Matt Dahlberg mentioned in NYT article

Video is also creating new opportunities for tech-savvy teachers to build a business in this struggling economy. This year, after Matt Dahlberg, 22, a student at Edmonds Community College known as the Jumping Flea, graduates, he hopes he will be able to support himself and his fiancée, a nursing student, mostly by teaching ukulele via Skype.

“I’m constantly turning people down, because I can’t give as many lessons as I’d like to give because I’m still in school,” said Mr. Dahlberg, whose nickname is the literal translation of ukulele, a Hawaiian word.

He has 18 students, ranging in age from 6 to 50-something, including Karen Siebert, 57, a software developer from Cedar Grove, N.J., who discovered Mr. Dahlberg on YouTube, where thousands of people have viewed his videos, including his cover of Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer.”

“He’s a baby, but he plays phenomenal,” Ms. Siebert said.

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Ronnie Aloha said:

Well deserved, IMHO. Of course I won't be able to get a lesson with him now...

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thejumpingflea said:

Nonsense Ronnie. UU'ers are my priority.

I still can't believe this happened. It's really amazing! I can't even tell you guys how excited I am. Without UU I would never have started playing seriously and certainly would have never started teaching! Thank you guys for all of your support.

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