SEASON 468 -- Hi, You Don’t Know Me Yet But…
This is a theme that JTSteam brought up at the Seasonistas open mic a couple of weeks ago. I thought he was going to use it for Season 467, but since he didn’t, I’m going to use it because we all thought it was right in my wheelhouse.
It has often been pointed out to me that I listen to a lot of obscur… -- ahem, I mean, lesser-known -- artists. I have an addiction to songs, and it’s never mattered to me whether they were by big stars or virtual unknowns. They wrote a great song, so they’re stars to me. I’ve found a couple of places where I can find new music I like, such as the KEXP.org “The Weekly Mix” new music podcast, and a lot of times it was made by musicians I hadn’t heard of before.
This week I want you to bring us songs that you really like by artists who you think hardly any of us will know.
It’s okay if you find out afterward that a bunch of Seasonistas know them, we’re not playing Stump the Stars. The goal is that we will introduce each other to some great music we didn’t know about.
If you want to write an original, make it about toiling in obsc… -- lesser-knownedness -- or wanting recognition and/or fame and/or stardom for one’s real or wishful accomplishments.
If you think you just don’t know any lesser-known artists, my YouTube playlists page has my annual favorite songs of the year playlists from 2014 to 2020. Most of the people on these lists are lesser-known. Sometimes I don’t realize just how lesser-known they are until I look for the videos to put on the playlist, and I’m surprised by how few views they have.
MY PLAYLIST PAGE
Despite their being lesser-known, for artists who have recorded since 2000, there’s a solid chance someone will have posted the song chords on the Ultimate Guitar Tab Archive site, and posted the lyrics on the many sites that compile song lyrics.
Rules:
• The video must be a new video recorded for this Season.
• The video must say that it is for the 468th 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 467 still has a day to go!)
• The Season lasts for 8 days, and ends at midnight Hawaiian time on Sunday night, February 7.
• NO MORE THAN THREE VIDEOS!
• My plan at the moment is to give prizes to three winners who will be chosen randomly. I usually give t-shirts as prizes.
SEASON 468 PLAYLIST
To get you in the mood, here’s a song by Le Groupe Lesser-Known:
This is a theme that JTSteam brought up at the Seasonistas open mic a couple of weeks ago. I thought he was going to use it for Season 467, but since he didn’t, I’m going to use it because we all thought it was right in my wheelhouse.
It has often been pointed out to me that I listen to a lot of obscur… -- ahem, I mean, lesser-known -- artists. I have an addiction to songs, and it’s never mattered to me whether they were by big stars or virtual unknowns. They wrote a great song, so they’re stars to me. I’ve found a couple of places where I can find new music I like, such as the KEXP.org “The Weekly Mix” new music podcast, and a lot of times it was made by musicians I hadn’t heard of before.
This week I want you to bring us songs that you really like by artists who you think hardly any of us will know.
It’s okay if you find out afterward that a bunch of Seasonistas know them, we’re not playing Stump the Stars. The goal is that we will introduce each other to some great music we didn’t know about.
If you want to write an original, make it about toiling in obsc… -- lesser-knownedness -- or wanting recognition and/or fame and/or stardom for one’s real or wishful accomplishments.
If you think you just don’t know any lesser-known artists, my YouTube playlists page has my annual favorite songs of the year playlists from 2014 to 2020. Most of the people on these lists are lesser-known. Sometimes I don’t realize just how lesser-known they are until I look for the videos to put on the playlist, and I’m surprised by how few views they have.
MY PLAYLIST PAGE
Despite their being lesser-known, for artists who have recorded since 2000, there’s a solid chance someone will have posted the song chords on the Ultimate Guitar Tab Archive site, and posted the lyrics on the many sites that compile song lyrics.
Rules:
• The video must be a new video recorded for this Season.
• The video must say that it is for the 468th 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 467 still has a day to go!)
• The Season lasts for 8 days, and ends at midnight Hawaiian time on Sunday night, February 7.
• NO MORE THAN THREE VIDEOS!
• My plan at the moment is to give prizes to three winners who will be chosen randomly. I usually give t-shirts as prizes.
SEASON 468 PLAYLIST
To get you in the mood, here’s a song by Le Groupe Lesser-Known:
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. I don't think it was me who thought of it as a possible theme, though, I just did a song by a band that it turned out nobody knew and someone (Brian maybe?) suggested it could work. Maybe I'll try recording the song in question this week...
