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home | buy ukulelia stuff | gary | email gary | suggestions | email craig | rss feed Sunday, January 04, 2009Guide to Ukulele Clubs If you got a new uke last month, consider joining a local uke club. You'll find lots of like-minded folks, willing to share tips and techniques. Here's an online directory of many clubs worldwide. Linkposted by Gary at 4:54 PM permalink 2 comments :: click here to comment! The Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz Wins Gail Rich Award  I don't know if this award involves any money, but congratulations are still due to Andy, Peter, and all the folks at the UCSC Where You Get a Real Education on receiving one of the Gail Rich Awards for 2009. Link
posted by Gary at 4:43 PM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment! SoCal Slack Key Festival Mark your calendars for the 2nd Annual Southern California Slack Key Festival at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd in (where else?) Redondo Beach. It's January 18th, 2009. Complete details at the Link.posted by Gary at 7:32 AM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
Thursday, January 01, 2009Surfin' BirdIt's Official: Here's the Word for 2009. From Gus and Fin. Link posted by Gary at 7:15 PM permalink 3 comments :: click here to comment!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008Naked Clown Calendar (With Ukey Goodness) My sister got me the 2009 Naked Clown Calendar for Xmas. I had bookmarked an article about it a few months back, and now have a moment to note it. The calendar is a project of the San Francisco's Clown Conservatory's class of 2008. It's a fundraiser in honor of noted Pickle Family Circus clown and circus educator, Judy Finelli."The Judy Finelli Fund advocates cures and treatments of MS, promotes artistic expression through circus arts and enables those affected by MS to pursue their passions. 100% of the net profits from the sale of each calendar goes to the Judy Finelli Fund."I guarantee you that if clowns scare you, this calendar will not disappoint. But buy a copy anyway. The cause is just. And August features a uke. Link posted by Gary at 11:37 AM permalink 1 comments :: click here to comment! Last Dumb Question of 2008  Here comes the jackpot question in advance: What are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve? Link(Thanks, Mark "JazzUkes" Occhionero!) posted by Gary at 9:24 AM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008Back in Business Dear Readers,We've been having trouble publishing the blog over the holidays, so sorry for the silence. Hope you got everything your little ukey hearts desired for Xmas. Me, I'm still waiting for that last package. Must be stuck in the mail somewhere. While we were attempting to unclog the series of tubes that is Ukulelia, we missed wishing a Happy Birthday to Jim Beloff on the 25th. But thankfully we're back in time to wish Bill Tapia a very happy 101st on January 1. A Very Happy One-Oh-One, Tappy! posted by Gary at 8:06 PM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment! Drop, Baby. Drop!  Join Sonic Uke for the 5th Annual New Year's Eve Ukulele Drop. Ted sez:"Music, dancing in the streets, and the count down to the New Year! Bring your uke!" posted by Gary at 7:59 PM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
Saturday, December 27, 2008Blame It On A Ukulele ~ 1933Here's Cliff Edwards in a bizzare fantasy flashback number from Take a Chance. Check out Cliffie's uke-canoe. Nice. A young Vivian Vance was in the chorus. Buddy DeSylva did the story. Link posted by Gary at 12:26 PM permalink 2 comments :: click here to comment!
Friday, December 26, 2008Number 16. Not Bad. As of 8:50 AM EST on Christmas day, "ukulele chords" was Google's 16th most popular search string. As Uke Jackson noted over on the Flea Market Music Bulletin Board, "I guess a few folks got ukuleles under the tree." Linkposted by Gary at 7:34 PM permalink 3 comments :: click here to comment! Headstock Art by Amy Crehore Meanwhile, over on Ukulelia's Big Sister Blog, Boing Boing... Linkposted by Gary at 10:10 AM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
Thursday, December 25, 2008Interview with Greg Hawkes: The Beatles UKE Nice interview with Greg about his recent Beatles UKE CD. Link
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008Warren Buffett to Strum at the InaugurationIn this video, Quincy Jones sez that Warren Buffett will play his uke for the Obama inauguration celebration. If he plays his Dairy Queen uke, my life will be complete. Link posted by Gary at 5:32 PM permalink 2 comments :: click here to comment! 99 Cent Ukulele All you need is a $199 iPhone or $229 iPod Touch and 99 cents more will get you PocketGuitar (which comes with a ukulele option). LinkHere's a video review posted by Gary at 3:44 PM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
Monday, December 22, 2008Uke 'An Play Rock I used to think that there was no uke book that I couldn't recommend. But here's one. I just flipped through Uke 'An Play Rock at my local music store. I suppose that the contents of this book may lure some teen into playing the uke. (That's great.) There's some Green Day (American Idiot) and Plain White Ts (Hey There Delilah). But honestly, mostly 2- or 3-chord stuff that is super easy to find on the web already. (Meh.)What's really missing is a CD. I think pairing music books with CDs is about the most important step forward for music education in the last 50 years. I know how to read tabs, but sometimes I play through them and just can't find the groove. A good example is the tab arrangement of Misirlou in Jumpin Jim's Beach Party. I've worked on it for hours. Left it and came back to it agin. And I'm still clueless. A few years ago when the book came out, I mentioned to Jim Beloff that it would be great to have a recording to learn from. Jim agreed, but told me that the costs to buy the rights were really prohibitive. Anyway, I think that young players would find this particular book to have charts that interest them, but would be totally frustrated in trying to hear them, especially since any uke transcription of a guitar lick is going to sound wrong at first. I'll admit that I was halfway tempted to buy it anyway. It has a uke arrangement of Randy Newman's You Can Leave Your Hat On (I'd love an entire Randy Newman ukulele songbook!) and Mason Williams's Classical Gas. Still... If you have a copy and like it, drop a note in the comments, below. Link posted by Gary at 2:58 PM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
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UKE MUSIC BOOKS Ian Whitcomb Songbook Arranged for Ukulele and Easy Keyboard
Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Tips 'n' Tunes Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Favorites Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Beach Party Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Masters: Lyle Ritz Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Masters: Lyle Ritz Solos : 15 Chord Solos Arranged by the Ukulele Jazz Master Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Masters: Herb Ohta Jiminy Kokopo's Ukulele Sing and Strum Fun Book UKE HISTORY BOOKS The Ukulele: A Visual History, by Jim Beloff UKE VIDEOS Bob Brosman's Ukulele Tunes and Techniques: Hawiian and American Styles UKE CDS Cliff Edwards: Singin' in the Rain FAVORITE UKE SITES UKE DISCUSSION BOARDS UKULELE SOFTWARE UKULELE MAKERS UKULELE INFORMATION UKULELE DEALERS UKULELE INSTRUCTION UKULELE PEOPLE UKULELE MUSIC AND HAWAIIANA |
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