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Original Post By:
bassfiddlesteve
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Date: 7/3/2009 1:05:20 PM |
...it should be this one :^)
“Square Pegs & Round Holes” is a compilation CD that I produced to benefit the American Asperger’s Association (AAA), a non-profit organization that provides free treatment to children with Asperger’s Syndrome which is a type of high functioning autism. The featured artists cover a wide range of genres but all incorporate the ukulele in their music which serves as the common thread. The CD features both new and previously recorded tracks by James Hil & Anne Davison, Greg Hawkes, Victoria Vox, Ian Whitcomb, John King, Jim Beloff, Lyle Ritz, John Kavanagh, Gerald Ross, Craig Robertson, Fred Sokolow, Tripping Lily, Bliss Blood, The Barnkickers, Brittni Paiva and The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. The tracks by John King and John Kavanagh are among the last they ever recorded as both of these great artists sadly passed away since contributing to this project.
You can obtain a copy here on Flea Market Music and a digital version (minus the track by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain) is now available from Digstation at the link below. It will soon be available at CD Baby and other online retailers as well. 100% of the proceeds go the the AAA so you can get some great music and help a great cause all at the same time.
http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumID=ALB000031386
- Steve |
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Posted By:
Craig Robertson
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Date: 7/4/2009 4:25:53 PM |
Thanks for putting this together, Steve. It has some marvelous performers on it. I hope it does well for you.
Everybody buy this.
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Posted By:
Diane1020
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Date: 7/4/2009 7:10:45 PM |
| Just downloaded it and listened and WOW! It's blanking fantastic (expletive deleted).
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Posted By:
Joe Silver
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Date: 7/5/2009 1:05:10 AM
(Updated: 7/5/2009 1:08:17 AM)
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Steve, this album looks great. Can you please tell us the name of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain track that appears on the CD?
I'm more inclined to go with the download than the physical disc (instant gratification, plus avoiding further cluttering up my small living space with yet another CD!), but knowing whether or not I already have the bonus track elsewhere would help me make the decision. Thanks!
Joe Silver
joesilver (at) hotmail (dot) com
[Edited to correct a typo.]
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Posted By:
bassfiddlesteve
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Date: 7/5/2009 9:48:34 PM |
The name of the track is "Formica Top". It appered on one of their earlier CD's. They would let me use it for the CD but not for digital downloads.
- Steve
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Posted By:
TomHB
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Date: 7/5/2009 10:23:46 PM |
Sorry, I've already bought one CD this year.
Maybe next year?
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Posted By:
Joe Silver
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Date: 7/5/2009 10:53:58 PM |
Thanks for the information, Steve!
Joe Silver
joesilver (at) hotmail (dot) com
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Posted By:
bassfiddlesteve
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Date: 7/5/2009 11:20:28 PM |
That's okay Tom...as long as the CD you bought was "Up Before Noon" by The Barnkickers :)
- Steve
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Posted By:
looney tunes
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Date: 7/7/2009 11:40:55 PM |
Okay, I am biased. I have listented to the CD at least 5 times in the past 24 hour. I had chills throughout my body when John King's tune came on (just awesome my old friend), the Barnkillers do a great job on our new Aspergers theme song, had a similar chill with Swartz Bay Rag (Thanks John Kavanagh), had tears when Victoria Vox sang "Make a Mess", and most honored with the rest of you who donated your music, for Jim Beloff and FMM who put us in the latest catalog,--And specian thanks to Mr. Lewis Wu of Ohano Ukuleles (of which I have the willow soprano-sounds great!) for your sponsorship to allow us to produce the CD. And most of all, thanks to my friend Steve Boisen for putting this together...thanks, Steve. And thank's for everyone who buys this CD, it is for the ukulele community and our Austic Spectrum Disorder friends. Our goal is to give free Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to our fiends in the ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorders). If we can increase the understanding in America about Aspergers Syndrome, our children wil succeed. Okay, I'm biased .... and a ukulele player!
Loon
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Posted By:
bassfiddlesteve
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Date: 7/8/2009 11:34:53 AM |
Thanks Loon, it was a labor of love.
- Steve
Barnkillers?
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Posted By:
looney tunes
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Date: 7/8/2009 10:21:52 PM |
| Whoops, What I should of said was the Barnkickers song, "Square Peg in a Round World" is a killer. Thanks again Steve. Loon
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Posted By:
bassfiddlesteve
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Date: 7/9/2009 10:26:19 PM
(Updated: 7/9/2009 10:27:42 PM)
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I'll have CD"s for sale at the next Tampa Bay Ukulele Society meeting.
http://www.meetup.com/tampabayukes
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Posted By:
victoriavox
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Date: 9/21/2009 3:36:27 PM |
hi Steve :) thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of the album. Dr. Ron wrote such a beautiful thank you letter to me for writing "make a mess" for the project. That was really sweet of him. I hope it's continuing to help the children who need it!
xo
victoria
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Posted By:
Ernie
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Date: 9/22/2009 3:57:28 PM |
| I LOVE this CD! I have a 12-year-old son with Asperger’s Syndrome, and two songs in particular on this disc really choke me up, because they relate so clearly to his situation. I wondered if they were written specifically about Asperger’s, and Victoria- you just answered one of them! The two songs are "Make a Mess", and "Square Peg"... both wonderful, touching songs. A big THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to this project!
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Posted By:
looney tunes
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Date: 9/22/2009 6:24:58 PM |
Thanks Ernie, Victoria and all those who bought the CD This has allowed us to accept another child into our free Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy program. Thanks to our Ukulele Community, Yeaaa.
Loon AKA "Dr. Ron"
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