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Hey UUers!

All the nominations for the 2009 Ukulele Underground Awards (“The Undies”!) are in and voting begins today. Click on the banner below for the Official Voting Page and cast your vote for your favorite ukulele videos of 2009!

Also, If you are from the US Mainland, Today is the last day to order from the UU Store with guaranteed shipping in time for Christmas. Be sure to Check out the UU Store and give the gift of the Underground!

Hope everyone is soaking up the Holiday Spirit – Have an awesome day and remember to strum it like you mean it!

Aloha,
-UU Staff

This week on MVOW we got a nice little holiday arrangement from thejumpingflea and his rendition of “Frosty the snowman”

Nice and upbeat with lots of chord movements make us shiver, not from the cold, but from the awesomeness that seems to ooze out of this young man’s ukulele. Kind of makes you wanna grab your uke and make a holiday arrangement of your own eh? Do so, and share it with us on the FORUMS. We love watching new talent and old recurring awesomeness.

This is shaping up to be an awesome week. Hope you guys are bundled up for the cold weather. We here in Hawaii feel your pain. Have an awesome week!

-UU Staff

Got a question about this episode? Post it HERE!

Hey UUers!

Here it is – the final installment (for now) in Dominator’s instructional tablature series! This time, Dom goes over the D.S. and D.C. notations, as well as the al Coda and al Fine designations in tabs musical direction.

Also, be sure to check out Dominator’s all new video tutorial for
“The Christmas Song” on his website, www.dominator.ukeland.com!

** Remember ** for those of you in the US Mainland, This Tuesday (Dec. 15th) is the last day to order stuff from the UU Store with guaranteed delivery by Christmas. Check out the store and spread the ukulele cheer!

Hope you’re bundling up and staying warm by strumming beside the fireplace (or for our AU and NZ viewers, keeping cool by rocking your uke under the comforting breeze of the air conditioner)! Either way, play your heart out and have a very happy holiday season!

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Tune in for another episode of live ukulele lessons with AG. 2pm HST, 4pm PST, 7pm EST

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We know we know… this week’s MVOW is a little late this Monday but hey, better late than… really late? Yes? YES.

This week we have mctrmt spreading her unique holiday spirit with a song about intoxicating oneself. Holidays are upon us and all the stress of malls and commercialism is in the air as well. Her way to relieve oneself from all that crazyness? Apparently some boozy eggnog does the job. For you underage kiddies, a nice warm drink will do. Peppermint tea or cocoa? WINNER in this winter weather.

Another way to warm up is to bundle yourself up in one of our cozy UU hoodies. Compliments of the UU merch store. Meanwhile you can listen to some Holiday tunes like Aldrine’s Christmas EP that can be found HERE.

So let’s spread some holiday cheer and play the old classics or make new ones. Bust out our good ol’ four stringed friend and make some relaxing, musical love. Awww yeaaaaa.

-UU Staff

Oooh, One more thing! Tomorrow (December 8, 2009) is the very last day to Nominate videos for the 2009 Ukulele Underground Awards (The Undies!). So be sure to login and nominate or upvote your favorites, ’cause next week it’s voting time!

Got a question about Musical Direction? Post it HERE!

Hey UUers!

In this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Dominator is back to get into a little more tab detail with Musical Direction! Some of the basic symbols in musical direction include repeats & first and second endings, which tell you where to go and what to do next. And if you need to find some ukulele tabs so you can check these symbols out for yourself, be sure to swing by Dominator’s Ukulele Tabs!

Also, the last day to nominate your favorite ukulele videos of the year for the 2009 Ukulele Underground Awards will be this Tuesday (Dec. 8)! We’ll be closing the nominations and voting will begin shortly after that. So get your nominations in while you still can!

It’s Saturday & the weekend is finally here – feel free to let out a little strum of relief and let the music flow. Have a great one!

Aloha,
-UU Staff

Question: “I just changed my strings, how do I keep them from going off tune?”

Tune in again for another episode of live ukulele lessons! 2pm HST, 4pm PST, 7pm EST.

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