Comments on: Arborea: Monday Exposure

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:28:35 +0000

Marie: You’re right. Back to the drawing board.

By: L.Bo Marie

L.Bo Marie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:34:46 +0000

hmmm… I imagine it would look really really pretty for a moment or two…

there are those little “flameless” tea lights out there (little battery operated dudes) but having it rattle around inside could be annoying ;)

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:23:26 +0000

todd: I’m trying to get more focussed not less!

L.Bo Marie: I wonder how it would look to have a lit candle inside your uke. And how long it would take to catch on fire.

By: L.Bo Marie

L.Bo Marie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:27:25 +0000

so haunting lovely….
sigh.. I’m going to go light some candles and play my Uke…

By: todd

todd — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:31:40 +0000

Holy Mackerel…..

that’s scary good!….i’ve been pleased with just my ‘single note thunking’ and occasional chording…..

you’d be playing stuff like that right quick i suppose….do it do it do it :)

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:48:54 +0000

Todd: I've been really tempted to pick up a dulcimer ever since I saw this video. Jomes: Sorry to disappoint. Jeff: I'm quite tempted by the Kala U-Bass have to say. ron: Thanks for mentioning that. Here's a link for anyone that's interested.

By: ronhale

ronhale — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:40:34 +0000

Maybe I’ve been around too long & heard too much music
to consider the banjo or dulcimer weird. Now, for truly weird
visit the BBC News site & watch the 8 Oct. 2009 video of
“the most revolutionary musical instrument in the last 60 years,”
the Eigenharp.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:38:16 +0000

Al, thanks for doing what no other uke blogger can — get the best stories and songs out everyday — you find the best! Hey you need to add some more ukulele sizes. I was at the Wine Country Ukulele Festival in St. Helena, California. Full of world class performers. I played a little verbal tease on James Hill as we were looking at CD’s on a vendor’s table. I said, “Look at this lame song name, ‘Ode to a Frozen Boot’.” He knew I was messing with him.

Oh yeah, uke sizes:
Sopranino — is getting around, easier than people think too!
Supa’ Uke — Is basically a chopped guitar starting at fret 5
Kala Road Toad Bass Uke — Somebody is going to need an e-book for Uke Bass! These are fun. But I don’t know how to play.

Humble / Jeff

By: Jomes

Jomes — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:49:34 +0000

For a split second I was fooled into thinking a new beirut album dropped. Oh well.

By: todd

todd — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:51:36 +0000

‘One of the most pleasing aspects of the whole ‘New Weird America’ genre is that it’s made it okay to play instruments that aren’t guitar, bass or drums. ‘ -Woodshed

thank goodness for that! along with picking up a uke, for added joy, try picking up an instrument (strumstick or dulcimer) fretted with a diatonic scale…..pure joy…pure joy….

thanks for sharing Al,

Todd