Friday Links

In case you missed Monday’s post, this week I launched a new website, How To Play Ukulele. The site is a companion for Uke Hunt and will have the in depth ukulele knowhow. I’ve written two ebooks so far, How To Play Ukulele Chord Progressions and How To Play Ragtime Ukulele, and you can sign up to the mailing list for discounts and a free six-part introductory course to fingerpicking ukulele.

I’ve been a busy little bunny this week. I’ve also set up the page best.musicalinstrument.ever.com. The Ever Project lets you grab a best/worst/strangest/ugliest etc. name and sets up a page about it. I had to grab best.musicalinstrument.ever.com for the uke. Head over there and rate the page, leave a comment or add a link (to your own site if you want) because they threaten to take away the name if it isn’t developed. If that happened, it might end up in the hands of a banjo player. I sure you don’t want that on your conscience.

Le Soir‘s Ukulele Sessions keep coming. Recent performances include Herman Dune and I’m From Barcelona. This might be your last chance to watch Jeremy Warmsley’s session (which is my favourite thing on all of the internets right now) before it tumbles off the bottom of the page.

Earlier this week, Christina reminded me that I hadn’t mentioned Tom Hodgkinson’s How To Be Free on the blog yet – a terrible oversight. As well as featuring a uke on the cover (in the UK), he states that the ukulele is the cure for boredom and, therefore, the cure for spending your money on useless tat. It’s an inspiring book. It made me even more unemployable than I was before reading it. Although he’s lost it recently and started saying that real life is better than the internet. You’re far freer on the net than you are in real life.

Here’s one guy who knows how to use the uke as a force for good.