Comments on: Photographic Proof: Ukuleles Make You Happy.

By: Uke Hunt » Friday Links

Uke Hunt » Friday Links — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:25:14 +0000

[...] Photographic proof that ukuleles make you happy on nerd’s eye view. [...]

By: christina

christina — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:27:28 +0000

Can’t add much to the above comments. Yes, y’all should go out and buy a uke like RIGHT NOW. I’m still in my cheapskate stage, but my tinny little four-stringed bundle of fun really does make me very, very happy.

By: Howlin' Hobbit

Howlin' Hobbit — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:19:29 +0000

The ukulele is too much fun in a tiny package. As far as being easy though, it’s sort of like chess. Easy to learn, hard to master.

But I can’t agree with you about Fremont. It’s pretty much the same group of yahoos it always has been, just with a little more polish on a couple corners.

If you had to put up with all the second-hand drama I have recently (being in close proximity to organizers of the Fremont Festival and parade) you might understand where I’m coming from.

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:59:38 +0000

I couldn’t agree more, everyone should own a uke. There’s no excuse not to. Judging by those pics, a beard would be a good addition too.

But, I have to say, I don’t find playing the uke easy. I find the uke forces you to be more creative with chords and rhythm than many other instruments.

By: Sal DeTraglia

Sal DeTraglia — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:01:24 +0000

Yes! I know who I am, and I’m obliged to back-up the Nerd.

I was a musical imbecile.

I tried the cello from 4th to 8th grade, and sucked at it. That said, I’m–to this day–still not sure why Mr. Murcko was so furious when I quit the orchestra.

I tried the harmonica around 1985. That lasted about a month. I sucked.

I tried the guitar from 1996 to 1998. I even took lessons at the Old Town School of Folk Music–where Roger McGuinn taught before joining The Byrd. Complete failure. You guess it. Sucked!

So I laughed in the Nerd’s virtual face when she informed that I really must buy myself a uke. But I finally relented and, in December 2006, bought a relatively cheap Oscar Schmidt through Amazon. You know…just so I could write Nerd an email in a month or so telling her how wrong she was.

Guess what? She wasn’t wrong.

I’m beyond happy. I’m uke-phoric. When I play the uke, I don’t suck. I still can’t believe it.

The uke is easy. Ridiculously easy.

Why…just two hours ago, I was sitting on my patio playing “Just a Gigolo,” “In my Life,” “Baby Blue” (Badfinger), and “I’ll See You in my Dreams.”

Let me repeat. I was doing this on *my patio.* You know…where *all* my neighbors can hear me.

You, dear reader, need a uke. Don’t be a fool; listen to the Nerd.

My work here is done. Nerd, my invoice in is the mail.

Sal