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An Evening of James Taylor
Colin Davies will be playing a 2hr acoustic set of James Taylor's marvellous songs at his local village hall as a fundraiser for The Brain Tumour Charity on Aug 10th (7pm).
This video is a showreel of snippets of JT's songs, all played live by Colin, all of which he will be performing at the show, so you know what he sounds like!
Hope to see you there. CDx
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"You Can Call Me Al" Shades of Simon - live at Ingatestone
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"You Can Call Me Al" Shades of Simon - live at Ingatestone
SHADES OF SIMON - "Graceland" - Live at Ingatestone
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Shades of Simon plays Paul Simon's 'Graceland', in a live concert at Ingatestone Hall, Essex, July 2022
iDCA issue with linked channels on Mixing Station Pro
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iDCA issue with linked channels on Mixing Station Pro
'Late for the sky' guitar arrangement - intermediate+ tutorial
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This is an intermediate level tutorial for my guitar arrangement of Jackson Browne's classic song, 'Late For The Sky'. Please note this is not a 'note for note', 'pick for pick', tabulated tutorial - rather, it's a detailed look at my arrangement where I play through the whole song once, then again slowly pointing out what I think are the chord transitions and fingering for key parts. There's n...
The Busketeers
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An accomplished, electro-acoustic musical trio playing an diverse mix of folk, rock, blues and instrumentals from the likes of The Beatles, R.E.M., The Police, Paul Simon, David Gray, The Eagles, Marc Cohn, Eric Clapton, and many others. Featuring: Colin Davies on vocals, acoustic guitar and keyboard, John Austin on electric guitar and vocals, Dave Johns on drums and percussion.
"The Ground Beneath My Sky" #makemusicday #makemusicday2022
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An original song for Make Music Day, 2022 (#makemusicday)
Ski day Jan 30th
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Ski day Jan 30th
Dwarfed by Sella Gruppo
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Dwarfed by Sella Gruppo
Shades of Simon live on Chelmer Radio, Oct 2021
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Chelmer Radio DJ, David Baker, invited two of the Shades of Simon band (Colin Davies & Paul Bleach) to play a Paul Simon set at their live broadcast in Maldon, celebrating 'Local Radio Day', to help them promote their upcoming, full band show in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity at Maldon Town Hall Theatre on Dec 3rd 2021
FB group answer - Reaper toggle mute with MIDI controller
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A quick video to help answer to a query on the Reaper Blog Facebook group
Reaper DAW - Toggle snap and grid together (guaranteed sync)
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Demonstration of an SWS Cycle Action that toggles SNAPPING and GRID GRID DISPLAY on/off but GUARANTEES that they remain in sync. Inspired by Kenny Gioia's video here... ua-cam.com/video/E3c_UPu1UTE/v-deo.html
Running on Empty - (c) Jackson Browne 1978
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Another "Busketeers" lockdown collaboration... This time, a cover of Jackson Browne's 'Running on Empty' :-) Enjoy
Instrumental no. 7 (c. Colin Davies 2020)
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A new, original acoustic instrumental from Colin Davies which will feature on his upcoming album "In My Mind's Eye". My deepest thanks to John Austin and Kelvin Ward for their creative and performance contributions on this track :-)
James Taylor, Line Em Up tutorial PART ONE
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A guitar tutorial for James Taylor's song "Line Em Up" which featured on his 1997 Hourglass album. By Colin Davies (colindaviessinger.wixsite.com/home) This part is a simply a complete performance of the song. Part TWO of the tutorial breaks down the song in fine detail and can be found here ua-cam.com/video/IPvlu3iB2DQ/v-deo.html
James Taylor, Line Em Up tutorial PART TWO
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James Taylor, Line Em Up tutorial PART TWO
Colin Davies - a few Christmas songs
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Colin Davies - a few Christmas songs
"Gaia" (c. James Taylor 1997) - cover by Colin Davies
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"Gaia" (c. James Taylor 1997) - cover by Colin Davies
"Gravity" (c. John Mayer, 2006) - Busketeers cover
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"Gravity" (c. John Mayer, 2006) - Busketeers cover
"Going Home" (theme from 'Local Hero') - Busketeers in lockdown
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"Going Home" (theme from 'Local Hero') - Busketeers in lockdown
Walking in Memphis (cover song) - Another Busketeers lockdown collaboration
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Walking in Memphis (cover song) - Another Busketeers lockdown collaboration
James Taylor, Line Em Up tutorial PART TWO
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James Taylor, Line Em Up tutorial PART TWO
James Taylor, Line Em Up tutorial PART ONE
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James Taylor, Line Em Up tutorial PART ONE
Crusade (Colin Davies)
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Crusade (Colin Davies)
Rehearsing Leaving On A Jet Plane with Miss Coyla
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Rehearsing Leaving On A Jet Plane with Miss Coyla
The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole)
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The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole)
The Christmas Song Tutorial
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The Christmas Song Tutorial
"Broken Stones" (Paul Weller) - lockdown cover
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"Broken Stones" (Paul Weller) - lockdown cover
Fragile (copyright Sting, 1988) - another "Busketeers" lockdown collaboration
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Fragile (copyright Sting, 1988) - another "Busketeers" lockdown collaboration
Copperline (lockdown cover version)
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Copperline (lockdown cover version)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @gunillaruelland8461
    @gunillaruelland8461 3 дні тому

    It's not almost better it's going in a wonderful swing and you remade this song your own.Beatiful

  • @Илья-й8э2и
    @Илья-й8э2и 21 день тому

    thanks

  • @MatthiasHempe
    @MatthiasHempe Місяць тому

    Hello Colin, you've forced me to write one of my first comments on UA-cam. Your version is simply wonderful and leaves me speechless. Bravo, unfortunately my guitar skills aren't good enough to learn your version. I'll stick with a simpler accompaniment. Thanks a lot. Matze

  • @480vmotor
    @480vmotor 2 місяці тому

    Perfect. Gotta get this song down for a wedding. Thanks for your work.

  • @mattstalker4084
    @mattstalker4084 2 місяці тому

    This is so good. Thank you. I’ve wanted to play this for years. Such lovely inner voice movements on those latin chord sections.

  • @fredzara4072
    @fredzara4072 3 місяці тому

    Great tone on your Taylor ! What model and what strings do you use? Thanks ,in advance!

    • @ColinDaviesSinger
      @ColinDaviesSinger 2 місяці тому

      @@fredzara4072 hi. It's a 814CE with elixir 12-53 nanoweb strings 👍

  • @ericleyton4153
    @ericleyton4153 3 місяці тому

    hey. As previously stated, great video. I’m a bit confused. Are you referring to the A string as number two and the low E string as string number one?

    • @ColinDaviesSinger
      @ColinDaviesSinger 3 місяці тому

      @@ericleyton4153 Eric, hi. Yes, I am I'm afraid... 😲 An old (and incorrect) habit ... In this video, low E is 1, high E is 6. 🥴

  • @clefordmanguhit7037
    @clefordmanguhit7037 4 місяці тому

    Wow it's my one favorite song ❤

  • @jasper_north
    @jasper_north 4 місяці тому

    So good!

  • @jasper_north
    @jasper_north 4 місяці тому

    Really enjoyed this… many different ways of playing it but yours is full of embellishments! What version did you base this on??

  • @johnrafferty7547
    @johnrafferty7547 5 місяців тому

    Thanks man. Great version of this beautiful song. Slowly working thru it! Great voice too

  • @reedmak77
    @reedmak77 6 місяців тому

    Amazing singing and playing brother!! Thank you so much for this tutorial!

  • @Bobby_Uterus
    @Bobby_Uterus 6 місяців тому

    I’ve noticed this too. Any fix?

  • @parickyates
    @parickyates 7 місяців тому

    Very well done. Sometimes when someone does a cover like this it’s hard to listen to because it’s stylistically incorrect or awkward sounding, but man, you did really well, easy to listen to, smooth. As a long time Taylor fan and I played this song years ago and just needed a refresher, but you gave me so much more than that , so thanks!!

  • @TheDeastman13
    @TheDeastman13 7 місяців тому

    i just opened the pdf and found some lyrical errors and thought i'd provide the correct ones...there's just a few minor errors(no pun intended, but go ahead and laugh ANYways) but the actual lyric is more powerful, imo...thanks again for selflessly providing the video and expertise, colin. The sky was light and the land all dark The sun rose up over Central Park I was walking home from work Gaia The petal sky and the rosy dawn The world turning on the burning sun Sacred wet green one we live on Gaia Run, run, run, run said the automobile and we ran Run for your life, take to your heels Foolish school of fish on wheels Gaia Turn away from your animal kind Try to leave your body just to live in your mind Leave your cold cruel mother earth behind Gaia As if you were your own creation As if you were the chosen nation And the world around you just a rude and Dangerous invasion Gaia Someone's got to stop us now Save us from us, Gaia No one's gonna stop us now We thought we ought to walk awhile So we left that town in a single file Up and up and up mile after mile after mile We reached the tree line and I dropped my pack Sat down on my haunches and I looked back down Over the mountain Helpless and speechless and breathless Gaia Pray for the forest pray to the tree Pray for the fish in the deep blue sea Pray for yourself and for God's sake Say one for me Poor wretched unbeliever Someone's got to stop us now Save us from us Gaia No one's gonna stop us now

  • @TheDeastman13
    @TheDeastman13 7 місяців тому

    thank you SO much for the time/energy you put into this...and pedantic, no. thorough, yes...all of which the song is worthy of...thanks again.

  • @bmoore5868
    @bmoore5868 8 місяців тому

    really great... a few bpm's too fast but very good

  • @hotwireman49
    @hotwireman49 8 місяців тому

    OMG!! Perfect!!! ❤❤❤❤

  • @johndodge9865
    @johndodge9865 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing this. You capture the feel of this beautiful song perfectly.

  • @jameswaytowich9667
    @jameswaytowich9667 9 місяців тому

    Thank you Colin! Always wanted to see a guitar arrangement for this most beautiful song. Your arrangement is exquisite and could stand alone as an instrumental, but your vocals add even more to it. Thanks again for the inspiration!

  • @goonercestlavie
    @goonercestlavie 10 місяців тому

    Jolie chanson

  • @LukasMyrth
    @LukasMyrth 11 місяців тому

    Wow❤

  • @LukasMyrth
    @LukasMyrth 11 місяців тому

    amazing thank you, which guiter do you play?

    • @ColinDaviesSinger
      @ColinDaviesSinger 11 місяців тому

      Hi. It's a Taylor 814CE with the stock pickup

    • @ColinDaviesSinger
      @ColinDaviesSinger 11 місяців тому

      Check out our transatlantic collaboration of this song with my friend Amy front Nashville a few years ago ua-cam.com/video/mUlhKVbVQN4/v-deo.htmlsi=JDh17b7i9JlhMd56

  • @luckydog-287
    @luckydog-287 11 місяців тому

    Wow, you play this beautiful song, so well! Thank you for that!

  • @Sparky20101
    @Sparky20101 11 місяців тому

    Wow! Thanks so much for sharing this. Very well done. I have some practicing to do now. A lot of practicing.

  • @zolar55
    @zolar55 11 місяців тому

    Colin this is my favorite song……you are a fine player. And singer…..

  • @dw298
    @dw298 Рік тому

    Looks challenging but doable. Thanks so much for putting this up on UA-cam.

  • @user-ez2zx6ye4m
    @user-ez2zx6ye4m Рік тому

    This is just beautiful. By any chance has anyone created a tab of it at this point? I know the question was asked of Colin earlier, but maybe since then? There are some parts I just can't tell about. Beautiful job

  • @bendyhere
    @bendyhere Рік тому

    Pray TO the trees. :) Great job Colin. Beautiful. Thank you.

  • @claytonljenkins
    @claytonljenkins Рік тому

    Beautiful

  • @stephencarlson8669
    @stephencarlson8669 Рік тому

    This is the most beautiful guitar playing I’ve heard in my 73 years!

  • @MrAbetter1
    @MrAbetter1 Рік тому

    Hi Colin Really appreciate the effort you’ve made on this song. Beautiful chords and progressions. Very nice easy pace here. I thought it would a bit much to follow but it’s all falling into place! Have you got 12s on the guitar? Many thanks

    • @ColinDaviesSinger
      @ColinDaviesSinger Рік тому

      Hi and thanks. I think they were 12/53s (Elixir Nanoweb)

  • @garysmith2953
    @garysmith2953 Рік тому

    Colin, Three years on from the time you made this recording, I wanted to thank you. First for the fantastic lesson of one of the most beautiful guitar pieces I’ve heard. To be able to share it as I’m doing makes me incredibly satisfied. Second, thank you for your introduction. Health care providers the world over would applaud if they heard your unselfish and graceful thoughts.

    • @ColinDaviesSinger
      @ColinDaviesSinger Рік тому

      Thanks Gary. Wow... 3 years ago - doesn't seem that long ago in my head... 👍

  • @chrome0011
    @chrome0011 Рік тому

    Excellent 🎉

  • @andrewlybbert9527
    @andrewlybbert9527 Рік тому

    Sounds amazing! Such a great tone to your voice! Very warm and soothing! Thanks for sharing your talents! Keep up the great work!

  • @philipburdick8160
    @philipburdick8160 Рік тому

    Nice!

  • @dennisferrell3662
    @dennisferrell3662 Рік тому

    Very nice! A different version than I’ve learned before. Also chuckled at the slight difference in lyrics from the way I learned them. You sang the line as “I start to sweat, and that’s when I get…”. I learned it as “We stop to pet, and that’s when I get…”. Probably younger folks wouldn’t get the old fashioned term “petting” 🤣! Thanks for this tutorial.

  • @jambac
    @jambac Рік тому

    I am very critical of online lessons. this is exactly my speed. not too slow. not too fast. accurate. clear.

  • @tsims093
    @tsims093 Рік тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @tsims093
    @tsims093 Рік тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @lukes3070
    @lukes3070 Рік тому

    Im not a Reaper user (at least not yet anyway) but this looks really good. Does this theme have true stereo panning (as in dual panning) in it like Logic does rather than just balancing or?

    • @ColinDaviesSinger
      @ColinDaviesSinger Рік тому

      Hi. Reaper has dual pan built-in, so it's available in all themes :-) Just rt-click on a track's pan knob and select it from the dropdown

    • @lukes3070
      @lukes3070 Рік тому

      @@ColinDaviesSinger perfect, thank you that's such a helpful reply 😊

    • @lukes3070
      @lukes3070 Рік тому

      @@ColinDaviesSinger P.S. ooh one quick other question, is any information lost at all (in general I mean) when switching themes? I realise not everything will necessarily display (buttons etc?) But actual information like automation or any settings at all etc? For instance if something is not displayed when switching theme (mid-project) will that information associated with it be lost or retained? Thanks for your time L

  • @thej8243
    @thej8243 Рік тому

    Is it possible to automate MIDI/VST Instrument Mute toggling in Reaper? My current DAW doesn't have this option.

    • @ColinDaviesSinger
      @ColinDaviesSinger Рік тому

      hi. Yes. You can automate *all* exposed parameters for a VST (of which there can be a LOT), including the BYPASS parameter, which every plugin has, and which can be switched on/off with an automation envelope. Check out this GIF where you can see the bypass envelope for an instance of Dimension Pro being turned off and on (effectively muted) - drive.google.com/file/d/1vZJ5a2dyiJIyfLLpjWUvQPTs95J3Ch0E/view?usp=drive_link

  • @theodoorderoey687
    @theodoorderoey687 Рік тому

    Great tutorial, deeply moved and inspired,thank you thank you !

  • @mmenatwork1965
    @mmenatwork1965 Рік тому

    do you teach

  • @PritamOfficial_24
    @PritamOfficial_24 Рік тому

    This theme is aswam but it's not available for India .. I'm form india.. so how I can download it plzz hlp me

    • @ColinDaviesSinger
      @ColinDaviesSinger Рік тому

      You can donate to the theme creator, Blankfiles (in the Cockos Reaper forum). He may take a while to get back to you as he works in a remote mine, I believe, with no Internet for days at a time. You can get the link to donate on the theme forum thread here: forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=214879

    • @PritamOfficial_24
      @PritamOfficial_24 Рік тому

      @@ColinDaviesSinger ok sir thank you so much 🙏😊..

  • @Matt-og6cm
    @Matt-og6cm Рік тому

    A beautiful rendition and a great lesson. Thank you!

  • @ann8846
    @ann8846 Рік тому

    Thank you! This is really helping with the fingering of this lovely song!

  • @algoroad
    @algoroad Рік тому

    this is great, thanks

  • @westb1028
    @westb1028 Рік тому

    How naive were we to ever think staying home did anything but destroy societies.

  • @dougdoesdylan274
    @dougdoesdylan274 Рік тому

    just found this you are very helpful thanks