I’ve written a new song and have been learning how to play it. This is the first demo version I’ve felt comfortable enough to share more widely:
Bird Song (instrumental)
· Layers of Meta, Music, Songs for Beginners, ukulele storiesOn my electric solid body uke with a pocket amp and a bit of delay, for the last day of Jerry Week.
Also posted at the big book of faces and audio-only on shmow-kwow with a kind of permanent public link for the video up on bop rocks.
Ain’t No Sunshine
· Ain't No Sunshine, Layers of Meta, MusicologyQuick new demo by dBx:
A town the size of Mountain View
· Layers of Meta, Loser, Songs for Beginners, the Dead, man...Starting to get this cover tune into shape (a Hunter/Garcia original that debuted on Jerry Garcia’s first solo album, Garcia, and popularized by the Dead):
…and I’m already addicted
· Don't Think Twice It's All Right, Layers of Meta, Musicology, Songs for BeginnersOK, figured out that I probably want to post to my active google account, not my old one, and downloaded the iPhone app for recording and uploading (not sure how much better it is, though it does offer to crop and stabilize the image, a request, I rejected in favor of my sloppy approach).
So here’s another song (apologies to social networking pals who have seen this already during the past weekend) I just worked up the other day, the Dylan classic “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” which you can tell I don’t quite fully know how to play yet:
Joining the youtube generation
· If Only You Were Lonely, Layers of Meta, Musicology, Songs for BeginnersThought I’d try out uploading a video for the first time, so I did a quick sloppy run through of a Replacements classic (taught to me by Bill de Rouchey, originally for our Ukepalooza performance, also captured on video along with the full set):