itsmemattchung
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Hey Everyone,
I'm Matt and I'm 29 and currently living in Seattle (Washington), where I work at Amazon as a software engineer and where I live with my wife and our two fur children: Metric (German Shepherd) and Mushroom (a mini Australian) shepherd. I had picked up the ukulele close to two years ago, when I wanted to surprise my then girlfriend (now wife) by proposing to her while singing and playing the ukulele. I was able to learn (through a series of YouTube videos) just enough basics—four major chords and island strum–to play "Can't help falling in Love" by Elvis.
Fast forward two years later.
I had noticed my ukulele collecting dust in the corner of my bedroom and I decided to pick it back up after being asked 2 months ago by my wife to play at our wedding (a month ago). I was a bit rusty, so I found a local ukulele instructor who helped me practice "Lean on me", the song that I strummed and sang with my family on the day of our wedding.
Now that the wedding is over, I decided to continue learning the ukulele, taking weekly 1 on 1 lessons with the same instructor. In addition to these lessons, I've invested in reading some books on music theory (music theory[1] opened my eyes and ears up to understanding what I'm actually doing) but also the watching videos and practicing lessons from ukuleleunderground.com (I signed up for UU+).
Looking forward to learning the ukulele!
[1] My first introduction to music theory was through a YouTube channel called Michael New: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNBiLBQrKrnvwcVRD5fS8aA
I'm Matt and I'm 29 and currently living in Seattle (Washington), where I work at Amazon as a software engineer and where I live with my wife and our two fur children: Metric (German Shepherd) and Mushroom (a mini Australian) shepherd. I had picked up the ukulele close to two years ago, when I wanted to surprise my then girlfriend (now wife) by proposing to her while singing and playing the ukulele. I was able to learn (through a series of YouTube videos) just enough basics—four major chords and island strum–to play "Can't help falling in Love" by Elvis.
Fast forward two years later.
I had noticed my ukulele collecting dust in the corner of my bedroom and I decided to pick it back up after being asked 2 months ago by my wife to play at our wedding (a month ago). I was a bit rusty, so I found a local ukulele instructor who helped me practice "Lean on me", the song that I strummed and sang with my family on the day of our wedding.
Now that the wedding is over, I decided to continue learning the ukulele, taking weekly 1 on 1 lessons with the same instructor. In addition to these lessons, I've invested in reading some books on music theory (music theory[1] opened my eyes and ears up to understanding what I'm actually doing) but also the watching videos and practicing lessons from ukuleleunderground.com (I signed up for UU+).
Looking forward to learning the ukulele!
[1] My first introduction to music theory was through a YouTube channel called Michael New: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNBiLBQrKrnvwcVRD5fS8aA
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