Can ukulele playing heal? Can music offer comfort and solace in the face of tragedy? I'd like to think it can, and maybe we can do it together.
Those of us in the United States have probably heard of the shootings in Lafayette Louisiana earlier this week. The words 'senseless tragedy' don't even begin to scratch the surface of this event. Two young women were murdered - 22 year old Mayci Breaux and 33 year old Jiliian Johnson. Jillian was, in the words of my friend Tony (who was a friend of hers) and many others "a force of nature" - and a uke player in the band The Figs. Tony also said
The thing that tears at us is we look at the twenty-thirty somethings and until this tragedy didn't realize we were seeing a person who shared our idealistic ideals but was actually living them out. She was capable of what we weren't. Jillian was remarkable.
I asked Tony if there was anything that this community of uke people could do to help, and he suggested a collaboration on one of The Figs' songs.
If any of you out there would like to participate, please PM me. I figure we can get a basic track down and they circulate it so that others can add in their contributions, even if it's only singing on the chorus or chording along.
Let me know please, and thanks in advance. It's a small gesture, but it might help a bit.
Those of us in the United States have probably heard of the shootings in Lafayette Louisiana earlier this week. The words 'senseless tragedy' don't even begin to scratch the surface of this event. Two young women were murdered - 22 year old Mayci Breaux and 33 year old Jiliian Johnson. Jillian was, in the words of my friend Tony (who was a friend of hers) and many others "a force of nature" - and a uke player in the band The Figs. Tony also said
The thing that tears at us is we look at the twenty-thirty somethings and until this tragedy didn't realize we were seeing a person who shared our idealistic ideals but was actually living them out. She was capable of what we weren't. Jillian was remarkable.
I asked Tony if there was anything that this community of uke people could do to help, and he suggested a collaboration on one of The Figs' songs.
If any of you out there would like to participate, please PM me. I figure we can get a basic track down and they circulate it so that others can add in their contributions, even if it's only singing on the chorus or chording along.
Let me know please, and thanks in advance. It's a small gesture, but it might help a bit.