Love/Anti-Love Song jam

How are you feeling about Love? Love it? Hate it? Well, in honor of Valentine's Day, tomorrow's jam will feature love songs and anti-love songs. Come on out and play with us, and bring any songs, love or otherwise, that you want to play.

Inauguration Eve Jam!

Yes, there is UkeJam tonight. If anyone is inspired to bring tunes inspired by tomorrow's presidential inauguration, please do.

Who got a uke for Christmas?

Looks like lots of people did. Others resolved to play more in 2009. Whatever the reasons, a dozen people came to the uke jam last night, and we had a great time. It's always fun when there are more players. Sounds like many are planning to return, and are already thinking about what songs to bring. Yay!

For anyone who just got a new uke, check out So You've Just Got Your First Ukulele over at ukulele hunt. It's free!

Hope to see you next time: Monday, January 19th, on Martin Luther King day.

Happy New Year!

Join us for our first 2009 uke jam tonight!

Winter Wonderland

There's a nice version of Winter Wonderland posted on Ukulele Hunt. I'm planning to bring it to the jam tomorrow. If you have a chance, listen to it and check out the chord sheet. It includes a not often heard intro/verse.

http://ukulelehunt.com/2008/12/11/christmas-ukulele-winter-wonderland-chords/

Ukuleles for Peace

Check out Ukuleles for Peace.

From Ukulele Hunt (where you can also find a cool book of uke music, sales of which benefit the project):

The charity is based in Israel and run by Paul Moore who teaches ukulele to Jewish and Arab kids and brings them together in a ukulele orchestra. The goal is to create friendships and links between otherwise entirely separate communities.

The Durham Ukulele Orchestra is in preliminary talks about how we can help. There might be a benefit show in the works. Stay tuned!

(Holiday) Uke Jam

Tomorrow night (Monday, December 15th) is our last jam before Christmas, and the last jam of 2008. I'll be bringing some Christmas tunes. Come on out and bring any holiday tunes, or any songs you'd like to play to bid farewell to 2008!

If anyone is feeling ambitious and inspired, I thought it might be nice to try one of the uke tab solos mentioned in the previous post (below). There's a nice version of Greensleeves (aka What Child is This?). We can all muddle through it together in the second hour.

Uke Jam material

Hi.
George Michaels brought a great set of music to the jam last time, and I wanted to pass on the link so that anyone who wants to can get a copy:


http://ukulelehunt.com/2008/11/12/wilfried-weltis-ukulele-tabs/

This is a set of mostly classical and some other tunes written in tablature. We thought it might be fun to play some of them at the next jam. There's a nice arrangement of Aloha O'e in there too. That tune has a pretty simple chord progression, so maybe next time some people can play the tab and others can play chords.

We're always looking for new ideas for tunes and ways to make the jam fun for everyone. So if you have any ideas, please post them in the comments section, or email me (Marilee) directly.

Next jam is Monday, December 1st. Hope to see you there!
~marilee

Election Eve Uke Jam!

We are having uke jam tomorrow, Monday November 3rd, 7-9, at High Strung. Bring any election appropriate or just plain fun tunes you want to play and come join us!