Hey UUers!

So, it’s finally here (for real, this time) – the 2009 Ukulele Underground Awards (“The Undies!”) will be going down right here in the Underground, TODAY (Saturday, Mar. 6th) at 2pm Hawaii Standard Time (4pm Pacific, 7pm Eastern)! Check back right here on the home page, and we’ll post a link to the streaming site.

We’ll be giving away lot of free stuff, crowning the best uke videos voted by YOU, and hanging out with all y’all. Can’t wait to see everybody there!

Watch the REPLAY HERE!

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Hey UUers!

Since 6am this morning, Tsunami Warning sirens have been sounding in Hawaii due to the earthquake in Chile. We are all safe here – no tsunami made it to Hawaii, unfortunately, the roads haven’t opened yet and we will have to postpone the Ukulele Underground Award Show for now. Many thanks to YOU for stopping by, we are really sorry for this unfortunate change in plans. We still have LOTS of free stuff to give away and awards for the winners, so the Undies will be rescheduled soon!

Much Mahalo,
-UU Staff

Got a question about triplets? Post it HERE!

Hey UUers!

On this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine breaks down the concept of “triplets” in music and how you can apply it to your ukulele playing. Use triplets to indicate breaks between sections of a song or play around with them in your strumming or picking to emphasize specific parts of the song!

Hope everyone is having an awesome weekend – remember, the Ukulele Underground Awards (“The Undies!”) happens NEXT WEEK SATURDAY (Feb. 27) right here on the UU front page at 2pm HST (4pm Pacific, 7pm Eastern). Be here for the free give-aways, the award show, and the music! Keep rockin’ that uke –

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Got a question about this episode? Post it Here!

Hey UUers!

Strong. Quick. Terrifyingly dexterous. If you don’t already associate words like these with your Pinky Finger, don’t fret – you will soon enough! This week’s episode of Uke Minutes is going to make your Pinky finger a beast – check out the video, do as we do, and you will be on your way to straight up finger buffness.

February is the official month of the Ukulele Underground Award Show (“The Undies!”), so be sure to tune in right here on the last Saturday of this month (February 27th) @ 2 pm Hawaii Standard Time! We’ll be giving away awards, showing video performances, giving away prizes to viewers, and celebrating the winners LIVE right here on the UU front page. Mark your calendars – we definitely want you to be there!

Hope your Saturday is pretty fan-tastic so far. Remember to hit us up on Facebook & Twitter and if you find yourself with questions, we’re always around. Play on.

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Hey UUers!

So after our long, trecherous coverage of the NAMM Show, Aldrine’s last stop in California before heading home will be in Long Beach, tonight at diPiazza’s Restaurant and Lava Lounge!

ALDRINE (& Aaron) Live @ diPiazza’s!
TONIGHT (Tuesday, January 19th) at 7pm
diPiazza’s Lounge and Restaurant – www.dipiazzas.com
5205 East Pacific Coast Hwy. (just south of the traffic circle)
Long Beach CA 90804
$10 cover at the door (all ages welcome!) full bar and great food
7:00 – 3 Hour Tour (featuring UU’s own ukecantdoit)
8:00 – Aldrine Guerrero and Aaron Nakamura
10:00 – Barefoot Wahines (featuring UU’s own salukulady)

It should be pretty awesome, so swing by, hang out with us and bring your friends! We can’t wait to meet you (and to chill with some of you guys again)!

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Hey all, if you were wondering where the weekly Uke Minute was, the boys were up in Anaheim covering the NAMM show. The show ended today and all of the interviews throughout the 4 days are posted on our NAMM subsite. If you have UAS, you may not want to click this link….

Ukulele Underground’s Full NAMM Coverage

Hey UUers!

Check it out – so today, Aldrine & Aaron are heading out to California to attend the 2010 NAMM Show! All of the newest, coolest, awesomest people and companies in the music industry will be there and although NAMM is closed to the public, UU will be covering all things ukulele and reporting back to you right here – so watch out for some super sweet videos from NAMM this week!

ALSO, if you’re in California, we really want to meet you! Here’s the list of things that are going down:

Anaheim Jam!
Friday, January 15th at 6:30 pm
Anaheim Convention Center
We’re meeting up on the Katella side of the convention center. There is a grassy knoll area that resembles a small park (everyone welcome!).
800 West Katella Ave
Anaheim, CA 92802
Hoosierhiver and Ken Middleton are attending.

Huntington Beach Jam!
Monday, January 18th at 12:30 pm
Huntington Beach Pier
We’re meeting up at the base of the pier on the northside at “Pier Plaza”. It is a large grassy area, you can’t miss it.
HB pier is located at Pacific Coast Hwy and Main Street in downtown HB.
There is paid parking next to the pier, or metered and free street parking around downtown if you don’t mind walking.
Salukulady and Sukie are attending.

ALDRINE (& Aaron) LIVE ON STAGE!
Tuesday, January 19th
diPiazza’s Lounge and Restaurant – www.dipiazzas.com
5205 East Pacific Coast Hwy. (just south of the traffic circle)
Long Beach CA 90804
$10 cover at the door (all ages welcome!) full bar and great food
7:00 – 3 Hour Tour (featuring UU’s own ukecantdoit)
8:00 – Aldrine Guerrero and Aaron Nakamura
10:00 – Barefoot Wahines (featuring UU’s own salukulady)

Can’t wait to jam with you in Cali! Come out, chill with us, and spread the ukulele love.

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Got a question about flat picks? Post it HERE!

Hey UUers!

In the world of ukulele playing, the use of picks is a subject often overlooked (and sometimes vehemently shunned), but there are still those who use them and a few that actually prefer them – so in this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine goes over the use of flat picks!

Of the types of flat pick materials out there, felt and rubber are the most commonly used picks for ukuleles. Flat picks are made out of many other materials including different types of plastic, metal, glass, wood, or stone. But be careful with picks made of harder substances (especially if you don’t have a pick guard on your uke) as you can easily damage your soundboard when you start strummin’ up a storm. So give picks a try … you might just find something you like!

Tomorrow (Sunday) will be the last day to vote for your favorite ukulele videos for the 2009 Ukulele Underground Awards (“The Undies!”), so be sure to go over to our Voting Page and cast your ballot:

And if you haven’t yet filled out our little visitor’s survey, check it out and submit that one, too! January in Twenty-Ten is looking and smelling pretty good so far – let’s make this year an awesome one! Play on.

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Hello UUers!

It’s 2010 and we’re ushering in the new year with ukuleles, good friends, great music, and the ukulele community that keeps on giving! Thank you to everyone who has been a part of Ukulele Underground so far: viewers, visitors, Forum members, contributors, collaborators, and everyone in between! You guys have been amazing. We want to make 2010 in the Underground even awesomer for you, so if you’ve got the time, please check out our little UU Survey and submit the heck out of it.

Hope you had a rockin’ New Years Eve! Strap on that uke and rev up your engine with us – 2010 is going to be a wild ride.

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Hey UUers!

Happy Holidays! It took awhile, but we’ve got the video for UU Tour 2009 (Part 3) online for your viewing pleasure. If you’d like to watch the whole enchilada, check out parts 1 and 2 on our channel as well:

UU Tour 2009 (Part 1)
UU Tour 2009 (Part 2)
UU Tour 2009 (Part 3)

The Wine Country Ukulele Festival was amazing, especially because we got to jam with lots of really cool people (seriously, really cool: Watch this epic throwdown of “Breezin’” featuring Aldrine, Dominator, Kalei Gamiao, and Brittni Paiva!). Special thanks to Russ & Trina, plus everyone who met up with us in St. Helena & San Francisco! We had a blasty-blast.

*ALSO* This January (19th), Aldrine will be in Long Beach for one night only! So if you live in that area or if you’re going to be close by, please stop by and meet up with us!

diPiazza’s Restaurant and Lounge
(5205 E. Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90804)
January 19th, 2010 (7pm)
$10 cover, ALL AGES welcome
full bar and great food

Aldrine will be performing along with Three Hour Tour (featuring UU’s own ukecantdothat) and the Barefoot Wahines (featuring UU’s own salukulady). So mark your calendars – it’s going to be crazy-awesome!

Only 6 more days until the new year, so be sure to rock what’s left of 2009 out of your uke and get it set to strum out a wonderful 2010!

Aloha,
-UU Staff