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@jbmills07, thank you kindly! Lacrimosa put every skill I did and (mostly) didn’t have to the test this month. That’s such a touching story, man. 🥺 I’m sure they’re watching from above and would approve greatly of that beautiful performance! Ha, I will watch for that! 😅
@robinboyd, sorry about your hand, yeesh! You did a very lovely job despite that!Everyone’s takes were amazing! So fun to follow along, see all the performances, and critiques! Happy All Hallows Eve everyone! 🎃🧡
Also, apologies for my use of smilies as punctuation……. The texts my sister and I send to each other usually include about 15 – 20 smilies each, so it’s a habit. 😅🥺🧡🎃
@surferjay, thank you, and thank you kindly for recommending that one! Once I figure it out and get something together I’ll post it here. 😊 I think I’ll have to use my electric ukulele to record it because you need the…………………. Input. Pickup. I had to look it up even though I did know that at one point. 🥺😅 But none of my “comfort ukuleles” have that. I love the electric one though so it should be really neat! Can’t wait to try it! 🙂
Sigh, thank you. I know I worry about small things way too much and get inside my head about things. I also often look homeless because I couldn’t buy new clothes for more than a year, so some of my clothes are literal rags. 🥺 But things are getting a bit better now with money so that’s good.
That is amazing improvisation! It is improvisation? So good! I’ve started actually going through the lessons here and Matt Dahlberg just created a lesson on scales so I’m really hoping to work on that because I’m starting to see how freeing that knowledge / skill could be. Your playing is proof of that too.
Hahaha same! I pretty much had the same thing happen this month where I realized I was getting a little too obsessed and emotionally invested perhaps, but it’s all good as long as you try to balance things out and also go outside sometimes. 😉😅 But I still may be “slightly” too obsessed. 🥺😉
@gi_gi_ thank you so much for that, that means so dang much! 😊💕😭 I did try to tell myself that no one really even noticed but I’m still glad I said something and really appreciate you saying that. I can’t wait to try the looper! Hopefully I can figure out how to do some of the things I want to do! Do you have a link to those videos? I’d love to see them! Thank you again so much for the kind words! Everyone here is so lovely and generous that I’ve talked with including you. 😊I should also say that Andrew and Matt and co. helped me a lot when I literally wanted to give up this month, because of the issues I was having. So, I appreciate everyone here so dang much. 🙂
Okay, that’s all! 😅
@surferjay, I bought the Lekato looper today! Like five minutes ago. It should get here Wednesday, very excited! I feel a bit guilty for spending the money but I very rarely buy anything for myself anymore (other than food, lol).
Also, sorry if my odd and troubled behavior this month affected you or robinboyd poorly at all–the ramble crew. You may not even think about it but I thought about it a lot. I really, really wanted to meet people who shared a love of ukulele (as Wisconsin seemingly is a dead zone for that), friends if possible, and I hope we are still friends, as it is through the site. I just really enjoyed talking with you both and others (gi_gi_ as well) here and I hope my neuroses haven’t jeopardized it at all.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then please carry on. LOL. (Also crying inside)
@Andrew, thank you so much for the encouraging words! I lost perspective on how I was doing with playing and wanted to give up and not even share, so that means so flippin’ much. It can be difficult to find great classical arrangements for ukulele but that one is perfection, and I got pretty much completely obsessed with learning it–but, as you honed in on, I played the first half more because those chord jumps in the second half are currently almost impossible for me. 😅 I will keep working on it though. Thank you!!!
I actually would like to rescind my entry for the prize because I feel like I’ve already won.
I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER
Hello all!
Joining the Lacrimosians this month. I really wanted to try this amazing arrangement and since it’s for low G it seemed like a good chance to bring forth the uke I won from here in July. That electric uke is the only low G uke I have. I saw @lhamilton also took this approach and your performance is absolutely stunning and perfect.
Just wanted to say that I struggled a lot this month and sorry if that negatively affected anyone here at all. But I really, really appreciate how kind, generous, and talented everyone here is and, when thinking straight, I see all these good things.
As for Lacrimosa……. Latin for tears or tearful… I realized (fully) around the two week mark that it’s going to take me way more than a month to really grasp this one, not just technically but conveying the emotion. Now that I recorded it I feel like I can freak out less and just bask in the absolute beauty of it. I’m saying a lot because this song tested me more than I ever expected, but I still really love it and will keep playing it. Still many pauses and mistakes but here it is.
Thanks to everyone here for your encouragement and help, and especially to Andrew and Matt. And Steven for creating such an amazing arrangement.
@jbmills07, that’s so special that you rescue abandoned kittens. Can’t think about that too much or I’ll go back to crying. 😉😅 That is wonderful though. It’s impossible NOT to get attached under those circumstances. 😅 I love cats. Fittingly, I’m a cat person. Not like Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cat people. Anyway, I hope they keep appearing in your videos! And your performances were both fantastic! Everyone’s were.The End! Sorry for this novel. Thanks again! 😊
@madz_about_uke, that was amazing! That solo, though. 😯 So good! You nailed it! 😁
@surferjay, haha!! Incongruous is one of my favorite words. Off the top of my head it means, “out of place or keeping.”
Actually, this is a great example of why I’m not cool. 😉😅
Haha thanks though! 🤓😎
@surferjay, hahaha, you’re not wrong! I more meant me saying the phrase, “it’s got vibes, man” is incongruous because I’m not what you would call “cool.” 😉😅
@surferjay, oh, okay, that makes way more sense, lol. I thought part of the point was that you could operate the looper with your foot, even though I may not do that still because………… Well, it’s too much to explain why. 😅😂 It’s good to know it has that ability though. I think the mini would be good for me starting for sure and I should just go for it. I already have ideas for what I want to try. 😊
That is really impressive! To play through any song that long (or really any length…) without making a mistake is so impressive. That’s always my goal but it’s really tricky sometimes. That’s definitely a great song to learn too. It’s got vibes, man. ……. That’s not something anyone cool says…….. 😅
Any-way, thanks for the info! Andrew’s arrangement of Toccata and Fugue by Bach is my white whale. See you in eight years once I learn that one! 😉😅
Gah, thank you, Robin! I really do appreciate that very much, the encouragement. Hope I didn’t just make things weird. 😳
Lacrimosa definitely is a challenge, but I feel like I’m finally starting to get it. Stranger Things is also a great choice; that arrangement is amazing as well.
Oh this seems like a good moment for me to jump on that looper, then! Thanks for pointing that out!
Does that one… have a pedal? Maybe I didn’t look closely enough or I’m missing something. 😳
Oh that’s interesting… I didn’t think about that, how with a looper you’re breaking down the music into minute parts. That’s kind of awesome though because then you get especially good at those specific things. But I see what you mean. Then when you’re asked to put it together it’s not what you’re used to anymore. That’s kind of like if someone asked me to strum a tune I’d be like… 🥺 Well, if anyone asked me to play anything. 😣😅
It’s good that you map out your goals like that and note all your progress. Maybe I should do the same. 😊
@mindlogik, thanks for sharing the specs (?) on your keyboard and such! Hope you share the new songs here too when they’re done! 😊
Same. The people here are so inspiring in their skills, knowledge, generosity, and kindness. I’m glad I stumbled across this community for those reasons.
Not having a enough time is definitely a problem when you’re working on such quality music, I would imagine. You’re doing great with it though!
Kia ora! (Had to look that up; not even going to pretend that I remembered that from more than a decade ago) 😅
@robinboyd, no worries about that, friend! I’m glad you shared that because that’s probably my new favorite cover of that song. 😁
I was pretty excited that I managed to put together my own little arrangement of this though, even though it’s really simple. Just because it’s kind of a milestone for me, for where I am in my playing. All this in between Die-Hard-crawling my way through learning Lacrimosa. 😅 But that’s slowly becoming okay too. Just accepting that it won’t be completely perfect by the end of the challenge.
That Beauty and the Beast duet / trio is so dang cute! So good too. 😁💕 Definitely looking forward to more of your singing for sure! 😊