First time EVER

[xiao-bai]

Love this song, buddy! Keep at it!

Serious Johnny Cash vibes! ❤️

[Fletch]

The first one is special Mark… Savour it…

And that was really good… 👏 Sung with Soul… I really Enjoyed it… 😀

Thank you for sharing… Big moment… 🙏

[the-old-coach]

Thank you, xiao-bai and Fletch, for your nice comments. It needs more work, but I hope to be able to make improvements to it and also record it using better equipment than my 11-year-old, beat-up, laptop. And maybe a real camera!

Thank you again!

theoldcoach- mark

[jumpinjeff]

I think you are on to something most excellent. How do I know this? I want to play it with you.

[albert_d]

Your song has genuine depth and the chord progression is appropriately minor. I share many of your sentiments. I relate. Songwriting is an exercise in bravery. Good job.

[the-old-coach]

Thank you both Jeff and Albert for your responses!

(as two who I look up to tremendously)- your responses mean a LOT.

I’ve got many more song ideas in my head, and in my heart, and in my past. And they want out.

Thanks again…… mark

[TaylorMini]

Thank you for sharing – this really touched me. Very good!

[Bill_Brown]

@the-old-coach 👏👏👏 That was some really good stuff right there! What chords are you playing? Sounded like a lot of minor 7 chords with some cool bass walk downs. I ask because like @jumpinjeff , I want to play along also – maybe come up with some improv for your “chorus”. Anyways, GREAT WORK my friend 🤩. See you in a few weeks on the other channel 🎸

[the-old-coach]

Nicky and Bill–

Thank you for your nice comments! I’m still learning all this stuff, have a long way to go, and am having a tough time with some new audio stuff and the process that comes with that….

Bill– in answer to your question- (what chords?)- well, a lot of them are just basic open chords, but there are some odd ones in there also. I’ll have to think about that and use some knowledge gained to “reverse-engineer” them note-by-note to be able to give them an actual chord name.

I’d like to say I knew what I was doing— but when I was working thru the song’s chord progressions, I wasn’t paying attention at all to what was actually “in” those odd chords. I just found the root I wanted, and monkeyed around with strings and frets till I found combinations that sounded the way I wanted in that chord….. in that moment. I figured I could actually “name” them later. Well, I still haven’t.

Thank you again for listening and commenting…..

mark

added edit—- Bill– Oh yeah, likely see ya ’round! Be cool, man, enjoy the Fall season– the BEST time of year out here!

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