Isekai Ukulele

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  • I Became a Legend After my 10 Year-Long Ukulele Stand (5)

  • I Became a Legend After my 10 Year-Long Ukulele Stand (4)

    Today was a Tenor ukulele day, because I want to work on being able to swap back and forth with less friction. It was pretty quite on the audience front, so played a bunch of late 90s / early 00’s alt rock at the start, noodled a while, and ended with some chill songs.

    I can’t think enough to write a full recap so… I’m not gonna stress about it. Will I ever stop being tired?

  • I Became a Legend After my 10 Year-Long Ukulele Stand (3)

    I’m too tired to do this today. Man, it’s been almost a week since I tried going out and I’m still not back to normal.

  • I Became a Legend After my 10 Year-Long Ukulele Stand (2)

    Still not feeling great, but I made it through another day. Played some new songs, did a liked drum ‘n uke, played more goth tunes, and talked religion for a while at the end there. Was pretty fun overall!

    Here are some songs that stood out to me today: 

    • New Songs Attempted
      • Bound for the Floor – Local H
      • Harness Your Hopes – Pavement
      • Bones – Low Roar
    • Works in Progress
      • Operator – Jim Croche
      • Red Morning Light – Kings of Leon
      • What if God Was One of Us? – Joan Osborne
    • Learned Songs Revisited
      • Chaise Lounge – Wet Leg
      • Aliens Exist – Blink 182
      • Shes in Parties – Bauhaus
    • Song of the Day

  • I Became a Legend After my 10 Year-Long Ukulele Stand

    We broke a string while live today! Luckily I just ordered some new ones so hopefully we’ll get to feature the Fanner full time next week. I’m still not quite back to 100% after last Friday, so I’m going to keep this recap short.

  • Beach Stream!

    Wow the ocean was pretty loud. The beach I went to was much smaller than I expected, and the waves were coming up almost to my feet, so maybe that’s why. But better than crazy wind I suppose. It was a little scary because I had no way to monitor my sound or tell how the stream was doing, so just kind of had to pray and jam.

    This beach is like 5 mins away from my home, but with moving gear, setting up, then cleaning up sand and stuff afterwards, it was about a half hour of upright time both ways. I was a total zombie the whole rest of they day, and even still off kilter the day after. Kind of rough. I might only be able to do this if I get outside help.

    I’m playing my Tenor Mele Ukulele today because it already has some battle scars. The Baritone is too nice to take out by the sand and sea, but I would totally use that for like, restaurant gigs if they ever come. I think I gotta practice with the Tenor a bit more regularly. It’s also a great ukulele.

    Also could only choose one platform to stream on, so I streamed on twitch and I’m reuploading the set here. Sorry, doesn’t look like chat was saved on the video. Couldn’t figure out how to set up my rig so I could see chat and capture me and the beach either. Idk, learning experiences. If anyone has ideas please share!

  • The Exiled Heavy Ukulele Knows How to Game the System (4)

    Had my first voice lesson in almost a month, and it was quite a workout! I talk a bit about it in the video, and start with a lot of the new songs I’ve been working on. About halfway through I decide to switch to the Tenor uke because I’m not ready to take the baritone to the beach yet, and I’m thinking about trying to go tomorrow. If the body is up for it, I may try.

    Here are some songs that stood out to me today: 

    • Works in Progress
      • Gold Soundz – Pavement
      • Machinehead – Bush
      • Operator – Jim Coche
    • Learned Songs Revisited
      • The Real Slim Shady – Eminem
      • Vindicated – Dashboard Confessional
      • If you could only see – Tonic

  • The Exiled Heavy Ukulele Knows How to Game the System (2)

    I had a conversation with a new viewer about some classic songs, and decided to try pick them up. I’ve had multiple requests for Operator, so I took some time before the stream to figure out a version. The instrumental bits are definitely all fake, but I think its a passable version. That and Cats in the Cradle are fun songs, now they’re stuck in my head. Got me thinking about some other father/son songs that I started the day off with.

    Then, it’s October so i figured I’d work on some of the “goth” set. It’s sort of like Christmas time, but for dark and gloomy stuff. I like a lot of that 80s vibe a lot so its nice that its “appropriate” now.

    Here are some songs that stood out to me today: 

    • New Songs Attempted
      • Operator – Jim Croche
      • Cats in the Cradle – Harry Chapin
      • Tear you Apart – She Wants Revenge
    • Works in Progress
      • Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs N Harmony
      • Broken Wings – Mister Mister
      • Father and Son – Cat Stevens
    • Learned Songs Revisited
      • Under the Milky Way Tonight – The Church
      • The Killing Moon – Echo and the Bunnymen
      • The Sweetest Perfection – Depeche Mode
    • Song of the Day: Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying – Belle and Sebastian
      • I had a request from a comment to talk about the strumming pattern I used in this song, and actually had to stop for a while and think about my approach to it. It’s kind of funny, trying to describe how it works is whole different mental process than just picking out what seems to sound right for the song. Well, hope it helps, but also it was nice to have a reason to come back to this song.

  • The Exiled Heavy Ukulele Knows How to Game the System (1)

    Here are some songs that stood out to me today: 

    • New Songs Attempted
      • Sober – Tool
      • Father of Mine – Everclear
      • Linger – The Cranberries
    • Works in Progress
      • Hash Pipe – Weezer
      • Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs N Harmony
      • God is Really Real – AJR
    • Learned Songs Revisited
      • Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden
      • Here Comes Your Man – Pixies
      • Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin
    • Song of the Day: Breathe – Pink Floyd
      • I started playing this song and a viewer said “what song is this? it sounds very floyd’ish” which made me feel like I was doing it right!

  • From Old Country Bupmkin to Master Ukuleleman (4)

    My streams are titled off of anime that I’ve watched recently, and though this one, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman was pretty average, it had an interestingly unique theme that I appreciated: It was the story of an “old” man who inherited his father’s dojo and continuously grappled with feelings of inferiority due to age and ability – while actually being the best swordsman in the land.

    So it’s nominally a story of self discovery and growth, though that was kind of overshadowed by his antics building a harem and refusing to find a wife while periodically saving the country from certain doom. It was good, if not-isekai fantasy slop is what you’re into. Wouldn’t really recommend it to the uninitiated though.

    Anyway, I do appreciate the idea that the wall is all in your head. I feel like I’m experiencing a similar thing in thinking that my abilities are lacking and will always be second rate due to my disability. But that doesn’t matter. If I like to sing and people like to hear me sing, isn’t that enough? Maybe one day I too will achieve the title of master Ukuleleman!

    Here are some songs that stood out to me today: 

    • New Songs Attempted
      • Tha Crossroards – Bone thugs N Harmony
      • Hash Pipe – Weezer
      • Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Ella Fitzgerald
    • Works in Progress
      • Utu bang bang – Ka’ikena Scanlan
      • Ironic – Alanis Morisette
      • If You Could Only See – Tonic
    • Learned Songs Revisited
      • We didn’t start the fire – Billy Joel
      • Lifetime Lover – J Boog
      • It Had to Be You – Frank Sinatra
    • Song of the Day: Under da Sea – The Little Mermaid
      • Got this song in random request roulette and gave it a go. It’s a surprisingly fun song, and I think it came out pretty well. What more do I want out of a song of the day??