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Really excited for this one, recording has been a struggle for me from day one and continues to be a struggle – though it has somewhat gotten better. 😅
One thing I learned though is that you can only do so much to fix an internal issue with a microphone or laptop. You can do “damage control” by editing a recording in post, but really the original recording has to be at least decent, or it’ll sound like a robo-uke.
As far as the nerves with recording, the only way to get better at it is to do it… a lot. The nerves are still are there, but you learn how to experience that terrified feeling and keep going. That applies to so many things in life. 😂
Thank you for another great topic!! 😊
@Katazumiri, that is absolutely amazing! I love that idea so much with the bird songs and your music together. The song is gorgeous, beautifully played and perfectly suits the birdy’s tunes!! Thank you for sharing! 😊❤️
Very excited that @Marianne ‘s song “Contemplations” is an option this month! That’s the one I’m going to pick, for sure! Although all the song options are lovely and quite eclectic, I must say! 😊
This was an extremely delayed reaction, but life do be gettin’ crazy at times.
(Actually it wasn’t that delayed of a reaction. I’ve just lost all perspective on time over the past few weeks. 😂😭)
Just got done listening to all the performances and WOW! Y’all’s really brought it this time! Ya done brunked it! Brung… 😂🥺
Seriously, so many incredible performances, each so unique and impressive in different ways! Each challenge the playing gets more amazing. Thanks to everyone for sharing!! 😊🥰
@Andrew, thank you so much! I’ve said it before but it seriously means so much when you like changes like that. I felt like I had to compensate for my uke not being low G somehow because that makes such a difference with the sound. 😅
Haha! Well, the melody has been in my head since I heard it and I thought it went really well with how Mowgli plays, which is very sweet and spirited, like the music. 😊
Thank you about the dental issues, I won’t lie to you, it’s incredibly stressful on multiple levels. 😅 Unfortunately it’s also very painful at times (like it is again now) while I’m trying to sort out everything. So praying I can get an appointment very soon. But yes thank you so much for your kind words, Andrew, they mean a lot! 😊
Hello uke friends! 😁
Here is my take on “April Smiles” with my special little guest, Mowgli! I love her. 😉 😂
This tune is so dang lovely. Andrew, you have a way with writing melodies that are very memorable, unique, sweet, and uplifting. I really enjoyed this one and the challenge of recording with the backing track (I didn’t record the rhythm part myself). I also am extremely pleased that I managed to learn this is in basically two days. That’s why there are still a few pauses because I kept forgetting what came next, but still. I also am missing the 14th and 15th fret and the low G string, but I feel like I made it work reasonably well for high G. 😂 I did try a clawhammer version and it is promising but didn’t get to finish it. Plus, it is fully a different song, then, with that technique and I wanted to experience the beauty of the original. 😊
Side note, I have been having some somewhat serious dental issues the last two weeks that still are not yet resolved (though I’m working on it – it’s hard to get appointments these days, which is very unfortunate) so I didn’t know if I’d get to record this or not. Thankfully the pain isn’t that bad right now and I was able to learn it / record this tune pretty efficiently. 😊
This might be my favorite video that I’ve gotten to make for RC101. 😂😂😂
I also want to say thank you so much for the lovely comments people left for me last month that I didn’t get to reply to. I always appreciate that so much, but the last couple of months have been absolutely insane for me.
Now I get to go back and listen to all the entries I missed! No doubt they are all amazing with this lot! Much love to all and a belated Happy Easter! 😍
@jbmills07, thank you so much, Justin! She definitely will appear, but maybe not as aerobatically / epically (?) as Ziggy does! 😂 Mowgli is a very sweet and cuddly kitty. 🥰
I saw your take on Lacrimosa last month but for some reason when you first posted it, YouTube wouldn’t let me open it / comment on it. But that was very beautiful and moving. I also saw your take on April Smiles, so very beautiful! You have a way of drawing out the beauty of music even more. 😊
I’m also working on April Smiles and was pretty worried because I hadn’t gotten to start it until today but playing through it tonight it’s not as bad as I thought as far as difficulty. The tricky part will be layering the parts for me. 😂
Anyway thank you for appreciating my new feline friend! I love her. 😂😻
Here’s a more recent version of “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” though it’s still not perfect, lots of mistakes.
I think I literally made some decisions in the moment while recording and it’s pretty obvious if you know what to look for. 😂
A while ago, I finally finished this version with the bridge but didn’t share it because I still wasn’t happy with it (except with a few other uke friends). But listening back now, I like it a bit more than I remembered. I hope to polish this one even more though.
Thank you to anyone who gives it a listen!! 😊
@johanna2509, thank you so much for that! That makes me so happy that you think that, too! She is so precious and cuddly but now the mischievous / hyper / playful side of her is really starting to come out! 😂😳 She loves to have her tummy pet and it’s as wonderfully fluffy as it looks! 😂😻 She also loves to be brushed which not every cat does, but that’s helpful to keep the fur under control a bit! I love those terms sooooooo much!! Oh my. “Paw pillows” is my favorite!! Thank you for sharing that! 😂😻
@grannieannie, thank you so much for your encouragement! 😊😻 It has been waaaaaaay more of an adjustment than I ever imagined having a kitty; it has already been a journey, but it’s been so worthwhile to have a little friend. She is so sweet. Thank you, just as you say that, she has started to have “zoomies” more now! 😂 I also try to play with her every day, usually a few times per day if I can to get some of her energy out. I’m so sorry to hear about the kitties you had that passed that way. 😟 That’s why I wouldn’t let her out especially where I live where it isn’t as rural as her previous home. But even there, she had a brother who also was an outdoor kitty who was hit by a car. After he was gone, she became very desperate for attention and lonely and that’s another reason I took her in so she could get more cuddles and attention than they could give her. So yes, every aspect of having her has been extremely emotional, yet beautiful and special. I sorely underestimated all of it but I’m glad to have her. 😂😻😥I’ll probably end up uploading more pictures of her here because I’ve taken “a few” since I’ve had her. 😅 I send them to my sister a few times per week because she’s also obsessed with cats. 😂😅 But I think you’ll see her in my videos for sure! 😊
@johanna2509, thank you so much, she is so beautiful and sweet and cuddly! She’s also a lil’ wild cat! Still adjusting to that part. 😂 I feel the same way, but this one I get to keep and not just look at! 😂 I think you will see her for sure. Every time I sit down she wants to cuddle. 😻
@leb397, thank you so much, friend! 😊🥰 Adopting her and adjusting to her being here has been an incredibly emotional experience, if I’m being honest. Like I said, she was an outdoor kitty before, so I was very worried about that and if it would be stressful for her. It is a huge adjustment for her, but praying it continues to go well. There have been a few times where she seemed anxious but I guess that makes sense. Having her here is really so comforting and having her greet me when I get home is very special indeed! 😊 She thanks you for your welcome! 😂😻Here are just a few more:
MowgsTrueBeauty 
MowgsBeansAndTumtum 
MowgsFeetz Oh I forgot to mention. The family members who had her would always put a towel on their laps when they pet her due to allergies. But now those are her “cuddle/comfort towels” that they gave me and I think that helped a lot with the transition for her. She still loves to lay on them, so presh. 😂😻😥
Hello friends! 😊
I know there are so many amazing entries already, I haven’t gotten to listen to all of them, but fully plan to go back and comment in a “mega post” before the full flood of entries come in, lol (though I’ve gotten to read a lot of what people said and Andrew’s lovely feedback).
Oh my, Lacrimosa. This was quite insightful to relearn. I have so many thoughts and mixed feelings about this. I went through the stages of grief relearning this (fittingly). 😂😅 I felt so confident at first but turns out it was hubris. 😂
Well, I’ll write my thoughts out in a list:
– Relearning this helped me realize that I have a way of playing that I’m now most comfortable with and Steven’s style of playing is very, very different from mine now (also he’s an incredible musician, so there’s that 😂). One thing is playing melody notes with h/o’s and p/o’s on low G. Being 99% a high G player now, I’ve grown accustomed to avoid playing melody notes that way (and instead finding them on separate strings) because I do not enjoy that technique (though Steven plays that way so beautifully). 😂 Nonetheless, I did better with them this time around than the first, I think.
– This helped me realize that so much of playing has to do with confidence… and practice (I didn’t start relearning this a week or so ago or anything…). There are times when I’m so comfortable with a song that I feel extremely confident and times like this that I still feel overwhelmed and like I’m back to square one with my anxiety with recording (as this took about 25 takes to get – and this one still had a “false start” which I left in on purpose). Everyone has moments where they get inside their head and get stuck in a negativity spiral. That’s what happened with this for sure. Still, I’m so happy I relearned this and will try to remember this one this time and get it even smoother. 😊
– Also, this arr. is still incredibly difficult in places, that hasn’t changed, but I do think I smoothed out the second half a lot more than the first time.That wasn’t even a list, still really rambling, oh well. 😂 Here ’tis:
Thank you for this amazing challenge, Andrew! 😊
@janaq1, thank you so much! She truly is purrfect, I got so lucky adopting the sweetest little friend! 😻 She was half an outdoor cat so the fact that she’s adapting pretty well to being inside is such a good thing! It’s only been a few days so hopefully she’ll only continue to feel more and more comfy here! Although I have been devising plans to take her outside, perhaps on a leash or in a cat stroller, I don’t even care anymore “if” I look crazy! 😂 But actually I’ve definitely seen other people around here walking their cats, anyway. Thank you, I’m sure she’ll be making cameos pretty often, even if it’s with her melodic chirps! 😉😂😻
SooooooooooooOooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOoooo excited to hear everyone’s entries this month and what happens with the Back To the Future Takes of all these songs! Such a crazy wide array of songs that people have chosen! 😊
I am nervous about Lacrimosa because that was so tricky the first time around, but hopefully it’ll be easier this time!! Surely it will be…! 😂😳
Looking forward to seeing how this challenge unfolds! 😊
Oh my, I am flippin’ pumped for this challenge! I really love this idear a lot!! 🥰
I also find it kind of funny that I accidentally did this exact thing for February with Aura Lee. That was the first RC101 song I learned, but that’s not what I’m doing for this challenge.
This month I think I’ll revisit Steven’s arr. of Lacrimosa (on my electric uke that I won from here)! 😁😯
I hope I can improve how fluently I play it and remove the pauses that I struggled with the first time I played it. And add more dynamics than the first time. I feel like I should be able to do those things now with a lot more experience through learning songs here. 😊
Here’s my original take:
I’m so excited! I’ve been wanting to revisit this song anyway, but what a great excuse!
GOLDEN TICKET from Drewmpa Loompa Town, here we come!! 😉😂
