A Kiss From a Rose

Instrumentalist Kalei Gamiao playing his arrangement of Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" from the movie Batman Forever.

I just stumbled onto this guy and think he's really good and wanted to spread the word. Crazy old internet is full of hidden treasure like this. Go to his youtube channel and check out some of his other videos.

Next Nashukes Meeting Nov. 16th

The theme this month will be T.V. theme songs and even catchy commercials, so start googling the internet for your favorites.

If you can't think of or find anything, try to pick songs about T.V., or at the very least, bring a song or two to share with everyone. And don't forget to bring a few printed copies to pass around.

The meeting place might be the same place (my house) but I will let you know if that changes as we get closer to the 16th.

Dent May

How did I miss this one? Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele live at The End this past Monday night. Oh well, even if I had known about it I had the Nashukes meeting to host. Maybe we could get him to show up at a Nashukes meeting the next time he's in town.

October Meeting

Due to scheduling conflicts I am moving the October meeting to the fourth Monday of the month - that would be the 26th. Please be sure to bring a song or two to share (and a few copies to pass around). And since it's Fall and Halloween is just around the corner let's learn a few songs of the season - Spooky and Monster Mash come to mind.
We will be meeting at my house again so just email the Nashukes folks for the address if you haven't been here before - nashukes@gmail.com

See you on the 26th!

Andy

Wedding Ukes

The Ukedelics played a wedding at Cheekwood a couple of weekends ago. The ceremony was held in the herb garden at sunset. It's a beautiful spot styled like an old ruin, surrounded by remnants of Greek columns.

It was an honor to be asked to be a part of the young couple's very special day. We played a few songs from our regular set while guests were arriving, then performed The Beatles' "I Will" and, of course, the version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" made famous by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole'.

It was also the first time we played "Fly Me to the Moon" out. A great addition to our set list. Todd Elgin on vocals & killer uke solo. Andy & Anita notice the birds a-chirpin' a bit into the song. The rhythm section drives this song. A jet flies over at the end. It was so much fun. Hope we bring them good luck.

"Fly Me to the Moon" is a popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954. It was titled originally "In Other Words", and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets. The song became known popularly as "Fly Me to the Moon" from its first line, and after a few years the publishers changed the title to that officially.

No Meeting for September

Aloha!

I'm sorry to say that The Nashville Ukulele Society will not be meeting this month due to a very heavy Ukedelics schedule. The performing extension of the Uke Society has been extra busy and with two big shows coming up fast we have to squeeze in a few extra practices where we can. And since I'd like to keep my marriage from falling apart due to too many ukulele related interruptions, I think it would be best to take a month off and reconvene in October.
Be thinking of songs that might be in the spirit of Halloween - 'Spooky' comes to mind. Feel free to get creative with that theme and next months meeting will be a lot of fun.

See you in October.

Andy

Play Ukulele By Ear

Here's an interesting and helpful site.
www.playukulelebyear.blogspot.com