My life/fandom may depend on this

[strangeumbrella]

1. Does anyone know if it is possible to download and save a video from Youtube?
2. Does anyone know, by extension, how to do so?

Because if you do, and you tell me, I will actually give you cake or money or free love or anything you want. I really will.

EDIT: HAHAHA IT'S ALL GOOD NOW BECAUSE thatgirlsoph IS A MONKEY GENIUS

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[strangeumbrella]

Hello there! Are you another UOGB fan? For we are few and far between (but also fantastic).

The workshop was excellent. :D ukuelelovin and I went along in February, and we were a bit scared, to be honest: we'd only been playing for a couple of months and were convinced that everyone else would be stunningly good, we'd never been to Cecil Sharp House (where it was held) before and didn't really know where we were or where we were meant to go... and we were also convinced it would be impossible to get through three hours with people we really admired without saying something unbelievably stupid. Luckily, it was ok when we got there, and we ended up crammed into a very small room with about thirty or so other people, Hester and George.

We had a great time, and everyone was able to play at their own level - which, for us, was pretty much just basic chords - and we got to learn a few of their cover versions, as well as "Antiphon", and we got a very nice booklet thing with lots of chords in it which I don't think I have lost yet. The workshop was focussed on 'playing as an ensemble', so we got to practise playing different parts at different times - chords, melody, chord Z, etc...

Overall, it was brilliant, and George told me my uke was "a nice one, actually", and I was delighted. (Especially as it was quite cheap and from a local music shop.)

We're going to see them on the 30th, and redvelvetjacket has promised we're going to go and talk to Peter this time, so we'll try to pass your message on...

[flamingkitties]

I am a big fan, despite only seeing them once, I love them, they're great.
I knew about them before I saw them, and had been meaning to for a while. I bought my dodgy first uke the following day whilst still in Edinburgh.

It's not very good though, but, I thought, that's what you get for £15. My second uke, another £15, is rather nice, my third cost about £25. I don't know why I need three. Well, one travels, one doesn't work and one stays at home...but not the point!

I bought a little chord bible for the uke, very handy, also I rather like http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/ which has an excellent song book!

What is chord Z?

I'd like to see them again - I notice, from my email they are on tour again...they are playing the Larmer Tree festival, which is near here...perhaps I ought to make an effort. If I can afford to...hmm. (I can't afford to, already blew money on other gigs in Liverpool, London and Surrey...miles away, piff.)

One day I will buy a nice expensive, lovely uke, although I do love Uke #2, Bob...

[strangeumbrella]

I know what you mean - I knew of their existence for a while, and had always been vaguely interested in seeing them, and then when I finally did I was absolutely blown away and I now go along whenever I can. Luckily, they seem to play about once a month or so in London, so I get to see them fairly often :D

I got my uke as a present but I think it was around £40 - it's decent, sounds nice enough, and doesn't go out of tune too often, but since then I've been to specialist uke shops where they seem to have very little for under £100. O.o So I think I am still at the low end of uke purchase... I'm impressed you have three! I've only got the one - I'd get another, maybe a tenor, but I'm saving for a bass guitar.

I think I got my chords off here, which made everything very clear and I found easy to learn from. And have you seen this website? I didn't learn an awful lot from it, but I killed myself laughing.

Chord Z is just damping the strings with your fingers and strumming so it makes a sound but not a note... if that makes sense. At the workshop they showed us how you can have someone just doing that to give a piece more rhythm, but also you can do it if you forget what chord you're supposed to be playing. :D

I hope you get to see them again soon! Surely they're worth any price...

'Bob'?

[flamingkitties]

Thanks for the links, I take a look later! I've been distracted by the sunset.

Bob, well, I'm in the habit of naming things. I have a scooter called Eric.

I get the Z thing, whether or not my fingers will work properly to do it, is another matter.

The one thing I will say about the uke, it taught me how to barre on my guitar - before doing barred chords on the uke, I couldn't do them on the gutiar, now I can, just, hooray for ukuleles!

[strangeumbrella]

Oh, I see! I identify completely. My computer is called George and I have a tiny Christmas tree in a pot called Dave. (Unfortunately, the recent heatwave has not been kind to him and he's not coping very well at the moment. But I have faith.)

Sadly, my uke has not yet had that effect on me, and if I try to do barre chords on the guitar I just get very cross and refuse to play it for some time. I'm hoping it's going to change one day, if I keep trying...

[flamingkitties]

I was just really impressed with the barre transfer.
I got through phases with my uke/s and guitar/s, I play one more than another for several months at a time. I just picked up my 3/4 acoustic after spending a few months on a uke and it started to come - it's still not brilliant but it worked!
Keep at it!

I have a bonsai called Dr Peter Venkman, who has a similar heatwave-based leaf-loss. I only noticed while on the phone to my mum earlier when I knocked it and they all fell off in unison. Pff, I hope they are ok, now I have doused it in water.