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Saturday, August 2, 2008

JULY 2008 REVIEW
Topic: Website

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

30 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
18 - Girlschool - Race With the Devil (guitar)
12 - April Wine - Tonite
12 - Girlschool - Fox On the Run
11 - Harlequin - Innocence
10 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
9 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
9 - Girlschool - Race With the Devil (bass)
8 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
8 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
8 - Trooper - Raise A Little Hell
8 - Trooper - Two For the Show

Total tab views for July: 387

(By section: Canadian-247, Girlschool-75, Various-42, Chords-23)

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

102 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
68 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
54 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
53 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
52 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
51 - Girlschool - Race With the Devil (guitar)
51 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
44 - Harlequin - Innocence
40 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
40 - 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 1:35 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2008 1:36 AM EDT
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

"I DID IT FOR LOVE"
Topic: New Tab Postings

"I Did It For Love" by Harlequin is the sixth tab entry on the site from the Winnipeg rockers. I was asked to do this one a couple of months ago. It's among my favourites of Harlequin's, but then I could say that about a lot of their songs. I've always wanted to tab this one, though.

The song is from the band's third album, One False Move (pictured below), which went gold in Canada. It's also on their Greatest Hits CD. They're a good live band, too. If you ever get a chance to see them, be sure to go.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:35 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:41 AM EDT
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Friday, July 25, 2008

TRIUMPH
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

The 1979 album Just A Game is widely regarded as Triumph's breakthrough album. The band's first two albums gave them airplay at home in Canada with the singles "Blinding Light Show" and a cover of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way". But Just A Game gave Triumph their first international success, with hits like "Hold On" and "Lay It On the Line". Songs such as the acoustic instrumental "Fantasy Serenade" and the jazzy "Suitcase Blues" also showcased Rik Emmett's considerable guitar playing skills. Tabbed here is the acoustic arpeggio Intro to "Hold On".

TRIUMPH - "Hold On" (R. Emmett)

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

You can hear the song on this page:

http://www.imeem.com/ohsusieq/music/sTald3uK/triumph_hold_on/

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:04 AM EDT
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

"TONITE"
Topic: New Tab Postings

Posted today -- by request -- is a tab of "Tonite" by April Wine. The song is from the band's 1979 album Harder...Faster. It was considered their hardest rocking album up to that point, but "Tonite" shows both sides of April Wine. It's a melodic ballad wrapped around a full throttle rock out middle section. The song has been added to the video page. (No actual video, but someone posted the song at YouTube.)

The 16 bar guitar solo during that middle section isn't tabbed here. While it doesn't sound all that difficult, there was too much of it that I couldn't get, for various reasons. There's some kind of little timing hiccup right at the beginning that throws me off. There are some parts that are too fast to hear what's being played. And there are some parts that I can't hear clearly enough what's being played. Rather than put in a patchwork solo, I just left it out, and tabbed the rhythm guitar part for that part of the song. I don't like leaving parts out, but it seemed the best route to go this time. (Fortunately, I know this won't happen next time out because I already have the guitar solo for the next tab done.

) All other lead/solo parts are included in the tab.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:34 AM EDT
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Saturday, July 19, 2008

"NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN"
Topic: New Chords Postings

The newest Chord Chart entry on the site is Three Dog Night's "Never Been To Spain". A bit of tab is included in the transcription. The song -- from the 1971 album Harmony -- reached #5 on the pop charts. It was written by Hoyt Axton, who also wrote hits for other well-known acts, such as Steppenwolf's "The Pusher" and Ringo Starr's "The No-No Song". Perhaps his best known song is another made famous by Three Dog Night, "Joy To The World"...and the boys and girls and you and me and fishes.

"Never Been To Spain" has also been covered by a number of other artists.

Hear the Three Dog Night version here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lr0hV0CSzo

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:03 AM EDT
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

A YEAR ON
Topic: Bands/Music

A new tab today, "Breakdown" by Girlschool, posted in honour of Kelly Johnson, who passed away a year ago today. Kelly, as some of you probably know, is my favourite guitarist, has been for several years. This song is one I've meant to do for a long time, since I've always really liked the guitar solo in it. It's understated, melodic, and features that great tone, vibrato, and natural playing style -- everything I've always loved about Kelly's guitar playing. The harmonized lead in the Outro is great, too.

I remember the first time I worked out this solo, years ago. There were a handful of songs on Demolition that I didn't know, because that record was never available here back in the vinyl days. I had most of the songs from that album because they appeared on Girlschool compilation albums, but I knew there were a few I didn't have. Then I happened to come into possession of a live tape of Girlschool performing at the 1981 Reading Festival. "Breakdown" was on that tape, and I loved it. So I first learned the solo from that particular live version. Later, when I got the CD of Demolition, it turned out the solo in that live version was very close to the one on the studio version. Not exactly the same, but almost.

Today, I'll be listening to all of my favourite Kelly songs..."Going Under", "Wildlife", "Breakdown", "Stay Wild", "Furniture Fire", "A Love Too Far". "You Got Me", "Mad Sister", "Hit And Run", "Chinese Whispers" (WCK). And also tracks in which I particularly like her guitar playing, like "Don't Call It Love", "Like It Like That", "Play Dirty", "High 'n' Dry", "Back To Start", "Deadline", "So Much Better Now" (WCK), "No Pain No Gain" (WCK), and more.

And I'll be remembering a wonderfully talented musician who had a huge impact on me.

Here's to you, Kelly.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:06 AM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:27 AM EDT
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

MOXY
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

Today's entry comes from Moxy's 1975 debut album Moxy. I didn't tab this from the studio version of the song, but I think the part of the song I tabbed is pretty much the same as the original. The live version I used was a performance the band did on the morning show "Breakfast Television" on CITY-TV (Toronto) in August of 2005.

On vocals for this version (and the band's vocalist since 2003) is Alex Machin, otherwise known for being the lead vocalist for A Foot In Coldwater. On Moxy's debut album, Tommy Bolin stood in for guitarist Earl Johnson, playing lead on several of the tracks. Earl Johnson: "We were recording the first album with a producer named Mark Smith. I had a falling out with Mark while recording some solos... Our manager Roland Paquin...asked Tommy to come in and complete the remaining solos as a favor... Tommy played all solos except for 'Sail On Sail Away', 'Can't You See I'm A Star' and the ending of 'Train'. He did not work on the riffs or rhythm parts of the songs, it was strictly solo work." (from angelfire.com/ny/bolinfan/interviews/earlmoxy.html) So this particular track is all Johnson on guitar, and is written by him, too. Still in the band, he plays lead on this live version, as well. Tabbed here is the Intro, Verse, and Chorus.

MOXY - "Can't You See I'm A Star" (E. Johnson)

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

This is a video of the performance of the song done on "Breakfast Television":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWqUAWCnihg

The original studio version of the song from 1975, with original Moxy lead singer Buzz Shearman on vocals, can be heard here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S80pX1FvDdE

The performance of the song on "BT" is available on Moxy's website as a free mp3 download. That's how I was able to tab the song; I downloaded it from their site and burned it onto a CD. You can find it on this page:
http://www.moxy.ca/audiovideo.html

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:43 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, July 12, 2008 3:08 AM EDT
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Sunday, July 6, 2008

BROKEN LINK
Topic: Website

A new chord chart posted today, Toronto's "Ready To Make Up". I would have linked to a video or a sound file of the song here on the blog page, but I couldn't find it online anywhere. I also have a couple of tabs on the go right now. I made some pretty good progress on one of them tonight.

I just noticed tonight that the site link logo to the "Cool Text" website (it's on the Home Page) isn't showing. I clicked on the link to see if I could get a clue why, and I got a "page can't be shown" message. So I went to Google and put the site name in. All their links through Google aren't working, either. So the site might be gone. It's too bad, because I did a number of banners and buttons, etc. for AGTA on that site. It was very easy to use, and gave good results. The non-showing logo (with the little red x) on my Home Page is a bit of an eyesore, though. I'll wait a few days and if the Cool Text site is still down, I'll just remove that link.

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:08 AM EDT
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Friday, July 4, 2008

FIXED?
Topic: Blog

The blog glitch might be fixed. I didn't actually do anything to fix it. But I received an automated e-mail notice today about a comment having been left on my blog. Hurray! I hope it stays fixed. It's much more convenient when that notification function works.

Happy 4th Of July to all Americans visiting the site today. Have yourselves a great holiday weekend!

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:19 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, July 4, 2008 2:21 AM EDT
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

JUNE 2008 REVIEW
Topic: Website

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

13 - Girlschool - Race With the Devil (guitar)
13 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
13 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
12 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
10 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
8 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
8 - Loverboy - Working For the Weekend
8 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
7 - Harlequin - Innocence

Total tab views for June: 285

(By section: Canadian-181, Girlschool-61, Various-26, Chords-17)

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

72 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
60 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
48 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
46 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
45 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
42 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
34 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
33 - Girlschool - Race With the Devil (guitar)
33 - Harlequin - Innocence
32 - Headpins - Turn It Loud

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

Posted by planet/zerofret at 1:16 AM EDT
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