Fret Filings - (Anne's Blog)

Thursday, June 12, 2008

BLOG GLITCH
Topic: Blog

It's starting to become clear to me that I have a bit of a blog glitch going on right now. I don't know what's causing it. My blog is set up so that I get an automatic e-mail notification any time someone leaves a comment for one of the postings. But recently the e-mails haven't been coming.

A few days ago I noticed a comment left on the blog, and I knew that I hadn't been notified about it. Last night I left a response to that comment on the blog. Usually, when I do that I get a notification, because I get e-mailed about any comment left, even my own. But again, there was no notification of a comment left. Then just about an hour ago, I noticed another comment left on Monday in the Headpins posting that I'm only noticing now because I didn't receive an e-mail notification. So that's three times now I haven't been notified about comments.

I checked my settings and they seem to be the same as always (a check in the box that asks me if I want auto e-mail notification about any blog comments left). So I'm not sure what the problem is, but I hope it gets resolved soon.

Sorry for any delay in getting back to people about their comments. Until such time as I start receiving auto e-mails again, I'll check the blog first hand on a daily basis to see if comments have been left. (I'll check the previous five or so posts each day, as well as the requests posting.) Bear with me.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 1:41 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:44 AM EDT
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

ARTIST & TAB INDEX
Topic: Website

Time for a new addition to the site, which you might have noticed on the Home Page today. I've added a comprehensive Artist & Tab Index.

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/artistindex.txt

I had thought a bit about adding a site search function, but really, the site isn't big enough to need it.

It's reached the point where an Index could be useful, though. With the addition of the Chords Page, and the ever-growing Riffs section, it means several bands/artists have tabs or chord charts on more than one page of the site. Some bands (Bad Company and Trooper, for example) have entries in all three sections (tabs, chords, and riffs). Over twenty artists have entries in more than one section.

The Index provides a central location where people can check for all of a particular artist's content on the site, and see where it's located. It's also a quick way of checking to see whether an artist is on the site at all.

A link to this Index will be added to the top-of-page menu on each site page.

I hope people find the new Index helpful.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:06 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:47 AM EDT
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Saturday, June 7, 2008

HEADPINS
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

Today we "turn it loud".

This entry is an eight bar Intro of melodic single-line lead playing, courtesy of Brian "Too Loud" MacLeod. The song was one of the singles from Line Of Fire (1983), the Headpins' second album.

HEADPINS - "Just One More Time" (B. MacLeod/D. Mills)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/canriffs.txt

Hear it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C0ZDAc5ga4

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:22 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, June 7, 2008 2:24 AM EDT
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

MAY 2008 REVIEW
Topic: Website

Most-viewed tabs for the month of May 2008 (w/ view numbers):

29 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
20 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
19 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
13 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
11 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
10 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
9 - Loverboy - Working For the Weekend
8 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
8 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
6 - Girlschool - Fox On the Run

Total tab views for May: 290

(By section: Canadian-191, Girlschool-61, Various-28, Chords-10)

Most-viewed tabs overall (stats date from Oct. 3/07 to May 31/08):

62 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
47 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
42 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
37 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
34 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
29 - Harlequin - Sweet Things In Life
29 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
28 - Headpins - Turn It Loud
26 - Harlequin - Innocence
26 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns

*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:28 AM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 2:30 AM EDT
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Saturday, May 31, 2008

THIS 'N' THAT
Topic: Website

Well, it hasn't been a very productive month. It's not that I'm not working on things, though. Hopefully, things will pick up in June. I have one tab that's been mostly done for quite awhile, but things keep delaying it. I re-listen and decide that adjustments still need to be made, things like that. It was supposed to be an easy one.

But in May you also get delays with the later rounds of the hockey playoffs. The final looked like it was going to be a quick one, but then Pittsburgh found their game on Wednesday, and it may yet become a series. With all the games in the final starting at 8 p.m., it kind of does away with getting much else done on game nights. Then, of course, in May there's always season finales. I think I only watched one of those, though, the "Lost" season finale just a couple of nights ago.

Anyhow, when I manage to get back to some regular tabbing again, I think my work is pretty much cut out for me in June. The request list is growing. There are at least five songs on it right now, and that doesn't take into account standing lists I've been given (with a request that if I could once in awhile pick a song off the list to do).

Also, a comment from the "not such great timing" category. About a week ago, I posted a chord chart of the CSNY song "Ohio". No secret that the song has had it's share of controvery, but then Neil Young isn't exactly a stranger to controversy. However, surfing through the TV channels last weekend, I of course came across various specials, and was reminded that it was Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. And it occurred to me that that wasn't the best timing for posting that song. Nothing wrong with the song, but had I remembered that it was Memorial Day weekend in the States, I don't think I would have chosen that time to post it. So I hope nobody read any commentary into the timing of that posting; nothing was intended.

May wasn't a total write-off. I think I got a tab, two chord charts, and two riffs/intros posted. But any month with only one full tab posted doesn't seem very productive. Although the one tab has gotten plenty of views.

Hopefully, I'll get more done in June.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 5:23 PM EDT
Updated: Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:28 PM EDT
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Friday, May 23, 2008

CSNY's "OHIO"
Topic: Bands/Music

Having just posted a chord chart for the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song "Ohio", I thought I'd also post this link to a detailed (lyrical) analysis of the song.

http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ohio.htm

Posted by planet/zerofret at 3:01 AM EDT
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Saturday, May 17, 2008

THE EAGLES
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

This song doesn't need much introduction; it's one of the best known guitar Intros around (Joe Walsh plays lead on the song). So I'll just go with a Don Henley quote about how he personally related to the song's subject matter.

"I could hardly listen to ["Life In the Fast Lane"] when we were recording it because I was getting high a lot at the time, and the song made me ill. We were trying to paint a picture that cocaine wasn't that great. It turns on you. It messed up my back muscles, it messed up my nerves, it messed up my stomach, and made me paranoid."

-Don Henley, quoted in To The Limit: The Untold Story Of The Eagles by Marc Eliot.

THE EAGLES - "Life In the Fast Lane" (J.Walsh/D.Henley/G.Frey)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/varriffs.txt

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ogoKzJLFU

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:32 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, May 17, 2008 2:34 AM EDT
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

BSG THEME MUSIC
Topic: Bands/Music

Yes, it's sci-geek time again! (You might recall I talked about Terminator previously.) This time it is musically related, though.

For the past month or so I've been watching my way through the DVD sets of the new "re-imagined" Battlestar Galactica. I never watched the old series, but this new one is as good as advertised. Good plot lines, smart writing, topical, great acting. I'm about five episodes into Season 3 right now.

I love the main title theme music for this show, I think this is the best opening theme for a TV show I've heard in a long time. Maybe it's because I've been hearing it so much while watching straight through seasons in a fairly short period of time, but this theme gets in your head and sticks. Here's the theme, written by Richard Gibbs:

http://www.televisiontunes.com/Battlestar_Galactica_-_Main_Title_(UK_Version).html

I know, what's the big deal, right? But maybe it's all about context. When you hear that theme while watching the title/credit images, it's just really effective. And it reflects so well both the philosophy/religion and miltary/war/action aspects of the show.

The overall scoring for the show is done by Bear McCreary, and it's every bit as good as the Gibbs main theme. (McCreary also does the music for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.)

As I've been watching this series, the music has really stood out for me a lot. Hmmm, maybe I should pick up a soundtrack.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 6:13 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 6:14 PM EDT
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Saturday, May 3, 2008

APRIL 2008 REVIEW
Topic: Website

Most-viewed tabs for the month of April 2008 (w/ view numbers):

18 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
16 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
15 - Harlequin - Sweet Things In Life
14 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
13 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
10 - Coney Hatch - Hey Operator
9 - Trooper - We're Here For A Good Time
8 - Coney Hatch - First Time For Everything
8 - Harlequin - Love On the Rocks
8 - Harlequin - You Are the Light
8 - Loverboy - Working For the Weekend

Total tab views for April: 289

(By section: Canadian-218, Girlschool-38, Various-11, Chords-22)

Most-viewed tabs overall (stats date from Oct. 3/07 to Apr. 30/08):

43 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
39 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
27 - Harlequin - Sweet Things In Life
27 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
27 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
24 - Headpins - Turn It Loud
21 - Harlequin - Innocence
21 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
20 - Coney Hatch - Hey Operator
20 - Kim Mitchell - All We Are

*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 1:35 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, May 3, 2008 1:38 AM EDT
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Friday, May 2, 2008

BOSTON
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

Today's riff is taken from the title track of Boston's second album, Don't Look Back (1978). It was the biggest hit from the album, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Chart in 1978.

This is probably my favourite Boston song, a fantastically constructed number that has all kinds of things going for it: a great rhythm riff, a memorable single line lead guitar part that recurs throughout the song, eventually building to a twin leads harmonized guitar part (that signature Boston sound), and excellent vocals, both lead and backing.

Tabbed here is the Intro.

BOSTON - "Don't Look Back" (T. Scholz)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/varriffs.txt

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiOqHLVxZvA

(100th blog post!

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Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:26 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, May 2, 2008 2:30 AM EDT
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