris, I hope we get to hear a lot more of your songs in the future. Well done!

Peace]]> Sunday Songwriters Group David Hodge https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/paged/2/#post-264514 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264389 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:56:55 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264389 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264387 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:24:29 +0000 Vic He was my Mum's favourite as well along with Jim Reeves. A dashingly good looking man with a mile-wide smile and a yodel. I Remember You was a great pop song with a harmonica on it.

I feel his overall success in representing Antipodean music was shaded by the great Rolf Harris (or Uncle Rolf as we like to call him) and his wobble board, which eventually was used to great effect on the best ever cover of Stairway To Heaven :wink:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Raystrack https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264387 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264343 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:03:06 +0000
:D :D :D

Vic]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264343 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264330 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:52:32 +0000
I feel like I'm standing here clutching a little statuette preparing to thank all my relations, and everybody I ever met on GN, but this much is true – Guitarnoise has been a wonderful source of inspiration and information and everybody here deserves to be thanked.

Now, how much was it that I promised as a bribe for each favourable review??? I think I'll need to make a trip to the bank today….

Please feel free to savage my next song, if I ever summon up the nerve to try and complete a second one that is…

Cheers,

Chris]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264330 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264315 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:08:38 +0000 (you must be feeling pretty good right now, aren't you???]]> Sunday Songwriters Group katreich https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264315 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264294 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:59:51 +0000
Welcome to the dark side!

Great song and lots of fun to listen to.
This songwriting thing can be addictive so be careful.

Some people have mentioned Dylan but it reminds me more of his hero Woody Guthrie.

John]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Celt https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264294 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264286 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:47:05 +0000
As I said in my reply to you on another thread - if you can find a way to record vocals separately to the guitar it helps as you can concentrate on just one and do retakes on each. The other thing is to make lots of goes at it until you can relax. That said - I should take my own advice :?]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Raystrack https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-45-first-song-perfectionist-beginner-blues-w-mp3/#post-264286