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:

1. Which finger to use when strumming
2. Where to strum on the ukulele
3. Looseness and flexibility of the wrist

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...