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Dave's Ukulele Page |
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| In October 2009 my wife Sheila bought me a Ukulele for my birthday on the off chance that it might interest me. I don't think she realised just what she had set in motion until it was too late! ... |
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I immediately fell in love with the instrument and spent all my spare time learning how to play it. This page will be dedicated to my progress with the Uke and feature a few videos of me playing. |
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For beginners who are interested in learning to play the Uke why not visit my new ukulele site where you can find my new series of Tutorials on how to play very easy ukulele, just click on this link:- Chili Monster's Ukulele Tutorial's Here's a few things that I found invaluable when I first started: (1) - A CHORD CHART (click on the highlighted text to go to the chord chart) |
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(2) - A NOTES CHART (ie a chart to show which note a string will sound when pressed at a certain fret) (click on the highlighted text to go to the notes chart) |
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(3) - A TUNER (click on the highlighted text to go to the online tuner) Ideally get a clip on tuner from a Music Store or look for one on Ebay, you can get one for under a tenner. |
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(4) - Some EASY SONGS to play (click on the highlighted text to go to the easy songs) |
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Below are my latest YouTube videos, the first is an instrumental version of a song by Blackmore's Night called 'The Way To Mandalay'. I played Uke and Mandolin and an Austrian friend of mine (Valentin Obergruber) played Uke and Acoustic Guitar. (For the technically minded, the 'Electric' Uke sound was got by recording the Uke acoustically through a Microphone as normal and then playing the track in Cubase through a Guitar Rig plug-in and then adding some delay and reverb before passing the whole thing through a compressor/limiter). I recorded and mixed the track at Soundscape Studios in Shrewsbury which is run by my good friend Gair Davies. We then used 2 cameras to video ourselves playing the instruments again to add to the live video footage and I remixed the video on Adobe Premiere. |
The second is a version of 'I wanna be like you' from the Jungle Book. I played Uke, Mandolin, Bass, Flute, Drums and Percussion and sang all the vocals. Again I recorded and mixed the track at Soundscape Studios in Shrewsbury. I filmed the video in my garage using a HD webcam and a homemade greenscreen and again I mixed the video on Adobe Premiere. |
The third is my own composition and is called 'Molly' I played Uke, Mandolin and keyboards. The Bass & Drums are samples. Again I recorded and mixed the track at Soundscape Studios in Shrewsbury, filmed the video in my garage using a cheap camcorder and a homemade bluescreen and mixed the video on Adobe Premiere. |
The fourth is an adaptation of an Ivor Biggun song called 'Dead Dog Rover' I played Uke, and keyboards and sang the vocals. The Bass & Drums are samples. Again I recorded and mixed the track at Soundscape Studios in Shrewsbury. The video was shot during Christmas week 2010 in my back garden using a cheap camcorder and mixed in Adobe Premiere. |
The fifth is an instrumental version of a song by Blackmore's Night called 'Empty Words' I played Uke, and keyboards . The Bass & Drums are samples. Again I recorded and mixed the track at Soundscape Studios in Shrewsbury. The video was shot in the studio control room and mixed in Adobe Premiere. |
The sixth is another version of the above song , this time with Vocals. |
The seventh is called 'Ingelheim Rock' and is a collaboration with an old friend of mine called Ken Evans (a.k.a. Ken Chilada). |
The eighth is called 'Ghosts On Tape' and again is a collaboration with Ken Evans (a.k.a. Ken Chilada). In August 2011 this song was included on a compilation CD called ShropRock - In January/February 2012 I entered the song in an online song competition where it won first place in the 'Blues' category
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The ninth is called 'The Path' and again is a collaboration with Ken Evans (a.k.a. Ken Chilada). |
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The tenth is a cover version of 'The Monster Mash' which I recorded for Halloween 2011 |
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The eleventh is another version of my first video, 'The way To Mandalay' re-recorded and remixed with added vocals sung by me. |
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