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Here is the first change of strings. I won’t reveal what they are yet, but they are thicker and more brittle than the original aquillas. The recording was done with the same equipment and in…
This week will be the start of what I am calling “The Kitchen Ukulele String Test” The plan is to take a ukulele and to try out a series of very different types of strings…
I just returned from a truly inspiring day in North Wales where I met Pete Howlett and his assistant Tommy Ziegenspeck in North Wales. One of the reasons for the visit was to interview them…
I am currently in New York which I absolutely love. New York is a great place for music and art and one of my favorite activities is photographing street art with my trusty Leica camera.…
Blink and a year has passed, here we are in 2016! This is going to be a busy year on a musical front with The Small Change Diaries as well as on a personal level!…
“Just to keep your minds open, keep an open head about music… I grew up in Florida where there is no real musical prejudice, There was all sorts of music, everyone was playing everything from…
Just added a new blog post to the SCD site on the role of the music producer in the recording process See http://www.smallchangediaries.com/news/2015/12/music-production-and-the-role-of-the-producer/ Often artists don’t fully appreciate this aspect of the recording process and…
New Articles in Print I am delighted that the interviews I did with Jake Shimabukuro and Bill Collings are both now in the latest issue of Uke Magazine! It was a real pleasure to interview…
Three weeks ago I set up a FB group specifically to showcase original ukulele based songs at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Originalukulelesongs/ I have no problem with good cover versions, but in my view writing and performing original material…
In recent years, I have had the real privilege of spending time with Martin Simpson, both on a one-to-one basis and in a group situation. I calculated last week that we have now spent 100…