Hey again everybody. Here is the video I put together of the uke and acoustic guitar version of my song, “Give Us Peace” (Dona Nobis Pacem). I released this on YouTube a few weeks ago, but I am making this post of it so it gets included in the feed going to iTunes podcasts.
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Hey folks, here is the video I put together of the uke and cello version of my song, “Give Us Peace” (Dona Nobis Pacem). I released this on YouTube a few weeks ago, but I am making this post of it so it gets included in the feed going to iTunes podcasts.
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I just received an email from Apple. Special, huh? It appears my podcast feed I submitted to iTunes for approval was indeed approved. This feed will be for anything published under the category “Christopher J Music”, which is where I will put things every time I have some new music related topic to post about. Anyway, here is what the nice folks at Apple (Apple Computers, not Apple Records…) had to say:
Dear podcast owner,
Your podcast, located at http://feeds.feedburner.com/ChristopherJMusic, has been approved. You should expect to see it on the iTunes Store within the next few hours. When it’s available, you will be able to access it with the URL below.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-by-christopher-j/id684376660
You will be able to find your podcast through a search on the iTunes Store within the next two days.
For more information on iTunes Podcasts, including how to change or remove your feed, see Making a Podcast and our FAQ.
There is also an Apple Support Community called Producing Podcasts, where you can find information and assistance from fellow podcast owners.
Sincerely,
The iTunes Store team
Here’s the other side of the coin in my Dona Nobis Pacem recording adventure. This is version is acoustic guitar (Martin DC16-GTE) along with the tenor uke (Big Island Uke Co., Hono koa tenor). Both instruments were recorded unplugged with an AKG Perception 200 microphone, into a Line 6 UX2 audio interface and Logic Pro 9. (Uh oh, Apple just released Logic X…..should I upgrade?)
Click on the link below to listen.
Dona Nobis Pacem, Ukulele and Guitar
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Dona Nobis Pacem is many hundreds of years old, it is a tune that originated from the Latin Mass and it is a liturgical canon taken from the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God), with Dona Nobis Pacem meaning “Give us Peace”.
I have played the ukulele for several years. It is a wonderful, sweet and unassuming instrument. The idea for doing this song took root in my mind as a counter response to all of the non-peace that the world seems to be filled with these days. And therefore, it is a simple, spacious melody given to the world which is so often busy, distracted and full of disagreement, disharmony, fighting and war. I also thought the idea of a ukulele playing together with a cello served as an excellent allegory to the dream of two opposite people, nations, cultures or religions living in peace and harmony together.
My arrangement of this is based upon the one provided by Mr. Ken Middleton (www.kenmiddleton.co.uk). I recorded the cello part using my Fender Marauder guitar running through a Roland GR-55 synthesizer into Logic Pro 9. The ukulele was recorded acoustically via an AKG condenser microphone through a Line6 UX2 audio interface also into Logic. Mixing assistance was provided by Mr. Michael Powers (www.michaelpowersmusic.com).
Click on the link below to listen to the recording. I hope you feel peace after listening to this song.
Podcast – Give Us Peace – Dona Nobis Pacem, Ukulele and Cello
Next on the agenda is an arrangement of this same song for acoustic guitar and ukulele, both recorded unplugged. Stay tuned.
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The year 2012 is coming to a close in a satisfying way as I was privileged to play at the holiday party hosted by the Bremerton Elks Club at the Washington State Veterans home in Retsil, Washington last Sunday, December 9th. It was humbling to be among veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq and Afghanistan and everything in between. THANK YOU VET’S for your service and putting your lives on the line for the sake of our life and liberty. Anyway….at the end, we finished the show off with a rowdy rendition of “Grandma Got Run Over by a [Read More…] …read more
