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This week we'll be having a COWBOY Jam. (Including cowgirls too, of course. Cowpersons would be more correct I suppose, but just doesn't have that ring.)

To be clear, this ISN'T a country music jam, or a western music jam; it's a COWBOY jam. So while those genres hold plenty of wonderful songs, this week our intention is to gittalong our doggies and play from the saddle. Songs like these, which you can pull from our "official" MUJ files if you like:
-- Home On The Range
-- Happy Trails (Roy Rogers)
-- Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
-- I'm An Old Cowhand From The Rio Grande
-- Ragtime Cowboy Joe
-- The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
-- Red River Valley
Again, you'll find all of these songs at:
http://tinyurl.com/MUJ-Official-Files

And of course as always you can also be a ukulele rebel and bring us any off-theme song you like.

But you can send any song you like (preferably as PDFs) to
MorristownUkeJam@gmail.com, and I’ll drop them into our THIS-WEEK JAM directory, created for this event, here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ldhryq0hqecf178/AABvPJOkmXx1kHLHLOta58dHa?dl=0

TAKE NOTE: The "official" start time for playing will be 7 pm; but the host will be online from 6:30 on to welcome and chat with any early-comers.

SECOND NOTE: Our first round will be for PLAYALONGS only, from those who have sent me song sheets. If you have a song you want to play for us and don't have any song sheet to post, I'm sure we'll love it - but it'll need to wait for the second round.

THIRD NOTE: If it's possible, I'm confident you'll enjoy this event more if you have TWO screens to work from, one for the video conference and one to bring up the song sheet.

This is just a JAM, so there's no songbook; but you do get bonus points if you follow the theme. If you're a beginner and you just know one song (or three), DON'T be thinking you're not good enough to lead us. Believe you me, if you bring an easy song, HALF of the folks attending will be so, so, so glad you did.

Here’s how it’ll work:
• You click on the event link below. (Yes, you’ll be asked to click to download Zoom if you don’t have it; it won’t take long.) You’ll appear in our very own version of The Brady Bunch / Hollywood Squares. I.e., the camera on your laptop will help you join us online.

• When the time comes to play a song, our host will MUTE everyone except the person leading. If it's a playalong, you can bring up the song sheet and follow the leader.

• First round: The host will go down a list of participants who have sent song sheets that are now in that week's Jam directory.

• Second round: Anyone can bring us anything they like, whether it’s a second playalong or perhaps something you just want to perform for us.

Finally here are some MICROPHONE notes Rhea shared:

  • Open Zoom (you can’t be in a meeting)
  • Click on the gray cog far upper right on your screen
  • Double Click on audio (left side of screen)
  • You will see a bar to set speaker sound
  • Under this is a 2nd bar to set mic sound. Drag mic sound bar to the right to 75 percent. Lower and you won’t be heard, higher will sound like you're shouting
  • Next set suppress background noise: Set this to low. Auto or too high settings will cut your voice out because the mic will not be able to differentiate between your voice and your uke-because it thinks the uke is background noise.)
  • Lastly, when in Zoom meetings do not click on turn original sound on.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://drew.zoom.us/j/94014588642

Come play with us!

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