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Finally I managed to get something ready for submission again! My first entry this year… ^^;
When I closed in on the ending I added to the etude, my brain kind of froze and I added another repetition to collect myself again. But nevermind. Posting something here in time is enough of an achievement for me. 😀
I hope you’re all well! 🙂Now that my post seems to show, including the soundcloud link, I don’t dare editing it again. So here comes what I had to say apart from just posting my submission.
I really love those lessons including singing! Keep them coming! 😀 This whole platform here is just great. You’re doing a wonderful job – not only with the tutorials, but keeping us busy and hooked. Keep up the great work!
And of course: Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone here!! See you next year! 🙂
Very nice Etude! I tried to infuse my playing with as much feel as possible – so, the tempo changes are there on purpose. 😅
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Wow, I was BLOWN AWAY by the colab submission of @nthibode and @brettboy! Really, really great stuff!
I chose the same song for this challenge – but much too little time to practice shows in my recording. Still: I got it submitted, which is the goal I set for myself. Lots of lots of flaws – especially from the second chorus onwards. Singing and playing the ukulele while getting more and more nervous about messing up (and actually doing just that) – overload! XD
I’ll definitely keep practicing this song.I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER!
Congratulations to your new uke, @philbateau!
Abig thank you to you for your feedback, @Stephen.
And an even bigger thank you to everyone here – rockclass101-team and participants alike! These are strange times, and they seem to become crazier and crazier by the month… Our shared focus on beautiful music is such an important anchor!Cornbread and Butterbeans it is!
For two reasons actually:
1) This was up for a challenge one and a half years back. Got it down and practiced – but missed the deadline. So this is my chance to review what’s left and relearn the rest. 😉
2) While playing back the videos now, this was the tune that immediately got my 11-month-old daughter dancing. 😀Half a year without a submission – though I’ve been watching from afar. 😉
Finally started practicing early enough into the month again to arrive at a version I could submit as close to the deadline as always. ^^; Travis picking definitely has me hooked! Enjoy. 🙂
Here’s my submission of Gymnopédie No. 1 – very close to the deadline as always… My goal for next time: Finally post my submission a little earlier into the month. ^^;
Still a little wonky and blackout-ish at times. I’m not doing this wonderful piece of music nor the beautiful arrangement for ukulele any justice… But still: For once I reeeeally want to win this raffle – ukulele with pickup! *fingers crossed* 😀And now I’ll listen to some of the other submissions in this thread. Everybody has been so busy!
As so many others here I chose Santa Fe, although it felt kind of out of reach at first. But listening to Ottmar Liebert’s acoustic version a lot really helped along the way.
At part C I got really stressed that I might now ruin an otherwise okay recording at the last second – so I cut it shorter than I actually intended to and didn’t go into a repeat. You can even hear my stress, when the strings don’t ring out as clear as they schould, because my hand got so cramped. ^^; But I made it through!
Thanks a lot for a wonderful arrangement and for making me aware of Ottmar Liebert in the first place! 🙂
Finally – my submission for the last challenge of the year.
It’s probably the worst I ever submitted and I’m sorry for wasting your time listening to this. ^^;
I had hardly any time to practice this and recording conditions were horrible. But, well, at least I got the job done…Happy, happy holidays to all of you around the world! Good health to every single one! See you next year for more challenges. 🙂
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After having missed last months challenge I worked on this one with all the more determination!
I like your arrangement of “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” even better than the original – so it had to be this one for this challenge. It definitely brought me to my limits, with only so much time to spare, having a 2 month old baby girl at home. <3 I found this piece surprisingly hard to memorize, with all the repetitions being rather similar but never exactly the same. I still don’t have the chorus down, but that’s due to lack of time.
The playing is a little stiff, the performance far from flawless and I had to keep the volume down while recording – but it was now or never. 😉I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER
So here is my go at this months challenge – enjoy! 😀
