In praise of the inconspiciuous

by Jan Haasler

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This is the first live outdoor track i did with my Soprano Ukulele.
It is meant as a "teaser" for my upcoming fingerstyle ukulele EP that i will bring out soon this year.

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There is no lyric to this tune due to the fact i am mostly an instrumental musician. But there is some background.
"In praise of the Inconspiciuous" means different things to me: 1st is the fact that the ukulele is such a tiny little instrument that is often underestimated (i did that many years). The total opposite is the case. Its obvious limitations can turn yourself into widen the boarders, get more creative with it. The people that grab the uke and choose it as their musical instrument proove, that there is a wide musical world that speaks through the uke.
2nd is meant more generally. In daily life, society, as oneself we often underrate inconspicios things, turns, situations. Mostly it is the average normal things that bring us happiness. We all long for bigger, more, maximum, perfection but there is only one guarantee in human life: imperfection and trying to cope with it in gentle, easy going way (as a principle).
Everyone has to deliver something that is of a certain value. Sometimes those skills are not obvious because we learned to watch out for other values or behaviors.
Step by step, going wrong, learn from it, progress, we can decide to change something every day.

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released April 7, 2021
Main supporter: Robert Römer, (visual work) Christof Rose (studio work), Ian Little (musical fellow over the last couple of years)

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Jan Haasler Erfurt, Germany

My uke journey started in September 2020. The playing of Roy Smeck, Herb Ohta-San, Ukulelezaza and f.e. Corey Fujimoto (and many others) totally struck me all of a sudden i heard it last summer.
Many years I ignored the uke as a serious instrument being a guitar player since my childhood.
My journey is to get as much expression and distinctive creativity out of the soprano ukulele as possible. ... more

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