Uketopia
Four stringed salvation
Graduation Day
What is it about the little ukulele that enchants us so? Maybe it’s because it’s so easy to learn. Maybe it’s the sweet silly sound. Maybe it’s the myth (not true) that you can’t play the blues on the uke. I credit a lot of the charm to my fellow players who, it seems, are …
Gemutlich Aloha
I’ve just come from playing the ukulele at a party for Austria National Day. The party was at the German Club here in Seattle. The folks there were mostly older, in their 60s or so. They LOVED us, which is funny because I’m not sure we were any good. (Except for our yodeler, he was …
Metronome
I don’t really know how to write about music. There’s a bunch of terminology that I can pretend to understand, but anyone who does know what all that stuff means is just going to see right through me. I can’t read music – though I am very slowly learning to – and I’m a mere …
15 Minutes of Fame
“We played Bumbershoot! They can’t take that away from us!” That was Hal, back in our rehearsal room where we stood waiting to hear if the show had been called due to – you guessed it – rain. We made it through four songs before the rain started really coming down. Then we made a …
Stage Fright
SUPA picnic photos are here. Yesterday, I did something I’ve never done before. I got up in front of a whole bunch of people, played my ukulele, and sang. All By Myself. The audience? All nice folks. I know most of them, because it was the SUPA picnic open microphone. I’ve learned songs from and/or …