Cynthia Lin

American Pie Play-Along is here! (Patreon)

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2018-11-19 17:33:30

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Aloha Patrons!

I'm excited to share the new Play-Along video for American Pie, featuring lots of your fellow Patrons! You might recognize a few of them. :)

Watch on YouTube 🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6Qhy7-jNk

About the Play-Along

We shot this video at San Francisco Uke-tober Fest, at our local uke shop called Aloha Warehouse. You might have noticed that we shortened the song - the chord chart has the full song, but for the purposes of making this video, we focused on the intro, chorus, and first verse.

I asked Patrons attending Uke-tober Fest to join me for this shoot. We met at Aloha Warehouse, rehearsed the song and choreography (it's more complicated than it looks!) several times, and then shot 3 takes (this is take 3). All the credit for this shoot goes to my videographer Robert Gomez Hernandez, who planned and executed this whole project for me while I was recovering from China tour and managing Uke-tober Fest.

Big shoutout for the Patrons in the video! (back row, left to right) Bryan, Michael A, Michael S, Holli, Doug (middle row) Darryl, Richard, Leah, Jenny, Lynn, Charissa (front row) Connie, Briana, Lisa-Marie, and Marty. Thank you all for jumping in, and making it work. I know it was tight quarters and a lot of chords to memorize quickly (I played some wrong chords too, no worries!), but you can definitely feel the group energy in the performance. You rock!! Anyone want to comment about the process of shooting this video?

Enjoy! Please like, share, and comment to help spread the word.

And thank you to all Patrons for voting for and supporting the production of this Play-Along video!

All Patrons get access to the American Pie Lesson

If you'd like to watch the full lesson for American Pie, all Patrons now have access. Visit this post: http://bit.ly/AmericanPieUkeLesson

If you're not yet a Patron, it's only $1 to join. You'll get access this recorded Lesson and other archived lessons, plus you'll get to vote for our next Song of the Month.

If you'd like to participate in the next Live Lesson, join Patreon at the $5 level. In the Live Lesson, I teach the song, take questions from our live chat, and share details about how I created the arrangement. I really enjoy being Live with the Patrons - if you haven't checked out a Live Lesson yet, please do, and join us for the next one!

Chord Chart attached

Chord chart is attached to this post for your convenience (click on the orange pdf link at the bottom to download), and also available at my Gumroad.

Please comment below and let me know what you think - I'm always thrilled to hear your feedback.

happy strumming!

xo cynthia

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American Pie // Cynthia Lin Ukulele Play-Along (chords + lyrics)

DOWNLOAD a FREE CHORD CHART: http://bit.ly/AmericanPieChordChart (enter 0 and your email to download for free) WATCH THE FULL LESSON - become a Patron for $1 to get access to full hour-long lessons: http://bit.ly/AmericanPieUkeLesson Production Credits: Video Production by Robert Gomez Hernandez of Alumiere Films, http://alumiere.org/ Shot on location at Aloha Warehouse in San Francisco Japantown during SF Uketober Fest. Check out their uke selection and beautiful fresh lei! http://www.alohawarehouse.com/ Shoutout to my Patrons who joined me for this video. Please like and comment and give them some love! Featuring (back row, left to right) Bryan, Michael A, Michael S, Holli, Doug (middle row) Darryl, Richard, Leah, Jenny, Lynn, Charissa (front row) Connie, Briana, Lisa-Marie, Marty UKE INFO - I’m playing the Cynthia Lin Signature Ukulele from Ohana Ukuleles, more info at http://bit.ly/CLSignatureUke Comes installed with upgraded Worth Brown strings: https://amzn.to/2Cs9FuK CYNTHIA’S HOLIDAY TOUR: come jam with me! visit http://cynthialin.com/events for more info THANK YOU to the Patreon Patrons who voted for American Pie for the July 2018 Patron-supported Play-Along. Visit http://patreon.com/cynthialin to find out more about becoming a Patron and joining our active online ukulele community. FOLLOW CYNTHIA: facebook: http://facebook.com/cynthialinmusic instagram: http://instagram.com/cynthialinmusic twitter: http://twitter.com/cynthialin Download Cynthia's original music: http://music.cynthialin.com PLEASE SUBSCRIBE :) http://bit.ly/2bGww9w *** A long long time ago I can still remember how That music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And maybe they'd be happy for a while But February made me shiver With every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride Something touched me deep inside The day the music died So Bye, bye Miss American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day that I die Did you write the book of love And do you have faith in God above If the Bible tells you so? Do you believe in rock and roll? Can music save your mortal soul? And can you teach me how to dance real slow? Well, I know that you're in love with him 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym You both kicked off your shoes Man, I dig those rhythm and blues I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck With a pink carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of luck The day the music died I started singin' Bye, bye Miss American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day that I die