Music: Ukulele Posts
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- Loving Outside Of The Lines… new song [video, words, photos]
TweetEmail TweetEmailInspired by the music healing performances I’ve been doing for children’s hospitals, I wanted to write something that would give them a hopeful message, to see beyond their current challenges, health or otherwise. Here’s a live preview of one of my new songs, “Loving Outside Of The Lines.” Watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAsaR29wxC0 [...]
- Wait A Little While [video, photos]
TweetEmail TweetEmailThis is one of my favorite songs, written by one of my favorite songwriters, Kenny Loggins. Great song. Even greater message. Watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POWWCWmOS5s Kenny Loggins is one of the artists I admire as a singer and musician, as well as songwriter. Supremely talented… he is such an inspiration. IMHO, “Wait [...]
- Singing ‘Summertime’… [video, photos]
TweetEmail TweetEmailGetting my sultry on and radiating a bit o’ heat with a classic song my daddy taught me way back when… Watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS6SZkhEuMY Great song, isn’t it? “Summertime” was written by George Gershwin (music) and DuBose Heyward (lyrics) from the opera/musical “Porgy and Bess.” The original was sung as an [...]
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day… a holiday serenade from my patio [video, images, story]
TweetEmail TweetEmailAn evening holiday serenade brought to you from my festively-lit patio, with Mother Nature providing her own light show for added ambiance. A fitting song to share with you on 12-12-12, dontcha think? :) “I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day” is one of my favorite Christmas carols. A bit of trivia: It’s based [...]
- Beachcomber Art Studio performance – September 2012 [photos]
TweetEmail TweetEmailAnother evening of wine, yummy munchies, live music (me :) surrounded by gorgeous creations at the Beachcomber Art Studio & Gallery for the September Open House. While the Boynton Beach CRA suspended the Breezing Through The Arts Trolley Tours until after this summer’s oppressive heat subsides, Debbie Brookes, the owner and resident artist of [...]
- South Florida Ukulele Festival 2012… performing with my favorite partner :)
TweetEmail TweetEmailContinuing on with my article catch-up… “What happens when two professional musicians (a vocalist and a drummer), who share a love for a wide range of music genres (and each other), join forces on a new instrument… the ukulele? You get Luna Jade and Keith Cronin: This ain’t your grandpa’s uke.” The artist photo [...]
- Breezing Through The Arts, July 2012 [photos]
TweetEmail TweetEmailPerforming in an artistic setting… no better way to play. I had the pleasure of performing at Beachcomber Art Studio for the kick-off of the Breezing Through the Arts in Boynton series last Thursday. This monthly event (every 3rd Thursday, 5pm – 9pm), sponsored by the Creative Business Alliance of Boynton Beach, features a [...]
- A Valentines Day Serenade [video]
TweetEmail TweetEmailHappy Valentines Day!! I hope you had a love-filled day with the ones who are dear to your heart, celebrating and appreciating each other. I got a wild hair to sing you all a love song… so I did :) “When You Say Nothing At All” – watch the video on YouTube Lots o’ [...]
- Dark Night Of the Soul… demo [words, audio]
TweetEmail TweetEmailDebut peek at another one of my original tunes, Dark Night Of The Soul… performed on an eUke. “The Darkest Sky is just before the dawn… “ Dark Night Of The Soul – demo © 2004, 2011 Luna Jade The Dark Night of the Soul words and music by Luna What is this anger [...]
- Waiting Within… original song, recorded/mixed on my iPad [audio]
TweetEmail TweetEmailThis entry is part of a series [click to expand]: Waiting Within: Stages of Creation» Another reference demo of one of my original songs, Waiting Within… this one I recorded and mixed on my iPad using the StudioTrack iPad app by Sonoma Wire Works, the big brother of the Four Track iPhone app I [...]
- Wake Up! … original song [audio]
TweetEmail TweetEmailAnother reference demo of one of my songs, recorded on the Four Track iPhone app by Sonoma Wire Works. Are you sleeping through life… letting it all just drift by; waiting for everything to fall into place, thinking it’s all out of your control? Well, it’s time to open up your soul and awaken [...]
- And So Goes My Heart… original song [audio]
TweetEmail TweetEmailI needed to record some reference demos of my original music yesterday, so I decided to do it the “quick and dirty” way, using my iPhone, which I have found to be a very convenient little songwriting and recording tool… a great music tool in general! (I feel a post topic coming on :) [...]
- “Dream”… on Uke [audio]
TweetEmail TweetEmailI’ve been working up my original music to perform live on uke and I have been experiencing some interesting surprises with the different life my songs have been taking on… evolving to different styles than when I wrote and recorded them, even switching strum patterns to change the vibe of the song as I [...]
- Challenges and Achievements… Ave Maria on the uke [video]
TweetEmail TweetEmailand now for something different… Getting in the holiday spirit and getting my Legit on… with my Risa Uke-Solid-Concert. Watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s42xZpCbcQ Why Ave Maria on the uke? One of my wild hairs and a little challenge I set myself to (more about that below). First… A special thanks to Keith [...]
- Christmas Longing… original song, live performance [video]
TweetEmail TweetEmailOne of my original Christmas tunes… my wish for all, for Christmas and always. Played on a Risa Uke Solid Concert. Starting the holidays early :) Watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0KoskJ_Vxc Christmas Longing music and lyrics by Luna Jade I lay wide awake in the morning light My soul is a-tremble inside I [...]
- Alfie… live performance [video]
TweetEmail TweetEmailMusic with a message: This is another one of my favorite old songs to sing… beautiful song, beautiful message. Written by Burt Bacharach Performed on my new Risa Stick Uke – Loving it!! Watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gebk6aRl91M Still more video to come…
- ONE… Ukulele Performance of my original song, Live at the Festival [video]
TweetEmail TweetEmailKeith and I had a blast performing a ukulele version of my song, “One”, at the South Florida Ukulele Festival last weekend. (scroll down for lyrics… I included them at the end of this post.) ONE – Ukulele performance at the South Florida Uke Fest Watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmnsUTwhkyk We also performed [...]
- Ukulele Cover Fun – Live at the Festival [video]
TweetEmail TweetEmailOne hallmark of a good song is that it can be played in different styles and with different levels of production, orchestration and accompaniment and still sound great. Keith and I had a blast performing a couple of ukulele covers at the South Florida Ukulele festival this past weekend. We also had the pleasure [...]
- Uke Leash: Strap On Your Uke!
TweetEmail TweetEmailUPDATE 9/2012: I have since found a full strap solution specifically made for the ukulele: a Kala K-STP-BK Black Ukulele Strap This strap rocks and they’re inexpensive enough that I’ve bought a few of them so I can outfit all of my ukes. I’m using one with my Risa here: Hamming it up at [...]
- Sea of Silence… original song on uke [video]
TweetEmail TweetEmailJust little ole me and my ukulele… a little unplugged taste. I’ve been having a blast working up my original music on the ukulele… it’s been a fun challenge modifying the chord structures and writing arrangements that work for this instrument… and that I can play and sing LOL (long time vocalist, new uke [...]
- Send A Little Love My Way [video]
TweetEmail TweetEmailI have loved this song since the 1st time I heard it… during one of those late night/early morning old movie marathons: it’s the theme song for “Oklahoma Crude”, written by Henry Mancini and Hal David and performed by Anne Murray. I can still picture the credits rolling in the end and hear Anne [...]
- Ukulele Longing: new song (video)
TweetEmail TweetEmailI just started playing ukulele recently and I’m really enjoying it… AND I’m already finding that it’s inspiring my songwriting. I was messing around with some interesting chord progressions last Saturday and this song just kind of fell together… in the course of a couple of hours. Love when that happens! This is the [...]
- One… [lyrics]
TweetEmail TweetEmailI can sometimes be like the Paul Masson of songwriting – at least with certain songs – but there’s a method to my madness (or rather a muse behind my madness :) I just gave this song a makeover this weekend… (see “artist’s note” below) One words and music by Luna One World, One [...]
- “Christmas Longing” (original song): Live Acoustic Debut
TweetEmail TweetEmailI posted the lyrics for my new original Christmas song, “Christmas Longing“, back in early November. The song had finally come together and I started the arrangement/recording process for the release version, but then November turned into a very busy month for me, filled with travel and other obligations. Now, as I work on [...]
- ‘Mad World’ live… Morning Jam and a cheerios feeding frenzy
TweetEmail TweetEmailThis entry is part of a series [click to expand]: mJams» After a wonderful vacation week away, K.C. and I resumed our Morning Jam this weekend… an early morning music jam by the lake, serenading the wildlife and the neighborhood. It felt great to resume our little ritual, enjoying the special beauty and simple [...]
- Live by the Lake – a little taste of Mornin’ Jam
TweetEmail TweetEmailThis entry is part of a series [click to expand]: mJams» Life is so rich when you can drink in the blessings around you and make the most of this beautiful world and the many gifts that we’ve been given… Listen! K.C. took up the the ukulele a couple of months ago and it’s [...]
