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Sharing The Love Of The Happiest Instrument In the World
Sharing The Love Of The Happiest Instrument In the World
By Matt Hicks There’s something strange happening in the ukulele world online. Swathes of ukulele players have joined a very special community that has developed over the last 6 months. The brain child of singer songwriter and front man for…
Some people buy cars, some people sell everything to go sailing around the world but for my money you can’t beat picking up a uke for a mid-life crisis! I first decided to teach myself uke in July 2010, mainly…
He’s not just full of advice. The man can sing. Sort of. Listen up! Source: Warren Buffett and his ukulele: The greatest hits – MarketWatch
In this post we wanted to share with you an advanced ukulele playing technique called strum blocking. Strum blocking is a way of playing single notes with strums. You block off the strings you don’t want to sound so only one…
Introduced by Jamie Houston. Original Article by Ralph Shaw. Have you ever wondered what question you would ask if you had the chance to ask some of the world’s top ukulele teachers and educators one question? Well recently Ralph Shaw…
Thanks so much to Alfredo Canopin Sr and his wife Jovina for recording and sharing this video of Alfredo performing The Shadow of Your Smile with us. His beautiful chord melody style of playing is just beautiful and he plays…
By Ralph Shaw Last time I gave you the first five of ten things you can do to improve your songwriting. Here are the final five tips to help you master melody manipulation and wonderful word weaving: 6) Write From…
By Ralph Shaw Today I offer five songwriting tips to help lift your lyrics and make new and mesmerizing melodies. When a fan of my albums Love and Laughter wrote to tell me that he appreciates my “clever songwriting and…
By Jim D’Ville As the popularity of the ukulele grows, so does the number of ukulele groups and jam sessions. How to make yours better than average? In this article Jim D’Ville shares practical tips that EVERY jammer and jam…
By Gordon and Char Mayer From buzzing and broken tuners to storage and re-stringing, Gordon and Char Mayer take you through the essentials of ukulele maintenance and DIY repair. Introduction We’re Gordon and Char Mayer, otherwise known as Mya-Moe Ukuleles.…
By Matt Hicks So you’ve been playing the uke for a while. You’re pretty happy because every time you video a cover of a song YouTube fires back that it recognises it as a possible infringement on copyright. You’re there.…
Did you know that the LOVE MY UKULELE CLUB is run 100% by me, Jamie Houston – that’s me in the photo. I live in Wellington, which is the capital city of New Zealand, and I have a huge passion…
By Cliff Adams. It’s only rock and roll… yet it moves people since… well, name your year between 1942 and 1954. One of the classic rock backgrounds is what can be called the Chuck Berry rhythm. My example will be…
By Ralph Shaw – Professional Full-time Ukulele Entertainer Last time, I gave you some basic tips when getting and using your first P.A. Today we’re looking at important choices to be made when purchasing microphones to plug into your P.A. Before we discuss…
By Ralph Shaw – Professional Full-time Ukulele Entertainer If you’ve been playing for a while you may be getting to the point where you need to supply your own Public Address system, or P.A. This can be a daunting prospect if…
