A: Ah Youtube – Youtube is the Nintendo Wii of the social platforms – there are some real quality, excellent learning tools and video on there, but trying to find them amongst all of the other questionable videos is simply draining and very hard work.    Youtube is great   I freaking love Youtube. There are some amazing people out there on Youtube doing excellent ukulele based tutorials/music based things and the fact that people have access to this (for free) is outstanding -  I’m positive it has probably helped a lot of people get into learning an instrument, and at ..read more

When looking into purchasing your first ukulele, you really have 3 options – Soprano, Concert and Tenor. Each of them are played the same, use the same chords and are tuned the same, meaning you could pick up any of the three and have pretty much the same learning/playing experience – so what are the actual differences between the three, and which one is best for me?  Best for children/beginners/easiest to pickup   I’m going to say that the most common ukulele is actually a Soprano – they’re the smallest and generally cheapest option. For kids Soprano ..read more

As a human person who lives in a place in which I get to talk and meet with other human persons, the phrase ‘I wish I could play an instrument’ comes up all too often. Whenever I challenge this with the phrase JUST DO IT, I’m met with some classic answers such as “Instruments are expensive/learning will be too hard/my paws are too big and I’m actually a dog woof woof”. There is some validity in these claims (especially the dog one), but I actually think the ukulele escapes all of these prejudices and has the power to be the ultimate instrument for beginner musicians.  You can get a ..read more

A: Ah Youtube – Youtube is the Nintendo Wii of the social platforms – there are some real quality, excellent learning tools and video on there, but trying to find them amongst all of the other questionable videos is simply draining and very hard work.    Youtube is great   I freaking love Youtube. There are some amazing people out there on Youtube doing excellent ukulele based tutorials/music based things and the fact that people have access to this (for free) is outstanding -  I’m positive it has probably helped a lot of people get into learning an instrument, and at the end of the ..read more

When looking into purchasing your first ukulele, you really have 3 options – Soprano, Concert and Tenor. Each of them are played the same, use the same chords and are tuned the same, meaning you could pick up any of the three and have pretty much the same learning/playing experience – so what are the actual differences between the three, and which one is best for me?  Best for children/beginners/easiest to pickup   I’m going to say that the most common ukulele is actually a Soprano – they’re the smallest and generally cheapest option. For kids Soprano ukuleles are perfect, as they ..read more

As a human person who lives in a place in which I get to talk and meet with other human persons, the phrase ‘I wish I could play an instrument’ comes up all too often. Whenever I challenge this with the phrase JUST DO IT, I’m met with some classic answers such as “Instruments are expensive/learning will be too hard/my paws are too big and I’m actually a dog woof woof”. There is some validity in these claims (especially the dog one), but I actually think the ukulele escapes all of these prejudices and has the power to be the ultimate instrument for beginner musicians.  You can get a ..read more