UkeNukem
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Long time no see friends so greetings all! I have not been playing uke much in the last few years but bass guitar. That was an outgrouth of this project.
http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/showthread.php?44202-Yes-it-can-be-done
but I found for the music that group was doing I needed more "definition" so I picked up and Ibanez Mikro.
Fast forward to now (previous group never got of the ground) and I just joined a semi-electric folk/Indie group who went GA-GA over the bass uke when I showed up. The band leader said "I thought he meant he played bass and uke" to which I replied "Yes, I do!"
Anyway, last night we showed up for an open mic and played nine tunes straight through, no retakes, all from just two rehearsals. The others are BL/Front man on acoustic guitar, a lady singer on keys, a percussionis and myself. The othes have only been together a few months but the BL fronted a band recently in Orlando specializing in PAR-TAAYZ so I am excited to be joining just as it is coming toghether.
The set went fantastic. I plugged directly into a bass amp they had on stage and just before we started to play I hear from my left "Bass Uke, Cool!" For us it was a practice to play together on stage a string on tunes because only myself and the BL have stage experience.
The only thing I am noticing is the same problem I had before. I want to play more notes (passing tones and such) but it just does not work with the Pahoehoe strings so I will have to force myself to keep it simple.
So do any other thick string players have that problem? I even play with a pick to get more definition.
http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/showthread.php?44202-Yes-it-can-be-done
but I found for the music that group was doing I needed more "definition" so I picked up and Ibanez Mikro.
Fast forward to now (previous group never got of the ground) and I just joined a semi-electric folk/Indie group who went GA-GA over the bass uke when I showed up. The band leader said "I thought he meant he played bass and uke" to which I replied "Yes, I do!"
Anyway, last night we showed up for an open mic and played nine tunes straight through, no retakes, all from just two rehearsals. The others are BL/Front man on acoustic guitar, a lady singer on keys, a percussionis and myself. The othes have only been together a few months but the BL fronted a band recently in Orlando specializing in PAR-TAAYZ so I am excited to be joining just as it is coming toghether.
The set went fantastic. I plugged directly into a bass amp they had on stage and just before we started to play I hear from my left "Bass Uke, Cool!" For us it was a practice to play together on stage a string on tunes because only myself and the BL have stage experience.
The only thing I am noticing is the same problem I had before. I want to play more notes (passing tones and such) but it just does not work with the Pahoehoe strings so I will have to force myself to keep it simple.
So do any other thick string players have that problem? I even play with a pick to get more definition.
