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I’m working my way through Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” audio autobiography, which is proving to be quite excellent. I’m a long time fan of Bruce, but with the same frustrations that I have with…
In 1954 Link Wray released “The rumble” which became an all time classic rock instrumental. A big part of the sound was created by Link poking holes in his speaker cones which his producer hated…
In recent months I have been talking to a number of musicians about playing original music at gigs as opposed to cover versions. Before I go on, let me be clear that I love cover…
I have been a big fan of Bill Collings’s instruments for many years. I own a great acoustic which I bought from Mandolin Brothers in New York, an I35 electric, and four ukuleles including I…
Here’s the latest string test with the Cocobolo Super soprano. This is a well known brand of strings that I will reveal at the end of the test
This is the first kitchen string test for this uke. I have changed the original Worth Browns to a new set of strings. The recording is in the same space as the previous recording that…
I called this article “lack of basic business sense for artists” after a few recent discussions about this matter as well as a FB thread. Just to be clear I am NOT talking about major…
New York is one of my favorite cities, with an abundance of great stories and great music. Its a fascinating place, constantly changing, so there is also something new to see. Of course there are…
Another clip using the Sony MV1 camera this time of the brilliant Shimo Comet 3 ukulele tenor
When I interviewed Martin Simpson earlier this year, he talked about the massive possibilities with the ukulele as an instrument and in the interview showed how the same ukulele could sound very different. Scroll to…