Uke Year Resolutions: What're YOURS?

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Happy Uke Year!

Here are my UKE YEAR RESOLUTIONS:

Practice, Practice
Explore The Ohana Line and add a Concert and Traditional Soprano
Try an all wood Kala
Give away a Uke to a Beginner, Probably one of my Students
Enjoyment


:cheers:


You?
 
Nice one for starting this here. This theme is also running on the Ukulele Cosmos Forum as well. Here was mine

1. Sing in tune (this is most unlikely - maybe by 2020)
2. Tune a uke properly by EAR
3. Find out what I can do beyond fret 12
4. Discover that my 'pinkie' finger is more than ornamental and can be used on the fingerboard
5. Record something and stick it on YouTube
6. Scare myself by doing a public performance by end of 2010 (like an open mic night or something)
7......and that Ohana SK35 that keeps calling me to buy it, but I must continue to resist.

Happy 2010
 
Get good.
Get good enough and brave enough to commit something to YouTube.
Write something.
Embellish some ukuleles for myself. If they turn out good enough, consider making some to sell.
 
1. practicve (ofcourse)
2. learn and jam more than I ever have
3. teach all that I can to whoever wants to learn.

Those are obvious and uke related aha
 
1. Practice
2. Practice
3. Practice
4. Practice
 
2010

Learn Happy Birthday for my son's first birthday and prepare for my trip the islands next Christmas so the family can jam to some tunes on the beach. :cool:

- Steve
 
1. Play more in public, try not to be shy
2. obtain a kanile'a by ANY MEANS NECESSARY :)
3. turn at least 20 new people into ukulele lovers!
 
1. Get better.
2. Get a Kanile'a
3. Turn more people onto the uke (Currently at around 5)
4. Meet more of you guys.
 
Happy Uke Year!

Here are my UKE YEAR RESOLUTIONS:

Practice, Practice
Explore The Ohana Line and add a Concert and Traditional Soprano
Try an all wood Kala
Give away a Uke to a Beginner, Probably one of my Students
Enjoyment


:cheers:


You?

Thom, What grade do you teach? Start a uke club at your school.
 
1. Record more videos for You Tube
2. Develop a list of 10 or more songs that i know without looking
3. Get a solid wood mahaghany (6 string, tenor, or concert)
 
Hmm...

Record more videos
Learn more techniques
Learn a new song, preferably involving new technique as stated above
Perform in the school music club
Buy a Flea (beater for myself) and/or Mahalo/Makala (birthday present for 5-year-old sister)
 
1. Learn a song a week, completely. I have a tendency to leave out a part of the song when playing guitar... like learning everything but the bridge of a song. First one down: Lucky, by Jason Mraz. They do not have to be hard, just to where I can completely play them.

2. Get a display of 3-5 ukes in my shop that my customers can play... thus hopefully leading to some uke conversion, which will then hopefully lead to #3:

3. Start a monthly uke jam group at my business, so if you live in or near Charlotte NC... join us!
 
Thom, What grade do you teach? Start a uke club at your school.

I'm a middle school drama teacher. I'd love to start a club, but I'm already after school most days rehearsing our plays. I did buy the Pink Makala Dolphin for my classroom, however, and my students think it's tight!

I might do a morning uke club. I'll have to get a grant written because manyof my students are free/reduced lunch (=poverty) and I'm certain that these families can't afford to buy an instrument.
 
Start a band
Write at least 5 songs
Find an ok amplified sound
Perform more
Learn the basics better
Create an original arrangement for all the songs I know

Have a great year everybody. May we all prosper in 2010.
 
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