As most of you know I am a huge Amanda Palmer fan. On September 14th she finally came to Vienna again for her current “There will be no intermission” tour. I don’t want to do a full review of her show – or better shows. But since it was a very emotional ride for me,Continue reading “Amanda Palmer live”
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“There were no lights to tell us where to go” – Original Song
As you all know, I’m a huge Amanda Palmer fan. Last weekend she started a songwriting contest and of course, I had to enter it. There’s also a back story as to why she started the contest:
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While I was in Oslo I met up with the lovely Idatherese. She was one of my very first followers on Instagram and the love for Amanda Palmer and Ukulele brought us together. So when she found out that I was gonna be in Oslo, she suggested to do some songs together.
Trying not to lose the fun…
A couple of days ago a friend on Instagram wrote something that I could completely identify with and it made me think again about my own ukulele journey.
“Fighting the Fraud Police” – Original Song
I introduced you to the fraud police in my blog post about my ukulele retreat last September. And back then I made a note, that “Fighting the Fraud Police” might be a good song inspiration and it was. I’ve had parts of the chorus for months now, and after my songwriting retreat this January IContinue reading ““Fighting the Fraud Police” – Original Song”
Why ukulele?
So here’s a question that I get asked a lot: “Why ukulele?” And I get it, out of all those instruments out there, why did I choose to play ukulele? To fully answer it, I need to tell you a bit of a back story about me.
Fighting the fraud police during my Ukulele Retreat
Last weekend I spent two days in a remote but very lovely little village in Lower Austria for a ukulele workshop weekend. Elisabeth Pfeiffer was our host and teacher (if you don’t know her I strongly suggest you check her out). I already attended most of her workshops at least once. It’s always nice toContinue reading “Fighting the fraud police during my Ukulele Retreat”