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[Super 8]

Music is a gift and realy can't be stopped,you can sell all the gear you want but it will always be in your head fighting to get out.

Yep, I realise that now - 'tis a powerful thing for sure (ie: muzak!) PS: I know deep down that I wouldn't have been that good at hang gliding as an alternative pursuit so I guess I'll just stick with what I'm 'good' at. Cheers for the motivational words! Keep on Rocking in the free (?!) world .....

[Super 8]

RE: My above 'throwing the towel in' statement. Apols - just a minor mid-life crisis blip I guess! As you were ....

AFTERTHOUGHT: Above said, I do feel it's actually become much harder to eek some kind of 'existence' as a jobbing musician in this day & age ("Shuddup Grandad!") By this I mean: 'Pay to play' venues, streaming and, in the wake of U2/Apple negotiations a while back there, the majority of the general public now expecting music to be a FREE commodity. Personally I still like to pay for the music people make (not that I can afford to of late mind - Catch 22) because: A) I realise the effort that goes into making it and B) I still like to think of 'music' as a physical thing/a complete package as opposed to random notes just floating about in the ether (without an album cover and iiner sleeve). As John Lennon once prophetically sang, nowadays 'nothing is REAL'! 

[Oldrottenhead]

I missed this one, I usually catch up on the latest song player but because this is off site it's not on song player. Great original song, keep on rocking baby.

[Rolow]

Another beauty Super8!

So you are playing both the cello and the contra bass, right?

Once again the lyric is likely to sound familiar to most people, but on a personal basis, not like this is derivative.

I like the mix of sounds, tones and the STOP.   Start up again, surprises.

Very well done.


Ron

[Super 8]

Thank you Rolow Ron! Yeah, I wrote & play all the parts (don't tell anyone but 'the band' SUPER 8 is just: Me, Myself & I ... "ssSHH!") Yeah, I very much appear to be going through an unpremeditated 'acoustic phase' of late (or maybe even 'finding a (my?) sound. Who knows?) The last two songs I have posted up on here (namely: 'Final Cigarette' & 'Serenade') were originally more electrified to begin with but the acoustic additions gradually replaced the electric parts as the recording sessions evolved. As for the cello & contrabass ... I'm rather new to these instruments and I really am just 'winging it'! I'm not remotely proficient on either instrument and just keep playing util I find something that works.

That said, I've been winging it musically all my life! I'm completely self-taught really. When I was about 14 a guy at the local youth club spent 20 mins showing me three cowboy chords and that was that ... that was all I needed to know - I was hooked! In a way I still feel like that 14 year old kid (and haven't really progressed that much musically either - jack of all trades/master of none I feel! Music still fills me with wonder I just hat all the Music Biz side of things ....