Hi all!
My first contest is almost ready to come to an end. Please submit your last minute entries before midnight (EST) tonight. So far we have 51 entries. Good luck to everyone!
(I already know what I’m going to do for my next contest )

Franklin Villanueva (who has submitted 4 videos for the Play it forward ukulele video contest so far) just sent me the link to another ukulele related contest / charity event. The Museum of Making Music is raffling off an extremely cool looking custom tenor Compass Rose ukulele. This uke is a collaborative effort by Rick [...]

I’m happy to report that the contest is proceeding very well so far. With 14 entries
and 15 days left till the 3 winners are chosen, I’m hoping to see many many more entries before the end date of 3/31/08. I’m getting a lot of enjoyment from your emails and watching the videos, so I thank [...]

You may have heard the expression Pay it Forward. It comes from a book written by Catherine Ryan Hyde that was turned into a movie with the same name and has even evolved into a movement. The main idea is that you do something good for someone and they in turn are asked to do [...]

If you would like to have an avatar show up when you post comments here, you may now do so but signing up for a free account  with Gravatar. Just make sure that you add the email address that you use here and your avatar will show up automatically. Easy and painless. Give it [...]

I just received an email about an interesting new website /service called iVideoSongs.com. This site has high quality videos that teach you to play an entire song from start to finish. Right now it’s heavy on acoustic guitar, but there are also some banjo, piano, electric guitar and drum songs. The titles are all shot [...]

This coming Saturday, I’ll be on my way to San Francisco, California to attend Macworld Expo next week. I’m hoping that I can see everything I need to see at the show and then spend the rest of the days that I’m there sight seeing and other things. So my question for anyone listening, is…  [...]

To celebrate the holidays and the opening of the Ukulele Review website, I’ve decided to hold a little contest. All you have to do is to write a comment to this post, listing the ukuleles in your collection and which one is your current favorite and why. Then on Friday 12/28/07, I’ll pick one [...]

For those of you that are not familiar with the acronym UAS, it stands for Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome. It’s a horrible malady that strikes a large percentage of ukulele players. It’s unavoidable really, so if you think you’ll never catch it, you’re just kidding yourself
Presently, I only have one uke in my possession [...]

Opening the mailbox when I come home from work each night, is always my favorite part of the day. When I opened it today, I found a very oddly shaped package. It took me a few moments to figure out what it might be and then I remembered a recent eBay spree and immediately knew [...]