Hard rockn ukele.....seriously...

[Scott Tansley]

Well Ukele was my first experience with strings. Its what got me into gutar all those years ago. Saw this cool uke in a music shop the other day, had steel frets and real machine heads. On a ukele. Just couldn't walk away from it. So I get it home, thrashed it a bit and did this. Two hours from purchase to mp3.


http://www.feel-rock.com/music/feel__ukele_320.mp3

2mb download.

[drstawl]

Having also started on uke, I had to hear this.

You weren't pulling my leg. This does rock. Although the ending gave a little sample of another direction the instrument could go very successfully. It sounded like a harp!

[jrlemonz]

That i quite interesting to say the least......
The end does sound like a harp. I can't even comment on the recording, it isn't even relevant.

Jake

[Gitfiddle]

Now that's different. And yes it Rocks. Kool!

Gitfiddle

[Scott Tansley]

Its funny, when I finished it I realised that it wasn't tuned properly. It had the third string from the top (the thickest string) tuned down a fret. Which made it possible to do bar chords on it. Thats just how it was tune from the shop, and ive left it that way ever since. At the start I used a bic lighter as a slide to get that hawian sound, then I played bar chord blues with single note plucks for solo bits that really exploit the natural tone of the instrument. At the end the harp sound was more to do with the strumming and the fact that it has its two thinest strings on the outside.

I alays prefer to exploit the natural tone of an instrument. Thats why I wont put steel strings and a pickup on the uke, or humbuckers on a strat. Not that theres anything wrong with that.
More can be achieved by playing technique. I got three different sounds by just playing it three different ways. Heaps o fun.

[Scott Tansley]

Oops, forgot to mention the bass. In order to match the silliness of the sound of the uke, I ran the bass through a hyperfuz (boss) peddle to give it a fat fuzzy backing in the middle of the song.

[hokypokynose]

I don't know if that was supposed to be a joke, but that was possibly the funniest thing that I've heard all day! It sounds good to my idiot ears. But man was that funny!

[Track Rat]

Scott, you're a sick, sick individual. We're going to get along just fine.

[Scott Tansley]

Ok then Track Rat, try this for stupidity.

http://www.feel-rock.com/music/scott...sammy_cats.mp3

[philboyd studge]

Scott

If you put steel strings on a uke you go to hula hell.

[Lopp]

Oh my!

That was the best Uke song I've ever heard. Right next to "Tiptoe Through the Tulips."

[macle]

Me likey! The first movement sounds like Wild Honey Pie from The White Album. The second movement kicks ash (sounds like it was on fast play). The third movement, calming and soothing, to bring us all back down. Cool!

Macle

[Scott Tansley]

Thanks macle, the only thing thats spead up is the 123 count. Which progressively speeds up. Nearly every second song I do these days is something totally off silly. And I aint stoppn. Since your a beatles fan (and who in their right mind wouldn't be) here's more sillyness.

http://www.feel-rock.com/music/FEEL_get_back_fast.mp3


Sorry folks, can't help it!

[VOXVENDOR]

Scott....

YOU ARE MY HERO!



That is the funniest shit I have ever heard.......

[macle]

Originally posted by Scott Tansley
Thanks macle, the only thing thats spead up is the 123 count. Which progressively speeds up. Nearly every second song I do these days is something totally off silly. And I aint stoppn. Since your a beatles fan (and who in their right mind wouldn't be) here's more sillyness.

http://www.feel-rock.com/music/FEEL_get_back_fast.mp3


Sorry folks, can't help it!

Especially loved the solo! You've got a good voice, too. The only thing I'd say, is it needs a little more energy, maybe if you drank a few cups of coffee or something.

Macle

[Scott Tansley]

You know Macle, while im sitting here having a coffee I remember how much I hate peas and pumpkin. And everytime I go to my mums she gives me peas and pumpkin and whatever. I try to reason with her, but like mums are, she pretends that I actually do like peas and pumpkin. So I wrote this thing thats starts with uke and gets a bit of guitar goin with it. And the words go

I don't like
peas and pumpkin
I don't like peas
any more

no more peas
no more pumpkin



And the guitar keeps goin with some weird but melodic chords and stuff that will be the source of another song (love it when that happens). But thats another day for now. Its amazing what you come up with when the tapes running (or hard disc). If I set one track going on record, It'l go for about 2 1/2 days with the hard disc space I have. When Im jammn shit I always have a mic on. And recording. Just in case.
You can forget a really good guitar progression just in the proccess of seting up a mic. Songwriters be armed.

http://www.feel-rock.com/music/SC24T...nd_pumpkin.mp3