Ukulele Blog » Uke Sites http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog by Barnacle Bob Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:33:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Flea and Fluke Museums http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/09/16/flea-and-fluke-museums/ http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/09/16/flea-and-fluke-museums/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:35:33 +0000 Barnacle Bob http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/?p=60 You may or may not be familiar with the “Flea” ukulele and the “Fluke” ukulele – And I’m not going to try to sell you on any brand of ukulele, anyway.  But they DO have these cool websites that are museums of custom-modified instruments.  A tricky marketing scheme, perhaps?  Perhaps.  But some cool looking ukuleles, I must say.

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The Flea Museum

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The Fluke Museum

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You may have read my post about Jumpin’ Jim – He sells these, and I WILL go so far as to highly recommend Jumpin’ Jim’s books!

]]> http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/09/16/flea-and-fluke-museums/feed/ 2 Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Songbooks http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/09/09/jumpin-jims-ukulele-songbooks/ http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/09/09/jumpin-jims-ukulele-songbooks/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:43:54 +0000 Barnacle Bob http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/?p=40 If you’ve ever looked for ukulele song books, you probably know that there are a lot of dubious books out there.  Crummy songs, lame arrangements, it can be quite disappointing to buy one and after much work find that you have nothing but crappy versions of songs you don’t want to play.

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That’s why you need Jumpin’ Jim’s books.  Great collections of great songs, and his arrangements are always right on.  Here’s Jim’s website: http://www.fleamarketmusic.com/

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Two of my faves are Jumpin’ Jim’s Gone Hollywood (FMM-B-118) and Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Christmas (FMM-B-100)

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There’s a version of the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairie in the Christmas book that is quite difficult, but EXTREMELY rewarding to play…

]]> http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/09/09/jumpin-jims-ukulele-songbooks/feed/ 0 Midnight Ukulele Disco http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/08/29/midnight-ukulele-disco/ http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/08/29/midnight-ukulele-disco/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:12:03 +0000 Barnacle Bob http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/?p=29 You have got to check out Midnight Ukulele Disco.

Midnight Ukulele Disco is broadcast live every Tuesday evening at 9pm from Manhattan Neighborhood Network studios on West 59 Street. The show is hosted by uke-fanatic Jason Tagg.

Time Warner: Channel 56 RCN: Channel 108 Free to air: Channel 17

Check out these clips!!!

http://ukuleledisco.com/clips

]]> http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/08/29/midnight-ukulele-disco/feed/ 1 A Ukulele Blog for Barnacle Bob http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/08/29/a-ukulele-blog-for-barnacle-bob/ http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/08/29/a-ukulele-blog-for-barnacle-bob/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:20:11 +0000 pete http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/?p=3 Barnacle bob has been bugging me for a while about letting him do a ukulele blog on ukeschool.com.  So I’m going to let him try.

If you find anything inappropriate or offensive on this site, please let me know.

And, I hope you enjoy – Barnacle Bob’s Ukulele Blog!

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