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Post by hofner on Mar 19, 2011 6:40:37 GMT -5
thank you very much for the warm welcome. I`m German and so it might be that my English is not correct always. Please apologize. Of course I´m a longtime Kinks-fan and I was trained and educated by Ray himself in songwriting. I talked a lot with Ray about this and that and of god and the world. If you are interested in, I write songs in a kind the Kinks did. I hope I can finish as soon as possible my own website. From there you can listen to my kinky-stuff if you want. I am interested in all things about Kinks and Ray and I got all records (I guess) the Kinks have done. Thanks very much for reading and I`m sure I will have a great time whenever I am here. All the time "don`t panic, don`t loose control keep a head, keep a hold!" Hofner Attachments:
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Mar 19, 2011 7:27:34 GMT -5
Your welcome Hofner!  Please don't worry about your English - I understood you just fine! You are very lucky to have talked so much with Ray about various subjects, and its great that the Kinks have influenced your songwriting style! I wish you luck in getting your website up and running, I'm sure we'd all be intrested to hear your kinky style songs! And yes, I'm sure you'll have a great time here! Great picture too, is that you with Ray? |
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Post by martin53 on Mar 19, 2011 8:42:37 GMT -5
You're welcome hofner. We are all interested to hear your songs . Let us know when your own website is finished!  |
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Post by hofner on Mar 19, 2011 12:07:37 GMT -5
Hello sleepwalker,
yes, you`re right. The pic shows me and Ray. Unfortunately exact at this moment when the photo was taken I have closed my eyes. But I got several photos with Ray. At anytime I will exchange this one with a better one. Yes I was very lucky to have met Ray because we cared ourselves about our writingstyles and Ray listened very carefully to my songs and advised me to do this better and leave another note and so on. He knows a lot of musical theories and things to improve the writing style and he also knows about Bach or Mahler and their ways to compose. You know we discussed so many interesting things about intelligent rockmusic.
But I don`t want to bore you with my stories. I think we get together here in this forum.
Thank you and have a great time.
By the way. My real name is Herb but I chose my nickname here because of a very traditional guitar manufacterer here in Germany. His name is HOFNER like the bass of Sir Paul McCartney
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Post by maddogtim74 on Mar 19, 2011 13:00:57 GMT -5
Welcome Herb! We are glad to have you here. as you have a personal connection to Ray and that makes us friends-of a friend of Ray. I look forward to seeing your website and hearing your Kinky songs. Have a great day!
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Mar 19, 2011 13:12:58 GMT -5
It would be great if you could post some more of those pictures with you and Ray, Hofner! And I'm sure you could never bore us with your stories about Ray! Nice idea for a nickname too! |
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Post by HollyH on Mar 19, 2011 19:37:07 GMT -5
Welcome, herb -- glad you joined us! I can just picture that famous Hofner bass, so I appreciate your screen name.  Any more tidbits about your conversations with Ray would be welcome. |
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Post by uncleson on Mar 20, 2011 16:04:41 GMT -5
Hello Herb! Youll find the people on this board to be very friendly and knowledgeable. Its great to meet you!
Jeff
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Post by hofner on Mar 22, 2011 15:06:57 GMT -5
thank you Jeff!!!
Please note, that I`m not in this forum to do advertisings for my music!!! I`m interested in Kinks music of course. But when I have been to a German Kinks Fan Site, which is closed down since a couple of years some of my friends there asked me to write songs according their wishes in the style of Ray. That`s what I did. And now it became a passion of me to do my own kinky music. Anyway. If you want to here a sample of my songwriting "ambitions" you can listen to one kinky song. It`s called Drink A Cup Of Coffee.
Please go tohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDh1nOLfjls
and have a first look of my songs, IF YOU LIKE. As I mentioned before as soon as my site is ready you can listen to more kinky songs.
BUT: You better listen to Kinks!!! (I`m only a simple songwriter)
Thank you very much and I`ll be back soon. Have a good time all together and best wishes from Germany
Herb
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Post by Smiley on Mar 22, 2011 15:21:58 GMT -5
We are so happy to have you among us, Herb! All the best to you in KinKdom and look forward to interacting with you here. Smiley  |
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Mar 22, 2011 17:48:47 GMT -5
Herb, your song is fantastic! I checked it out and really enjoyed listening to it, I can definately hear the Kinks influence in this song I like the lyrics and the tune is really catchy. Keep up the great songwriting - you obviously have a talent for it. I look foward to hearing more |
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Post by Kinkcan on Mar 22, 2011 21:31:19 GMT -5
I agree with Sleepwalker.
That's a kinky good song !
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Any more tidbits about your conversations with Ray would be welcome. 
