Scoopy Ron Hale Digs Up UU Uke Trip Q&A @ Michael DaSilva's Ukulele Studio / Workshop

Yeah, you're right I'm in the video. I asked two questions and they posted the goofy one only. Mike DaSilva asked a personal question about hats. I asked about his Cher voice and he discussed other "voices" he does.

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My second question was about how he works on strumming time values: of 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32 notes and how he keeps time while alternating between these time values. I would have liked to see that response taped because I thought his answer would have been interesting to many. But, if I remember correctly it had something to do with the evil-metra-gnome that lives in the deep skooogs of northern svenska.

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Get the metranome going and practice staying on beat. (There are on-line metranomes and tuners) Then shift and do two equal strums per beat. Back to one strum. Then 3 strums for a tri-pl-et (or as Colin B. Tribe uses tri-ni-ty for sensible syllable break down). Then 4 strums for 1/16's. I haven't been doing any of this during my pratice time -- thanks for reminding me Ron.

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Oh, and to see the Uke Got Mail video at Mike DaSilva's studio... click the blog title above. I've got say that Aldrine Guerrero's video lessons are put together really well. I would like to thank the guy behind the camera for all of his hard work. Aldrine seems to have snuffed out my favorite character on UU, Manny the Rooster (puppet) -- I'll never forgive him for that! J/K

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HU

Scoop Ron Hale finds | VAGABONDAGE | Playing Ukulele, Accordian & Base

Ron Hale is a local uke player, music player, blog investigator, and frequent commentor. Sometimes he shares a scoop on a band that he hasn't seen somewhere else. This time he's told me about a local band named, VAGABONDAGE. This is a clever video showing a bit of the San Francisco feel. I'm sure there's a lot of herb tea and odwalla fruit juice in those flasks.

A Ron Hale Exclusive || The Rinky Dinks

Frequent commentor Ron Hale has filled me in on a scoop group: The Rinky Dinks. Which is a band from Bristol, England that has a predominant ukulele presence. I would like to see some high quality videos of there performances because I have only seen audience videos. Here's a myspace link to the group...

http://www.myspace.com/therinkydinks

STRAY CAT "STRATS"???

Ron Hale, well known in the ukulele blog world for his insight and commentary, found a video of me HUMBLY playing and singing STRAY CAT STRUT at the Wine Country Ukulele Festival. Apparently, my ukulele playing "out-takes" made it off the cutting room floor. Kala Ukuleles sponsored a booth and they videod many ukers that dared. I thought I knew the song quite well so I'd give it a try. It's all for fun and learning.

CLUB CICADA (A Ron Hale Favorite)

Ron Hale is a frequent commentor on this Humble Uker blog and has mentioned this Club Cicada and their musical events several times. They are in Southern California but provide live performances and videos of previous performances. If you see this post just seconds after it's posting you can see Ian Whitcomb performing at 8:00pm. Club Cicada broadcasts each show on Sunday nights and you can watch archived shows online.

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Ron -- would you please send me an e-mail and let us all know what you think we should know about the Club that you are so found of?

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http://www.clubcicada.com/music.asp

STATISTICS / THANKS

Started Stat Counter June 3, 2009 so in 3 months the HU blog has had about 11,000 hits. I can can see general information from around the world; and specific cities for each hit. Ron Hale, from the California Wine country, is my most prolific commenter. Mr. Kim J. is the most outspoken fan of HU at the Berkeley Ukulele Club. And Terry C., from Australia, has been the biggest article contributor. I can see that many users are making good use of the Ukulinkies. If you have a chance, drop me a note, tell me if there's someting you're looking for or something that you've found that you think would be great to share with others. Thanks, HU