SlapbassSteve Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 So here's the start of a little video thread from my adventures with the ukulele band, UKEBOX. It'll mostly feature '#BASSCAM', essentially a GoPro strapped to my U-Bass's headstock... First up is us busking opposite Primark in Liverpool ONE on January 8th. It was very cold and windy, but the video on our Facebook went on to have 6,078 views and was shared by Kala's official U-Bass page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4vJt8Fk-_A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Next up is footage of us performing a single we were commissioned to write for Everton Football Club which will go on general release soon(currently ironing out a few things contract-wise ) Here we are performing to around 40,000-odd people(the stadium was sold out apparently) before the home game against [s]Arsenal[/s] Aston Villa[edit- actually forgot who the other team were despite staying to watch the game...] on Febuary 1st. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MWEX7UBEVQ[/media] This video was also shared by Kala who seemed pretty impressed! Edited February 17, 2014 by SlapbassSteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 That is one hell of a departure from our usual threads in this subforum! And playing in front of such a huge crowd...! Love it Keep us all posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Yup - does that count as a Stadium Gig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1392675535' post='2371584'] That is one hell of a departure from our usual threads in this subforum! And playing in front of such a huge crowd...! Love it Keep us all posted [/quote] Thanks! Will do [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1392676729' post='2371605'] Yup - does that count as a Stadium Gig? [/quote] Close enough for me haha! Has to be one of the bigger crowds a U-Bass Rumbler has played to so far I reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) I've been a bit quiet here for a while, so here's my latest GoPro Basscam offering, footage of Ukebox's Arctic Monkeys medley from O'Neils in Liverpool on last Friday, April 18th. My new Mahogany U-Bass is currently out of order(dodgy input came out of nowhere the other week, and a huge crack around the edge of the body that appeared again out of nowhere pretty much as soon as I bought it... not impressed on a bass that cost me £420 new so I've sent it back for repairs.) The upshot of all that is I'm using my 'real' basses at the moment, this vid features my Yammy BB415(available in the for sale section, folks, I want a 4 string version of the same bass ) instead and it looks and sounds pretty darn cool if I may say so. Plenty more of these coming soon, one of the lads in the band has been editing all the footage I've been getting into a massive montage for our YouTube channel, watch this space! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HILPB4ZKDo Edited April 20, 2014 by SlapbassSteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DyXRcHNjCU From the other weekend in Bierkeller, Liverpool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Yesterday, along with Bernie Hollywood OBE and St Vincent's School in Liverpool we formed the world's first visually impaired ukulele orchestra. Bernie had managed to raise enough money for 20 decent ukuleles for the kids to learn on and we went into the school to perform in an assembly, hand out the ukes and talk business with regards planning the venture. It was one of the most heartwarming mornings of my life and I can't wait to get properly stuck in with teaching them to play! Here's our Mikey with some of the kids- And four of us rehearsing beforehand in the chapel area... And finally, a short video from the performance which speaks for itself- [url="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=654565174608745&set=vb.482024005196197&type=2&theater"]https://www.facebook...&type=2[/url] Watch this space! Edited April 26, 2014 by SlapbassSteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 Lovely piece in The Echo about our work with St Vincents, shame it makes us sound like we're still at or are in any way affiliated with (a very embarrassing) university though http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/ukelele-orchestra-visually-impaired-launched-7070170#.U2YYzTOFWlN.twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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