Fuller’s Hill Video
Fuller’s Hill is an original instrumental played on ukulele by Mike de Velta. The title is dedicated to Blind Boy Fuller who inspired me to use an alternating picking technique and apply it to the uke in an unconventional way.
I recorded it with an Sm57 through a Great River Preamp and a Daking FETII Compressor. Sound was processed with Pro tools.
First ever Banjo track!
Play it here – I just wanna drive!
Here’s a brand new one for you! My first attempt at incorporating a banjo as a main hook in my adventures as a songwriter and producer.
Also featured in the above photo is my ’53 Les Paul, a 1950′s Harmony mandolin, Fender Jazz bass with flat wound strings and of course the banjo which all served well to bring this track to life. The banjo was actually given to me a couple of years ago so it was quite a novelty to put it to good use.
Again I’d like to thank Dean Wuksta for playing and recording the drums for me. The beauty of technology these days is that he records them in his studio and sends them to me over the net where I then import them into my software and get busy. Brilliant heh?
Play it here – I just wanna drive!
I just wanna drive
©2010 Mike de Velta
Ohh ohh ooh ooh
I just wanna drive
Hey hey ooh ooh
Ohh ohh I just wanna drive
When the world falls upon my shoulders
When the sky comes tumblin down
When the girl I love’s no longer lovin
When I cry and just wanna break down
I jump into my V8 Chevy
pump the gas til I’m outta sight
I take a long hard ride to the country
gonna leave all my troubles behind
never felt so happy drivin in the sun
not a care in the world when I’m havin fun
you might think it’s just plain ol motor car
but I’m laughin with the wind
I’m like a shootin star
Ohh ohh ooh ooh
I just wanna drive
Hey hey ooh ooh
Ohh ohh I just wanna drive
never felt so happy drivin in the sun
not a care in the world when I’m havin fun
you might think it’s just plain ol motor car
but I’m laughin with the wind
I’m like a shootin star
Now the sky’s all blue and I’m smiling
and I know it won’t take long
for the trouble I had ‘s all behind me
Now I ‘m singing this brand new song
Ohh ohh ooh ooh
I just wanna drive
Hey hey Ooh ooh
Ohh ohh I just wanna drive
adlib out…..
Island in the Sun
Back in production mode again and here’s a brand new track for you.
Island in the Sun
©2010 Mike de Velta
I am a soldier in a modern war
but have no guns or bombs before me
Just the lies of greedy men
who snare with their words
they try to bend me
try to bend me
Shuffling feet and a vacant stare
The lines getting longer, but headin nowhere
I want Tahiti girls, coconut wine,
singing and dancing til the middle of the night
I wanna jump in the ocean, dive in the sea
Lie on the sand by the shade of a tree
I wanna a simple life, won’t you come with me
Take me to my island in the sun
my island in the sun
oh my island in the sun
Wash me over
bathe me in light
sea shells on sunset
take me from this ordinary life
and lying on my bed I dream of big blue skies
woken by the screams I start to tremble
where crime is just an ordinary part of life
Dulls my mind to world I not a part of.
Shuffling feet and a vacant stare
The lines getting longer, but headin nowhere
I want Tahiti girls, coconut wine,
singing and dancing til the middle of the night
I wanna jump in the ocean, dive in the sea
Lie on the sand by the shade of a tree
I wanna a simple life, won’t you come with me
Take me to my island in the sun
my island in the sun
oh my island in the sun
Solo
Oh my island in the sun
Oh my island
I want Tahiti girls, coconut wine,
singing and dancing til the middle of the night
I wanna jump in the ocean, dive in the sea
Lie on the sand by the shade of a tree ….. to out..
With this one I think I’ve officially hit my record for the amount of time spent on one song, definately talking months! Crazy heh? Squeezing months into minutes. Oh well, I can breathe a sigh of relief now until the next song that’s lurking in the back of my mind somewhere vying for my attention.
Anyway, I started this track with a loop of an Indian percussion instrument rather like a tabla but bigger, and loved the way it felt, a real, doop da doop sound that had me boppin. Applying that to a driving ukulele and the shufflin skills of Dean Wuksta on drums I think something has emerged that I feel happy in saying is original in sound and flavour.
I hope you enjoy it and please share it with your friends to get this lil black duck of the ground 
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Voted Best Blues Artist of 2011 by Global Thunda Network, Mike De Velta's intoxicating compositions and performances are constantly on the move. A rich showcase of modern delta, slide and piedmont blues expressed with a hint of the Eastern through the shimmering and delightful tones of lap slide, resonator and acoustic guitars.