For An Old Man - Howlin' Hobbit

[fapstarhero]

toe tapping! excellent work!

[howlinhobbit]

@fapstarhero thank you! Jim writes some excellent tunes.

[SmallTimeMusicians]

I love your voice!! And now after watching this...I think I love ukuleles! lol

[howlinhobbit]

@SmallTimeMusicians thanks! be careful though... ukes are addictive. :-)

[robertcbyrd]

Where can I get the lyrics and chords?

[howlinhobbit]

@robertcbyrd heya Robert, I gave you the full rundown on this on your G+ post. sorry I can't post a chordsheet for it.

[jinfuuu]

LOve Mainland ukes!!!



[howlinhobbit]

@jinfuuu they're some great ukes. I love mine because it has the pickup in it and I don't have to worry as much about the sound guy's skills when I do the inside gigs.

(P.S. sorry it's taken me so long to respond. don't know how I let things stack up like this!)

[jhankri]

Like that ukulele and your performance of a fun song.

[ddbtdd]

great song and performance!

[howlinhobbit]

thanks a lot, @jingmo & @textech00!

the ukulele is a heck of a deal. beautiful big volume and tone, nice little price. check 'em out at ohana-music (with the dot and the com).

[textech00]

nice sound on that uke

[jingmo]

Great tune and performance my friend.. keep 'em coming!

[sanfordandsong]

great performance and sharp looking uke, HH!

(u also make me miss the days i had a handlebar moustache...)

[howlinhobbit]

@sanfordandsong I'm thinking you had better things to do than to tend to the handlebar grooming. I mean, growing a bonsai is less trouble.

(and thanks for the kind words.)

[phreddcatt]

HH - You sound great. The uke too!

[howlinhobbit]

@phreddcatt thanks, old horse! pip pip and all that.

(hope you're doing well. we really must do something together, whether it's next time you're in the area or via the intarwebs.)

[phreddcatt]

@howlinhobbit Thanks Hobbit. I would enjoy that very much. I still am sorry I didn't get to see you when I was in your neck of the woods last July.

[DouglasFrink]

Great song, great performance. Nice two camera shots.

[howlinhobbit]

@DouglasFrink one of the better things I did with my uncle's bequest was buy two matching cameras (and an extra tripod!).

[fourteentwelve]

Great to see you back here again HH!  I liked this a lot - you had my toes tapping the whole way through.

[howlinhobbit]

@fourteentwelve thanks! helps when you're copping good material. Jim always writes great tunes.

[thejumpingflea]

Sounds great. I'm thinking a collaboration video in front of the fremont troll sometime? Keep at it and it's great to see you posting these great videos again!

[howlinhobbit]

@thejumpingflea I'd love to but I think we can find a Seattle icon that's quieter (and warmer!).

[weegingayin]

Dylan grew the used car salesman's moustache and it should be the aim of every man to do the same at least once in their life time.

[howlinhobbit]

@weegingayin I prefer to think of it as an Hercule Poirot or perhaps a smallish Salvador Dali mustache. :-)

[mctrmt]

Nice! You're getting some great sounds out of that Mainland.

[howlinhobbit]

@mctrmt thanks! it's pretty easy to get good sounds out of a good ukulele. the Mainland is an amazing example of today's crop of reasonably-prices ukes. where were they when I started, hm?

[howlinhobbit]

And before I forget*... thanks to theSuzala and BarleyC as well!

*what a drag it is getting old. ;-)

[BarleyC]

Love it!

[BaronK69]

Great sound from that Mainland, top notch singing as always and extra points for pointy 'stache.

[howlinhobbit]

@BaronK69 Thank you, Baron. When someone points out the 'stache I feel constrained to mention that you shouldn't grow one like it unless you're wanting to take on a new hobby. MAN, they are time-consuming! But I do like the look and, wtf, I was vain to start with and age seems to be making that worse. :-)

[Dominatoruke]

Good to see you back at it Hobbit. Great work all around.

[howlinhobbit]

@Dominatoruke Thank you, Dom. It's nice to *be* back at it. Going to take another stab at reducing the time between videos. (knock wood!)

[theSuzala]

You are sounding and looking equally great!

[UkesterBrown]

Great song wonderfully performed and as a side note- you look good Hobbit.... are you takin' some new vitamins?

[howlinhobbit]

@UkesterBrown Thanks, Ukester!

I got a big dose of Vitamin T. (In other words, I think it's probably the new teeth you're noticing.)

[UkesterBrown]

@howlinhobbit Well, if that's what it is they look great. Love the song/video too- I've watched several times.

[howlinhobbit]

And so's to not leave anybody out... big thanks to GrumpyCoyoteTunes, sminsoc, annoyingshampoo and scx493x for the nice comments.

(Hope I can remember where I was when I next come back to the comments!)

[JulieVaughn]

This is awesome and wonderful and made my cheeks hurt from smiling so much while watching :) ~Julie

[howlinhobbit]

@JulieVaughn Thanks, Julie! Love your version of Summertime (with the band). I want to party in that back yard!

[GrumpyCoyoteTunes]

Nice one.

[tspae]

Great stuff, Hob! Those new cameras are definitely very nice, and the superior soundtrack don't hurt neither.

[howlinhobbit]

@tspae Thanks, Thadd! (And re-Happy Birthday!) All I really did was EQ a bit (viciously cut below 100Hz and above 12kHz) and normalize it up to about -3. Them Zoom H2s are da very bomb!

[Pynebaron]

Great song. Your vid. skills have improved. Also like the "new" you.

[howlinhobbit]

@Pynebaron I'm somewhat fonder of the new me as well. :-) Thanks for commenting!

[sminsoc]

Good old ... I mean new Swing bro! Really like this.

[russbuss415]

it's a great tune HH! nice job on the camera angles and editing but did you have to hide the Tron wall?!?

[howlinhobbit]

@russbuss415 Thanks, Russ.

I am working towards a certain goal with the videos, and that means tweaking all sorts of factors. The backdrop is one idea I want to play with.

[wwelti]

Hello, great to see you again on YT! Great work -- great performance, and very nice video quality too!

Regards, Wilfried

[howlinhobbit]

@wwelti Thanks, Wilfried! If you haven't already, read the blog post I link to in the description. I talk about the video quality thing.

[wwelti]

@howlinhobbit Ah yeah right! I nearly forgot about your blog! haha... silly me... :)

[annoyingshampoo]

Love it

[scx493x]

Great uke,Great performance and a great tune.