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This is the first stage of the Cocobolo Super Soprano Kitchen string test. Over the next couple of months I’m going to play the same cocobolo super soprano ukulele in the same physical space, but…
I’m a big fan of really great lyrics that together with a great melody produce a memorable song. Here are some examples of some of my favorites, followed by lyrics from two best selling 2016…
I was looking at the artist page on www.originalukulelesongs.com today and realised that the bulk of the artists there are solo or duo acts. Then when I thought about acts performing at live festivals it…
Tomorrow I am back in the recording studio with The Small Change Diaries recording more tracks for our 2nd album “Lullabies for Cynics” We generally record the rhythm tracks first and then add ukulele/other instrument…
Prior to being totally seduced by ukuleles, I was a longstanding guitar enthusiast. Over the years I have collected some great electric guitars including a Collings I35, a George Benson Ibanez, 2 Parker Flys and…
I spent some time today talking to a fellow musician about the importance of reviewing live gigs and refining live sets. I have always had a policy of video recording live gigs, so I can…
I have a daily routine for getting my fingers and brain working ahead of gigs. This little instrumental sketch will appear as a recording at some point and I think it’s appropriate to call it…
A few years when I bought one of my excellent Shimo ukuleles, “The Comet 3” I asked Shimo what the strings were as they sounded and played great. “Those are Hilo’s and they stopped making…
I have recently been looking at PA options for The Small Change Diaries for live work. Yes, some venues have in house PAs, but the standard can be anything from great to terrible. I have…
In part 1 of this subject I talked a lot about mostly established artists who were “in the music business” . The common themes I observed is that these artists playing at all levels had…