[montydog]

Hi,

My name is Alan & I'm a 49 year old who has come very late to songwriting and guitar playing although I've been a dobro player in an Americana band for several years. Over the past 12 months I've written a dozen songs which have gone down well with friends and family but I have no idea if they are any good at all. So I plan to post some on here over the next few weeks and see how they go. It's really hard to know whether I have something or if I'm just kidding myself. I guess a lot of people on this forum would feel the same. Should I just post my basic acoustic guitar and voice recordings or should I post fully arranged songs?

Alan

[man of simple pleasures]

hello and welcome its a pretty cool forum i've only been here a month! post them up mate, some on here have well produced songs but myself at the minute is just me and an acoustic guitar so thats all i post up!

[James Nighthawk]

Hello and welcome!

Post the songs however you feel most comfortable. A simple guitar vocal is absolutely fine, but I'd you have already worked on some arrangement there is some benefit of showing that too

Dive into the review board and see how others post and review to get an idea. Review a few songs first, then post one of your own, and I guarantee you'll find a warm welcome

[tone]

Hi Alan

Welcome to the forum Whereabouts in Devon are you? I'm just over the border in Somerset, but I do occasionally play gigs and open mics in East Devon.

Tone

[montydog]

Tone,

I'm near Totnes in south Devon. I was brought up in Ottery St Mary so I know East Devon well. That border between East Devon and Somerset is a beautiful part of the county.

Alan

[tone]

Ah, Totnes is very beautiful. Try not to feel sorry for me, but I grew up in Plymouth, so I'm very familiar with your neck of the woods!

Good to have you on board

Tone