You are young, take it and keep on playing and learning. You can be great by learning so young. His spirit lives on! By standing on the shoulders of giants, it gives us an advantage. What's that even mean? Well it means that we can take someone's life work and further it and be even more advanced because they figured it out and put it all together for us. Allowing us to take it to the next level. Learning chord progressions and key changes as in Beyond the sea for example. Maybe something to work up to yet but learn the easier 3 or 4 chord stuff then work your way up. Or if you don't play anymore either that's fine but get back to it. 😊 Take care Bud and good luck!
Ukuele Mike was my main inspiration to pick up the instrument. His easy to follow tutorials made it a blast to learn. R.I.P Mike. I'm sure you are gracing the heavens with your beautiful music
Mick thank you for that blues tutorial. I have cancer, it's no big deal, it's just life. I got a Ukulele and have never played one so I'm doing something New by learning how to play. Your video was excellent. The chemo is affecting my fingers at the moment, but I am determined to get this down. Thanks again. Excellent .......Chris from Liverpool England.
Chris, I'm new to the uke too. I live with daily chronic and debilitating pain. I find the uke brings joy into my life! Sometimes, even on days when I can't play, I'll stop to strum nothing in particular, just to hear the melodious, happy sounds! I know chemo can make you feel lousy. I hope you have some good days too!
"The skies opened, and a shaft of light sought out and found my face - " This is the clearest, easiest, most accessible explanation of how to jam the blues I've ever seen! I might actually be able to do this; muchas gracias, Mike & Anthony!
I HAVE LOVED THIS!!! Especially little Anthony!!! I am 40 and learning the ukulele. Since I double majored in math and piano performance in college almost 20 years ago, I am teaching myself uke by watching videos. I bought one of your eBooks several months back and LOVE it!!! You have been a blessing to my musical journey and I am so appreciative!!!!
Fantastic. I love the backing track at the end. I had my first ever go at improvising and it didn't sound too bad. Never thought I would ever be able to improvise!!! I'm going to play this over and over. Thanks x
FANTASTIC! Thank you Mike for your videos. I had given up playing as all the books I bought were no good. You have inspired me to play and I have now played on stage after practising you are my sunshine for only an hour!
Thanks Mike, been playing guitar for years trying to learn improv blues and it just clicked when I watched this uke vid of yours! Loving the uke so much. I started w baritone uke because it was easy to learn the chords but got turned on to standard uke and now I know blues riffs, yay!,
Was looking for a Ukulele Blues video and came across this. What a great legacy to leave Mike, Thank You! (And to whom ever is sharing these videos). Anthony must look back & cherish this video from a decade ago! (Hope you are still playing! Would love to see where you are at). Regards.
Mr. Ukulele Mike. I want to thank you for this very easy to follow and spirited tutorial. I am so happy right now because you taught me this pattern! I can jam to blues now...and you taught me that the pattern is the same along the fret board to accommodate the key. Improv is not so intimidating after recognizing the pattern. I thought that memorizing scales would be the only way to improv...but barriers were lifted by shining light to this pattern and I'm on my way to doing it! Thank you.
This is FANTASTIC. thanks so much. I am just learning the Uke in my '60's but have always been a huge blues fan and this has opened up so many possibilities for me. why didn't we have a music teacher like YOU when I was school? Many thanks again - will be looking at your other stuff ASAP !!
Hi I finally went to your web site - haven't seen it listed before - and ureka! found how to get on all your fantastic channels - I am still new to using Yout. - so have been at the mercy of Yout. to bring up some of your old lessons - now I think I can access them all. I am so happy! You are the best uke teacher that exists! Need more lessons on why and how one plays songs in diff. chords - how u match/use notes to find chords? Th This lesson was so much fun with Anthony backing you up.
So simple yet so patiently and clearly explained. Love the backing track idea at the end, and that of using 'real' players like yer man Anthony! Brilliant all round. Many thanks.
Awesome! I played along to the last half of this and my wife was totally blown away, because it sounded so good! And I've almost got your arrangement of the Pink Panther down, too.
Boa noite! Estiloso e lindo um veterano e um menino . Agora o que falta e mandar uma video aula traduzido em portugues .Para os inciantes do uke.Que Deus abençoe voceis.
Muy bueno Mike!! muchas gracias por estas lecciones, tengo un cuatro venezolano que es igual al ukelele y me encanta variar los ritmos folcloricos de el llano con un poco de blues!
What an awesome lesson! I am so enjoying your lessons. Thank you so much for all your help in teaching me to play. I just changed my Baritone Uke strings to GCEA from the EBGD. What a nice sound.
I can't believe this copyright stuff is effecting material for educatiional purposes! What you are doing is a community service! You are to be commended. Please keep it up....You are a born teacher....me I'm still learning to di it!!
That kid is me. I love you Mike. I miss you and you will never ever be forgotten by me nor my family.
Anthony hi, are you still playing uke or the drums?
I never met the Man but I miss him already. He is still making new friends. Rest in Peace Brother.
You are young, take it and keep on playing and learning. You can be great by learning so young. His spirit lives on! By standing on the shoulders of giants, it gives us an advantage. What's that even mean? Well it means that we can take someone's life work and further it and be even more advanced because they figured it out and put it all together for us. Allowing us to take it to the next level. Learning chord progressions and key changes as in Beyond the sea for example. Maybe something to work up to yet but learn the easier 3 or 4 chord stuff then work your way up. Or if you don't play anymore either that's fine but get back to it. 😊 Take care Bud and good luck!
Ukuele Mike was my main inspiration to pick up the instrument. His easy to follow tutorials made it a blast to learn. R.I.P Mike. I'm sure you are gracing the heavens with your beautiful music
Mick thank you for that blues tutorial. I have cancer, it's no big deal, it's just life. I got a Ukulele and have never played one so I'm doing something New by learning how to play. Your video was excellent. The chemo is affecting my fingers at the moment, but I am determined to get this down. Thanks again. Excellent .......Chris from Liverpool England.
I hope you get better man!
Christopher SMB , hope u get well... look into acidosis, change your diet into alkaline foods ...
Christopher SMB Hope the playing is still going well for you mate. Ukulele is a fun instrument, hopefully it's helping you through a tough time.
Hope your feeling better and playing your uke
Chris, I'm new to the uke too. I live with daily chronic and debilitating pain. I find the uke brings joy into my life! Sometimes, even on days when I can't play, I'll stop to strum nothing in particular, just to hear the melodious, happy sounds! I know chemo can make you feel lousy. I hope you have some good days too!
~I would love to get my hands on dvd's of Ukulele Mike...miss you..RIP
To whomever makes these videos available, the ukulele world is most grateful. RIP Mike. Your influence carries on. Blessings, M1keinminnesota.
Michael St.James Mike passed?? NOOOO
I can't believe it. Really? This guy was so kind and giving in every way. He inspired people all around the world to pick up this instrument and play.
😢 this can't be true...
Fantastic video, Mike you got me into playing the Uke and also the guitar. I too will not forget you. RIP
"The skies opened, and a shaft of light sought out and found my face - " This is the clearest, easiest, most accessible explanation of how to jam the blues I've ever seen! I might actually be able to do this; muchas gracias, Mike & Anthony!
I HAVE LOVED THIS!!! Especially little Anthony!!! I am 40 and learning the ukulele. Since I double majored in math and piano performance in college almost 20 years ago, I am teaching myself uke by watching videos. I bought one of your eBooks several months back and LOVE it!!! You have been a blessing to my musical journey and I am so appreciative!!!!
Give this a try. . . . I think you'll be surprised at how easy it is . . . Happy Strumming
MIchael Lyn
MIchael Lynch what kind of ukulele is that?
Fantastic Mike. Blues on Ukulele. ThANKs a lot.
Elpidio - Brasil
V Good Mike. That was happy and Beautiful and Ringo on the drums - excelent - super dooper
How cool is this. Little dude jamming out with ukulele Mike. That's good stuff right there
Anthony! You rock, Dude! Way to go!
Anthony is a natural! I look forward to going to one of his concerts someday! Thank you Mike for a great simplified tutorial.
Fantastic. I love the backing track at the end. I had my first ever go at improvising and it didn't sound too bad. Never thought I would ever be able to improvise!!! I'm going to play this over and over. Thanks x
That thing bring me lot of fun! Thank you for your vibration
"wipe on wipe off".. lol.. old master with young master .. Anthony you ROCK!
thanks Ukulele Mike....you just inspired a song
That was Brilliant, thanks Mike.
Great stuff! I love playing blues on the warm Uke strings! Thanks both!
OH YEAH ,,, GOOD BEAT AS WELL ON THE DRUMS ,, KEPT UP THE GOOD WORK ANTHONY!
Revisiting our guru and can't help but feel for this wonderful young man who lost his teacher and friend.
Boy that is great! TY and that kid is good, too!
Trop jolie félicitations bravo.
fantastic - all of a sudden I am awesome.. how did that happen!
Wonderful you two. Thank you.
Amazingly fun, easily and pleasurable! Thanks Uncle Mike!
Great lesson. Thanks for your generosity, you have a great soul!
So much fun jammin' with the two of you!! Thank you so much!!
Mike! Thank you and I love u! now the new doors of perception of music had been opened for me!
Thanks. Both of you are fantastic.
Excellent lesson Mike, thank you so much and really nice drums to.
what a good video or class... good job!
Oh My Gosh! That is so awesome! Thank you sooooo much!
FANTASTIC! Thank you Mike for your videos. I had given up playing as all the books I bought were no good. You have inspired me to play and I have now played on stage after practising you are my sunshine for only an hour!
Nice playing, good teacher, excellent student!
Excelente,como me he divertido improvisando con ustedes...muchas gracias
Yo también jajaja! Me gusta mucho improvisar con mi instrumento, es una cosa que me hace más alergre!
Nice one Mike, a uke legend and clearly a lovely man, all the best
i love your stuff keep it comin
Thanks
Greetings from Guatemala.
Great first intro to uke blues
Thanks Mike
Thanks for that Mr. Michael! - I really like it when the chord goes up!!!
That ukulele is gorgeous! I've been looking for a good electric ukulele.
Fantastic! Thank you!
Wonderful lesson. I am teaching this to my son so we can play together. Thank you!
I'm learning a lot with you! Thank you Mike!!!!
Wonderful lesson! Mike and Anthony make a great duo!
this is awesome.....a friend gave me a beautiful eleuke.....so now I can start playing it!
Thanks Mike, been playing guitar for years trying to learn improv blues and it just clicked when I watched this uke vid of yours! Loving the uke so much. I started w baritone uke because it was easy to learn the chords but got turned on to standard uke and now I know blues riffs, yay!,
I felt like a musician for the first time, playing along with you guys. Thank you...
You are sorely missed x God blessyou. I am sure theangels are playing ukelele x
Beautiful Mike! Great blues lesson. Glen Rose (Jazzyukulele)
Lovely jubbley great info on the secrets
That's great! A boy plays perfectly on ukulele and drums.
Was looking for a Ukulele Blues video and came across this.
What a great legacy to leave Mike, Thank You! (And to whom ever is sharing these videos).
Anthony must look back & cherish this video from a decade ago! (Hope you are still playing! Would love to see where you are at). Regards.
Thank you Mike! You continue to teach and won't ever be forgotten.
Great job Anthony!
Mike, I'm so happy you're still on and haven't let them get you down. We, your, pupils stand behind you, and need you. God bless.
You are awesome,Thankyou for posting these videos,I just found you,but I have been stuck ...limited for a while.This will help alot.
WOW that little Clapton lick just rocked my world! I had no idea it came from such a simple thing! That is crazy!
Mr. Ukulele Mike. I want to thank you for this very easy to follow and spirited tutorial. I am so happy right now because you taught me this pattern! I can jam to blues now...and you taught me that the pattern is the same along the fret board to accommodate the key. Improv is not so intimidating after recognizing the pattern. I thought that memorizing scales would be the only way to improv...but barriers were lifted by shining light to this pattern and I'm on my way to doing it! Thank you.
thank you for this, i got my son play with me for the first time; truly grateful indeed
OK, I'm convinced. I'm going to try to write some easy blues using this and the blues in G rifF.
Thanks Mike!
This is FANTASTIC. thanks so much. I am just learning the Uke in my '60's but have always been a huge blues fan and this has opened up so many possibilities for me. why didn't we have a music teacher like YOU when I was school? Many thanks again - will be looking at your other stuff ASAP !!
Awesome 👏
Hi
I finally went to your web site - haven't seen it listed before - and ureka! found how to get on all your fantastic channels - I am still new to using Yout. - so have been at the mercy of Yout. to bring up some of your old lessons - now I think I can access them all. I am so happy! You are the best uke teacher that exists! Need more lessons on why and how one plays songs in diff. chords - how u match/use notes to find chords? Th
This lesson was so much fun with Anthony backing you up.
i love how pure your videos are they are my favourite!! also the boy is a gem :))
So simple yet so patiently and clearly explained. Love the backing track idea at the end, and that of using 'real' players like yer man Anthony! Brilliant all round. Many thanks.
Ace....I'm still learning from your lessons 10 years after I started.
Thank you for all that you do!
We miss you mike. I’m sure you playing music with the angels.
He gives the best lessons I've ever found, is he actually pass away? Sure playing with angels then! Such talent for teaching!
Awesome! I played along to the last half of this and my wife was totally blown away, because it sounded so good! And I've almost got your arrangement of the Pink Panther down, too.
Sure...bring in a child to make me feel bad. :)
i think is child labor because he make $1000 with this video
Shutup
That’s genius! Thank you! 😎
What a wonderful lesson! Thanks so much.
i loved the sound and the drums behind you haha
Great job kid! Love the videos mike!
Great video!
the kid on the drums!!! how awesome!
Love this old man
i was playng along and sound incredible
I love this. Thank you so much! ❤️✨
Anthony is so adorable! :)
Great job!
another great lesson mike thank you...sounds great and gets lots of smiles from my friends...
Oh my gosh! i was bless riffing in five minutes! Thank you.
Boa noite! Estiloso e lindo um veterano e um menino . Agora o que falta e mandar uma video aula traduzido em portugues .Para os inciantes do uke.Que Deus abençoe voceis.
such a simple great lesson!
Good playing!
awesome !!!, please make more videos like this
Anthony, you are multi-talented. I play drums and ukulele too! I played along with the chords. Maybe some day I will take the lead. Thank you!
At the same time? Cool!
hope you can upload all the tunes you had before Mike? I had 75 marked as favourites that I was practising, and was comming on well.
Muy bueno Mike!! muchas gracias por estas lecciones, tengo un cuatro venezolano que es igual al ukelele y me encanta variar los ritmos folcloricos de el llano con un poco de blues!
What an awesome lesson! I am so enjoying your lessons. Thank you so much for all your help in teaching me to play. I just changed my Baritone Uke strings to GCEA from the EBGD. What a nice sound.
You're such a brilliant teacher
Anthony is an excellent student. And you are a great teacher. Thank you very much sir.
I can't believe this copyright stuff is effecting material for educatiional purposes! What you are doing is a community service! You are to be commended. Please keep it up....You are a born teacher....me I'm still learning to di it!!
Awesome! Thanks!
fabulous lesson. thanks Mike and Anthony
Awesome Vid :) I picked up my ooky and did a solo with you guys.