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“Wake Up Little Lion” Ukulele demo 4 my son Nicky by Wayne Woken Lion Sorbelli from Island Guitar & Music Studio in Key West at Miami Children’s Hospital

So here is one take of a song that I had written in my sleep for my son Nicky Sorbelli . I call it “Wake Up Little Lion” 

Greetings!! Wayne Sorbelli here of Island Guitar and Music Lessons & Sales Studio in Key West.

 I’m at the Miami Children’s Hospital with my son Nicky where he is battling cancer, T Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. 

Last night before going to bed I had a melody stuck in my head, a vocal melody and ukulele chord progression.  I was unknowingly gathering inspiration from two surrounding situations:

1) a child in the hospital room next to my son Nicky went into a coma because of the chemo and still has not woken up for almost a week now and the doctors give the child little to no hopes of ever waking up)  – 

AND     

2) my son’s Nicky’s bone marrow needs to WAKE UP as well!!   

When I woke up this morning in the hospital next to Nicky, the song was in my head with lyrics and all. . So I grabbed my ukulele and a coffee and headed outside of  the hospital to find a private spot to use my iPhone6  camera to quickly record it before I forget it ( which happens to me all the time lol). 

Nicky & I are typing and loading pictures on Nicky’s own page on our Sorbelli family website at http://sorbelli.com/nicky/

Help & Share for 9yr old Nicky Sorbelli Fundraiser & Support

These notes are dedicated to my son Nicky Sorbelli. “Ukulele Slide Blues – Notes For Hopes”

Nicky Sorbelli Fund Raaiser

HELP Nicky Sorbelli my 9yr old son whom we just discovered has T Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (cancer) & we badly need everyone to HELP & PRAY &  SHARE.

So far he is responding well to treatment. Treatment plan for now is Thurs – Saturday in Miami children’s hospital every week for next seven months.  Then once a month for three years.  So it’s going to be a long strange trip.

What I can’t say with words I can with my notes. What I can not say with with my mouth  I can say with my hands.  So pls listen and pray while listening to it. Please find the hope, not the pain in my notes.

For those of you who are unable to attend a fundraiser, donations can be made directly to any First State Bank branch by mentioning Wayne and/or Jamie Sorbelli and the account ending in 2487.

Or

Their Go Fund Me site:

http://www.gofundme.com/uldcw0

Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2 Pink Floyd Solo ideas on SLIDE guitar in Drop D tuning @ Island Guitar & Ukulele Lesson Studio Key West

 

 

Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2 Pink Floyd Solo ideas on SLIDE guitar in Drop D tuning.

Wayne Sorbelli here at my Island Guitar & Ukulele Lesson Music Studio in Key West playing a Dean ML DOA06 45 of 50.

It’s one Awesome guitar. I’m sliding with. Dunlop Pyrex “glass” slide and using my ROLAND Amp with spring reverb effect and gain on high.

After I got done fixing the old soldering on this baby I just had to take her for a test drive! 

Purple Haze (by Jimi Hendrix) intro on Slide Guitar in standard tuning @ Island Guitar & Ukulele Lesson Studio in Key West

Purple Haze on Slide Guitar (Intro Jimi Hendrix) played by Wayne Sorbelli @ Island Guitar Lesson Studio in Key West

Grabbed the Epiphone Les Paul Standard, put on the glass slide and turned on the Hendrix Backing tracks – I recorded 3 takes one after the other.

Roland micro cube amp with gain and  no fx’s