Lets make some music!

Here in America

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:11:11 +0000

My first song I wrote

Strumming Around - Original #??? - Join in

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 23:28:37 +0000

Just having fun. Feel free to join in.
CAPO 2
The pattern is:
Section 1
Section 2 (Chorus)
Section 1 (1/2 - Only 2 times not 4)
Section 2
Section 3 (Bridge)
Section 1 (1/2 - Only 2 times)
Section 2
Section 1 only once

Open Jam - don't "Let it Be" - Join In

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 22:52:52 +0000

Join in with Rhythm or Pick a Small Section to rip a solo
C-G-Am-F
C-G F-C-Dm-C

Go Puma 22!

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:35:09 +0000

Puma-22 the "Hollywood Puma" needed a theme song , so I wrote one for him back in 2012 when he first came on the scene in Griffith Park in downtown Los Angeles, CA.

This song was a hit with audiences at NPS Ranger Band shows. I perform it annually at the opening of the P-22 Day Fest on October 22 in LA's Griffith Park. This year's festival will be virtual, so I'm inviting my BandHug wrecking crew to help me put this song into orbit.

A big tip o' the hat the the late great Chuck Berry for inspiration. It's basically Johnny B Goode, with an extra break, verse, and chorus. Backing track is a video I made featuring a home multitrack recording with drum machine (the "Me Myself and I" band). Here are a couple other live versions, to give you a feel for what I've done with it historically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc2OSnLAv9Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj_IVsfBm4I

Here are lyrics & chords:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0pm8h1h9e1u5yjq8cyjk9/Puma22RocksOn_G.doc?dl=0&rlkey=8mmyraicpg18x5bqk3t01289t

I want to rock this hard and joyfully, with a couple of flashy instrumental solos in the breaks and some exuberant backing vocals. It's in key of A. There are two breaks. How about a piano solo on the first one and a guitar solo on the second one?

Dancing Like P-22

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:21:26 +0000

Taylor Swift and I wrote a song of celebration for the Puma-22 Day Festivals . The backing track is one I recorded at home on a little multi-track recorder, with a drum machine for percussion. This is a dance song about making up dance moves inspired by pumas (= mountain lions = cougars = catamounts = panthers). It's about dancing with (for, like) the handsome but lovelorn Puma-22, LA's most famous bachelor. I'm going to try and get some volunteers in my park (and maybe some NPS rangers) to record people dancing to this song.

Find sheet music in my Dropbox here:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q9jdy8mz4pi8nkj5ljv7e/RTaylorTSwift_DancingLike22_v3_Cmaj2.docx?dl=0&rlkey=810ue5ny3qfdvfk5frzw6bgfd

I want to record a version that rocks hard, with real people playing all the parts! And I want to do it over the next week or so, because virtual Puma-22 Day Fest 2020 is coming up in a couple weeks. https://savelacougars.org/p-22-day/

The verses have a restrained, quiet feel (palm -muted guitar, sparse instrumentation). The choruses and the Outro rock out exuberantly.

Background:
Puma -22 is "the Hollywood Puma" made famous by National Geographic magazine and photographer Steve Winter in 2013. https://www.nationalgeographic.....com/photography/pro
He lives in Griffith Park, a big natural area in the heart of Los Angeles, and he's a real life wildlife mascot to millions of Angelenos who wish him well. Naturally shy and retiring, very few humans have ever actually seen Puma-22 although he lives in a park visited by many millions of people annually. But motion-detecting automated nighttime wildlife cameras operated by a cadre of dedicated wildlife biologists have documented his life and times down through the years and have made him something of a media celebrity. In 2015 the Los Angeles City Council declared October 22 to be "Puma 22 Day" and there has been an environmental education celebration event in Griffith Park on or near that date for each of the last 5 years. This year the event is virtual, so I'm inviting my BandHug wrecking crew to help me put this song into orbit.

Open Jam - Join in - Em-C-D-Em - ENDS 5:57

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:56:15 +0000

OPEN JAM. Feel free to join in with the rhythm or add a QUICK solo. The chord are Em-C-D-EM. Em solos fit nicely.

Under No Flag

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 16:27:18 +0000

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I will be the one to bring you down - Improvised Original Song by Emma Day (Littleemsharp)

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:50:20 +0000

Hi everyone how are you all, hows everyone sleeping in this heat, well ya guessed it i'm not and with dissociating so much this week, i have been battling my struggle through my lyrics again, this time more improvisation, this whole song was improvised while i recorded it, lyrics, singing and music all improvised on the spot, this is a way i find helps me to strengthen my voice box, its still very weak from the disphagia, but through determination its getting there, its still a little muffled in places so i'll share the lyrics with you. here is a battle cry x

I will be the one to bring you down!!

I never realised the truth til now
i never realised what you did to me,
holding on so many years to the pain inside
and the longing of not knowing what you did.

oh i.........................................................
oh i.......................................................
will be the one to bring you down.
be the one to bring you down!!

i never realised,
i always had this longing,
i always had a dream to be free,
to be free of the evil that you did to me.

And i..........................................................
i will be the one to bring you down.
i will be the one to bring you down

i long for the truth
i long for justice,
i long to face you headstrong
and your time will come.

oh i.................................................

copyrights@Emma Day 08/08/2020 03:00am

Girl of my dreams - original

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:48:38 +0000

Girl of my dreams - original

Always me and you - Original

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 23:46:37 +0000

Always me and you - Original

Tectonics In Action

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:36:46 +0000

A song about plate tectonics written for my students.

Tectonics in Action
Words and music by Ms. Whatley

Chorus:
Am-F-G-C
Splitting, sliding, sinking, colliding
Am-F-G-C
The Earth comes together and then starts dividing
C-F-G-D
Like pieces of a puzzle, tectonics in action
C-F-Dm-G
Convection in the mantle, it’s just a chain reaction

V1:
Am-D-Em-C
When continents collide we call it convergent
Am-D-Em-C
Mountains up high or oceans submerging
G-D-Dm-Am
When water meets land we call it subduction,
C-F-Dm-G
Better watch out for the volcanoes’ eruption!

V2:
Am-D-Em-C
Divergent is when the plates start to spread
Am-D-Em-C
Then new crust is formed in its stead
G-D-Dm-Am
Mid-ocean ridges form down the center
C-F-Dm-G
And rift valleys tear the land asunder

Chorus

Bridge:
A-F-G x3
Ahhhh
A-F-D
Ahhhh

V3:
Am-D-Em-C
Transform boundaries slide past one another
Am-D-Em-C
This creates tension, and makes the land shudder
G-D-Dm-Am
If you feel an earthquake, you better just halt –
C-F-Dm-G
Don’t blame me, it’s the Earth’s fault

Chorus – End on C

Scientific Method Song

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:12:32 +0000

Scientific Method to be played on the ukulele
By Ms. Whatley (© 2020)

[Chorus]
(G) Scientific (Am) Method Hey
(G) Scientific (Am) Method Hey
(G) Scientific (Am) Method Hey….. (G) Yeah.

[Verse 1]
(G) We start with obser (C) vation
(G) This is where use our [C] senses
(G) Then we ask a [C] question yeah
(C) Why on Earth is this (D) happening?

[Verse 2]
(G) We do a little [C] research yeah
(G) Then we write our hy [C] pothesis
(G) We use IF and [C] THEN to
[C] predict our (D) conclusion

[Bridge]
(F) Then we perform
(Am) our Experimen (D)eeeennt
(F) We use our variables
(Am) Independent and depeeeeen (D) deeeeent

[Chorus]
Oh!
(G) Scientific (Am) Method Hey
(G) Scientific (Am) Method Hey
(G) Scientific (Am) Method Hey….. (G) Yeah.

(G) After our ex [C] periment
(G) We gotta lot of [C] numbers yeah
(G) We put them in the [C] graphs to
[C] Analyze our (D) data!

(G) Then we form a con [C] clusion
(G) Were we right or [C] wrong?
(G) We repeat it (C) two more times
(C) Then it has to be (D) replicated

(F) That’s when another scientist
(Am) Performs our experieme (D) eeeent
(F) They use our variables
(Am) Independent and depend (D) eeeeeent!

[Chorus]
…And that’s our
(G) Scientific (Am) Method Hey
(G) Scientific (Am) Method Hey
(G) Scientific (Am) Method Hey….. (G) Yeah.

Elbow to elbow Hug test.

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 20:44:38 +0000

Originally inspired with none other than every breath we take.
Number ;Funster Fink's one . More than enough for everyone.
Don't forget someday and for now it's a give away all for for free. OK let's get going with the vibes and do the bank when we done some testing one on one. Cheers.
NOW FOR SOMETHING FINK:-
" Intro.Elbow to elbow. Test Hugging. On, one on one."
All original. No covers. Off the cuff. Vocals, Narration, Guitar, Piano.
How rough and ready can we be in the sync wise and not be busted ? I'll get round to writing up the lyrics of the main recording uploaded from you tube chanell playlist. Pinned on top https://www.youtube.com/playli........st?list=PLvgIg79 "Mama." Any accordionistas join in. Comment on ways going forward. So glad to be here. Donated $2.00.
Wot noT top Donnor badge? On ten . Thank you for feedback. Trying to find Michael on Axxordion?

Test

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 16:58:07 +0000

Trying out headset hot out works

With You

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 05:10:00 +0000

With You
Daniel Isaacs

Jihadi John

Sun, 09 Feb 2020 20:15:29 +0000

Jihadi John
Daniel Isaacs
Intro ,Verse's & Leads = D, A#, F, C, G
Chorus's= F, C, G

Top Of The World

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:13:21 +0000

Top Of The World
Daniel Lee Isaacs