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Happy Day 1! Post here on the Patron-only 100 Days thread

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Aloha, Patrons!

It is now March 1st in some parts of the world, and for anyone who's embarking on this 100 Days of Ukulele journey with us, Happy Day 1! For more info on all things 100 Days 2025, read this informational post and watch the project live chat.

I wanted to offer an option for folks who aren't on social media to post somewhere private, so we're going to use this post as a Patron-only thread for posting. If you are on social media, those platforms might be easier for you to upload videos and connect with your fellow project participants. If you'd like to try posting here, please know that it's an experiment, and we'll shape it based on those who participate. Remember that this is your project, and you can post anywhere that's convenient for you, and you are encouraged to build community wherever you'd like to see it!

We'll follow the same rules as our 100 Days facebook group (which has been managed with care by Jenny and the admins and moderators team, so we have them to thank for their leadership!):

You will need to upload your video to another site (an unlisted YouTube, or your own drive) and then post the link in the comments. You can add some commentary about your daily post, but please keep it relevant to the project. This post can only be seen and commented on by other Patrons. I imagine we will use this post until it becomes difficult to navigate the comments, and then we can start a new post or move to the chat or evaluate other options.

Good luck, and see you on the journey!

xo cynthia.

Happy Day 1!  Post here on the Patron-only 100 Days thread

Comments

I posted on the community page, oops

Maritza

Day100/100 days of ukulele2025 WOOHOO, made it!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeCgdzPAyVc hope you enjoy, it was a great journey

Maritza

Day 87 (Memorial Day), Taps by Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield. https://vimeo.com/1087822495

Michael Guzman

Day 78, Autre Bransle de Poictou Grand Bonnet Large by Adrian Le Roy, arranged by Samantha Muir. https://vimeo.com/1085362401

Michael Guzman

Day 72, Bransle de Poictou by Adrian Le Roy, arranged by Samantha Muir. https://vimeo.com/1083371742

Michael Guzman

Day 58, Tourdion by Adrian Le Roy, arranged by Samantha Muir. https://vimeo.com/1079206799

Michael Guzman

Day 50, Amazing Grace from arrangement on 8notes.com. Happy Easter. https://vimeo.com/1077009550

Michael Guzman

Day 44, Bransle Haulbaroys by Adrian Le Roy, Arranged by Samantha Muir. https://vimeo.com/1075154282

Michael Guzman

Day 35, Espanoleta by Gaspar Sanz, arranged by Jeff Peterson. https://vimeo.com/1072698204

Michael Guzman

Beautiful music, good work! Watching and listening to Samantha Muir is a discovery. Thanks for the tip!

Karin

Day 29, Bransle Gay by Adrian Le Roy, arranged by Samantha Muir. https://vimeo.com/1070713478

Michael Guzman

Day 23, Passemeze by Pierre Phalese, from arrangement by Samantha Muir for baritone ukulele. https://vimeo.com/1068676766

Michael Guzman

I posted last year on Facebook and even though I would like to avoid social media I guess I will go back there to see more posts. Good luck to all posting here.

Mary Whaley

Day 21 Normal by Martin Mull https://share.icloud.com/photos/07dXXCigEhQFSL7lQeSromjBQ

Mary Whaley

Day 20 Home from the road. “This Must Be The Place” https://share.icloud.com/photos/075WyK8vLnyoh8nPj_vOYQrUg

Mary Whaley

Day 19 Faith https://share.icloud.com/photos/081iqIBhtQPQGQx52bo5R6QFA

Mary Whaley

Day 18 Crazy (in Atlanta) https://share.icloud.com/photos/0aeBCtaqMW020wSA4p-wv40YQ

Mary Whaley

Day 17 Fairy Tale of New York The Pogues with my friends. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tkw8yzd8pg52bg4zajt8e/IMG_6870.MOV?rlkey=bv2g17fatioqut0q4bgprd8li&st=3olu1f2v&dl=0

Mary Whaley

I know I said I was going to only post weekly, but it’s St Patrick’s Day. The Parting Glass, from an arrangement by Samantha Muir. I know this song originated in Scotland, but it has been adopted in Ireland. https://vimeo.com/1066759091

Michael Guzman

Happy St Patrick’s Day! https://share.icloud.com/photos/053_vf9QTfjECgt9NPZCw_F7g

Mary Whaley

Thanks Karen. Victor was it the Day 15 you can’t see?

Mary Whaley

Can't see the video.

Victor (Vicalely)

Mary, great work so far - I like your relaxed, calm style, singing in different environments, weather and with a nice sounding bird.

Karin

Day 16 Lost Boys https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vdz0ckbfr7439uezo21jx/IMG_6866.MOV?rlkey=q2oqr4rob7fjdx8n6mdxbt4wo&st=joiehk7q&dl=0

Mary Whaley

Day 15 Sweet Baby James with a lot of wind for background. https://share.icloud.com/photos/0bcOAs1cgQv0k1VinuHqFmAiw

Mary Whaley

Day 14, Danse Paysanne (Country Dance) by Ferdinando Carulli, arrangement by Samantha Muir. https://vimeo.com/1066055429

Michael Guzman

Day 14 https://share.icloud.com/photos/05aqP_hI0zd8FFK09ETRN5Vdw

Mary Whaley

That was a TKO. Love it!

Karen B

Day 13: Nowhere Man https://youtu.be/NRpzUgWtLFs?si=r_tJA4m6N_Xm2O9X

Karen B

https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-12-sweet-child-riff

Cynthia Lin

https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-11-if-i-aint-got-you

Cynthia Lin

Day 12 Falling Slowly https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2mf24bik2bys11of0vpw6/IMG_2630.MOV?rlkey=f5cvd10mm48k1grwvqdpzwm9y&st=lzpf9o9m&dl=0

Mary Whaley

Day 11 Ocean View, Fly Me To The Moon https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/oarf1gqcthithl1vcottk/IMG_2624.MOV?rlkey=w0006n9rrxps5dxyl76mb15a3&st=vgmfa7jv&dl=0

Mary Whaley

I'm total newbie and have been trying to learn this song for the project. I love your arrangement, and notice that your chords are different — are you playing this in another key? and, if so, could you please share the chords with me?

Tamara Lester

https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-10-more-aquamarine

Cynthia Lin

Day 10: Bad Moon Rising https://youtu.be/IvknhpNe7ZM?si=ZwLMRBJ1KzM-N_17

Karen B

Nice job with the classic pieces Mike.

Mary Whaley

Day 10 Sally driving We did a Chinese fire drill in four lanes of traffic to get my uke. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kxpxzmaul27vu0yjff5wf/IMG_6824.MOV?rlkey=ivqlixpqskway43692vmekheb&st=g4d5lzrk&dl=0

Mary Whaley

https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-9-aquamarine-on-a-boat

Cynthia Lin

Day 9: After the Goldrush. This is Jenny Selig's arrangement. My BFF and I are playing a little gig on Tues, so we're making videos for each other to practice to. https://youtu.be/HLM7YdBTccM?si=0HtwrNPHQp9JM0NA

Karen B

That's wonderful! I haven't heard that song in a long time.

Karin

Thank you for this beautiful piece of music. I have to admit, I haven't listened to a lot of classical ukulele music until now.

Karin

Thanks for sharing your experiences in the different areas of music making with us. There is a lot to learn and to think about, beyond technical issues.

Karin

https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-7-8-how-i-set-up-for-youtube

Cynthia Lin

Tamara the picking is from an intermediate level lesson. I just keep trying it. Good luck.

Mary Whaley

Day 8 Birds of a Feather. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q01co966vb9phlhvudc64/IMG_2608.MOV?rlkey=nesplu8ufli4q3oeh4d0cwa2f&st=4pkrppsd&dl=0

Mary Whaley

I plan to work on a new piece every week, then post a video of where I’m at with it at the end of the week. So this is my Day 8 post, Bransle de Champagne by Adrian Le Roy, using an arrangement by Samantha Muir for baritone guitar: https://vimeo.com/1063759059

Michael Guzman

My original plan for the challenge was that each day I was going to make a video which included the lyrics and the chords for the song. I've quickly learned that was too ambitious! Especially for a really long song like Barrett's Privateers, I spent more time working on the lyrics and chord notations than I spent actually playing ukulele, which is not the goal! So, I'm shifting my plan to put the focus more on the playing and less on the video making. But, for what it's worth, here's Barrett's Privateers by Stan Rogers with all the lyrics and chords marked out! https://youtu.be/AtpNrF8NvdM?t=45

Janelle Durham

I'm glad you posted. I'm a beginner, too, and only posted once on FB (before I was banished from FB!) I am inspired by the wonderful playing of those far more experienced, but remind myself that I'm practicing for "me" to see my own progress over the 100 days. I "think" I see it even after this first week. I hope you do, too.

Tamara Lester

Nice picking pattern and chords.. Watched a few times..I wish I could slow it down and watch even more closely.

Tamara Lester

Day 7 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3qjkagb9ua0kk91w2ar1w/IMG_2606.MOV?rlkey=tefn1oj4hfklk1gsombbqhlni&st=yp7it0e2&dl=0

Mary Whaley

The inlay on your ukulele is something my friend is going to try next. Beautiful.

Mary Whaley

No reason to look nervous - nice first video.

Karin

https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-6-friday-im-in-love

Cynthia Lin

https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-5-hawaii-rain-asmr

Cynthia Lin

Cynthia, here is my first video, looking nervous: https://youtu.be/sNvxvDW8hOA

Lourdes Ramos-Heinrichs

I am challenging myself to play EVERY day at home….. I tried in the past to post, and it was much too stressful, so, this year I am doing my own challenge during the 100 days, and so far so good! I will be traveling a few times but will keep the count going!

Debora Manzi

Day 6 with Iris Never Ever Ever Going to Let you Go from the musical Waitress. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yvd6c0jc7wq6vytttfyan/IMG_6809.mov?rlkey=jnhzhp35brvtlii3y77zr4pt0&st=k13sg15p&dl=0

Mary Whaley

Day 6: Groovy Kind of Love https://youtu.be/6wen3qknoOQ?si=9H1mD6iap-9bMbmZ

Karen B

Great job on riff and scratches - they add a lot of interest

Karen B

The uke your friend made sounds very nice

Karen B

Welcome. "...It could be a video of just practicing strumming" would be a good start. I'm working on that too 😊

Karin

Day 5 Blister in the Sun, fav of my grandkids https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xlz2xv68mbfiy88l4f3qf/IMG_2600.MOV?rlkey=53cfisn5zdm77gkp372nni17w&st=tplg5oiz&dl=0

Mary Whaley

Thanks for Day 3 correction – that's a lovely unique uke and a great song.

Karin

day 4: https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-4-recording-for-a-short-film

Cynthia Lin

Day 4 Political Science by Randy Newman https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w4eefkl73h4yzcz4ie290/MOV_4666.MOV?rlkey=aa8y81nlgnad8ahbdk8cb6r8g&st=5y8vuwso&dl=0

Mary Whaley

Severance theme is so spooky, confusing. Love it.

Mary Whaley

Day 3 correction Welcome in the New Year by Zoe Mulford https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/x4rj359t9ifgryc5sggcl/IMG_2589.MOV?rlkey=pd6ngh3q7px3s0wc72mqfrlvs&st=p82z6idn&dl=0

Mary Whaley

Glad to have found this link to post instead of FB. I joined FB for the 100 Days group only, and account was "Disabled" by FB with no explanation. Thanks for the info on how to upload videos. I am a beginner's beginner, so it might just be a video of simply practicing strumming. 😊. I really enjoy all your posts and find them so inspiring.

Tamara Lester

I read your description. The technique was quite complicated for me ... but the music sounds all the more relaxed. Nice to hear.

Karin

Maybe I'm wrong ... I was looking for "Welcome in another year" and found "Can't let go" (which is nice, too).

Karin

Your strumming pattern sounds really good on your beautiful blue uke

Karen B

I like the way you play and sing the song. And I like the three little heroes sitting behind you.

Karin

day 3: https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-3-severance-theme-song-on-piano

Cynthia Lin

Day 3: Exploring creating with Trio+ pedal to create an instrumental. https://youtu.be/QQT7Gi1vca8

Joe Scheer

Day 2 - Amazing Grace. Working on reading sheet music / playing melody. https://youtu.be/zOKOc7GBqPA?list=PLsMLXfBPSxoEVIE5mAh8V8cFymJVeeqcn&t=156

Janelle Durham

Day 1 - Edelweiss - working on keeping a consistent rhythm while fingerpicking. https://youtu.be/WD9lkkiW2wE?list=PLsMLXfBPSxoEVIE5mAh8V8cFymJVeeqcn&t=362

Janelle Durham

Day 3 Welcome in Another Year by Zoe Mulford https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xjgg8lof15ntsrlq8l4np/IMG_2585.MOV?rlkey=ophjgcu0ydh5q9459cwsplcl7&st=x4ao4cei&dl=0

Mary Whaley

Day 3: https://youtu.be/pU6RtOxKr74?si=89cFeCRCeRcB8yso

Zoë

Nice song - well done!

Karin

Day 2: https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-2-bts-sunday

Cynthia Lin

Day 2: Hi, just found out about the challenge today and wanted to hop in: https://youtu.be/UBhNo4XyuFg?si=i1anO5Rkl4gk0SFq A bit about me: I started playing in March 2016 but have been fairly inconsistent with my practice. I would describe myself as self taught as I’ve learned through YouTube tutorials, other online resources and books. Late last year I started going to a music performance group that meets monthly, we usually have 2 turns each at performing a song. My goals for the project: not sure. I think I want to try 100 songs but might not have time for a new one every day! I’ll have a think. Off to watch some other group members’ vids!

Zoë

Nice job Karen.

Mary Whaley

Day 2 Can’t Let Go https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/1de1hk1wsdi8t0ermvzb7/AHIbdqme76nCpC-jw_YkNo4?rlkey=ys3o3r9jcsokx7iqdclbewzy4&st=3tuff7vb&dl=0

Mary Whaley

I can't view your post - it indicates it was deleted

Karen B

Here's my Day 1: https://youtu.be/B2ocz2QIDkQ I'm using a spreadsheet to document daily progress with posts 1-2 times/wk

Karen B

Thanks, Karin! 🙂

Jenny Selig

Thanks. I got three of my granddaughter’s friends to play with my jam band in January. So much fun.

Mary Whaley

Wonderful!

Karin

Here's my Day 1: https://cynthialin.substack.com/p/day-1-kicking-off-the-100-day-project you can also find my post on instagram, tiktok, and youtube shorts

Cynthia Lin

I really like your song. It's got a feel-good vibe.

Karin

That sounds really great; it moved me. Your description beneath the video is interesting to read.

Karin

So good. post the link on facebook.

Victor (Vicalely)

That was a beautiful key for both of your voices!

Heather Wyman

You can click share on your own YouTube video to copy it, and then paste it here.

Jenny Selig

Here’s one from me. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6mTUlPL-MmBceD9cQ_hjx9d5_5vB6i78&si=RE8B8CiKjMRHlomI

Jenny Selig

Nice Mary !

Marion Verhulsdonck

That was awesome!

Sara P. AKA Betty Bubs

Forgot to rename my link. So excited I figured out how to do it without my granddaughter. Day One with Iris.

Mary Whaley

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/om6x8cq01qjqudg6vg4yt/Video-Feb-28-2025-7-13-51-PM.mov?rlkey=x8dna1tszojeoa3a0aa0n2urr&st=c1q3iiws&dl=0

Mary Whaley

Thank you, I kind of figured out how to do it yesterday, toodling around. But I appreciate your guidance

Maritza

I have the link (made (utube) but how do I post it

Karen nigh

You wouldn't be able to upload it here, Maritza. You'd have to put it on YouTube as an Unlisted video, or upload it to Google Drive or Dropbox or similar, and post a link here.

Jenny Selig

Still challenging foreign language of music theory😱

Peanut234

still unclear on how to upload a video fm my laptop, sorry

Maritza


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