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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 03/09/2005 : 3:27:06 PM
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Scared.
NOT.
So I took the plunge and am playin' at a little Unity in the burbs...
Slack key, not fiddle.
Not in Boulder, but it's next!
And the Boulder church has some great hula dancers.
So when the time comes, I'll make sure they distract the attention at the necessary moment(s).
Anyhoo, I have some strengths, some weaknesses...mostly in my knees.
But I recruited a ringer for 2nd guitar, and am focusing on vocal first--pickin' is mostly support and foundation.
My selections at this time are probably:
"Ku'u Home O Kahalu'u", a little offering of "Moe Uhane...Dream slack key" and since it's spring, and it's a open-minded congregration, "Wahine Ilikea".
Will I be ex-communicated?
Well, It's written by a Rev...and Unity tends to be pro-aina.
I'm doin "Ku'u" in D...
and "Wahine" in G (or F where the Rev. does it).
Just trying to keep tuning to a minimum. Guess I'll sneak out of the sermon and tune.
Any suggestions or prayers?
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 03/10/2005 : 10:53:47 AM
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Well, Gordo, you could always have the 2nd guitar turn his/her amp WAY UP
I didn't know the UU would excommunicate anybody.....not enough hangups in that bunch.
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2005 : 2:56:59 PM
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Actually, Unity is not UU..
common assumption...
But that's another web page.
But it's definitely not your Southern Baptists' slant.
What do they call Southern Baptists in Alaska?
No response required.
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Bwop
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 03/10/2005 : 5:26:47 PM
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"Moose??"
Well, there's this Baptist preacher and this Methodist preacher that live in the same town. And the Baptist fellow always rode his bicycle around. One day, the Mehtodist noticed that the Baptist fellow was walkin', didn't have his bike. "What happened?", he asked. "Well, somebody must've made off with it, least ways I can't remember where I left it." said the Baptist. "I'll tell you what," said the Methodist, "come next Sunday we'll each preach us a sermon on the ten commandments, and when we get down to the part about 'thou shalt not steal', we'll linger kinda long on that, and see if we can't turn up a culprit".
Well, the next Sunday come and went, and then the Methodist sees the Baptist ridin' around on his bicycle. "I just guess out sermons paid off!" he said. "Yep," said the Baptist. "But not exactly the way you thought. When I got down to the part about 'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife', I remembered where I left my bicycle!".
(Thnaks, Doc Watson!) |
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 03/10/2005 : 7:18:42 PM
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During one of my only two lessons with Doc Watson, I fondly remember him saying that he generally only took students who were good enough that they did not have to look at the fretboard.
Think about it....
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2005 : 8:28:23 PM
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I never use frets.
So how can ya tell when the fiddler's playin' in tune?
Answer: Well, The Bow's not moving.
Don't get me started.
The Dogpatch transfer student.
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 03/12/2005 : 08:16:53 AM
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Gordon
No idea what they call southern baptists up here. There seems to be baptist churches all over our little burg, but i have no idea what compass direction they face. I wuold suppose they are all northern baptists, based on location, but, then, most of us long for warmer climates in winter which would have them facing south (are those the southern baptists?). About 2/3 of all alaskans are from somewhere else, and about 2/3 of them from east of the Big Muddy....that would make them eastern baptist, unless they were cathoholic or protestanian or jewelish. Around christmas vacation, religion is thrown to the wind and everybody heads to hawaii, singing the Honolulu Chorus from the Messiah....at that time they are called anabaptists.
Hey Lawrence, did Doc catch you peeking at the fretboard on the second lesson,so that was your last? I saw him pinpoint a guy three rows back at a concert once who had been talking loudly while he played. He made a very kindly remark that shut that kid up for the rest of the performance, while "looking" him stgraight in the eye. I think the remark was "I remember my first beer, too", insinuating the kid was drunk, didn;t know what he was doing, but also forgiving him at the same time. Quite impressive for a "blind" man. |
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2005 : 3:11:17 PM
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Look what they've done to my topic Andy!
Anyway, my friend is playing a wonderful 12 string to smooth out my humanism...very nice.
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2005 : 1:22:50 PM
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4 o'clock Sunday, and all is well.
It was great...having a second player really helped make this a positive experience. By the second service I was trying some mild improv. And my guitar felt like a friend--I didn't want to stop playing.
I think I'll do this again, and again!
So I'm not just a couch picker...
(and we got paid)--my first public performance for Hawaiian music (outside camp).
I've been hesitant to spend a night at open mikes...but may try some of the better, well run ones.
The nice thing about the church work is you don't have to wade through the entire evening...maybe on the West Coast where there's other Taro pickers!
Anyway, it's a captive, sober, smokeless, interested audience, and you get to edify them and give them a little dreamy, hopefully healing music...
Next time I'll give em a little instrumental slack key.
I've got a wedding in May where they want the IZ rainbow...I know the vocal inside out...but I'm between ukuleles! I like dis adventure.
And it's a challenge to not come off as a Big Haole Tiny Tim!
Howl... eh! |
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