Isekai Ukulele

Tag: Noodling

  • Those who hunt ukulele (5)

    Another headache day, I hoped it would go away if I noodled for long enough, but it didn’t, and I had to take the migraine medication. Here’s hoping it doesn’t turn into a full on episode tonight. Gonna take a pill and call it, sorry no stream summary today.

  • Those Who Hunt ‘Ukulele (4)

    Did I miss (3)? It’s been kind of a tough week for me. I wasn’t feeling well enough for my normal voice lesson today either, and I probably won’t be able to do next week’s one either because of medical stuff. I started today off with a bunch of noodling, and actually had a new guy come and hang out and chat for most of the day, which was pretty cool. Also ended the day with the realization that I could play a bunch of songs from the musical Grease, and I had just never tried it before. Who’d have thought.

    Here are some songs that stood out to me today: 

    • New Songs Attempted
      • Greased Lightning – Grease
      • Sandy – Grease
      • 867-5309 / Jenny – Tommy Tutone
    • Works in Progress
      • Superfast Jellyfish – Gorillaz
      • Broken Wings – Mr. Mister
      • Wake me up when September Ends – Green Day
    • Learned Songs Revisited
      • You can Get it if you really want – Jimmy Cliff
      • Welcome Home – Coheed and Cambria
      • Long Gone Day – Mad Season
    • Song of the Day: Bi-Polar – Assemblage 23
      • You can get it if you really want is my proper theme song, but when I’m feeling down, this track by A23 is my anti-theme song. I do feel this way often, but don’t usually want it to be part of my public persona. If I’m out in front of people, I want to be focused on the good vibes, right? Well, not always. Sometimes gotta let them know how I really feel.

  • Those Who Hunt ‘Ukulele (1)

    I’m super exhausted from dealing with medical stuff all day, so I’m not gonna do the full review. We played some modern pop, and noodled for a while. As much as I love the my Sparrow and electric ukulele Mondays, this one was still pretty rough.

  • The 100 ‘Ukulele Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Love You (2)

    We got a raid today from InfraRaye and had a bunch of fun taking requests and chatting about anime. Sounds like they’re a new ukulele player, so I hope they got inspired to keep at it!

    I sang so much that my voice was kind of dying at the end, so I just had to noodle around for a while, but all in all I’d call it a pretty good day.

    Here are some songs that stood out to me today: 

    • New Songs Attempted
      • Tearing up my heart – NSYNC
      • Complicated – Avril Lavigne
    • Works in Progress
      • Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
      • Broken Wings – Mr. Mister
      • Friends Theme
    • Learned Songs Revisited
      • Baby You Wouldn’t Last A Minute on the Creek – Chidos
      • Cute without the E cut from the team – Taking Back Sunday
    • Song of the Day: Light up the Night – Protomen
      • InfraRaye requested the song, demonstrating their immaculate taste in music, and let me know that the long awaited part 3 of the saga has been released. Very much looking forward to hearing that album!

  • [Electric Bari Uke] The 100 ‘Ukulele Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Love You (1)

    We noodled a lot today while talking about a bunch of fun topics. I recently finished reading Nick Bostrom’s SuperIntelligence and gave some of my thoughts on that, and then had a fairly long discussion about Power and society. Max Stirner was the philosopher whose name I forgot, so I’ll be sure to bring him up again next time.

    I’ve been getting a creeping feeling to buy a new guitar pedal, so Instead of instantly succumbing I found a new effect on my H90 to play around with it and I’ve been really enjoying it. This led to a little Shoegaze set, followed by some interesting versions of other songs. The noodling was lots of fun too though, really don’t want to discount that.

    I still kind of want a dedicated reverb pedal, but for now I shall resist.

    Here are some songs that stood out to me today: 

    • New Songs Attempted
      • Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
      • Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
    • Works in Progress
      • Actual Cannibal Labeouf – Rob Cantor
      • Teardrop – Massive Attack
    • Learned Songs Revisited
      • Liquid Paper – Ariel
      • When the Sun Hits – Slowdive
      • 23 – Blonde Redhed
    • Song of the Day: Something – The Beatles
      • So nice I ran through it twice! It took me a try to figure out the chords and iconic lick, and felt like it deserved a second run without distortion.

  • Ukulele-chan isn’t Scary (3)

    No review today because my head hurts. I am starting to crack the code for instrumental solo breaks though, so I’m excited to see where that goes. Hopefully I’ll get to explore that more tomorrow.

    We did learn how to play an instrumental version of “I’m Your’s” which was cool though. Lots of instrumentals today too.

  • Ukulele-chan isn’t Scary (2)

    StreamerSongList, the app that I (and a lot of other streamers) use for our song lists and requests pushed a pretty big update, which broke a couple things for me and required some computer time to fix, so I took care of that this morning and hopefully got it all sorted out. Still getting used to the new interface, but its a super cool service they provide free of charge, so I have only gratitude for them.

    It feels weird to already be on Wednesday after only playing once since I cancelled Monday, but it is what it is. Keeping track of the days is tough for a hikki-neet. There was a lull for a while and I had a techno beat stuck in my head, so I spent a good half hour noodling around a groove, which was fun. I actually have a sort of improv-electro set I’ve been working on, that I might debut on the next electric uke Monday. We’ll see.

    Here are some songs that stood out to me today: 

    • New Songs Attempted
      • Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
      • Everyday Struggle – Notorious BIG
      • Rock this Town – Stray Cats
    • Works in Progress
      • Welcome Home – Coheed and Cambria
      • Broken Wings – Mr. Mister
      • Glory Box – Portishead
    • Learned Songs Revisited
      • Let’s Dance – David Bowie
      • Time Bomb – Iration
      • Weight of the World – Nier Automata
    • Song of the Day: Rude – Magic
      • This song is too damn catchy, and its pretty hilarious. I remember thinking it was dumb when I first heard it on the radio way back then, but now I think its dumb on purpose, and that’s part of what makes it catchy. And its fun to play, so, it gets my pick today.

  • Ukejima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? (3)

    Let’s try out this format: new songs I tried out, songs I worked on, old songs I revisited, and my favorite song of the day. This wont be every song that I played through the day, but maybe just some notable ones. Maybe this will be simple enough for me to handle when I’m exhausted at the end of a stream.

    New songs:

    Touched – VAST

    NYC – Interpol

    Jump Around – House of Pain

    Works in progres:

    Blue Skies – Irving Berlin

    Danger Zone – Kenny Loggins

    Old Songs:

    Never Fade Away – Cyberpunk 2077

    I really want to stay at your house – Cyberpunk 2077

    White and Nerdy – Weird Al Yankovic

    Favorite Song of the Day:

    Tomcat Disposables – Will Wood

  • Witch Hat Ukulele (3)

    Started the day with some random roulette, and finished with a nice block of 90’s alt songs. I’m still so tired. I’m still debating about getting Marvel Tokon when it comes out tomorrow, partially because I might be feeling to tired to have fun learning the new game. I don’t know. At a time like this I would normally make a deal with myself to get the new game in exchange for committing to get more work done, but I don’t know if I really want it or really care. Depression is rough.

  • Witch Hat ‘Ukulele (1)

    Another Electric Ukulele Monday after a weekend playing UBass. I almost wanted to do a RockSmith stream but its extra work to set up. Might try it eventually. Gotta be careful not to wear out my hands though. My streams are 3 hours long because that’s about as much as my voice can handle, but if I keep using my hands afterwards it can get too much too. People often forget that playing music is a very physical, athletic activity. It’s entirely about how you use your muscles, just in a very different way than how we approach sports or exercise.

    I was supposed to figure out a template for these post stream reviews, but I forgot. And I’m still too tired after streaming to function well. I thought I would get used to it eventually, but it just hasn’t happened yet.