User:Russell Harding

This page is the user page for Russell Harding A musician and composer who first registered with wikipedia on September 15 2008 I was born October 13Th 1941 at St.Marys hospital in Green bay Wisconsin,my parents were musicians and composers and were on the road traveling at the time of my birth.my father a piano player had a long and successful career and passed away in Norwalk California at the age of 62 from heart and respiratory conditions and my mother passed on in 1985 from complications of diabetes at the age of 78.I am a member of Chordie a musicians forum  http://www.chordie.com/index.php where I moderate the recording forum and regularly review and write articles about new recording equipment as well as film tutorials that are free to the public entitled "Audacity Tutorials" a users guide to a freeware program from sourceforge.net I  continue to compose and record new songs in addition to moderating the recording forum and when I have time I pursue my longtime hobby, Chess and I have competed in the US Open as well as the National Open. (Acapo (talk) 13:21, 17 September 2008 (UTC)) I reside in Port Washington Wisconsin, a picturesque and historical landmark on the shores of Lake Michigan with a rich history of the early fishing industry of a bygone era. Port Washington plays host to the largest annual celebration of "Fish Day" a one day event that annually draws visitors that number over a quarter million people who gather for Music,games and eating fish and chips,and at the conclusion of the day long celebration a spectacular fire works display signals the end of the event.my online activities include editing articles for Wikipedia and producing tutorials for beginning students of digital recording methods and my duties as moderator on the website Chordie have stepped up due to the increased membership which now numbers over 200.000 and growing due in part to its extensive library of public songs and Chordie is reconized as the largest search engine on the internet,I take my resposibility seriously but theres always time for some chat in one of the several forums,I am currently recording a CD soon to be released of all original songs at Trax 52 studios in my home state of Wisconsin {Acapo (talk) 16:23, 18 November 2008 (UTC)} Chordie uses the chopro format for printing songs here is an example of this formatting http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1957 (Russell Harding (talk) 01:26, 21 January 2009 (UTC)) 13:15, 26 November 2008 (UTC)] Wikipedia list this link to chordie and the chopro formatting style here Chordie ChoPro-formatted music search engine(Wikipedia)(Russell Harding (talk) 01:26, 21 January 2009 (UTC)) 13:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)