Robin Walker- electric ukulele rock!

electric [amplified] ukulele. backyard videos for bathroom recordings. Song is an original: OpenUp. to hear more: myspace.com/RobinWalkerAddON

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Uke Can Play Rock

The song must be a previously unpublished work – preferably written for this contest.
All content must be your original work. Covers, and derivative won’t cut it.
In the beginning of each entry, you must clearly state (audio or text is fine) “This is my entry into the 2010 “BringtheSong.org Original Song Video Contest – Thanks Mainland Ukes!”

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Second Prize will be drawn live during the award ceremony for the announcement of the Grande Prize winner. Any valid entry will be eligible for second prize and the selection will be random – anyone can win.

Grand Prize nominations will begin on Nov 1st 2010 and will be open to all members at bringthesong.org. Each member will be asked to nominate a favorite song for the final voting.

Final voting will also be open to all members of bringthesong.org and any entry that receives at least one nomination will be in the running for the grande prize vote.

Many of us early members of BtS are uke players, and the contest is sponsored by Mainland ukuleles,, but this is an original song contest – songs can use any instrumentation, or none at all – nothing is off limits and uke songs will not have any particular advantage.

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Absolutely – instrumental, a cappella, pots and pans, industrial machines, whatever you like. As long as it’s your original work, send it in!

Be aware though – we only have one of each of the prizes. That means in the event you and your collaborators win something, you’ll have to work out who gets the prize. We’re just a little not-for-profit collective, so for now, it’s one prize only.

Nope – the submission must be in the form of a video, but the visual content is entirely up to you. It can be a simple black screen if you wish. Be aware that winners of the grande prize will be chosen by popular vote, so a catchy video can really help, but it’s not required.

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Ghostbusters (Electric Ukulele Rock Band Special Edition)

I played this at my high school’s talent show. I’m on electric ukulele and vocals, Chris Lamsam is on the bass, and Brittany Chase is on the drums. We won first place.

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Just for Fun: Easy Rock Ukulele

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Easy Rock Ukulele is designed for your total enjoyment. Each featured song is inherently simple, with just a few chords. All the tunes are arranged for ukulele from the actual guitar parts, simplified just enough to keep them fun and musically satisfying. Titles: As Tears Go By (The Rolling Stones)
* Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)
* Casey Jones (Grateful Dead)
* Gimme Some Lovin’ (The Spencer Davis Group)
* Gloria (Them)
* Good Riddance (Time of… More >>

Just for Fun: Easy Rock Ukulele

Return to Sender – Ukulele Rock – Live at the Winter Olympics

We played this song live at the Men’s Free Skate Event. It started off a bit rough that day. The sudden drop in temperature played havoc with my ukulele tuning. Also, the amp was acting up. By the time of this song, we had things fixed and we were back on track again. Thanks to Sarah Stupar for her in-the-field guerrila camera skills! Afterwards, we watched the Mens Figure Skating Finals and gold medal presentations. It was very exciting!

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The Big Rock Candy Mountain

Lew Dite with his “Applause” ukulele which is a soprano ukulele (by size) but I tune it to the concert ukulele tuning GCEA. A song I first heard by Peter, Paul and Mary and to be honest, I didn’t particularly care for it… didn’t sound like a folk song… way too sweet sounding for my sensibilities. CORRECTION: What I just said is not correct. I got my songs mixed up. (see comments by Stewball) However, my critique of Puff the Magic Dragon remains valid (for me). THIS PART IS STILL TRUE: It was only after hearing Harry “Mac” mcclintock do the song that I recognized its true spirit (founded in the hobo culture) and began to love it. (Take that… Burl Ives!)

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Punk rock ukulele festival opens in Newcastle

Punk rock ukulele festival opens in Newcastle
A celebration of the world’s ultimate punk rock instrument returns for the third year running on Saturday.

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