Having so much fun playing the ukulele so I made another cover.

I Will - The Beatles (Ukulele Cover)

So I just got back from a trip to Amsterdam for my friends birthday, & we met my old flatmate Arthur there.  We had a wonderful time walking around and it blew my mind how many cyclists there were.  Arthur said there are 19 million bicycles in The Netherlands ..just amazing.

This is a song about some of the business & friendliness in the city, with a bit of mystery as well I guess : ) I just wanted to get it down so I'm sorry that it's a bit rough & not well mixed either. You'd be best using headphones for sure!


Here are the lyrics:

Can you see me?
Can you hear me too?
Just be near me
For a moment more.

It's this feeling
I've been searching for.
In the meantime
I'll be by your side.

All this movement,
Caring, kindness,
Round & round,
You move with me.

Some will see me,
Not all hear me.
Round & round,
You're on my mind.

Round & round & round & round,
You're on my mind.
Move with me,
I'm by your side.

Lights race by, you're eyes they find
A feast of unfamiliar sights.
Do you see me, do you hear me?
Round & round.

Caving in, lose control,
You can dream or let it live.
You find it hard to slow it down.

Find a familiar ground,
So many people here now,
All of this movement near you,
Find & suspend this feeling.

Coming together, try it for one last time.
Kindness & caring, I don't like to say goodbye.
Lights racing by, they charm you & catch your eye.
All of these people, you're the one on my mind.

19 million bicycles

Night Owl

Summer's end10

Song for the Giving Voice UK campaign and 2011 National Year of Communication. 

I thought about all the times I have been asked what a Speech and Language Therapist does and this song came to me.

It is desperately sad that there are so many people needing Speech and Language Therapy and at the same time there are so few jobs for newly qualified therapists. It is shocking that there are over 300 members of the Facebook Support Group for unemployed newly SLTs, some of whom qualified over a year ago.

I very much hope that the Giving Voice Campaign can succeed in getting adequate funding for SLT services across the UK.

Very thrilled when this was used as the soundtrack for the video of the Tyne Millennium Bridge "Communication Chain" event as part of the Giving Voice Campaign! More info on my blog here:  
http://salt-mine.net/blog/2011/09/14/ukulele-song-for-giving-voice/

I love the videos here: http://www.rcslt.org/rcslt_video_gallery/list

For more information about the Giving Voice campaign:
http://www.givingvoiceuk.org/

Giving Voice (Ukulele Original)

everyone pretends to be happy
like they have no choice
everyone pretends to listen
but they have no voice

well i’m alone and maybe i’m lonely
and i’m tired of pretending i’m not
well i’m alone and maybe i’m faking
but i honestly probably forgot

give me something real
give me your tears and your heavy sighs
give me something real
and stop pretending just to get by

everyone pretends to be happy
like there’s no other way
everyone is lying to my face
but i know you’re not okay

Just Okay by Tony Mango ukulele 203

Tony Mango

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