Join: Jan 23, 2009
Name: MusicMonsterW
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Hometown: Vancouver
Location: Vancouver, CA
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I teach music : piano, guitar, and singing. My teaching website is http://www.gopherp.com/MusicLessons.htmLately, I've been performing mostly on a ukulele, both acoustically, and plugged into an amp. I've recently started to teach that as well.For 20 years, I've worked, at various times, as an actor, musician, and writer in film, tv, and theatre. If you're curious about film credits, you can see a partial list at:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740104/I love music. I couldn't live without it. I've been playing music for many years. When I started this channel, I was quite technologically limited in what I could do. I've been working on that and I'm quite happy with the results.I just started to learn how to make multi-track, multi-view videos. I'm currently working my way through Final Cut Express. It's opening up a whole new world for me. I wish I had Youtube around when I first started out in the arts. It's a perfect canvas for self-expression (if you can manage the technology and the legal minefield). Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ronin-Wong/210508260522?ref=tsTwitter:http://twitter.com/MusicMonsterWSo, this channel represents a second beginning for me in music. Despite pulling many of my hairs out over computer crashes, it's still more fun than the first time around. It's largely the comments and support of the lovely people I've interacted with here that make it so. :-)Superstar (Live Ukulele Version)
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Tags: jesus christ superstar andrew lloyd webber tim rice ukulele ukelele Ronin Wong cypress street band Granville Vancouver musical
We played this song live at the Rediscover Granville event, the first weekend of July in downtown Vancouver. This was the "encore" song we had just worked into our set. It was fun to just cut loose with it and see what happened. Near the end of the song, you can hear a screaming High C. This song...
Gangsta's Paradise - (Ukulele Cover) - Live
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Tags: Ukulele ukelele gangsta's paradise coolio ronin wong cypress street band granville vancouver
This is a live version of our cover of Gangsta's Paradise. This was performed on July 3, 2010 in downtown Vancouver as part of the Rediscover Granville Event. The Cypress Street Band: Ukulele, Lead Vocal, Rap: Ronin Wong Bass, Backing Vocals: Marianne Wong Thanks to Sam Dulmage for his stellar...
Dream On (Aerosmith) Ukulele Multi-Track Version
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Tags: Dream On Aerosmith Steven Tyler Joe Perry ukulele underground eleuke rock contest
Words and music by Steven Tyler, a rock classic. This is my entry into the Ukulele Underground Eleuke Rock contest. I finished it just two hours before deadline. Then, the file completely vanished. My computer stopped working. An hour later, I found the file again, and I'm attempting to make the...
I Miss You (Original Song)
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Tags: Miss You acoustic guitar Ronin Wong simple love song original
This is a simple love song I wrote a long time ago. I was missing somebody very special. It was one of the first songs I ever wrote. Lovely thing about Youtube: you can make a record of all your work. Intro: DGDG I (D) wake up, when I (G) want to. I have (D) no one to answer (G) to. And I (D)...
Sunday Blues - an original Piano Blues
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Tags: piano Roland blues improvisation Sunday Ronin Wong needs pizza
This is an original blues improvisation I recorded last Sunday evening, July 18. It starts out as a mid-tempo blues but gradually goes nuts. Hope you enjoy it! I did it to test out ways of recording my keyboard, a Roland HP 1500. I found it very tricky. The piano kept overpowering my shotgun mic....
Blackbird (Beatles cover)
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Tags: Beatles White Album Blackbird Paul mccartney John Lennon Ronin Wong classical nylon-string guitar 60s music
Blackbird, written and performed by Paul McCartney as part the of the double album, the Beatles, more commonly known as "The White Album." I have been playing this song for a long time. It's a song I've taught to some of my students. I had trouble recording my nylon-string guitar at first. The...
Leaving on a Jet Plane - Ukulele Cover
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Tags: Leaving Jet Plane John Denver Peter Paul Mary Kiwaya K-Wave Les uke ukulele Ronin Wong 60s music Vietnam
This song was written by John Denver in 1966. The song was originally recorded by the Chad Mitchell trio in 1967. It became a major hit for Peter, Paul, and Mary when they released it as a single in 1969. The song was written from the point of view of a traveling musician. But, because of the...
Early in the Evening. - an original Ukulele Blues
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Tags: ukulele underground contest ronin wong original blues song uke ukelele Vancouver circle
This is my entry into the Kanilea "Spread the Aloha" Ukulele Give-Away Contest on Ukulele Underground. I'm spreading the aloha by finally writing an original song and getting first the fellow ukers at my circle to play along and then out into the world at large. Grab your ukes, guitars, pianos,...
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me - Piano & Vocal
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Tags: best thing ever happened gladys knight pips R&B explorasian piano jim weatherly ronin wong yamaha P90
This is my cover the classic R&B song performed by Gladys Knight and the Pips. Words and Music by Jim Weatherly. This is my second of two videos from my performance at the explorASIAN Family and Friends day at UBC on May 29, 2010. The rain is so heavy here that it created a strange kind of...
Dream On (Aerosmith) cover
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Tags: Aerosmith Dream On Steven Tyler Ronin Wong explorasian piano rock music glee cast neil patrick harris
A beautiful song by Aerosmith. words and music by Steven Tyler. This was one of the first songs that made me see the value of having taken piano lessons. I performed this at the explorASIAN Family and Friends event at the University of British Columbia (UBC) on May 29, 2009. The rain was...
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