Blackbird Cover

[kiwikaika21]

truly beautiful bradda truly truly beautiful. i strive to play at this level of passion and tranquility!

[menehunenyc]

Thx kiwikaika21, thats a very nice comment!

[eichanstarr]

my goodness, this is beautiful! thanks for sharing your talent here : )

[menehunenyc]

Thanks eichstarr!!

[menehunenyc]

Thanks Alien for watching and commenting!

[ALIENstupid]

wooh nice voice + skill

[menehunenyc]

Thx truhart, Its one of the few songs that I knew well enough to just feel the music and not focus on playing mistake-free. I appreciate your appreciation of that!!

[terrytruhart]

Mahalo, I love this song. Your vocals and playing are excellent. True Beauty is seldom discovered. You found the beauty in your soul, and thank you for sharing it with us.

Aloha, Terry

[BaronK69]

Damn good! Both the playing and the singing. I totally understand why UU chose this as member vid of the week. Keep em coming.

[menehunenyc]

Wow baron, thx for the support. I wish I had more blues in my voice like yours, but we all gotta use what we got don't we?!

[shanifawni]

bbbbeeeeeeauutiful!

[menehunenyc]

Thhhhaaaaaannnnnkkkkk yyyoooouuuu shanifawni!!! for the kind words!

[menehunenyc]

Thx Adellethegreatone, will do, will do. I'm going to do a retrospective of all the songs I learned when I first started to teach myself how to play. Should be interesting playing songs from the 20's and 30's.

[SailQwest]

Beautifully done!

[menehunenyc]

Thx SQ!!!!!

[fourteentwelve]

That was so awesome Kevin! Beautiful playing and singing. Really really great!

[menehunenyc]

Thx michelle, I'm sorry I missed your comment b4. I'm glad ou enjoyed it.

[kittenmildew]

excellent!!

[menehunenyc]

mmmmm, thx kit!!!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

excellent playing and singing.

KEN

[menehunenyc]

Thanks Ken...

[oniyoun]

What a beautiful Blackbird you play!

Fantastic arrangement and great voice.

I had a very good time to watch this video.

Love & Peace

[menehunenyc]

Such compliments!!! from the man who inspired me to learn this song, thank you thank you thank you!!

[irvingjohn]

Wow awesome performance dude. Great playing and vocals. 5 stars.

[menehunenyc]

Thank you sir Irving, for watching and the kind support.

[sweetnessnnm08]

A job well done!!!!

[menehunenyc]

Sweetness, you're so kind to say so. Any job worth doing is a job well done.

[Sarahrose63]

really well done!!

[menehunenyc]

Thanks Sarahrose, glad you think so.

[benmealer]

ive always loved this song. you did it great.

[menehunenyc]

Wow ben, thanks, me too, so glad I finally got this one in my repetoire. So happy you enjoyed it.

[seeso]

Great job, bro!  Glad to contribute in a small way to an awesome video.

[menehunenyc]

Thanks seeso, coming from you it means the world to me.

[HumbleSounds]

Wow, I have the tabs for this one but have summed up the patience to learn it. Great job!

[menehunenyc]

Do it! Now that I got the picking down I can't stop playing it all the time. It gets me in trouble with my wife, "too much other things to do, damn it". The hardest part was the timing of the chord changes, all I can suggest is to watch seeso's version and pay close attention, thats what I did and then it all fell into place. I look forward to your vid!!

[RockingJamboree]

Really well played and sung! Lovely.

A bit too much reverb. At times it sounds like you were singing from the bottom of a well. I really can't complain! My own videos are distorted messes compared to this. You play, sing and record so much better than I do. (I guess we are all points on the learning curve.) But next time, turn the reverb down just a couple of notches.

[menehunenyc]

Yea, will do, that 'cathedral' effect was a bit heavy. Thanks RJ

[RockingJamboree]

I've read that the best way to get sound for a video is to set up a separate digital audio recorder and sync the audio and video later!

I got that hint from "YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts" by Alan Lastufka and Michael W. Dean. It's a good book with some solid advice on making videos and participating in the community.

[menehunenyc]

Yea, this was suggested to me by RussBuss, I haven't the funds to go this route just yet. Plus I'm abit intimidated by the whole synching idea, but thanks so much for the info. I will look into that book for sure.

[deach69]

Awesome!  Really nice singing and picking.

[menehunenyc]

Thanks Deach, your feverish postings inspired me to produce another one. Thanks for the kind words.

[pearmanator]

Very cool version! Very nicely pplayed and sung. Is the reverb just from the room or did you add it?

[menehunenyc]

Yea I added it, maybe it was abit too much. Im just learning how to play with the audio settings, for fun ya know!! Thanks for the kind comments.

[russbuss415]

excellent job Kevin! nice playing and singing.

[menehunenyc]

Thanks Russ, its been a long time coming, and I haven't forgot about your challenge...still ironing things out.

[ChrisBakerGuitar]

Cool version. Nicely played. UU represent!

[menehunenyc]

Thks CBG, UU is everwhere!!