All to often, the ukulele is dismissed as a toy instrument – not capable of real musicianship. So I was delighted to find out the Victoria College of Music (VCM) will be offering exams in the ukulele up to grade 5 from this summer. I tapped the man writing and arranging the ukulele exams, Colin […]

I love Google. It’s about the most fantastically useful product there is and it’s free. And it sends me more people than anyone else. AND it keeps coming up with little gadgets that I can’t help but test out. The latest one I’ve taken advantage of is Google Custom Search to create this: Google Ukulele […]

If you’re reading this by email or feedreader, you might want to haul ass to the website and check out the brand spanking new look. The front page of the site is now a lot less bloggy. But if you prefer the old layout, you can still read it as a blog here. Take a […]

A few weeks ago, I noticed a short film about ukulele obsession. Obviously, it piqued my curiosity. The film’s co-writer and director Wade White was kind enough to answer a few questions. Q: What’s the film all about? “Ukulele” is a story about a man (Herbert) who inherits his father’s beloved ukulele. It’s a prized […]

I’ve had a few people asking me if I could put some of their tabs up on Uke Hunt. I’d like to keep the main bit of Uke Hunt for my stuff, so I’ve set up a new area where people can upload their own: Uker Tabs You can put tab or chords up in […]

I’ve gone and set up a community to run alongside Uke Hunt. It’s called (rather cheesily, I admit) YouKulele. It’s got a bunch of web 2.0 type features. You can see them in action on my profile here. You can upload mp3s, videos and photos, blog and make friends. The message board, and this is […]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Tab) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (midi) If you’ve been following Uke Hunt a while, you’ll know I have a love of theme tunes. I’ve also had quite a few requests for theme tunes. So, for the near future at least, Sunday is going to be […]

Now that we’ve reached December, it’s time to grab your uke and start practicing a few Christmas tunes. With that in mind, I’ve put together a tab ebook for a dozen Christmas favourites all arranged in a simple fashion. The full list of tabs is: – Twelve Days of Christmas – Auld Lang Syne – […]

Pretty soon, your clueless relatives will be searching the intertubes trying to come up with something to buy you for Christmas. To help them out, I’m going to be doing a series of posts of suggestions of gifts for ukulele players. If you want to avoid getting socks that play jingle bells, leave a comment […]

I’m pleased to let you know that Uke Hunt’s little sister site is now up and running. How To Play Ukulele Whereas Uke Hunt has the short, daily posts, How To Play Ukulele features the really in depth ukulele know-how that you can get your teeth into. I’ve written two ebooks (in pdf form with […]