joeybug
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Hey everyone 
So those that follow my updates in the Daily Ukulele will have seen me mention something about a song, and promotion and maybe will have caught that I'm releasing a single. I thought that since it's due for release on May 12th, now would be the time to tell you all about it!
As some of you know, I have been playing Ukulele since August 31st 2010, I joined UU shortly after that and did a song alongside mm stan where we changed the words to the song "Imagine" and that was my first go at song writing. I went on to write eight more songs, the majority of which are never going to be seen by anyone apart from those on my LJ, FB, YT and the posts I've made here.
Some of you may also know that I'm sick. I have a rare form of asthma, M.E (called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the US), Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD), depression, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Fibromyalgia (FMS). Now some of you who know me better will know what all that means for my life, others will just know that sometimes all I post is the Daily Uke and other times nothing at all. The one that's relevant to this post is the FMS.
If you don't know what FMS is, here's a good explanation ---> Life is like a game of kerplunk. There is also The Spoon Theory, written for lupus, but applies to so many conditions, including both M.E and FMS
For those of you who don't want to click the links, or know someone who has it, I'm going to be up front here. I am in constant pain, I suffer for every little thing I do, what may be a five on your pain scale is like a three on mine because I'm like this twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. I''m not going to go on about how much I suffer because that's not the point of this post. It's just something you need to know.
Anyway, moving back onto the Ukulele side of things. May 12th is M.E and FMS awareness day, usually I make a post on my LJ and blogs and acknowledge that people should be aware, but have never had anything I could do to *help* them become aware. So, I wrote a song, it's called "It Hurts To Be Me" --- It's being released on May 12th and 100% of the profits will go to The FibroDuck Foundation who are funding research into what causes, what will treat and what may possible cure, Fibromyalgia.
I didn't do it on my own though. Some of you will know Plainsong, she's a close friend of mine and she's seen first hand how bad it is for me some days. I played the song for her and she took it, and made it into the awesome track it is now. She played Ukulele and will possibly do back up vocals, while her husband has done guitar and Bass, she has mixed the song, coached me to sing it and sing it well and what we have now is this track that sounds great (and that's not just pride talking). It's going to be on iTunes and Amazon and a few other places as well and I'd really appreciate it if you would all spread the word and buy a copy. There will be a video out soon too that I'll put up in this post when it's done showing the faces of people with Fibromyalgia, the people, who suffer like me and those who care for them too.
So, I'm asking all of UU to get the word out, to help me raise not only awareness but money for this fabulous foundation to help me fund research that will help so many people stop suffering.
Here's why I did it
Thanks for reading
Joey
P.S Will add video when it's done so you can all hear the song. If it's okay, I'll put a link here or in my sig to buy the track.
So those that follow my updates in the Daily Ukulele will have seen me mention something about a song, and promotion and maybe will have caught that I'm releasing a single. I thought that since it's due for release on May 12th, now would be the time to tell you all about it!
As some of you know, I have been playing Ukulele since August 31st 2010, I joined UU shortly after that and did a song alongside mm stan where we changed the words to the song "Imagine" and that was my first go at song writing. I went on to write eight more songs, the majority of which are never going to be seen by anyone apart from those on my LJ, FB, YT and the posts I've made here.
Some of you may also know that I'm sick. I have a rare form of asthma, M.E (called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the US), Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD), depression, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Fibromyalgia (FMS). Now some of you who know me better will know what all that means for my life, others will just know that sometimes all I post is the Daily Uke and other times nothing at all. The one that's relevant to this post is the FMS.
If you don't know what FMS is, here's a good explanation ---> Life is like a game of kerplunk. There is also The Spoon Theory, written for lupus, but applies to so many conditions, including both M.E and FMS
For those of you who don't want to click the links, or know someone who has it, I'm going to be up front here. I am in constant pain, I suffer for every little thing I do, what may be a five on your pain scale is like a three on mine because I'm like this twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. I''m not going to go on about how much I suffer because that's not the point of this post. It's just something you need to know.
Anyway, moving back onto the Ukulele side of things. May 12th is M.E and FMS awareness day, usually I make a post on my LJ and blogs and acknowledge that people should be aware, but have never had anything I could do to *help* them become aware. So, I wrote a song, it's called "It Hurts To Be Me" --- It's being released on May 12th and 100% of the profits will go to The FibroDuck Foundation who are funding research into what causes, what will treat and what may possible cure, Fibromyalgia.
I didn't do it on my own though. Some of you will know Plainsong, she's a close friend of mine and she's seen first hand how bad it is for me some days. I played the song for her and she took it, and made it into the awesome track it is now. She played Ukulele and will possibly do back up vocals, while her husband has done guitar and Bass, she has mixed the song, coached me to sing it and sing it well and what we have now is this track that sounds great (and that's not just pride talking). It's going to be on iTunes and Amazon and a few other places as well and I'd really appreciate it if you would all spread the word and buy a copy. There will be a video out soon too that I'll put up in this post when it's done showing the faces of people with Fibromyalgia, the people, who suffer like me and those who care for them too.
So, I'm asking all of UU to get the word out, to help me raise not only awareness but money for this fabulous foundation to help me fund research that will help so many people stop suffering.
Here's why I did it
Thanks for reading
Joey
P.S Will add video when it's done so you can all hear the song. If it's okay, I'll put a link here or in my sig to buy the track.
