I am very saddened upon hearing the news that Ukulele Ray has passed.
About 6 months ago I started getting replies to some of my Instagram posts from someone named Ukulele Ray. He had seen my Instagram posts and since we were both located in San Diego he invited me up his house to jam.
At the time I had never heard of Ukulele Ray, but based on his posts I could tell he was quite a character. We communicated back and forth, but were unable to get together.
A month later I got another message from him, inviting to come jam with him at a gig he had somewhere in San Diego. It sounded fun, but I was out of town and unable to make it.
Through social media, I was starting to get more familiar with Ukulele Ray. He liked every one of my posts and his photos showed up on my Instagram feed every day.
Around December 2017, he again invited me to come and jam with him at his studio. Again, it was something that interested me, but it just didn't work out.
In January...
Being a ukulele learner you should never stop exploring and should keep asking questions to yourself and your mentors. A few days back, one of my students came up with a great question- What is a 6th?
Well! I hope you have watched all the videos and till now you have also started wondering different things about the ukulele. When the question was asked I instantly thought to make a tutorial explaining it.
Actually, a 6th stands for the interval between 2 notes. But what is an interval? Sounds like a question too! Just watch the complete tutorial and you will find answers to all such questions.
In the tutorial, I have elaborated each and every element by taking a suitable example. Also, it is my advice to all the viewers to only follow the fingers that I am using in the lesson.
Watch the full tutorial and start wondering what your next question is?
Good news for all the ukulele lovers! The Chord Mania series is back, and this time with all the 4K videos. In this particular video tutorial, we are going to discuss one of the very first chords that the newbies tend to learn on a ukulele i.e.”A Minor”.
I know this is one of the easiest chords to play even as a beginner, but this is what the chord mania series is all about. I try to touch every basic element, so as to help you master the things easily.
Like all the Chord Mania lessons, I will try to show you the main shape of the “A Minor”. I will also show you all the notes and the major scales related to it.
The most important part of the lesson is moving the chord about the neck. For being a good ukulele player, it is very important that you master the art of moving the chord up and down as this is very crucial while learning the bar chords.
So, try to master all the points discussed in the tutorial to learn the next chord lessons in an easier way.
Hope...
The Mindset of Success
Beings successful means different things to different people. Some people find success in spending time with their family, some people find success in making a lot of money while others find success if they are playing music or doing the things they love.
Defining what is success will be a topic we dive into later but right now I want to talk about the mindset of success.
I believe this is so important since many of us are still working at life and trying to determine when can you say “I’m Successful.”
I want to tell you that weather you have reached your highest pinnacle or not you can have the mindset of success.
Let me tell you what I mean and give you some examples of it from my own life.
First of all whatever it is you are trying to achieve in life, weather it’s get that perfect body, get that perfect job or change the world, there is already a blueprint out there on how to do it.
There is already someone out there who has done...
What to expect from online ukulele lessons?
Once you decide to play the ukulele, then you can expect that you have made the right decision. Being one of the easiest instruments to learn from some top sites for online ukulele lessons will be a good idea. This instrument is comparatively easier to learn because it has 4 strings in comparison to a guitar. Both the adults and children of any age group can play this wonderful instrument. As it is easy to use, which is why many individuals take online courses and made ukulele as their first choice.
Ukulele lessons
Learning ukulele lessons is not at all tough, but in order to succeed you should completely master this instrument within a time frame. There are many top sites for online ukulele lessons who make it much easier and fun to learn. The successful completion of this course depends totally upon your serious commitment, through practice, and a certain degree of musical talent. In addition to this, the most important difference...
One of the most important things you need to do properly as a ukulele player is strum.
Weather your a beginner or long time ukulele player, weather you play at home or in a ukulele group, strumming is most likely the thing you do most.
The thing that I have noticed is that many people just pick up a ukulele and strum what come natural to them. The problem with this approach is that most people's natural instincts are wrong.
They use improper technique which limits their talents and could cause injury.
Since I am dedicated to making you the best ukulele player that you can be, I created this video to help address the main strumming problems.
In this video I will give you 3 tips that will help you become a great strummer on the uke.
We will discuss:
I was watching a YouTube video that was sent to me by one of my students, Brian, who is a Sales Supervisor at Mercedes.
It's funny because somehow my personal email ended up on Brian's group email that he sends to his team everyday. This was the 4th day in a row that I had gotten an email from him and I was actually going to ask him to take me off the list.
But, I figured that I must have been send this email for a reason so I decided to click on the link and watch the video.
Part of the video was a commencement speech by Dr. Rick Rigsby. I had never heard of Dr. Rigsby before but his message was so powerful I had to watch it several times.
He gave many great words of wisdom to live by but there is one that really hit me hard, "The way you do anything, is the way that you do everything."
Whenever I hear these kind of quotes that really speak to me, I get goosebumps and it prompts me to take a second and write it down in my iPhone notes "journal".
I instantly began to...
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