The Beatles // Now & Then // baritone uke jam // SOTU 637

Learned & recorded for SOTU 637 "Here & Now."
de Houtwinkel baritone colored pencil piezo ukulele
Alesis QS6.1 synth - acoustic grand for the main vocal melody / antique piano for the harms
Streichfett string synthesizer
Ibanez Mikro bass
Ibanez PGM11 guitar
pedals:
BOSS volume pedal
EHX Soul Food
Strymon Deco
Boss Octave Fuzz

[@RickHardcore]

great sound!!

[@arvincharles]

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

[@ukeanflute]

I'm not sure we needed a new Beatles song. But now that it's here, I'm overjoyed that you started working on it. Such a fabulous project and well worth waiting for, if you ask me. Terrific, Arvin!

[@arvincharles]

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.

[@chaoslibrarian]

Damn that was amazing!

[@arvincharles]

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.

[@Renaissance-Man-Ukulele]

It turned out well

[@arvincharles]

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.

[@Renaissance-Man-Ukulele]

@@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.

[@arvincharles]

​@@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.