Dedicated to Grand Dads .. Never Ending Story

[George Lewis]

Hi All,
A grandchild visit reminded me of three wonderful kids/adults movies that no grandparent will regret watching.

No. 1 ... The Princess Bride .. the classic fairy tail .. music by Mark Knopfler and, probably the best Grandparent/Parent/Child movie ever. (Mind you modern parents may think it should be Transformers !)

No. 2 .. The Never Ending Story ... Nothing better to enhance your child's imagination. Forget the sequels !

No 3 .. Err .. No 3 ... err ... can't quite remember it ... check back later.

Anyway, here's No. 2 ... BT available from Tony Kiek ( www.turningpointcd.com )

The Never Ending Story .. www.box.net/shared/20rrp6c6dh

All comments welcome
cheers
George
PS. Tony assures me no cardboard boxes were harmed in the making of this !

[somebodyelseuk]

Hiya.
Never had any children myself - any woman insane enough to put up with me is not to be trusted to look after children, right? - however, I am an Uncle. You can't go wrong with the old animated Disney classics - Jungle Book, Winnie The Pooh etc. My niece & nephew are big Tigger fans and love the Bear Necessities song... and so do my sister, Mum and Dad, so I'd say they are two great examples of grandparent/parent/favourite Uncle /kids films.
Watership Down's quite a good one, too...

I'm afraid I find some of the new stuff a bit like the new Bond films. They try too hard to be modern and 'PC'. Bond films should always be like they were in the 60s, with a variation on the plot and kids films should be fun without any deep moral meaning. They both should be a two hour break from the real world, that's all.

Getting off my (not cardboard) box.

Cheers, Julian

PS., almost forgot, loved the tune, by the way. Great sound, great playing. Never ceases to amaze me how you chaps get that modern sound, much nicer and more difficult than the older sounds.

[HotRod]

Hi George,

Very nicely played, with a great tone on your guitar - I really enjoyed listening to this quality tune. Nice BT too.

Regards,

Rod

[grip]

Hi George,

Well played and a great sound on your guitar, a good BT from Tony too.

Kind regards,


Chris

[George Lewis]

Hi Julian, Rod and Chris,
Thanks chaps, much appreciated. The tone is basically from tone control on the bridge pup. The overdriven break is just a quick change to another patch on the MS.

Julian, I'll put both those on the list ... never actually saw any of the Disney Pooh movies ... though the books were constantly read. I remember the highlight of kindergarten (is that what it's called in UK ? kids 5- 8) when I was a young "Tigger" (fair while ago), was our teacher settling us down and reading another episode of Pooh. Wonderful stories.

cheers
George

[dragonman]

Hi George
By gosh, that takes me back a few years.
I can remember when it was my kids favourite film (starring I believe Noah Hathaway). They are now well grown up in their mid 30s !!!

Always likes the title theme, and you have certainly done it proud.
Great job.

Cheers
Richard

[loujones12]

Hi George. firstly my Grand Kids sure don't sound as sweet as this!!!! very nice. played well. well done Regards Lou

[caddyshak6]

I would have loved to flown on the back of that dog... great boys as always, come to think of it George... you resemble that dog a bit ;D

regards
Tony

[dragonman]

C'mon Tony - it's a luck dragon, not a dog
Lol
Richard

[George Lewis]

Hi Richard, Lou and Tony,
Thanks for listening and glad it brought back pleasant memories.

I agree Richard ... dog indeed .. don't know what Tony is on but here is my passport photo and as you can see I look nothing like a dog .. or luck dragon. ;D



cheers
George

[martyn]

I liked this, George. Lends itself well to the strat's rich tones.

Cheers,
Martyn

[George Lewis]

Thanks Martyn. Glad you liked it.
cheers
George

[rosemary]

Hi George
I loved that. The tone is absolutely stunning and your playing is fantastic and it makes a really great instrumental.
Best wishes
Rosemary

[john007andabit]

Hi George, great playing and great tone, do you mind me asking what your using to get such a great sound please?
Besxt wishes
John

[George Lewis]

Hi Rosemary and John,
Thanks for listening and your generous comments. It is a tune that translates well into an instro, especially for those familiar with the movie ...

Hi John,
As mentioned in post 4, it's a Strat (in this case homemade Partscaster with Tonerider vintage pups.) with tone control on the bridge pup. I think this is a vital for the modern sound and the 1st thing I do to any newly acquired Strat.
Echo/effects from a Magicstomp with Charlie's EFTP and amp simulation from Korg AX3 Toneworks. Direct into Audacity for recording and editing.

cheers
George

[allclaphands]

Hi George
Looking through some past postings when I came across
your tune, after listening to it I felt I had to say how very
much I enjoyed it well played and put together a real treat
to listen to.
Cheers Pete

A proud Grandfather myself 2 lovely granddaughters and
a grandson

[Gerhard]

Hi George !

Great melody ! Great sound !
I'm considering the download of the BT . . . My ToDo List grows and grows . . .
Anyway - I liked it !

Cheers
Gerhard

[George Lewis]

Hi Pete and Gerhard,
Thanks very much chaps, glad you enjoyed it. Check out Tony's site, plenty of great BT's and very large range of different tunes.

Hi Gerhard, I know what you mean ... wish the tomatoes would grow as well as my "to do" list ! ;D

Regards
George

[Airhostess.]

Hi George,
That was amazing The quality of playing and the tone of the Strat out of this world,what a fabulous tune.

absolutely loved it

Best wishes

Kay