Some tunes you may wish to bone up on before the big night. Addams Family Theme Tune Chopin – Funeral March Dance Macabre Ghostbusters (Duet) The Gothic Archies – Freakshow London Bridge Is Falling Down (From Halloween) The Misfits – Dig Up Her Bones The Misfits – Halloween Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (from The […]

Just because you’re a newbie doesn’t mean you can’t rock the raging patootie out of a few songs. Here’s a list of songs with chords for all. C, F and G If you prefer, you can use G7 in the place of G or vice versa for any of these songs. NeverShoutNever! – Your Biggest […]

Uke Hunt Podcast #1 (MP3) (61.8 MB) Warning: Explicit I’ve just finished listening to the first episode of the Uke Hunt podcast and I bloody loved it. I can say that without being big-headed because it was all done by Bossarocker. And she did a bang up job. Subscribe The Uke Hunt podcast is up […]

I promised delivery on July 1st and here it is. Your Rugged Good Looks and Easy Charm Have Convinced Me Already. How Do I Buy It? Buy it here After you pay you’ll be taken to the download page and get it sent to you by email. What’s In It? You get tabs for 7 […]

The fake strum is a simple technique that I use a lot in my arrangements. So it’s about time I gave it a post of its own. It’s used in fingerpicking pieces to play full chords. It sounds like a strum but it’s just done by picking individual strings in sequence. Here it is played […]

In a further attempt to spread my tentacles over the internet (I said tentacles) and rake in the payola, next month is going to see the launch of the Uke Hunt podcast. Obviously no one wants to hear my surly grunting, so at the helm will be Bossarocker. It’d be great to have loads of […]

This is a technique people have been asking me about since my Rockabilly Roustabout video although it’s a technique I use often. But if you want to see how it’s really done you have to check out James Hill. Strum blocking is a way of playing single notes with strums. You block off the strings […]

As promised, here’s a rundown of the third year of Uke Hunt in case you missed anything significant. May John Kavanagh passes away. Moustaches of the World ukulele. Mahalo Flying V is the worst ukulele I’ve ever played. Peggy Sue put out my favourite ukulele song of the year. I wrote up Rocky and Balls […]

The idea behind these little snippets is that you memorize them and roll them out at an appropriate moment to make yourself look like you have a quick wit and a huge repertoire (or make yourself look like a smart-alec knob). Cheesy Joke MP3 If you had a drum you’d go ba-dun tsss. But you’ve […]

Back in the olden days I had a fingerpicking mini-course available for people who signed up for my mailing list. It’s been unavailable for quite a while and a few people have been asking about it. So here’s the first part of it and the rest of it will be available once I work out […]