Category Archives: Audio

Saboten No Hana (サボテ ンの花) Recording
18
Oct

My goodness, its been 10 days since I last updated anything here.
Time certainly flies, as I’ve been rather busy with work itself.

Anyway, for those of you who have checked out the Ichigo Ichie Live 2007 post earlier, there is this song entitled サボテ ンの花, which translates to ‘Saboten No Hana‘. I first came across this song in this particular YouTube video. It cause my attention and I started figuring out how to play it, by watching the video over and over again. The song is actually off a Japanese Dorama Under The Same Roof. The artist is named TULIP.

So here it is, my recording of the song. This time, I tried using back my normal mic used for MSN video call chats. Distance wise, I was about half a meter away from the mic. Mixed it with SONAR’s reverb, without any compression this time. The recording is much softer, but I kinda liked it.

I appreciate any feedback from anyone~

 

Blue Roses Falling~
28
Sep

Here is a beautiful song written by Jake Shimabukuro, and it’s entitled Blue Roses Falling. I tried recording this in the living room of my apartment, and it sounds slightly different from recording within my small bedroom.

 

 

For those of you who have done recording before, I have a questions for you all. Somehow I feel that when I use my finger nail to strum the strings, it gives this very hard attack sound, which gets recorded into the mic as well, and it is very obvious in all my recordings. Anyone knows how to get around this? Regardless of whether its a playing technique/recording equipment/sound engineering issue, I’m all ears!

Thanks in advanced~

Jake Shimabukuro – Me and Shirley T
22
Sep

Hi people,

I’ve been feeling a little under the weather recently, but will still try my best to keep this site updated.

Still working on other transcriptions at the moment, so for today, I’ve decided to put in a recording my myself, playing Jake Shimabukuro’s Me and Shirley T. This was my first Jake song learnt. In the midst of my excitement, I even posted up a YouTube video of myself playing it, quite some time ago. At that time, I spent a few days learning it. My guitar background certainly helped me in the process of learning the song. You can watch it below:

Now when I look back at it, it’s quite sloppy at some parts.

As for now, here is my latest audio recording. Jake’s Me and Shirley T.

Cheers!

First Transcribed Project: Unknown Japanese Song
16
Sep

I was working in the office few days ago when I found a nice and slow instrumental song inside my colleague’s computer. The tune caught my attention and I was wondering at that point of time, if I could play it on the ukulele.

Unfortunately, my colleague didn’t know the composer/artist of the song. I don’t even know if the title ‘Sad to Say Goodbye’ is correct. But it was found in her “Japanese” songs folder. The song is written in D Major. I managed to figure out the chords and melody, and tabbed it out. It’s not a 100% note for note tab. I would normally improvise as I try to figure out songs.

You may download the MIDI and tab here (Tabs section).

I’ll post another entry once I get my tab recorded.. 

Meanwhile, you can also listen to the original song below:

I hope you all enjoy it, as much as I do.

PS: Do let me know the correct artist and song title, if you happen to know it~! Thank you!

The Carpenters – Close To You
13
Sep

This weekend’s recording is a nice song, which dates back to my parents time. They were probably listening to this song over the radio.

The Carpenters’ Close To You.

Jake Shimabukuro did a great job of covering this song.
Inspired by him, I decided to give it a try by recording a shortened version of the song.

Once again, I used my digital camera on this one. Worried that I might damage the built-in mic of the camera over time, I played further away, and hence it doesn’t cut through as much. I’m thinking of buying a Shure SM57 recording mic to try out…. So stay tuned~

A few unforeseen extra sounds got included in the recording (MSN messenger and garbage man pushing the trash cart.)
Sorry for the interruptions…….

Fumiya Fujii – Shimokita Ijou Harajuku Miman
10
Sep

I came across this nice song when I was watching a Japanese Drama series named “Shimokita Sundays”. Somehow the tune just caught my attention, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to play it on the ukulele. Making good progress at the moment, so stay tuned for the video/audio recording.

As for the song, take a listen at it here: