"The Girl in the Little Green Hat" (1933) - on ukulele - Tim Hatcher

[manicottimama]

beautiful, bravissimo!

[marycigarettes]

charisma...buckets of the stuff!

[timboytx]

@marycigarettes Something about connecting with a song--really inhabiting it--that lifts you to a new place I can only call joy. And if some of that comes across to the listener, sheer bliss! mary, your comments are always a huge boost. Thanks eternal to you, one of the most unique voices on the planet.

[marycigarettes]

@timboytx that's it my dear chap..going right inside the song...i've done that..i've spend months inhabiting one masterful song...we learn loads doing that......'life on mars' is the one i'm living inside right now'...it's a bugger of a thing,but huge fun getting it right...life is good ,isnt it?!

[timboytx]

@marycigarettes Getting inside and under the text of a song really internalizes it. The flip side, though, for me, is that once you're "spent" on a song, the magic can drift away. Too often I want to toss the song aside like a chicken bone when the meat's all gone. I love "Life on Mars" and can't wait to hear your take on it.

[marycigarettes]

@timboytx i agree...you can burn out on anything...and if you're smart,you WILL get bored and move on..but for me it's a learning curve in good songwriting..i don't go away and copy the chords or indulge in pastiche..it's just the way the masters use key changes...and how the phonetics of words become apparent..how some words are more musical to sing that others...phrasing..and how you rightly pointed out,the all important breath control....taste....and the essence of what youre saying.

[ZadiTX]

Charming!

[sminsoc]

don't forget to breathe!! Nice song Tim.

[UkeeDreamer]

What a joy,  thanks ....Loon

[revdrkate]

Lovely word salad story! You are a masterful performer painting the story with your style, your voice and your ukulele. Always love your music Tim!

[timboytx]

@revdrkate You're too kind, Kate. Thank you! That's just what I think of YOUR performances.

[UkesterBrown]

Tim I loved that movie and took the time to write down all the lyrics. I didn't get as far as you- good job with it. I actually thought this song was written for that movie though!

[timboytx]

@UkesterBrown Thanks, David. I hadn't heard of this song before MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS. It does not appear to be well known these days.

[JonPHX]

BRAVO, TIM! Excellent job! I LOVE IT!

[timboytx]

@JonPHX So glad you liked it, Jon! Thanks! It was a real challenge.

[Woodshed1]

Love it!

[timboytx]

@Woodshed1 Thanks for watching, Al! Glad you liked it. I found that I had to simplify my uke playing so I wouldn't upstage the vocal--since it's all about the words with this one. Plus, mentally the focus is 99% on what lyric is coming next. It was quite a challenge.

[Woodshed1]

@timboytx I don't blame you. Must have been a nightmare trying to get that memorized.

[timboytx]

@Woodshed1 It would have been a nightmare if I'd been up against a deadline, but I was in my typical cycle of learning a song: I make an audio recording to play in the car and sing along to, and it eventually becomes obvious when I have the lyrics and melody solidly in my head. I'm usually learning three or four songs at a time, and they all come out of the oven at their own rate.

[idrnoel]

@timboytx what a brilliant learning method. I do the same thing.

[timboytx]

@idrnoel Thanks! Great minds think alike.

[SpaceHeadMonkey]

I've been wondering when we were going to be treated to your next musical offering. This is delightful, and I have no idea how you managed to remember all the nonsensical lyrics.

[timboytx]

@SpaceHeadMonkey Thanks, SHMonkey. I taped a couple of other songs along with this one, so I hope to post them within the next few weeks. It's so hard to find a clean chunk of time when I won't be disturbed so I can get these recorded. I actually tape more than I post but if I'm not happy with them, they don't go public--or that sit on my computer for ages until I get over the rough edges. I have to remind myself that it's the rough edges that keeps them real and lets the humanity peek out.

[BaerchenprinzBln]

Awesome Tim. So, so great. I love it. Thanks for sharing. Greets, ΛNDЯÉ BERLIИ [ΛB►]☺

[timboytx]

@BaerchenprinzBln Glad you liked it, Andre! It's great fun to sing. Hope all is well with you.

[singingkid]

Ha, ha! That was wonderful, Tim! Don't tell me you did this one in one take! Beautifully done! 5 stars! :))

[timboytx]

@singingkid Thanks, Greg! I think there were five takes in all. I had to rest between takes just to avoid hyperventilating!

[duffus27]

How'd you remember the words????

[timboytx]

@duffus27 Lots and lots and lots of practice! Spent the better part of a year, on and off, getting this one down.