(The song is Flowers in the Garden by Johnny Flynn)
Before anyone yells at me because I suck at playing and strumming: I have been an upright bass player for the last three years, i’m just starting to get a hang of the tiny instruments- spare me. Also, my banjolele sounds terrible because its cheap and I payed way too much for it- but i love him nonetheless
If you want to hear a very imperfect one-take recording of a traditional Irish ballad done on my banjolele, while sitting next to a window, then today is your day
Found a track that catches most of the recurring themes from this blog: an electro-ragtime banjolele polka cover of a Kraftwerk song (with a reggae break) by chap-hop rapper Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer
Wife let me try out "Cornbread" on her @magicfluke #Firefly this morning! . . . #banjolele #ukulele #covers #DaveMatthewsBand https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnwd69mH3zi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11ra3auwhtinj
Ignore the fact my shirt is covered in cat fur and the boxes in the back, its from my airbrush. I’ve been practicing rolls lately with my banjolele so I can try and get the muscles in my hand developed while I’m still working on figuring out how the hell banjos works. (Its not that i dont know, i just S u c k) I’ve done rolls on my actual banjo, I’m just really bad at switching notes, and I have better memory of chords with my banjolele so here we are. I mess up a couple times and my hand scratches the head at the beginning but shhhhh. I just started doing rolls on my banjolele a couple days ago so let me live.
wish i still felt in any way comfortable about my singing voice outside church... like i wanna do cute covers but what the fuck i’m just a tender little guy.. strummin that sweet banjolele to my lil shaky falsetto..