Thanks for listening! This was actually the first Beatles song I've ever been able to hear on the day it was released, so that was an interesting experience...My dad lived through Beatlemania and I'm just glad I can say the same decades later. On the musical front, it's been interesting learning from tabs, chord charts, animated piano youtube videos & music sheets for this one! I am definitely out of my comfort zone.

Thank you! I actually didn't care for the song when I first started and was only going to do a couple verses and a chorus. I now really dig the song and am going to learn the violin parts and re-do some of the other stuff for another video when I get back from vacation since I think I can do better.

Thanks! I actually decided to learn some of the strings parts on the chorus & solo last night, so I'll remix & re-edit this. It's quite a fun song to study as a whole. I'm feel quite proud of it. I feel it's a bit of a shame that everyone's too focused on the current season to have given this a listen though.

@@arvincharles That’s how the Seasons generally work. A new Season naturally means a new focus. You should be pleased with it, because you did well. I don't recognize the song as a Beatles song. It's a synthetically contrived song. My wife gushed about it, but I think she was just supporting my interests as a Beatles fan. This has no reflection on your interests or cover. I'd like to hear your remix, when it's ready.

​@@Renaissance-Man-Ukulele It's not my favorite Beatles tune going into it, but I've now lived with this song since Saturday and I've come to really appreciate everything that went into it. It's really not much different than Freddie Mercury leaving songs for his bandmates to finish. I feel like it's a legitimate Fab Four song since it does have all the members playing on the record. As far as the seasons, it is what it is. A lot more attention is paid to songs that are quickly done and posted. While there's nothing wrong with that approach, little mistakes I've made will bug me if / when I revisit my entries. So, I absolutely try to do it to the best of my abilities at the time of the recording. This one is not even a week old and I'm already revising and improving upon it. lol. Personally speaking...As a musician, I feel like that's kind of the point that's missed on the seasons. Seeing everyone grow. We'll hardly see that if all we post are rushed covers. Even just going from a Day 1 take to a Day 4 take, there's a world of difference imho.

Oh man! Really appreciate the kind words. I'm just trying to get better while having as much fun as possible.

I downloaded it from apkgk.com felt a little sketchy but it synced with the slider I bought used from FB marketplace

One of my early ambitious covers! I was astounded that this worked out as well as it did!!! Hahaha. This actually started from a bass practice session.

Thanks for the kind words! It's a great song. I just had to figure out a way to do it my way, yet stay true to the original. I felt like a real piano player after this!

Woot! Thanks for giving us a reason to take this one on!! I'm not sure I would have picked it otherwise.

Thank you so much for the kind words.

Thanks for listening! It was a lot of fun (and work) for both of us!

Thanks. I'm so glad to hear you're all enjoying this.

Same here! I'm having so much fun creating these and I'm trying to get more musicians on board with these collabs, but the 8 day deadline & the long process for one song makes it slow going. Fun fact, I almost sent this to Joo at the same time as Andrew, but I realized I wouldn't have the time to get both done. Lastly, I have a couple song ideas that I want to get a lot of uke players to perform on, but I need to plan it well because it'll be a crazy amount of work for me. 😅

@@arvincharles joo is a great person to collaborate with brother. i look forward to that when it happens. and your ideas for the future. if you ever felt like doing a song w/ me i'd be up for it. -mountain goat on UU

@@twolittlewoodpeckers I wasn't sure which of you two I was replying to until now. Jon, you're in the future plans...just got to find the right time and the right song, but we'll get there!

Thanks for listening! This was a lot of fun to put together.

The pleasure was all mine getting you on this track. You're a heck of a musician (and clapper!)

Finally got some time to give this one a proper listen (or two)!! You guys rocked it!

​@@hands_on_lanzonthis was super fun to put together. We had a rough idea of how we wanted to arrange it, but kept revising little things to put more variation and texture throughout the song. It was a real treat to hear it come together. I'm glad you enjoyed it as well

Appreciate the kind words!!

Thanks for listening. 😊

Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening!!! Did you listen to the new version of this I just posted? I kept Chris' vocal take but I re recorded everything else and added a third musician to the group.

Thanks for the kind words! I love being able to play with uke players all around the world. (I'm a little jealous you've gotten to do that. I'm not going to lie)

I am so glad someone mentioned the green screen fretboard! I honestly felt like I was ruining my ukulele...ps it is unplayable covered in painter's tape. 😂

Lol

Chris' vocal chops is great. He carried this without any background harmonies. I tried to fill in some of the room with the keys and strings and support his performance as best as I can

Thanks for listening!

Ah, I'll add that to my "liner notes." And yeah, the end footage is what my girlfriend sees whenever I'm recording in the evenings. I look ridiculous without any sound. Hahaha! Side note, we were watching too much of The Voice lately, so I used some Adobe Stock flash transitions like they did...Because why not? My work already paid for them.

Having fun is always the goal! I just have to concentrate most times, though. Hahaha. Thanks for the kind words. It was great hearing the two completely different paths we took to tackle this song this week. I know I would have never thought to do it Del's way and I'm guessing he wouldn't have thought to do it the way I did, either.

Sadly, I don’t have your level of uke-playing talent to do it like this, Arvin! So I compensate in other ways, and we end up with two different and equally exciting and relevant versions of the same classic song. And we all have a lot of fun in the process. And even better - we intensely annoy the uke purists, who think the instrument should only be used and played in the traditional way. Keep doing what you do! :-)

@@DelGriffiths that is so wild cause I consider my uke playing to be quite basic and I actually compensate in a similar way...Add more of the same stuff in different octaves and then add harmonies on top of that (thirds, fourths or fifths usually). I also find it odd that a lot of uke players have an aversion to electric playing whereas they're totally fine with a banjo or guitalele.

Thanks for listening!

Cussing

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Yeah....this one got a little bonkers by the end! Hahaha. I still think it's worth it though

@arvincharles totally worth it. It's awesome!!!

​@@hands_on_lanzon it's comments like this that would encourage me to incorporate my taisho koto and mini electric drum kit.... it'll be insane but I bought the instruments, so I gotta use them in a video someday

Thanks for listening! This was quite fun to put together

Marin and Chris crushed it! My favorite part is their ascending bits in the chorus. It is so good!

Thanks for listening!

I love bringing the ukulele community together to work on little song projects like this. It certainly makes learning and playing a lot more fun. Thanks for the kind words. These do take a bit of effort but I think the results are so very worth it

My virtual band mates rocked it! I'm so proud of them.

Thank you, sir!

Thank you! Honestly, this is just the beginning of what I think is possible with this format

Marin is a beast of a singer! No doubt about it. And thank you! I'm just happy to pull the whole thing off

Same! SAME!! (any Arrested Development fans in the comments?) This was a super fun project and a nice brain exercise getting to figure out the uke part. This is my first SOTU collaboration and Arvin made it super easy... he did all the real work!!! 😬 Thanks for inviting me on and putting it all together!!!

You guys were amazingly easy to work with. I hope you all know how monumental of an achievement this was to pull it off in the amount of time that we did. I have no idea what we'll cover next, but I'm certainly looking forward to it.

@@arvincharles I might have an idea....

Thank, Joo! This was a labor love, for sure. The added pressure of doing it all in 5 or 6 days is quite bonkers when I rewatch this.

Thanks for listening, as always! Appreciate the motivational comments. They certainly help me to keep pushing past my comfort zone each time

Thanks for listening. Just trying to improve little by little while having as much fun as possible.

Obrigado! Thanks for listening. :)

That's a heck of a compliment! I need someone like your husband around every time I play my instruments, it'd do wonders for my confidence!! Hahaha. In all seriousness, I'm equally impressed with the pieces that you play. There's a reason I'm playing simple pop songs instead of full on classical pieces...I'm just able to stack many simple parts on top of each other.