[Andrew]

Can you upload it to YouTube and share the link here? Unfortunately, our upload feature can only handle photos.

[Andrew]

Love it! Way to take it and make it your own 🙂

[Andrew]

WE DID IT! WE RAISED $2,885 for The Ukulele Kids Club. The money we raised will donate 57 ukuleles to hospital based children who will be paired up with music therapists that TEACH THEM how to play!

Thanks to everyone who participated and donated in our December Challenge.

Together, WE GAVE the gift of music to children in need.

[Andrew]

Thank you so much for your generous donation and kind words, Lisa 🙂

[Andrew]

Here’s the live stream announcing the winner if anyone missed it. Congrats, @myukemylife!

[Andrew]

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED THIS MONTH! WE HAD 97 ENTRIES! YOU GUYS ROCK! The challenge will run until Dec 31, but no more entries will count towards the giveaway prize.

I’ll be announcing the winner of the Kanile’a Ukulele tomorrow LIVE at 12 pm EST (Check Your Local Time Zone) on our YouTube channel at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVHh3Y0KD0c

P.S. There may be a bonus trivia entry awarded tomorrow, so def don’t miss the live stream 😉

Here is a list of everyone who participated. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.

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lyndallk
lyndallk
planetfink
planetfink
debb1985
debb1985
melanieh
melanieh
katazumiri
nthibode
nthibode
ccwuke
ccwuke
rebeca
rebeca
mark1256
mark1256
rafaela
rafaela
shmu88
shmu88
concan
concan
june2020
june2020
bibilele
bibilele
lhamilton
lhamilton
leslieb
leslieb
ferrouselm
bomarkt
bomarkt
misterbones
misterbones
lbilkie
lbilkie
mkstewart67
mkstewart67
brettboy
brettboy
tules14
tules14
turkgoose
turkgoose
andyrose
andyrose
joe150
joe150
ukandrea
ukandrea
jbmills07
jbmills07
ukandoit
ukandoit
rickeymike
rickeymike
clempek
clempek
terryfallon3
terryfallon3
gstriph
gstriph
karenj
karenj
dividedsky
dividedsky
dennisdickens
dennisdickens
nelsonlin2021
strlee
lynnzo
lynnzo
robinl
robinl
kpurdy
kpurdy
mademoiselleannette
robinboyd
robinboyd
xavierrahfael
xavierrahfael
zongozongo
zongozongo
seoulkim
seoulkim
ajk101
ajk101
evapaju
evapaju
johanna2509
johanna2509
ukule_lise
ukule_lise
laurajax
laurajax
bethany_guardiani
bethany_guardiani
bemarlie
bemarlie
yukalele
yukalele
lisamcc
lisamcc
riley_ukulele
riley_ukulele
janaq1
janaq1
laurakarr12
laurakarr12
addilein
addilein
ldarrow
ldarrow
felixhchan
felixhchan
patdrehu
patdrehu
akukes73
akukes73
dal08260
dal08260
andrewvh
andrewvh
maryjanew
maryjanew
antotonin
antotonin
coffeemug
coffeemug
lintuu
lintuu
rockster
rockster
richard_siegert
ukealori
ukealori
kidelozzi
kidelozzi
themccoys
themccoys
biancak
biancak
stinyuke
stinyuke
smudge
smudge
rufio0
rufio0
celia21
sarahd
sarahd
henri0
henri0
morrieuke1
morrieuke1
annefgodfrey
annefgodfrey
kelsey91
kelsey91
cstiber
cstiber
cimarronsailor

cimarronsailor
beauke
beauke
isabelm
isabelm
sarrafina
sarrafina
treble_rebel
treble_rebel
santai
santai
kirpuff
kirpuff
mkstewart67
mkstewart67
puppylovesuke
puppylovesuke

[Andrew]

Here’s everyone I hadn’t left feedback for yet 🙂

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annefgodfrey – I’m so glad you joined us this month, Anne. Your performance was gorgeous. I know Tom is smiling 🙂

kelsey91 – Beautiful performances, Kelsey! And I love the vocal ending you came up with for the NYE tune. Well done this month, keep up the great work!

And thank you so much for the donation!!

P.S. You forgot to add the premium tag for your October entry, but I got you down for double entries for that month and this month 🙂

cstiber – I sent it to AJ, Cody. He’s gonna love it because it was a great performance! You played it well and your dedication month after month to improve is inspiring to me and our community 🙂

Thank you so much for the donation!

cimarronsailor – Lovely performance and the uke sounded fine to me. No worries on the ending, I sang the last 2 chords out-loud lol 🙂

beauke – Beautiful playing, Bea! I think with a little bit more practice you’ll have it where you want it to be. But it already sounds lovely. Keep up the great work!

isabelm – Fantastic performance, Isabel! Watch out for that chord change at 55 seconds (first chord of the bridge). Sounds like you were a half step down. Other than that it was flawless. Great job this month!

sarrafina – Bravo, your playing has such a great feel! And I love the arpeggiated strum technique that you use.

So a tip on pacing and timing: Your best friend is the metronome. Try playing along with it or the on-screen tab viewer in synthetic mode with the metronome activated. Either option is a great way to work on those two areas.

Keep playing, you have a lot of talent!

treble_rebel – Wonderfully played and love the outro you came up with 🙂

santai – Fantastic performance and thank you for the kind words, Marvin 🙂

kirpuff – Beautiful playing as always, Sara! Thank you so much for your generous donation 🙂

mkstewart67 – Playing sounds great, Melissa! And I love the fireplace backdrop. Just a little more practice and you’ll get it smoothed out. You’re almost there! Great job this month 🙂

puppylovesuke – Great job on the intro! It has a great feel. Melodies sound are well played too! Just a couple pauses to work out as you keep practicing. But it was awesome overall! Great work this month 🙂

@uku241 – So sorry to hear you had trouble with Soundcloud. Great job on the tune! Unfortunately, you submitted past our deadline so we won’t be able to give you an entry for the prize for this month. I tried to give everyone a friendly reminder last night. I’m sorry!

[Andrew]

Welcome, Charles! Please add that tune to our request list. We do vote-offs from that list just like we did a couple weeks ago 🙂

[Andrew]

Here are the rest of the folks on page 11.

rufio0 – Great playing, Ilija! Only thing I’d suggest is to work on the areas where you had little pauses and the outro – which is the trickiest part of this tune. But overall it was awesome, keep up the great work!

celia21 – Beautifully played! I loved listening to your performance. Keep up the great work!

sarahd – What a lovely performance, Sarah. Well done!

henri0 – Beautiful performance, Rhian! I’m so sorry to hear that you aren’t feeling well. I hope you feel better soon and thank you so much for the donation!

morrieuke1 – I would rock that sweater it looks awesome to me! Now I gotta see if they make one for RATT lol!

I gotta tell you, you’ve been knocking these last few challenges out of the park! Amazing job, keep up the great work Michael!

[Andrew]

Here’s everyone on page 11 so far.

kidelozzi – Brilliant take, Steve! And your Kanile’a sounds incredible! You’re playing was excellent throughout. But there is one section that I would suggest altering. When you get to the chorus, the rhythms change a bit as it introduces half notes and quarter note rests. So watch out for that change in feel as it’s more drawn out.

Thank you so much for your generous donation!! 🙂

themccoys – You should definitely sing more, Emily! What a lovely take. Great job this month!

biancak – Beautiful playing! My only suggestion is to slow the tempo down a little bit. This is one of those songs that I think breathes better at a moderate pace.

stinyuke – I thought you played it beautifully! This song has such a great melody that it never feels like work to practice more 🙂

Thank you so much for the kind words and for your generous donation!

smudge – I actually really like the pace that you played it at. And the fills you through in, love them! I also have to say great job with the swing feel. Such a cheerful take, well done!

[Andrew]

@patdrehu – Thank you so much for the donation! Please send me an email with the amount so I can update our tally 🙂

[Andrew]

Here are the folks on page 10 we hadn’t gotten to yet.

rockster – Great playing, Rocco! And thank you for the kind words. I want you to try playing along with the tab player (in synthetic mode with the metronome on). Take 4 or 8 bar sections at a time and try to match your playing to it. The playback will act as a guide to help keep you locked in and strengthen your timing.

richard_siegert – Well done, Richard! One melody change: For the third bar, which plays out of A minor, you want to vamp on the E string, not the A string.

A couple times you messed up a little section and then restarted. Always play through your mistakes. Pretend like you’re performing with a band, if you mess up, they don’t stop, they keep going.

Now that you have your performance recorded, it’s always great to go back and note where you struggled. Because then you can target your practice in those areas.

ukealori – I loved your performance, Lori! And don’t worry about the nerves, it hits all of us when we hit record. I noticed there were a couple tricky chord transitions, so just target practice on those spots. But great job overall, keep up the good work!

[Andrew]

We’ve SMASHED through our participation goal of 72 members! So I went ahead and made our donation of $500 to The UKC today 🙂

This means we’ve also SMASHED our fundraising goal and have now raised $2,540 for the charity! AMAZING!

Let’s set a new goal and go for $2,750!

P.S. The Kanile’a winner will be announced tomorrow at 12PM EST at the link below:

Friendly Reminder – The deadline for receiving feedback and an entry into the giveaway is tonight at 11:59 PM EST (check your local time zone).

[Andrew]

@ukandrea – thank you so much for your generous donation, Andrea 🙂

[Andrew]

Welcome, @miscmargaret! Happy to have you on-board 🙂

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