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http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6358338&q=hi

The main reason I'm posting this is because I've just registered with Soundclick and need to know if the link's right: I've had trouble downloading to check it, not helped by my current dial-up hell.

Could somebody please give it a pop and tell me what happens?

A window pops up, telling me to click 'here' if my pop-up blocker is enabled, so I did that. It told me I could now safely close the first window. Another window popped up, playing some music.

Yes.. It did that for me too

It seems to be working then!

Now you can have something to write about

Exactly the same thing happened to me.

Sounds quite good too

Spot the frustrated 80s rock guitarist!

Does it play the while tune or just the first 15 seconds?

pffft!

Oh, and please write more of this stuff, it's amongst my favourite music. Once you have a mellow electronica album, let me know!

Aw, cheers mate! I'll get on it forthwith. Well, maybe after Ashes to Ashes and the C4+1 Skins. And dinner. And maybe some sleep. But I will get on it.

'Allo RJR. I'm not ignoring you up there!

Yeh, write more

It plays the whole song, it's very good. I like the dirtyness. I'm on laptop so I'll record it, if you don't mind, and listen it on the pub sound system I'm not quite sure about the vocal though it might need something doing on/to it, maybe stereo spreading out a bit as well Is that you? it sounds a bit like the dude from Right Said Fred possibly after a strong curry and some buckets.

I like the 80's guitar bit.

Fancy doing a gig up north? Won't be until summer because we've got birthday party/label/record launches in june, so we're not putting anyone else on until afterwards but we'll be knackered in the aftermath, so if you've got a few more tunes of that ilk I'd be well up for it

Yep, that is me singing. Not one of my strong points! I've never been compared to Richard Fairbrass before. I'm not sure how to widen the stereo field - there aren't a lot of elements there to much around with. The organ pans a bit thanks to the Lesley sim, and the looped guitar is panned a little to the left.

I am going to do some more of this stuff, but haven't a clue how to make it giggable. Would one turn up with a laptop and press 'play'? I suppose some elements could be played on a keyboard and quite a lot of guitar stuff could be done live. There aren't likely to be many with singing, for obvious reasons...

It took me straight to the 'play it' button - brilliant - admittedly I've already had a couple of JD's and I'm really a Hendrix fan; but I loved it Roymondo - more please.

Somewhat typically I've been mucking about with synth and drum thingies all day and come up with several different flavours of absolute tripe. Hey-ho.

hey hye, in't mopdern technology wonderful?

That sounded brill, although I was half watching the news out of the corner of my eye, and now my head is going "it's like Terminal 5" to the "insert lyrcis here" bit.

The ing non-lyric has being going round my head all day! Oh dear!

Interesting. So, the secret to writing something catchy is to not actually write anything?

I had a listen (got onto it no problem) and enjoyed it. Well done hun