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Hello All!
As many of you will remember, not too long ago a few of us on here organized a Great Ukulele Instrumental Song Challenge, where we welcomed all UU members to arrange their own instrumental version of "Yesterday," by the Beatles, with us.
If you want a refresher course, you can find the original post here:
http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/f...Instrumental-CHALLENGE!!!&p=620816#post620816
and the results thread here:
http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/f...Thread!!&highlight=great+ukulele+instrumental
We had a lot of fun, and thought the end results came out wonderfully. So wonderfully, we wanted to do it again. And thus, I give you...
The Great Ukulele Instrumental Song CHALLENGE, Part the Second!!
It will work like so:
Today-June 23rd, 6PM EST
Song suggestion time! Feel free to submit any song you choose, regardless whether or not you plan on participating. Songs can be suggested by replying to this post. When suggesting songs, try to stick to ones you a) want to hear, and b) think would make good instrumentals across a wide range of skill levels and experience.
June 24th-June 26th, 6PM EST
I'll open up a poll, and I welcome all of you to vote for your favorite song choice.
June 27th-July 27th
On June 27th, the song choice will be announced, and then we will all have exactly one month to figure out our respective versions. The poll thread can continue to be used as a discussion forum for all participants. If you're having problems, or want to dish out some encouragement to other players, you'll be able to talk it over in the poll thread.
July 27th
On this, the final day of the challenge, I'll open up a results thread, where all the participants can post their Youtube videos. Then we can all discuss, marvel at, and enjoy each other's work!
Just as a refresher, here are the goals and rules from last time:
GOALS:
--Learn from others and how they approach figuring out songs
--Hear and see everyone´s individual takes on the same song
--Learn to figure out songs by ear and through repetition
--Share tips, tricks, and techniques for arranging instrumentals
--Expand our musical horizons, improve, and have fun doing it
RULES:
--No singing allowed!
--All experience levels most welcome!
--Multitracks allowed
--Multiple people allowed in one video
Remember, this challenge is completely open-ended, and once the song is chosen, you have free rein to make it as simple or complicated as you like, in any key. The only thing you cannot do is sing!
Hit us up with comments or questions, and Colin and I will answer them for you. Also, Nick (misterpk) has said he's participating this time, so if he doesn't, I give all of UU permission to do him bodily harm.
Thus I declare the Great Ukulele Instrumental Song Challenge, Part the Second, to be in session!
Reply to this post with your song suggestions! Last time we did the Beatles, so let's see if we can come up with something different, but equally wonderful, this time!
As many of you will remember, not too long ago a few of us on here organized a Great Ukulele Instrumental Song Challenge, where we welcomed all UU members to arrange their own instrumental version of "Yesterday," by the Beatles, with us.
If you want a refresher course, you can find the original post here:
http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/f...Instrumental-CHALLENGE!!!&p=620816#post620816
and the results thread here:
http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/f...Thread!!&highlight=great+ukulele+instrumental
We had a lot of fun, and thought the end results came out wonderfully. So wonderfully, we wanted to do it again. And thus, I give you...
The Great Ukulele Instrumental Song CHALLENGE, Part the Second!!
It will work like so:
Today-June 23rd, 6PM EST
Song suggestion time! Feel free to submit any song you choose, regardless whether or not you plan on participating. Songs can be suggested by replying to this post. When suggesting songs, try to stick to ones you a) want to hear, and b) think would make good instrumentals across a wide range of skill levels and experience.
June 24th-June 26th, 6PM EST
I'll open up a poll, and I welcome all of you to vote for your favorite song choice.
June 27th-July 27th
On June 27th, the song choice will be announced, and then we will all have exactly one month to figure out our respective versions. The poll thread can continue to be used as a discussion forum for all participants. If you're having problems, or want to dish out some encouragement to other players, you'll be able to talk it over in the poll thread.
July 27th
On this, the final day of the challenge, I'll open up a results thread, where all the participants can post their Youtube videos. Then we can all discuss, marvel at, and enjoy each other's work!
Just as a refresher, here are the goals and rules from last time:
GOALS:
--Learn from others and how they approach figuring out songs
--Hear and see everyone´s individual takes on the same song
--Learn to figure out songs by ear and through repetition
--Share tips, tricks, and techniques for arranging instrumentals
--Expand our musical horizons, improve, and have fun doing it
RULES:
--No singing allowed!
--All experience levels most welcome!
--Multitracks allowed
--Multiple people allowed in one video
Remember, this challenge is completely open-ended, and once the song is chosen, you have free rein to make it as simple or complicated as you like, in any key. The only thing you cannot do is sing!
Hit us up with comments or questions, and Colin and I will answer them for you. Also, Nick (misterpk) has said he's participating this time, so if he doesn't, I give all of UU permission to do him bodily harm.
Thus I declare the Great Ukulele Instrumental Song Challenge, Part the Second, to be in session!
Reply to this post with your song suggestions! Last time we did the Beatles, so let's see if we can come up with something different, but equally wonderful, this time!
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