TheOnlyUkeThatMatters
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Welcome to the 132nd Season of the Ukulele: 21st century music.
PLAYLIST
I often hear people complain that today's music is not as good as the music of the past. I agree that it's easier to find great music from the past---largely because much not-so-great music of the past never made it to the present---but I'm also sure that there is plenty of great music being made today: hip hop, rock/indie/punk/metal/etc., dance music, jazz, country, folk, reggae and music from different cultures all over the world are all alive and well.
Challenge
Play a song written in the 21st century---that's any time after the year 2000---on your ukulele.
Rules
- Your entry must be a video produced this week for this contest. In your video, indicate that your performance is for the 132nd Season of the Ukulele.
- You must play ukulele in your video. Your friends and/or family are encouraged to join you (on whatever instruments they like).
- No video or audio editing this week---each entry must be a single, continuous take without any overdubbed audio. Minor video and audio effects are okay, but your performance should be the main attraction.
- Post your video entry in this thread no sooner than Sunday, August 24, at 12:00am (Hawaii time) and no later than the following Sunday, August 31, at 12:00am (Hawaii time).
- You may submit as many entries as you like.
Scoring
Your score will be the average of equally-weighted scores given for:
- Playing ukulele
- Singing (or melody for instrumental performances)
- Song choice
- "Je ne sais quois"
My wife, Jessica, and I will judge each entry as follows:
We'll judge both playing and singing by how much we enjoy your performance, not by your display of technical skill. If you play your uke with joy and if you sing from your heart, you'll get the best possible scores.
We'll judge song choice partly on how we like the song---that's pretty much random---and we'll be sure to give better scores to songs with lots of 21st-century appeal. So a 21st-century song performed by an established 20th-century songwriter won't earn as many points as a song by an artist that got her start in the 21st century. For example, Amy Winehouse beats the Rolling Stones this week.
Your 'je ne sais quoi' score will reflect the overall appeal of your performance and your video.
If you submit multiple entries, your score will be the average of all your entries' scores.
Prizes
To celebrate my new job teaching statistics at Portland Communicty College, the Seasonistas with the top three scores will each win a copy of Darryl Huff's classic (and funny) treatise, How to Lie with Statistics.
If you have any questions, ask away either here in the thread or via private message. Looking forward to learning about lots of great, new music this week will all y'all. Muchas gracias.
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