Kidney Friends

Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
I consider it to be just as important as air. Music lifts the spirits and brings light into the dark corners of our being to remind us of the True Beauty of Life.
Here is one of my favourite and most recent aquisitions, the 'Hapi' drum.
'Hapi' stands for; 'Hand Activated Percussion Instrument' and it presents a forward evolution in the art of drumming that was previously non-existant; melody.
The hapi drum was created by american percussionst John Pascuzzi about two years ago, in Orange California.
A meditative and haunting sound to encourage peace and relaxation.
Enjoy!



Love

LL

When I went into the hospital for my open heart surgery (to replace my aortic valve, which had become too narrow to work properly) I took my ukulele with me and wrote a few songs to keep my joy level up.
Here's one I wrote a day before the surgery. I wasn't sure, and neither was my nephrologist, that I would survive the surgery, so I wanted my 'last' song to be a joyful one.
I recorded it a week after I got home from the hospital so my voice is pretty bad and I look like hell. But, my intention was to inspire other patients as well as entertain.


Cheers!

LL

LL, I THOROUGHLY! enjoyed the music and your song, incredible.
although I still managed to tear up, but happy tears, thank you so
much, please share your videos with us often. Thank you, Thank you!
now to listen again

Ahhh, thank you Sunshine.
You chose an appropriate screen-name!

Love

LL

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Sunshine,
Here's a video of Downchild from the late 70's. Don't let my appearance scare you! It's somewhere near the middle and luckily, is brief.
I couldn't understand why the camera-man decided to show me during the point of the song that I wasn't even playing... Oh well, go figure.



Love

LL

The Happy Ukester

A banjo player and his wife were woken at 3 o'clock in the morning by loud knocking on the door.
The banjo player got up, went to the door and found a ukulele player standing in the pouring rain.
"I need a push", said the ukulele player.
"Not a chance", said the banjo player, "it's 3 o'clock in the morning", slammed the door and went back to bed.
"Who was that?" asked his wife.
"Just some ukulele player bloke asking for a push", he answered.
"Did you help him?", she asked.
"No, I did not, it's 3 o'clock in the morning and it's pouring rain outside" he said.
"Well, .... you have a short memory", said the wife, "don't you remember, about three months ago when we broke down, and those two nice young men helped us?. I think you should help him and you should be ashamed of yourself".
The banjo player does as he's told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pouring rain.
He called out into the dark night, "Hello, are you still there?".
"Yes" comes back the answer.
"Do you still need a push?", called the banjo player.
"Yes please", came the reply from the dark.
"Where are you?", asked the banjo player.
The ukulele player replied, "Over here on the swing".

haha heard that one before

that was fun to listen to, makes you wanna get up and
move lol, hey I see a resemblance to Neil Diamond LL

in peter applyard? i think i see it too, now that you mention it.
he's very british. we did that show in toronto at the old brunswick house. we actually taped two shows over several hours and backed up some other, real greats. 'bullmoose' jackson and professor longhair.
too much fun for a skinny whie boy!

(06-16-2010 04:41 PM)LightLizard Wrote: [ -> ]in peter applyard? i think i see it too, now that you mention it.
he's very british. we did that show in toronto at the old brunswick house. we actually taped two shows over several hours and backed up some other, real greats. 'bullmoose' jackson and professor longhair.
too much fun for a skinny whie boy!

hang on a sec, I thought that was you? so are you the one with
the long hair? btw she's amazing on the piano!

jane vasey was her name. a real Lady. yeah, i was the weirdo on drums with the flowery shirt. (they MADE me wear it, honest!)
lukemia took jane from us. but she was one of the brightest sparks around
when she was here.
the fellow on vibes is mr appleyard. i called him 'vibemaster'..

groove

(06-17-2010 06:15 AM)LightLizard Wrote: [ -> ]jane vasey was her name. a real Lady. yeah, i was the weirdo on drums with the flowery shirt. (they MADE me wear it, honest!)
lukemia took jane from us. but she was one of the brightest sparks around
when she was here.
the fellow on vibes is mr appleyard. i called him 'vibemaster'..

groove

sad to know that about Jane.
I rewatched the video and I saw more than just a glimpse lol
and you were playing very cool! so why did you have all that
hair cut off?