ElenaDuff
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Am I late posting this? Sorry! I looked up Hawaiian time and thought I had all day today too to post...confused!
Anyway...
For 312th Season it’s all about CONtrast or conTRAST : )
While arranging a song I want you to figure out a way to have an obvious contrast within it.
Some examples:
— You could have a contrast in genre - add country/rock/blues/jazz style choruses to a pop song.
- You could change the mood of a song, arranging a sad song to have happy verses but then very angry chorus.
- The contrast can the tempo within a song, going from really fast to really slow.
- Or change the strums/playing style, starting a song with e.g. Formby style strumming and fingerpicking other parts of it.
- Using whatever bag of tricks you have in terms of strumming patterns, fingerpicking, drumming on the uke, is encouraged - so long as you don’t use the same strum throughout - remember! Contrast is the key
EDIT** You can also, if you want, mash two different songs together to create the contrast!
Note: It’s not enough to find for example, an upbeat pop song and record it in its entirety as a blues number, you still need a contrast within the arrangement. So, you’d have to have the (now bluesy) pop song, and still add a contrasting element e.g. hip hop choruses
This is all about stretching yourselves out of your comfort zones, so do try mess around and try to learn something new
But most of all have fun!!
RULES
1: THREE SONG LIMIT - sorry, but I won't have time to look at more than that, so pick your three best if you've more
2: Can be any song you like or originals
3: Can use multi-tracking, other instruments added vocals, but uke front and centre.
4: Finishes on Sunday night, February 11th Midnight Hawaaian time.
I don't know what the prizes are yet, some small tokens to be decided. I'll choose a couple of my favourites and a couple at random to give everyone a chance at being a winner!
PLAYLIST
Anyway...
For 312th Season it’s all about CONtrast or conTRAST : )
While arranging a song I want you to figure out a way to have an obvious contrast within it.
Some examples:
— You could have a contrast in genre - add country/rock/blues/jazz style choruses to a pop song.
- You could change the mood of a song, arranging a sad song to have happy verses but then very angry chorus.
- The contrast can the tempo within a song, going from really fast to really slow.
- Or change the strums/playing style, starting a song with e.g. Formby style strumming and fingerpicking other parts of it.
- Using whatever bag of tricks you have in terms of strumming patterns, fingerpicking, drumming on the uke, is encouraged - so long as you don’t use the same strum throughout - remember! Contrast is the key
EDIT** You can also, if you want, mash two different songs together to create the contrast!
Note: It’s not enough to find for example, an upbeat pop song and record it in its entirety as a blues number, you still need a contrast within the arrangement. So, you’d have to have the (now bluesy) pop song, and still add a contrasting element e.g. hip hop choruses
This is all about stretching yourselves out of your comfort zones, so do try mess around and try to learn something new
But most of all have fun!!
RULES
1: THREE SONG LIMIT - sorry, but I won't have time to look at more than that, so pick your three best if you've more
2: Can be any song you like or originals
3: Can use multi-tracking, other instruments added vocals, but uke front and centre.
4: Finishes on Sunday night, February 11th Midnight Hawaaian time.
I don't know what the prizes are yet, some small tokens to be decided. I'll choose a couple of my favourites and a couple at random to give everyone a chance at being a winner!
PLAYLIST
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