Ukalalien ~ uke + kala + alien and the story of serving the non-musician a first experience with ukulele...
In 2007, Steve and Kate packed up a twenty-five years at folk music club, hub, and instrument shop (and location of the first Ukulele Convergence) at Artichoke Music in Portland, Oregon. Together they created the Ukalaliens Songbook for Absolute Beginner Adults to teach basics on how to play uke with folk songs and a fun, almost instant method. Kate and Steve got into the tour bus with their Ukalaliens Songbook and a few dozen Kala ukuleles-to-lend and with an expressed mission to teach all they would meet to learn how to play the ukulele if they wanted to. Over the years, small groups in libraries became thousands of new uke players around the country as uke players reproduced at a rapid rate and we had were a part of a movement that brought the joy of making music to the curious to try their hand - often for the first time - and experience the gift of music making firsthand.
In 2007, Steve and Kate packed up a twenty-five years at folk music club, hub, and instrument shop (and location of the first Ukulele Convergence) at Artichoke Music in Portland, Oregon. Together they created the Ukalaliens Songbook for Absolute Beginner Adults to teach basics on how to play uke with folk songs and a fun, almost instant method. Kate and Steve got into the tour bus with their Ukalaliens Songbook and a few dozen Kala ukuleles-to-lend and with an expressed mission to teach all they would meet to learn how to play the ukulele if they wanted to. Over the years, small groups in libraries became thousands of new uke players around the country as uke players reproduced at a rapid rate and we had were a part of a movement that brought the joy of making music to the curious to try their hand - often for the first time - and experience the gift of music making firsthand.
Ukalaliens Songbook & CD (Hard Copy)
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Digital Downloads of Ukalaliens Songbook may be purchased on Bandcamp link in blue on the right.
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Bandcamp (click here for digital purchase)
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