Victoria vox torrent

My goal is to teach them something new. I travel with a Fusion Urban gig bag single with the attachable backpack for my laptop, old school agenda, and a book. Baggs Reverb pedal and Venue D. I find that the uke scenes around the world are very similar. Good people, sharing music, and having a good time. The ukulele truly brings people together. Home Stories News.

Catching Up with Victoria Vox October 23, Hey, fellow uke player! Did you know Many plan to pledge later, but then forget. She booked a gig tour in Hawaii. He does all these amazing things on the ukulele, and all I do is strum and sing. Encouraged by her family and fans, she forged ahead. It was her first time in Hawaii, and her spirits were high—at least until her first gig, at a kava bar in Honolulu, when she was asked, mid-show, to stop playing the ukulele and finish the show on guitar.

I just made this ukulele record. In Hawaii. And I still have 11 more shows. Fortunately, at her next show, in Maui, the audience was not so traditional. The ukulele, Vox decided, is just too much fun. Like when I learned that, on the ukulele, the chords are so flexible. But the right hand is just as important. I learned I could do a lot of different things with my right-hand rhythm. I should learn it. She got out of bed, downloaded the song on iTunes, and learned it by ear—not just strumming and singing, but really learning the song inside and out.

In retrospect, it was a crazy idea, perhaps, but she committed herself to the discipline of learning one cover every week, posting a video of each new song, and taking suggestions from her rapidly growing fan base of YouTube subscribers.

I really learned a lot. That song is so much more amazing than you can know just by listening to it. It was such an inspiration, and it really energized me to want to take what I was learning and use it in my own songs. Put your money where your mouth is. I learned that not every song has to be brilliant, that sometimes you have to write a few duds to get to the really good ones. This article originally appeared in the Spring issue of Ukulele magazine.

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