January 27, 2012 12:11 PM PST
Hey, Sara - nice to meet another uker!
The video archive is the first place I looked for 'Scarlet Town'.... there seem to be a few collectors here, so I was hoping someone might have something stashed......
As far as using the uke - I just started myself last spring, so I still kind of treat it like a tiny guitar, which is what I did on that 'Hard Times' cover. I've had some luck using it like a mandolin on some bluegrass tunes, but I've really just started exploring the ukulele's banjo-esque aspects.... You've probably seen that you can use the uke for clawhammer, pretty much like a banjo. I've been working on it a lot lately and it's slowly coming together.
This site:
http://www.ezfolk.com/uke/Tutorials/Clawhammer/clawhammer.html />
has a good tutorial and some nice clawhammer uke tabs with demonstration videos at various levels. I'm working my way through, picking up speed.....
Aaron Keim has posted some good stuff on clawhammer uke as well - Here's his first online tutorial-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSlmEZUtROo />
He's got some other good stuff on his site, as well - he's a builder of quality ukes & banjos and has released of couple of pretty albums also....
So far, I really just figure out as much as I can by ear and make it up as I go along. I'm hoping that will improve as I get better......
MattWales: Welcome to the site 23skidoo. Glad your enjoying the site. Thanks for being here.
twentythreeskidoo glad to be here.... really diggin the videos and unreleased audio tracks... good stuff.
