Chris Tarman
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Yesterday afternoon I got a call from a guitarist friend of mine who I've played bass with in various formats. He'd seen one of the ukulele videos I'd posted on Facebook, and we had talked in the past of getting together to jam. He plays in a group that does a lot of old jazz and swing standards, and Django-style gypsy jazz. I would love to play that kind of music on ukulele.
He came over for an hour or two, and commented on how well my Martin projected. I was sitting across the room from him, and couldn't tell if the uke was loud enough at all. You know how that goes... when you're playing you can't hear the same tone or volume that a person would hear out in front of you (bass guitar is the same way, which is why I bought a wireless transmitter- I wanted to hear how I actually sounded, instead of what was blowing past my legs!).
So I shot this little video with my iPhone and moved over next to him. He's playing pretty quietly because he wasn't sure of my arrangement of the song, but I think the uke would stand out just fine even if he played the guitar harder.
I had a lot of fun. This was one of the first times I've gotten to play ukulele WITH anyone. I hope we can do more of it. I think I'm at a point where I would definitely progress more if I was playing with other musicians (no matter what instrument they were playing).
He came over for an hour or two, and commented on how well my Martin projected. I was sitting across the room from him, and couldn't tell if the uke was loud enough at all. You know how that goes... when you're playing you can't hear the same tone or volume that a person would hear out in front of you (bass guitar is the same way, which is why I bought a wireless transmitter- I wanted to hear how I actually sounded, instead of what was blowing past my legs!).
So I shot this little video with my iPhone and moved over next to him. He's playing pretty quietly because he wasn't sure of my arrangement of the song, but I think the uke would stand out just fine even if he played the guitar harder.
I had a lot of fun. This was one of the first times I've gotten to play ukulele WITH anyone. I hope we can do more of it. I think I'm at a point where I would definitely progress more if I was playing with other musicians (no matter what instrument they were playing).