Hey UUers!

Just in case you missed our little announcement in the post for This Month’s Lesson, we’re going to be giving away a brand new Ohana Ukulele to one of YOU at the end of this month!

How do you win it? All you need to do is write your own “Legend of The Ohana Ukulele” (<200 words) and post it in THIS THREAD. You only get one entry (we’ll count your first one), so run your spell check and polish it up before you hit the “submit” button! But don’t wait too long – this contest runs only until August 31, 2009.

We already got over 50 awesome entries, so get your creative writing on and bring your A-game. Someone’s gotta win that Ohana SK-35 G Soprano Uke (+ hardshell case!) – it might as well be you! For more contest details, check out the Official Contest Thread. Good luck!

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Got questions about this lesson? Post them here.
Play-Along with Aldrine on this song HERE!

Hey people of the Underground! It’s the start of a new month and that means a brand new episode of Uke Lessons! This time, we’re breaking down “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”. This song was originally done by Bob Dylan in a blues style and later covered by Robert Palmer and UB40 in a more pop / reggae style. Check out our version (available now on the new K-Town Heroes album Eat Sleep Music Sessions) and let us know what you think!

*ALSO* This month, we’re giving YOU a chance to win a brand new Ohana Soprano Ukulele (+ hardshell case)! For more details, check out the thread.

Hope your August is absolutely amazing! Go ahead, spread the ukulele love around – tell your family and tell your friends that everything is just a little bit awesomer when ukes are close at hand.

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Alright guys, it’s waaay overdue, but we have it right here! The Winner of the Ukulele Underground “All Things Reggae” ukulele give-away video contest … sponsored by Mainland Ukes … and winner of the brand new Concert Mahogany Mainland Ukulele (+ hardshell tweed case) is …

[click the video to find out]!!

Congrats! Be sure to congratulate the winners the next time you see them! A gigantic MAHALO to the over 100 contestants who submitted more than 150 absolutely amazing entries for this contest. There were so many uke players that the uke could have easily been awarded to, but unfortunately, there can only be one video winner. (Seriously, if we could give all of the contestants a uke, we definitely would).

If you didn’t win this time, don’t fret – we’ve got many more ukulele give-away contests to come! Keep strummin’ UUers. The world is a big place, and we’ve still got a lot of ukulele love to spread around.

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Hey UUers!

Do you want a new ukulele?? We’re giving away a brand new Concert Mainland Ukulele during our April 2009 “All Things Reggae” Contest!

Here’s what you need to do to enter:
1. Make a video of yourself playing a reggae song on your ukulele.
2. Post your video to YouTube (or similar video site).
3. Post the link to your video in THIS THREAD.

That’s it! You can post up to 3 entries (including collaborations), so be yourself and do your best! Ukulele and contest judging provided by the cool people over at Mainland Ukes. The deadline to submit video entries is April 30, 2009. Good luck!

Hope you’re having an amazing start to another ukulele-filled week!

Aloha,
-UU Staff

First off, thank to you everyone who took the time to enter. We were overwhelmed with submissions and we’re sorry it took so long to announce the winners. You guys are all awesome. There were a LOT of good entries and deciding the winners were really hard. In the end we judged them by originality, and the question, “would we wear this shirt?” Here we go, top three designs that we really liked.

3rd place – $25 worth of shwag from the UU store

Submitted by – Nick Wong

2nd Place – $50 worth of shwag from the UU Store

Submitted by – Arnaud Charbonnel

First Place – New Kamoa Pineapple Soprano

Submitted by Samantha Nery

Congratulations to the winners! Please e-mail me (ukuleleunderground(at)gmail.com) so we can work out how to get your prizes. Once again, thank you everyone who entered. Stay tuned for an easier contest and chance to win your own ukulele.

Also, if you’re not already part of our awesome forum, you may not yet know about the new project we have going. In the forums, we have a legendary member Deach, you may have seen some of his videos on youtube. In the forum, he has become notorious for giving away ukuleles to young up and coming ukulele players. This has caused some controversy in the past, but it’s become the general consensus that he is just an awesome guy. So what started as a way to just immortalize an awesome forum member has somehow turned into a charity drive to give more ukuleles to more kids. We have a pre-order item for a Deach T-shirt in the store in which part of the proceeds are going towards the Kapa’a Middle School Ukulele band to buy them new ukuleles. The program is doing its part of perpetuating the UU mantra of growing the next generation of ukulele players so if you can, please buy a Deach shirt and help us get some new ukuleles to these kids!

Aloha! – UU Staff

Special thanks to everyone who entered our T-shirt design contest! All of the entries were amazing and we want to thank all of you for putting in the countless hours and immense effort that went into the designs.

The contest is now CLOSED, stay tuned for the finalists and winner of the brand new Kamoa Soprano Ukulele (to be announced later this week!).

Much Mahalo,
-UU Staff

Hey all you creative, Ukulele Underground-lings! Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the entire month of September, I’m sure you’ve heard about our UKULELE GIVE-AWAY CONTEST(!) and have worked at a fever pitch just to get your entries to us.

But if you still haven’t done so yet, it’s not too late!! We will be accepting entries – for people who would like to win the FREE Kamoa Pineapple Soprano that we’re giving away – until the end of the month (only 1 more day!). Once October 1st officially rolls around (according to Hawaii Standard Time), we’ll stop accepting entries and begin the grueling deliberation process to determine a winner.

Just in case you forgot, here are the Contest Details:

- Send in your original design (or saying or slogan) to be on the next Ukulele Underground T-shirt. Be as thorough and descriptive as possible, so we know your vision of how final product will look.

- Send your entries to UKULELEUNDERGROUND(at)GMAIL.COM with the words “T-Shirt Contest” in the subject line.

- Last day to enter: September 30th, 2008.

If you have more questions, check out the Forum post.
If you want to see more pictures of the Kamoa Pineapple Soprano (or if you want to just buy one, and skip the intense pressure of the contest altogether) Check out the UU Store!

A big MAHALO to all the cool people who sent in their designs (you’re making it tough on us!!). Stay tuned for the results of the contest and more of the best, free uke lessons and videos!

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Alright all you happy, smilling ukulele players of the Underground! Here we go again with another spectacular UKULELE GIVE-AWAY!

This time what’s up for grabs is a NEW Kamoa Pineapple Soprano Ukulele! Yay!

As you know, we’ve been working fast and furiously to try and get our Official UU Store up and running so that UU merch may be more efficiently distributed to the masses. You can help us AND enter yourself to win the Kamoa Pineapple Soprano by sending in your ideas for the next UU T-SHIRT!

So send your most creative, funny, beautiful, outrageous, simple, or clever T-shirt designs to: ukuleleunderground(at)gmail.com
with the words “T-Shirt Contest” in the subject line.

Designs can be hand drawn, digitally drawn, or they can even just be slogans or favorite UU phrases. Just be as specific as possible about what you want your shirt design to look like – your design just might end up being the next official Ukulele Underground T-shirt!

Be sure to send in your designs by September 30th 2008!

More questions about the contest? Check out the Forum post, and ask away!

Good luck to all the contestants!!
Aloha,

-UU Staff

Alright, after many tough calls, exciting match-ups, cheers and tears we have finally made it to the Final Showdown! Warm up your clicking fingers, because this one counts more than any other match-up before!!

Presenting our April 2008 Contest “Oh, the Places Uke Will Go!” Giveaway Contest Finalists:

Rod!!
vs.
Ame!!

Click HERE to vote!

And check back tomorrow for Seeso’s Live Show (2:00 pm CST) and later for the Winner of the brand new Kala Tenor Ukulele!!

In a match up that came down to the wire. The poll betweenUkulele Junkie + Jello and Rod ended in a controversial tie. Final poll results were 31 to 30 in favor of Ukulele Junkie + Jello. However upon reviewing the votes, 1 was not counted due to the possibility of being a double vote leaving the final tally at 30 – 30.

This lead to two names being put into a hat and on a live stream, Rod’s name was pulled out of the hat and into the finals.

Final match up before the Finals…

Ame

NoLine

Vote in the forums.