This week's #SundaySong is a very low-fi, low-tech rendering of The Velvet Underground's "After Hours." One take, with mistakes, recorded directly with an iPhone, 'cause I'm on vacation and this was what I could do. I started out doing this as a bass-only song, which works pretty well, but the uke chords are pretty nice, too, so that's what you get this time around.

https://youtu.be/M3Uv5Xk34MA

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This song was my introduction to The Church more than 40 years ago, and I've been a fan ever since. I show my respect by taking a song written for screaming guitars and reducing it to a piano plod, 'cause that's what I do. Love singing this one. Can't believe that I can....

Vocals and piano live, an additional #piano effect added in #AbletonLive

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https://youtu.be/DipXtvdJLFY

Feeling very low energy today, so pulled up something I'd already recorded and tried to shape it up. The result is this week's #SundaySong, an old one from the '90s called "Superman's Song" by Crash Test Dummies.

Vox and keys live, with some #KalaUBass and an echo-ey Steinway sample added in #AbletonLive

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https://youtu.be/OtK9J8AB9-o

For this week's #SundaySong, I was suddenly taken with Fanny's "Conversation With A Cop," written in 1970 and no less relevant today. Just me, my #uke and a little bass.

#FannyBand was ignored and forgotten until just a few years ago. Look up "Fanny Beat Club" on YouTube for some incredible rocking performances by the first successful all-female (and largely lesbian) rock band.

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https://youtu.be/AB42w4FlYkY

Sunday, so #SundaySong time! Suddenly rediscovered Gin Blossoms because they're so fun to play bass to, and decided to try singing a couple of their songs. So here's "Mrs. Rita," drenched in amateur #AbletonLive production and with some video synching issues I could explain, but won't. Thanks to everyone who listens.

Keys and pad are #midi, vocals are multiply overlain, only the #KalaUBass is real.

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https://youtu.be/4hAivV3sMY4

I've done this #SundaySong before, I'll probably do it again, because it never comes out the way I want it to. Here's Goffin-Goldberg's "Audience For My Pain," which I learned from The Swanky Modes, being Sam Moore and Junior Walker.

Featuring my newly rubber-stringed #KalaUBass, live Yamaha #piano, some synth nonsense, a good reverb soaking, and who knows what else I did in #abletonlive
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https://youtu.be/Y938bt5XEEY

I've always wanted to sing this odd little #ElvisCostello song, but always found it daunting. This week I seemed to finally relax into it (after trying it for years), and I think it came out just fine. Vocals and MIDI #piano recorded live together.

This is "The Other End of the Telescope."

https://youtu.be/wWlCzj_Et9U

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Low on energy today so this #SundaySong is just as recorded. It's a delightful little ditty by Dar Williams: "I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono."

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https://youtu.be/bB4dgRC631M

This week's #SundaySong is a doleful cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." Neither Nina Simone nor The Animals, admittedly. Every time I pick this song back up, I do a little less, and it gets a little better.

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https://youtu.be/jCP8H6gPp58

This week's #SundaySong is John K. Samson's doleful, sweet "17th Street Treatment Centre" – for anyone in #recovery, and anyone who wants to be. You're not alone.

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https://youtu.be/sIgFdamcoDo

Took last Sunday off from social media, but now I'm back with a bit of a novelty #SundaySong that no one remembers by Don McLean. This is "Everybody Loves Me, Baby," with a couple of minor lyric changes. Recorded #keys and #vocals live as shown, added some #KalaUBass in #AbletonLive.

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https://youtu.be/v5lBr2NjV-o

This week's #SundaySong is a #LeonRussell tune I've done since I started singing just a few years ago – hard to believe this was once a *real* stretch for my voice. Annoying how you have to practice to get better at things.

Recorded vocals and keys live as shown, and added my #YamahaBass in #AbletonLive (headphones or real speakers sound best).

This is "Stranger In A Strange Land."

https://youtu.be/VxBUVxvjQ9E

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This week's #SundaySong is one of the very few that I can sing while playing bass – which I did at two open mics this week just for fun. But when it came time to record, I tracked vocals and bass separately, so I could optimize them separately. Then I added a little B3 drone, because. This is Fleetwood Mac's version of a Little Willie John song, "Need Your Love So Bad."

Happy Sunday!
https://youtu.be/EA5qgUZ5FAE

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This week's #SundaySong is a spooky little piece by Cracker, "Dr. Bernice." I don't know why, I just love singing this one.

I recorded the vocals and #uke live, then added #KalaUBass and a little synthesizer B3 in #AbletonLive.

https://youtu.be/2F-geYr5JNA

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This week's #SundaySong is Reina del Cid's "What I'm Losing," a song about life on the road and priorities. I usually do this on piano but have been quite taken with it on #ukulele lately. Added in some #KalaUBass because that's what I do.

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https://youtu.be/85UmmQoEHJY

This week's #SundaySong is one you'll probably recognize, eventually. It's from the demo version of one of the most famous songs of the rock era; the verses are completely different, and then that old familiar chorus kicks in. I went to the effort to add #KalaUBass to the mix, but you'll only hear it with headphones or good speakers.

I had a real *moment* singing this at #OpenMicNight this week. Never was more surprised.

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https://youtu.be/wtLby_eJR00

This week's #SundaySong is an old Soft Cell lament, "Say Hello Wave Goodbye." Have always loved this song, could never imagine I'd have the ability to perform it. Vocals and keys live as shown, and once again I went to my trust #KalaUBass to provide a little something extra, which 90% of people won't hear because there's no bass to be found through phone or laptop speakers.

https://youtu.be/nP8zq4zpzB0

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Today's #SundaySong – quick and dirty cover of a #TownesVanZandt song, "I'll Be Here In The Morning." #Piano and vocals live; added #KalaUBass in #AbletonLive
https://youtu.be/dc6WXjlrBUQ

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This week's #SundaySong is one I'm definitely not ready to play on stage. Even in the relaxed confines of my little studio I'm hitting about 65% of the prescribed chords – but the point of this weekly exercise is to do something scary and just put it out there.

So here's "Rainy Days and Mondays" by Paul Williams. Keys and vocals recorded live, droning B3 underneath added in #AbletonLive.

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https://youtu.be/daGi3krCE7E

Sunday Song becomes Monday Song when Sunday is spent talking with friends old and new thanks to a little bit of opening up and honesty.

So here's a song about not being honest with yourself, breaking promises, and hoping for change without doing anything to make it happen. The Blasters do it, um, slightly differently; it's written by Tom Russell. Here's "Bus Station."

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https://youtu.be/xnd01nq8tUc