[X4StringDrive]

The poem before the song...

Staring at the flickering screen
my eyes begin to numb
I go and grab some more caffeine
what have I now done
an office chair at home so plush
tucked in a corner space
just sitting here when came a rush
brought a smile right to my face
its 1 AM this days been long
its time I go to bed
I'll close this out with a new song
that just popped in my head


Our University song
By X4 Kenny

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Chorus
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the only place you need to be
you'll be the best with your degree
from Lorange & Mullins University

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Chorus
G F B&B
the only place you need to be
you'll be the best with your degree
from Lorange & Mullins University

[eddiez152]

Choices made here everyday
Riddled with words that come our way
Sometimes wrong and sometimes right
Are not sufficient to start a fight

To each our own we all go on
Hoping for a better dawn
I learned this tune in our University
Thought it fitting as you can see

Not a cover but a true tradition
Carefully chosen for this rendition
The writers choice has been done
I understand but its been fun

Perhaps a new tune will tell the story
And fit the lyric to all its glory
Until that time I can agree
With the writers analogy

[eddiez152]

Well if an original is what we need
I hope the next one will succeed
I thought the first one was all done
So now I present the second one

It all about music to some degree
You you like it, lets wait and see
Now sure exactly where I went wrong
Here's a different flavor to the song

[eddiez152]

And here is one with
Added guitar

[carol m]

Wow,
I turn my back for just one second
‘Cos duty, work and tasks did beckon
And now I see such efforts made
By all the students of our trade
My fellow students have laboured long
To guild the edges of our Song
They’ve burnished it so shiny bright
It might give lesser mortals fright
But not our trusty loyal band
Perhaps are heads are stuck in sand?
Never mind, we care not, not one jot
We’re having fun and that’s a lot
To say these days when toil and labour
Is rewarded with such joys to savour.

Once again it is quite late
And such can often be our fate
But now I’m tired, I’m off to bed
And all my head can rhyme with bed, is ‘said’ Goodnight.

[knight46]

my thoughts exactly carol m
the brightness hurts my eyes
the contributions made by all
has grown this to great size

and here i think lies our strength
the various points of view
increase out prespective of art
and improves the songs we do

we should celebrate our differences
those things that make us unique
and embrace the fact that others
join us in what we seek

[eddiez152]

I have done this tune in favor
For each syllable has a flavor
I hope each classmate can lend a voice
To the choral choir of my choice

Send your vocal efforts here to me
Lets see what mix can truly be
I did this tune in a Vangelis style
So sing to this drummer
Make it all worthwhile

Mostly have fun. If you would like to get real crafty add some electric guitar iprovs to this one.
I would love to hear Kirk on this one.

[eddiez152]

Kirk,

I would like to thank you for your supportive comment on this.
Your ipod ? Now that must be some fine collection.
But I will redo it into the Oh Susanna theme as I did find it very interesting after going into deeper.
Kirk throw some bach like invproves maybe on this next one.

[Aunt Doty]

I hope to see this thread go on
With everyone getting along.
To converse with poems and lyrics too
Is quite fun, different and new.

We have so much talent here
We're sure to differ from our peer
And that's what makes this place so great
All different personalities and traits.

Music is the glue that binds us here,
Making each member so very dear.
Half the fun is in our diversity
So lets keep up this University!

Now I'll get all soggy with emotion
Because of all my GFB&B friends devotion
To make our site the best one it can be
And remain friends through controversy.

Let our song continue to grow
And ring with hope and glow
Brightly as we try our best
To become a better guitarist!

[carol m]

Dear friends I have a tale of woe
Concerning what just happened to me
I thought I’d give jaw’s harp a go
Since blues harp had me blowing free

My problem was to get projection
I twanged and twung in vain
I gave it all by best attention
I tried and tried again and again.

I could not get the thing to twang
With any sort of echo
I could not get that volume thang
It sounded like a gecko

Before I stopped to have some tea
I gave it one last twangy fling
The darned thing twanged right back at me
And gave my tooth a mighty ping

I showed my friend to ask how bad?
She tried to be quite pensive
She just went ‘Oooh’ and hid a grin
‘That’s going to be expensive!’

So now dear friends I sport a grin
That’s just a bit deficient
The moral of this tale I spin
Is, don’t try to be efficient
If jaw’s harp you aspire to play
And your volume's not sufficient.


Feel free to laugh, everyone else did

[eddiez152]

Stories of woe don't come with pleasure
I'm sure your efforts played each measure
You tried to make your new harp sing
Nothing helped and left a sting

Each tooth we have we treasure
And it would be a sin
To think the only thing you did
Was forget to plug it in

I assume you have an amplifier
But not big enough to light the fire
To your desired quest
1500 watts should take care of all the rest

In closing I do hope
That you will somehow cope
With a brand new transformation
Of your tooth configuration

I know I wasn't there
To laugh with those who share
The experience you did mention
But it did get my attention


If its OK ! Laughing with you not at you. Sometimes we need to be more specific.

[starsailor]

I won't make make fun
No I won't carp
I'm sure you never meant ta
Take your tooth out
With a Jews Harp
It's just a misadventure
Dentists scare me
Yes they Make me ill
It's not the pain or needles
Or an aversion to drills
It's just a common phobia
A morbid fear of Bills
I was going to say try
A Piano maybe instead
But then thought what
No maybe not
The keys might hurt your head

[eddiez152]

The second tune I left above
Fits the lyrics like a glove
I thought of file sharing

Better to pass the tune around
Add your own vocal to the mix
You may just learn some tricks
By tweaking dials and mic's you see
You'll find a perfect harmony

I can't speak for the lyric
I think the writer has done his best
Only for the tune
To share for all the rest

So I go on to continue learning
Should another song come along
Thats quite fine with me
It has been a pleasure
To be part of this University

[X4StringDrive]

Carol oh Carol say its not the truth
that you did really chip your tooth
I know this won't help your good spirits gain
but I have to say I surely feel your pain
For I too have once been down that path
I chipped one of my own re-installing our bath
I was on my knees working on water lines
when my dog thought I said jump on me it's fine
now mind you these teeth are not all not my own
but does the dog have to rub it in, chewing his bone

[X4StringDrive]

Originally Posted by eddiez152

Well if an original is what we need
I hope the next one will succeed
I thought the first one was all done
So now I present the second one

It all about music to some degree
You you like it, lets wait and see
Now sure exactly where I went wrong
Here's a different flavor to the song

Eddie, you didn't no way go wrong
with your posting of the first song
just something I should of made more clear
that will teach me not to post when drinking beer

as to the second one, I'm walking a wire
just not to sure about the choir
sure sounds university could tell from afar
but I was hoping for more of your guitar

if you think about a re-do on your 6 -string
I promise you this I won't attempt to sing
I appreciate all the time you've taken
tho my replies may have sounded mistaken

the genre can be anything that rocks
country, jazz long as it knocks off socks
I just downloaded that band in a box
but all my skills are down at the docks

[eddiez152]

Kenny,

In reference to the tune two which is certainly very university.

I'm glad your in there. Look the choir I control in the mix, thats no problem. You can't get more university than that short of doing our old high school or collage tune. The choir is there to support the lyric.
If you want to add vocals to it, just go right a head. I have a suggestion though. When you record the vocals, break each verse up on separate tracks V1 on its own track etc. Whe you have a keeper leave it. then go onto V2 and so on, then mix them into a final mix. Then who ever wants to get in there can take your mp3 and add to it and so on.

But I can also do a redo on 1. The purpose of instrument changes, was only to reinforce each new verse.

Try tune two I think you will like it.