Ukulele post!
Aug. 8th, 2011 12:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blamebramptonTwo lessons, bwahahaha! And it is definitely sounding better, even if I sometimes have to disguise the dodgier chord changes with a bit of fancy pants singing ;-) But in case you are wondering, why the ukulele, B? I offer up these tracks in evidence that ukes are cool, and I have not gone completely doolally.
Jake Shimabukuro is better than I will ever be. Which is fine, he started playing when we was a wee bairn, I bet I am a better writer than he is. Not jealous at all. (That is a lie.) This is him communing with the memory of George Harrison, and it is beautiful and inspiring.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (godlike), playing Life on Mars (brilliant song), by the amazing David Bowie (nicest pop genius EVER) with added hilarity as they point out that all of pop music is made from about 6 chords and two diminished sevenths.
The Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence theme (I love that soundtrack so much, must buy it on CD one day, but it is about £40, so probably more economical to buy a new turntable ...)
I have not bought any more ukes since that first accident the other week, hurrah! Though I still want that banjo one, and the baritone. Buying a recording device next! Fear not, unlike my unsuspecting relatives and Dad's ex-girlfriends who would occasionally come over for a Christmas drink only to be subjected to Highlights From Shakespeare with me taking all the good bits and my reluctant boy cousins doing the girls and bystanders (in return for me not telling on them for their many, many sins), you can ignore the posts that will follow!
Jake Shimabukuro is better than I will ever be. Which is fine, he started playing when we was a wee bairn, I bet I am a better writer than he is. Not jealous at all. (That is a lie.) This is him communing with the memory of George Harrison, and it is beautiful and inspiring.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (godlike), playing Life on Mars (brilliant song), by the amazing David Bowie (nicest pop genius EVER) with added hilarity as they point out that all of pop music is made from about 6 chords and two diminished sevenths.
The Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence theme (I love that soundtrack so much, must buy it on CD one day, but it is about £40, so probably more economical to buy a new turntable ...)
I have not bought any more ukes since that first accident the other week, hurrah! Though I still want that banjo one, and the baritone. Buying a recording device next! Fear not, unlike my unsuspecting relatives and Dad's ex-girlfriends who would occasionally come over for a Christmas drink only to be subjected to Highlights From Shakespeare with me taking all the good bits and my reluctant boy cousins doing the girls and bystanders (in return for me not telling on them for their many, many sins), you can ignore the posts that will follow!
