sotu 607 - wishin' and hopin' / if wishes were willows

[DelGriff]

am i not getting the joke?
you guys won't record a straight to camera song?

I can, and I have quite recently. But, as you may have noticed, it’s not the way I routinely like to work, Jon. I want my music to sound as good as it possibly can, and what I can add in other ways compensates for my limited ukulele abilities. No big deal. I’ll be back next week hopefully - if the theme appeals. Have fun!
Edit: Oh, and both Brian @UkeFoote and I often play and sing live and no frills and straight to camera at the Saturday Zoom open mic meets. Horses for courses and all that. And as you know, Brian Fergus is an awesome musician.

 

[UkingViking]

I probably wont have time to record anything anyway, but I am not sure how audio or video enhancements are defined in this context of this weeks dogma.

My usual videos, back when I had time to make them, mostly appeared pretty straight forward. Me with my ukulele in front of a camera. Usually without multiple tracks (exceptions occurred), without added reverb, without video effects. But audio and video were still recorded on separate devices and aligned afterwards. Is it enhancement to record each thing on the device that gives the best raw results? I did try to use a bit of EQ, but being horrible at it, I kept it low. So much for audio enhancements. I did often use a black and white filter on my camera, is that video enhancement?
Is adding a thumbnail to the video video enhancements? Cropping away the part where the camera is turned on and off?

If you record on a smartphone, it probably has some EQ presents and video enhancement algorithms it applies without you asking. Is using a filter on the smartphone enhancing? Is adding and external mix to a phone or camera enhancing?

My though is probably just that I would be tempted to hide the tech parts that go between the authentic moment of me playing in front of the camera and the moment of the video being ready. To me the line gets so blurry that if it was played low tech, and appears low tech, the recording and editing process is nobodys business. Perhaps I am a rascal .
It can take a lot of tech to make something seem simple and low tech. But if that is the tech you are used to, it can still feel more straight forward than coming up with another setup that is overall simpler.

 

[UkeFoote]

am i not getting the joke?
you guys won't record a straight to camera song?

Sure I will, if that’s what I think my interpretation of something calls for. Really not crazy about being limited like that, though, and it makes me feel a bit awkward, so… whatever. It’s Brian’s season and he should certainly be able to exclude whatever he doesn’t want to hear.

Don’t want to make a big deal out of this. I’ll just slip out the back.

 

[pabrizzer]

i guess 'be careful what you wish for' is true.....

 

[Flatbaroque]

As often happens I found this song for Kev's week but didn't do it. But It fits this week. A Ralph McTell that sounds like a trad folk song..but he wrote it in the 90's. Thanks for hosting Brian.

 

[Ila]

Thanks for hosting, Brian. I live pretty darned close to Disneyland, so I'd be remiss if I didn't submit this one:

 

[TCK]

Little tune I remembered had some wishin in it

 

[TCK]

More quick and dirty- now with added profanity! Bad Religion song

 

[Wiggy]

.... We lost our Aussie icon Olivia Newton-John a year ago, and she rocked everything site ever did, including more than one such musical.

There is no other way to deliver this one than all in.

Soppy as it can get... I loved it!

 

[uke4ia]

This is a Neko Case song that I was considering doing for last Season. And lo and behold, it works for this one too!

 

[hands_on_lanzon]

A good friend of mine has come across a few my SOTU vids on YT and today was our first time meeting up since... so naturally, I coerced him into becoming a full fledged Seasonista. I gave him the theme(s*), played a two chord backer and let him freestyle the rest. We entitled it 'A Moon Wish For Seven Generations.'

Welcome my buddy, Alvin, to the Seasons!



(*) we took the rare Sunday opportunity to freestyle something to meet the criteria of both Seasons 606 and 607 (I'll try to transcribe the lyrics soon).

 

[baconsalad]

Running over the same old ground, what have we found? The same old fears - wish you were here.

 

[Stoneyrun]

wishin' and hopin' / if wishes were willows
the songs i'd like you to bring this week are songs that contain (in the lyrics or title) the words wish
also - lets have a relatively tech free week - so just you and your uke type instrument straight up - no multitracking or audio or video enhancements

 

[UkeCan1]

With less than an hour and a half to go for Season 606, I went hunting through the unrealBook playlists I'd assembled for both 606 and 607, for a song I knew well enough to do quickly that fits both themes. Turns out Peter Rowan's "Midnight Moonlight" contains the line "with no hope for tomorrow". So here's my last-minute recorded-after-dark twofer.

This song is all about finding hope when one feels hopeless, and I would never have thought of it - or even noticed that - if I hadn't put it on the list for last week and gone hunting for a twofer. Plus it's a great song! Hopefully I did it a scintilla of justice, with my limited soloing skills. The original is a real bluegrassy jam tune.

 

[Ila]

A good friend of mine has come across a few my SOTU vids on YT and today was our first time meeting up since... so naturally, I coerced him into becoming a full fledged Seasonista. I gave him the theme(s*), played a two chord backer and let him freestyle the rest. We entitled it 'A Moon Wish For Seven Generations.'

Welcome my buddy, Alvin, to the Seasons!

How awesome! Welcome Alvin!!!

 

[Renaissance-Man]

Addendum:

I should have read this Season's rules more carefully. On close inspection, Peace Train doesn't actually include the explicit words, hope or wish. It only embodies the premise of hope and wishing for a better future. I offered to retract my song entry, but @pabrizzer, our host, said to leave it be.

There's been some interesting discussion from @Canada Jim and @wee_ginga_yin about the origin of the peace symbol I displayed. Thanks for that, guys. I read the article @wee_ginga_yin posted. It appears this symbol lives on, as per the last paragraph:

"The symbol continues to be used as shorthand for peace and hope. Recently, it’s been seen at refugee camps and climate change protests, as well as at our anti-nuclear demonstrations. It even made a re-appearance at the top of the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2022!"

 

[hendulele]

Hi pa,

Here's a Buddy Holly song that fits the bill. Nevada adds percussion without my consent. But she's a cat, so what are you going to do? Great theme!

 

[Charley B]

no hi-tech embellishments from me ... just me and my little ukulele, moaning and groaning

 

[ukukeguy]

"Dreams are nothin' more than wishes / And a wish is just a dream you wish to come true" No editing, enhancement or nuthin'.

Written by Harry Nilsson for Mary Hopkin's debut album, Post Card and released later on in the year for Nilsson's own album, Harry, before becoming a double 'A' side hit for David Cassidy 50 years ago.

 

[Canada Jim]

RM's Peace sign reminded me of a "Ban The Bomb" button that I wore on the lapel of a corduroy sports jacket that I used as a windbreaker in the early sixties. The origin of the peace sign was the Nuclear Disarmament movement and the Ban The Bomb sign was designed by overlapping the semaphor symbols for N and D.
It was later adopted by the Hippy generation as a Peace Sign.


The button was less than an inch in diameter and I don't recall ever throwing it away,(I threw the sports jscket out years ago)) but I haven't seen it in decades.