Singing to yourself

The other day, I walked right up main street singing to myself. That isn't an unusual thing. For me I mean.

But it hit me that a lot of the singing we do is useless for actually developing our voices. For I sang quietly as I always do when singing to myself. I didn't want anyone to hear me.

Real singing shouldn't be like that. For starters, how are we going to learn to sing on key if we can't even hear ourselves? And what is the point of singing if no one can hear us?

Monday Tune(s)

This is an hour-long video from the 2006 NY Uke Fest. What i especially like about it is Spats White. Spats is, by his own account, an opinionated cuss and he got right into the thick of a major fight between people who like traditional uke repertoire and those who like to more modern stuff. This uke fest is heavily loaded in favour of the traditional fare and I have to admit that is what I prefer.