Kevin Brown: Finding the Hawaiian Sound

In this episode I talk to Maui's own Kevin Brown. A slack key guitarist and vocalist, Uncle Kevin has been weaving Hawaiian sounds since the early 70s with his band, The Waiʻehu Sons. Now primarily a solo artist, we chatted about his start in music, gigging and recording in the 70s, and how to sound Hawaiian.- Uke Logic strings: https://theukulelesite.com/accessories/strings/ukelogic-strings.html- Kimo Hussey: https://www.youtube.com/user/KimoHusseyUkulele/videos- Jason Jerome/Lahaina Music: https://www.lahainamusicmaui.com/ - Kani Ka Pila Project: https://www.kanikapilaproject.org/Support the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only

Some last minute talk story as I head to Maui for Uncle George's ukulele workshop.Support the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only

In this episode I discuss and demonstrate the power of playing the same song in different styles. This trick can help you find inspiration and an interpretation of a stale song that can be more authentic to what you want to hear!- Register for Faster, Smoother Chord Changes ZOOM workshop: https://liveukulele.com/register/5-25-24-workshop/- Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5- My band, Kingside: https://kingside808.com/Support the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only

Can you get by with piece of a song or do you really need the whole thing?- Moveable chord shapes workshop replay: https://liveukulele.com/register/4-27-24-workshop/- 5/25/24 Zoom workshop on making smoother, easier, buzz-free chord changes: https://liveukulele.com/register/5-25-24-workshop/Support the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only

Sharing some stories and thoughts on receiving critique and the power of being open.Register for my Basic Moveable Chord Shapes workshop: https://liveukulele.com/register/4-27-24-workshop/- Institute of Hawaiian Music: https://www.maui.hawaii.edu/ihm/program- George Kahumoku, Jr. Slack Key & ʻUkulele Workshop: https://kahumoku.com/workshops/Support the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only

Sammy Turton is a Denmark-based British ukulele player. He teaches out of a studio in Copenhagen and is a top-notch social media era virtuoso who would often rather create soundscapes than shred. In this conversation we covered teaching, Brexit, performing solo ukulele for the first time, and his search for the perfect (felt) thumbpick.Find Sammy on: https://www.4stringboy.com/ and across the social networks as @4stringboy.Join my Basic Chord Shapes Zoom workshop: https://liveukulele.com/register/4-27-24-workshop/Support the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only

In this episode I talk about how to improve your timing, how it's not as hard as people think, and give some examples of what to practice.🔥 Sign up for my Understanding the Fretboard Zoom Workshop: https://liveukulele.com/register/3-23-24-workshop/- Hawaiian Songs For Ukulele course ("Ua Noho Au A Kupa"): https://liveukulele.com/store/hawaiian-songs/- "Zap" by Eric Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtRk1YSpcKUSupport the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only

Some of the very best artists in Hawaiʻi are unknown outside of 50 miles. So is the case with my friend, Hualalai. In this episode we talk about all music being "Hawaiian" if you have Hawaiian blood, the importance of music/ukulele in day-to-day life, and our role in the TMT protest of 2015.Live Ukulele Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556463131359Register for Zoom ukulele fretboard workshop: https://liveukulele.com/register/3-23-24-workshop/Hualalai's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hoikeikemediaartHualalai's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/hualalai-n-alohi-keohuloaNā Kālai Waʻa (Hualalai's uncles): https://www.nakalaiwaa.org/nkw-historySashamon: https://sashamon.com/Daniel Thiebaut's (since closed): https://keolamagazine.com/food/daniel-t-to-change-waimea-food-scene/TMT protest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCTdP5iOK5EHualalai's presentation on TMT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg5tmVwOqq4TMT coverage archive: https://www.youtube.com/@bigislandvideonews/search?query=tmtSupport the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only

Some thoughts on how to vary your song approach and arrangement to create dynamics, emotion, and interest. Don't work super hard on learning to pick every syllable, instead use broad strokes within your playing and get more results for your efforts!- New forum area: https://community.liveukulele.com/session/sso?return_path=https://community.liveukulele.com/- Ukulele Chord Shapes print book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ukulele-chord-shapes/print/- Easy ukulele songs database: https://liveukulele.com/songs/easy-ukulele-songs/- One-on-one ZOOM lessons with Brad: https://liveukulele.com/store/one-on-one-lessons/- Charlie Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkP7BbcB5MQ- Jake's "Toastmaker's Revenge": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOn4zdhagrA- Groove Ukulele strumming ebook/videos: https://liveukulele.com/store/groove-ukulele/Support the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only

Hawaiʻi's premiere ukulele power duo tell all! From integrating into the Hawaiian uke scene to fundraising for Maui to the DIY ukulele artist experience.- Craigh and Sarah's website: https://www.craigandsarah.com/- Four Strings at a Time: https://fourstringsatatime.org/- Music & Meals for Maui Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGHFq-CE2JI- Kākoʻo Maui Fund: https://www.hawaiiancouncil.org/helpmaui/kakoomauifund/- Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/- Jason Jerome/Lahaina Music: http://www.lahainamusicmaui.com/- Raiatea Helm: https://www.raiateahelm.com/- Carly G: https://karliegoya.com/- Kalaʻe Camarillo: https://www.kalaecamarillo.com/- Jiggy: https://jiggywithviggy.com/en-usd/- Honoka: https://www.honokamusic.com/- Anthony Pfluke: https://www.facebook.com/anthonypfluke/- Kalei Gamiao: https://www.youtube.com/user/KaleiGamiao- Corey Fujimoto: https://www.theukulelereview.com/2017/09/05/corey-fujimoto/- Mike DeSilva: http://www.ukemaker.com/ukemaker.php- Cairns Ukulele Festival: https://cairnsukulelefestival.net/- NAMM show: https://www.namm.org/- Hawaiʻi Island Ukulele Retreat: https://hawaiiislandukuleleretreat.com/- Artistworks: https://artistworks.com/online-music-certificate/ukulele- Christmas Island holiday album: https://www.craigandsarah.com/store/p/2lvs3g4eg1dkg8ya8ecccjwd37pf2d- Ukulele Retreat: https://www.craigandsarah.com/calendar/craig-sarahSupport the Show.Join my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only