Archive for March, 2008
No Uke Minute Today – Uke Lesson on Tuesday
No Uke Minute today as we have a lesson scheduled for release on Tuesday. Also, just a couple days left to enter the Play it Forward contest on ukulelereview.com. If you haven’t already entered. What are you waiting for???
Ukulele Underground San Francisco Meet Up
Some UU members got together this past weekend for the first ever Ukulele Underground San Francisco meet up. Participants included JosephBautista, Fred Miu, Alden, Russ_Buss & Trina(sp?). Looks like fun was had by all as seen here in this video. Keep up the good work everyone and keep spreading that Uke love around the world! [...]
1st Ever UU LIVE Online Open Mic!!
It’s OVA!!! What a great night of performances. We are truly humbled guys. Thank you to everyone who participated, dafamcallsmebj Ukulele_Junkie Dominator NukeDoc Seeso Edmund_Whitehead Tsud123 & Phillip NDtitanlady PuremarkSka Aldrine Guerrero Fred_Miu And thank you everyone for watching! We’re going to do it again next month so be sure to always check back for [...]
Uke Minutes 9 – Major Chords
In this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, we tackle the explanation of Major Chords. Building on last week’s explanation of Major Scales, once you’ve figured out the major scale for a certain note, you can easily find the major chord that goes along with it by playing the 1, 3, and 5 together … simultaneously [...]
Member Video of the Week – Tribal Theory’s “Reggae Party”
Reggae Party (Original) This week’s MVOW is some sweet, sweet reggae music from a place that represents island rhythms even harder than most islands do. If you haven’t checked out Tribal Theory‘s “Reggae Party,” do so now. Big ups to the Tribe straight from the heart of the Underground – keep doing what you do. [...]
Uke Minutes 8 – Major Scales
Kicking off our “Basic Music Theory” series, in this week’s episode of Uke Minutes Aldrine goes over how to figure out major scales on your ukulele. Learn the pattern, so you can figure out the major scale for any note! Then begin the intricate, infinite courtship with your ukulele’s fretboard, to unlock the secrets of [...]
Member Video of the Week – Ukulele_Junkie – Kala Tenor Review
Sorry this is so late guys and girls. This week’s V.O.W. is Ukulele_Junkie’s video review of his brand new Kala Mahogany Tenor Ukulele. Here’s his original post. Great job Jay.
Uke Minutes 7 – History of the Ukulele
In this episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine gives a few fun facts about the origin of the ‘ukulele; its name, where it came from, and the ancestor instruments it was modeled after. For a much more comprehensive history of this marvelous little instrument, check out the following web-tastic presentations: History of the ‘Ukulele (UGH) Over [...]
Member Video of the Week – facemeltingukulele – Little Wing
This weeks MVOW snuck in at the last minute. Jimi Hendrix has been the flavor of the month amongst the UU staff and when facemeltingukulele (Jason Arimoto) posted his cover of Little Wing, he grabbed, nay, snatched the V.O.W. honors away from another forum member. “Give me that!” *snatch* Once again, keep posting your videos [...]
News from the Ukulele Underground
There are so many things that have happened/ are happening I thought I’d just post a quick update. Ukulele Underground San Diego Meet up NukeDOC (a.k.a. Arvin) organized the first ever Ukulele Underground Meet up and it took place this past weekend in San Diego. There was a great turn out and it looks like [...]
