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Hi SEDstar, + 1 to GZ's comments. One of the supplied desktop pictures on the Mac features a tranquil scene of a temple surrounded by trees overlooking a calm pool of some kind. It goes very nicely with your track. I'd encourage you to develop the use of your voice - it's an endlessly useful...

It's more than just an opinion, it's genuine experience from having been in a position of having my own designs to protect. I have also been involved in design, over many years. Along the way I did some investigating into how hard it was to a) Apply to register certain types of designs, and...

Hi, It sucks, but it's extremely common. As you say yourself, we all pinch ideas and strategies from others, either consciously or subconsciously. The argument is always over the degree to which it's done. It's actually quite difficult to successfully establish and defend design copyrights...

:) Maybe it was intended for the keyboard forum and went astray? But, hey, there's a song in everything. Maybe we should write a chirpy little number for The West to collectively sing as it slowly tap dances sideways off the stage of World relevance.... Cheers, Chris

It could well be a technical glitch... But when this happens to me (which it occasionally does) it has always turned out to be the fingers and the ears having a bad day, not the guitar. One possible cure for bad finger mojo is to give them a day's workout on mandolin or banjo (or in extreme...

Yes, you already said that further back. You don't like heavier keyboards, and that's fine. Nobody is denying your right to that opinion. As I said, it's a matter of personal preference - and that means some like heavier actions some like lighter ones. One of my pianos is a Roland, and I love...

A situation where China develops an intellectual elite that leads the rest of the world in sophistication really shouldn't seem that odd. It's only history repeating itself. Their cycle is just back on an upswing again. My brother lived in Hong Kong for many years, flying for Cathay Pacific...

Thanks Joseph. That's handy info, I wasn't sure if what I had seen was a demo or a permanently available online thing or what. I just flitted in and out and didn't get as far as reading the details. I have bookmarked it though, so I'll go back and give it another try. That's good to know what...

I certainly sympathise with your position. But the bottom line is that nobody is likely to work in most jobs just for fun, that's why employers have to pay to get them done. People do play music for fun. If amateur musicians will work for next to nothing and the punters are happy with the...

Bingo! +1 + another one from here to. :) These are a few ways that I have seen stickied FAQ sheets assist towards that aim: Welcome and General: FAQs are an opportunity to extend a warm welcome and provide any useful guidelines to follow. Many people feel reluctant to jump in if they feel...

Hi, Unfortunately my browser doesn't like your hosting site and I don't have time to fiddle with the settings right now, so I didn't get to hear the music. +1 to what SEDstar said about cliches. On the page in seems to have a fair swag of them - but so do plenty of other successful songs. It's...

Hi again, I was beginning to wonder if we were getting anywhere with the analogies (apart from developing vague sense that getting Confucius to mow the lawn would probably end up with a most enjoyable morning sitting on the verandah discussing cutting philosophy with him, but not much progress...

Very interesting project. I can see why that could be a bit frustrating for them though. My immediate thought was about Peter Sculthorpe (For those who don't know his work he's a highly regarded composer who also hails from Tasmania) who has produced some marvelously evocative work with a very...

+ 1 It sounds like you're generating some very useful additional all round interest in your work from this project Walter. Great news. The more people who get to hear your music the better. All the very best with the next stages. Cheers, Chris

Hi all, As others have said, touch and weigh seems to be very much a personal preference issue. I took some lesson for a while from a professional pianist and teacher, and was expecting him to be quite critical of my fairly modest keyboards - one of which is unweighted. So I was initially quite...

Thanks. You could be right. When I first wrote it it was well received, and even apparently ended up on an ipod or two. Another amateur songwriter told me he used to play it while doing the household chores, because he felt that it was something of an 'anthem' that summed up his own erratic...

One challenge a month seems plenty to me too, and Dave is clearly doing a great a job at it. A lot also depends on how much traffic you're getting. If there's several hundred people milling about looking for some action, then having different angles going on is fine. But if you have a smaller...

Hi Gz, Thanks for the clarifications. Good points. :) Wouldn't it be a good idea to pin those rules at the top of the forum, if the challenge has become a regular feature? That seems to be the usual style elsewhere. It's not easy for new arrivals, such as myself, to guess what the rules are...

That seems like an excellent point. I've heard of many songwriters who liked to do that as part of the process - sometimes using their hand for drumming out a simply rhythm whilst they did so. For me, at this stage, the effect seems to be the reverse of that probably found with more...

Hi Dave, Here's my two bob's worth... OK I'm greedy... here's my 73 bob's worth...:rolleyes: I’ve spent a fair while in short bursts over the last couple of years on another songwriting forum. They issue a weekly challenge rather than monthly, but it’s now in its 7th year. So here’s a few...