SEASON 394 — The Electric Version
A few years ago, I learned I could run my uke through my synthesizer to get sounds like you would get with an electric guitar. It’s a huge amount of fun. Most kids with guitars get to have this fun at 15. I had it in my mid-50s. Maybe I’m still recovering from playing only sopranos for my first 20 years of uking, but being able to get a different sound out of my uke still brings me joy.
This week I want you to bring the electricity! Option 1: Play anything you want on an electrified ukulele, or add effects to your music after you’ve recorded it, with Garage Band, Audacity, or any other software that will do the job. Or do both. Add some reverb, some distortion, chorus, wah-wah pedal, whatever you want. Find a weird but cool sound. Let your inner 15-year-old go nuts.
I’d really like you to try the first option if you have the equipment available to do so.
If not, Option 2: Sing the body electric. Bring me a song about electricity. Go old school and rock down to Electric Avenue. Go with this year’s model and play Methyl Ethel’s “Trip the Mains” (I’ve got a voltage that’s running high…). Go reaaaaally old school and play Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse”. Or play an Electric Light Orchestra song that you didn’t get around to in Season 390, or a song by Power Station, Tesla, Edison Lighthouse, Sparks, or AC/DC.
Rules:
• The video must be a new video recorded for this Season.
• The video must say that it is for the 394th Season of the Ukulele.
• Multitracking is okay, overdubs are okay. But I'm most interested in hearing you perform a song on the ukulele.
• Original songs are always welcome.
• Collaborations are always welcome.
• Collaborations on original songs? Hell, yeah!
• Videos must be posted to this thread. But not before midnight tonight, Hawaiian time. (And remember, Season 393 still has a day to go.)
• The Season lasts for 8 days, and ends at midnight Hawaiian time on Sunday night, September 8.
• NO MORE THAN THREE VIDEOS! I’ve found that’s as many as I can get through and still remain a useful member of society.
• My plan at the moment is to give prizes to three winners who will be chosen randomly. I usually give t-shirts as prizes.
PLAYLIST
A few years ago, I learned I could run my uke through my synthesizer to get sounds like you would get with an electric guitar. It’s a huge amount of fun. Most kids with guitars get to have this fun at 15. I had it in my mid-50s. Maybe I’m still recovering from playing only sopranos for my first 20 years of uking, but being able to get a different sound out of my uke still brings me joy.
This week I want you to bring the electricity! Option 1: Play anything you want on an electrified ukulele, or add effects to your music after you’ve recorded it, with Garage Band, Audacity, or any other software that will do the job. Or do both. Add some reverb, some distortion, chorus, wah-wah pedal, whatever you want. Find a weird but cool sound. Let your inner 15-year-old go nuts.
I’d really like you to try the first option if you have the equipment available to do so.
If not, Option 2: Sing the body electric. Bring me a song about electricity. Go old school and rock down to Electric Avenue. Go with this year’s model and play Methyl Ethel’s “Trip the Mains” (I’ve got a voltage that’s running high…). Go reaaaaally old school and play Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse”. Or play an Electric Light Orchestra song that you didn’t get around to in Season 390, or a song by Power Station, Tesla, Edison Lighthouse, Sparks, or AC/DC.
Rules:
• The video must be a new video recorded for this Season.
• The video must say that it is for the 394th Season of the Ukulele.
• Multitracking is okay, overdubs are okay. But I'm most interested in hearing you perform a song on the ukulele.
• Original songs are always welcome.
• Collaborations are always welcome.
• Collaborations on original songs? Hell, yeah!
• Videos must be posted to this thread. But not before midnight tonight, Hawaiian time. (And remember, Season 393 still has a day to go.)
• The Season lasts for 8 days, and ends at midnight Hawaiian time on Sunday night, September 8.
• NO MORE THAN THREE VIDEOS! I’ve found that’s as many as I can get through and still remain a useful member of society.
• My plan at the moment is to give prizes to three winners who will be chosen randomly. I usually give t-shirts as prizes.
PLAYLIST
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