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New Song Demo "Open C" On Three String Cigar Box Guitar

I woke up one morning a few weeks ago and while half asleep I heard someone on the radio say "Setting sail for open sea"
I thought of the "open sea" as "open C" and this song idea was started : -)

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Comment by bemuzic on January 22, 2018 at 1:30am: Thanks Korrigan

Comment by Korrigan on January 21, 2018 at 4:25pm: Great song B!

Comment by bemuzic on January 21, 2018 at 3:57pm: thanks Richard : -)

Comment by Richard Sundberg on January 21, 2018 at 2:57pm: Open “C” doing you good on the wide blue or G or D! Great tune, you took a couple of words and off you cruise.

Comment by bemuzic on January 21, 2018 at 11:46am: cheers AGP

Comment by bemuzic on January 21, 2018 at 11:46am: thanks a lot Andries : -)

Comment by AGP # on January 21, 2018 at 11:14am: Very Enjoyable B, Great Lyrics and Beat :-)

Comment by A.D.EKER on January 21, 2018 at 8:54am: ALL Well played, constructed ,written, sung, & build, even a amp to go whit it ! Be is more A! class that is !

Comment by bemuzic on January 21, 2018 at 4:07am: ha, yeah coffee, hot cross buns and the fire is what I'm going for...

Comment by Diglydog on January 21, 2018 at 4:02am: I wish my efforts in Open G sounded like that :-) Enjoy the snow ...... or just stay in front of the fire.

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