I\u2019ve been writing lately, but not stories\u2026<\/p>\n
Music.<\/p>\n
Instrumental music, of all things, and here\u2019s the deal:<\/p>\n
You can imagine my shock, as a singer-person, to learn that some people don\u2019t want to sing. I hope you are laughing\u2014a little\u2014because fundamentally it\u2019s kind of sweet. I know how good it feels to sing, to make a noise, and I figure everybody wants to feel good. But some of my ukulele students want to keep their mouths shut and play a cool melody on the uke instead.<\/p>\n
So I\u2019ve gone a-hunting for simple songs, knowing that I want folks to learn to read notes and come up with their own chord melodies. That\u2019s the piano player in me talking. Give me a note, I can give you a chord. \u00a0Give me a chord and I can give you a song!<\/p>\n
But I haven\u2019t found any that flutter my heart. So I’ve written a bunch of ukulele-friendly songs myself and they are gorgeous and I\u2019m putting them into a book. News Flash\u2014this is going to take a while. I\u2019m just copyrighting them now. My patient husband Craig is doing all that Sibelius computer stuff and abracadabra<\/em>, we\u2019ve got sheet music with tablature.<\/p>\n I had a chance to play one of my favorites, Whirligig Waltz<\/strong>, at the recent NAMM<\/a> show in Anaheim, amidst the \u201cwhirl\u201d of thrumming sounds and swirls of people.<\/p>\n Craig snagged a video as I balanced a really cool Tenor Fluke on my thigh and played in the Magic Fluke Co. booth on mellow Sunday (that\u2019s a joke).<\/p>\n Some of you may know that I played in piano bars for twenty years and that\u2019s where I learned to \u201ctune out\u201d distractions, to put on the metaphorical blinders so to speak, and make music. Distractions like\u2026televisions blaring, fire alarms going off, the hostess calling out \u201cPeterson, party of four, your table is ready\u201d on the house PA; the couple having sex\u2014or pretty close–in the corner booth; the crusty dude with the well-fed garter snake slung around his neck and a beer in his hand; the bagpipe player who isn\u2019t wearing underwear; the personal conversations whispered around the piano and I CAN HEAR YOU; people saying snarky things about me; me picturing a puddle of poop on their heads.<\/p>\n So that\u2019s how I can keep right on playing \u201cWhirligig Waltz,\u201d impervious to the maelstrom around me. It\u2019s a gift! And you can watch by CLICKING HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll keep you posted how \u201cda book\u201d is evolving. I already play instrumentals when I do music therapy gigs and a pretty melody on the uke can soothe and comfort. Oh those four magnificent strings.<\/p>\n _ _ _ _ _ _<\/p>\n In the meantime, I\u2019m singing too and wanted to tell you that I\u2019m doing a Kanikapila\u2014a Ukulele Strum Along and Workshop at Dave\u2019s Island Instruments<\/a> in Lakewood, California, Friday February 9, 2018 from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.<\/p>\n Tickets are $20 and you get to keep my arrangements of the songs we play. See the flyer below. You can record the opening ceremony of the Olympics that night on your TV and join us for the real thing\u2014people playing and singing and making music together. It is one of the sweetest pleasures in this precious life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So who made up the rule that there are ONLY twenty-four hours in a day? \u00a0Because that isn\u2019t enough time especially if you want to\u2026like\u2026sleep. Too. I\u2019ve been a busy missy and haven\u2019t had a chance to write a blog for a while. 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