Ukulélé Blog : Pour bien débuter !

J’ai reçu dans ma boite tôt ce matin une sorte de « dossier presse » que j’ai d’abord pris pour un spam. J’ai quand même pris le temps de lire le mail (faut s’occuper à 7h00 du mat’ quand on ne peut pas encore jouer) et en fait j’ai découvert un jeune artiste auto-produit Casey Chandler qui a la « particularité », je vous le donne en 1000, de jouer du ukulélé. (vous êtes étonnés la !! Non ?!?)

Son Myspace – Son EP* dispo sur Amazon

Il m’a joint des liens vers des chansons sympas :
– Lost Generation
– You’re All I Need
– Smile

*EP : Extended Play (Maxi en français) format musical situé entre le single et l’album.

Biographie (en anglais) :

Galapaghost is the conception of singer/songwriter Casey Chandler. He is a recent graduate of SUNY Purchase, which he attended from 2005-2009 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Music production. He hails from the small hippie town of Woodstock, NY where he took his first baby steps towards becoming the musician he has blossomed into today. With no training on any instruments other than saxophone, he quickly picked up the bass when he was 14. Then moved onto guitar a year later and began singing and writing songs. Soon after, he developed a passion for the recording and production aspect of things, thus taking an internship in high school at a recording studio. After the internship, he had discovered his passion and was accepted into the Music Production program at SUNY Purchase. Now, out on his own in the big apple, Casey is currently putting his own band together for Galapaghost, which include friends from the same major from SUNY Purchase. He has recently recorded his first EP, entitled Our Lost Generation, which is comprised of 6 tracks he wrote, produced, and recorded by himself. He has been playing many shows out in nyc clubs and bars. His songwriting pulls from many different influences from Midlake to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club to Radiohead. He has recently added ukulele to his repertoire, generating a very unique sound.

Interview sur Ukulele Hunt

Extrait :
For my 22nd birthday last June, my parents bought me a ukulele. Before this I had always thought the ukulele was kind of a joke instrument, like the lost lonely runt of the guitar family. But then once I started playing it, I realized that it was just the forgotten child of the family that needed to be cast into the spotlight. Once I began playing it, it opened up an entire new style of writing for me and quickly became my main songwriting instrument.
Traduction libre :
Pour mes 22 ans en juin dernier, mes parents m’ont acheté un ukulélé. Avant cela je me suis toujours dit que ce n’était qu’un jouet, le vilain petit canard de la famille des guitares. Mais quand j’ai commencé à le jouer, j’ai réalisé qu’il était l’enfant oublié que l’on devait mettre sous les projecteurs. Il m’a ouvert un nouveau style d’écriture et est vite devenu mon principal instrument pour composer de nouvelles chansons.