It’s Season of the Ukulele 125 – Summer SOUL Week!
Your task is to record a soul tune. It could be a soul song from the classic repertoire, which I think centers around Stax/Volt and FAME Studio in Muscle Shoals, but certainly goes farther than just those two locales. It could be a song not normally thought of as a soul tune, but done in a soulful manner. Your choice.
Multitracking allowed and encouraged. Oooh, I’d love to see some horns somewhere in there this week.
The video doesn’t have to be made for this week – if you have shown your soul in a previously made clip, bring it on.
One official entry and no more than three bonuses, please, since I would like to comment on all of them.
And three – count ‘em, three – types of prizes –
Entries playlist
Bonus playlist
Flashback playlist
For those in need of suggestions, this site seems to have a decent list. But remember - ANY song can be done in a soulful way. I mentioned one example in the video, but another would be Otis' version of The Tennessee Waltz.
One small correction – in the intro video, I say that the collaborations I have done are “great”. I mean that they were great fun, not necessarily great quality – but it’s all about fun.
And it’s all about SOUL.
BTW, this may be the longest intro video for a Season that I have ever seen, but since a few minutes of it is the great Otis Redding, I make no apologies.
Your task is to record a soul tune. It could be a soul song from the classic repertoire, which I think centers around Stax/Volt and FAME Studio in Muscle Shoals, but certainly goes farther than just those two locales. It could be a song not normally thought of as a soul tune, but done in a soulful manner. Your choice.
Multitracking allowed and encouraged. Oooh, I’d love to see some horns somewhere in there this week.
The video doesn’t have to be made for this week – if you have shown your soul in a previously made clip, bring it on.
One official entry and no more than three bonuses, please, since I would like to comment on all of them.
And three – count ‘em, three – types of prizes –
- Everyone who enters gets a prize, to be announced later. All you have to do is to get me your address somehow.
- One terrific soul chatchke for the most soulful rendition of the week, as displayed and described in the video. Doesn’t have to be the most technically proficient, but your soul must come through.
- For every distinct collaboration, you get an entry in the hat. Three winners will be pulled, who get a special soul compilation. (I flubbed up in the intro video and called it a ‘collaboration’)
Entries playlist
Bonus playlist
Flashback playlist
For those in need of suggestions, this site seems to have a decent list. But remember - ANY song can be done in a soulful way. I mentioned one example in the video, but another would be Otis' version of The Tennessee Waltz.
One small correction – in the intro video, I say that the collaborations I have done are “great”. I mean that they were great fun, not necessarily great quality – but it’s all about fun.
And it’s all about SOUL.
BTW, this may be the longest intro video for a Season that I have ever seen, but since a few minutes of it is the great Otis Redding, I make no apologies.
Last edited:
