The Live Ukulele Podcast
Join Brad Bordessa, a professional ukulele teacher and performer, for insightful deep-dives, interviews, and fun on The Live ʻUkulele Podcast! In these episodes you'll explore important uke lessons, hear first-hand stories from the Hawaiʻi music scene, and get to know some of the biggest names in the ukulele community. With a background in Hawaiian music, Brad approaches the ukulele from the intuitive side. Through tips and tricks to improve your mentality surrounding music and the philosophy of the ukulele, he provides encouragement and permission to explore this four-stringed instrument in an organic way that works best for you. Guests from Hawaiʻi and abroad join in to share heartfelt and insightful off-the-cuff conversations on a huge range of topics. Tune in every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month for a new episode and be sure to subscribe.
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Amongst the greatest virtuoso ukulele players from Hawaiʻi is Hilo"s own, Brittni Paiva. We talk about crazy practice hours, the new-age uke scene, music production, hearing your own songs on the stereo, and new original music. Episode resources: - Brittni"s website: https://brittnipaiva.com/ - Brittni"s Instagram: htt
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A look ahead to upcoming projects, general talk story debrief, a song, and closing thoughts. - ʻUkulele Chord Shapes print edition: https://liveukulele.com/store/ukulele-chord-shapes/print/ - One-on-one uke lessons with Brad: https://liveukulele.com/store/one-on-one-lessons/ - A Legacy of Hawaiian Song & String by Raia
A conversation with Grammy-winning compilation contributor, Keoki Kahumoku, about the school of hard knocks, teaching, and bringing joy to folks with Hawaiian music. Keoki is the founder of the Center For Hawaiian Music Studies and perpetuated the teaching of Hawaiian music for many years at the Kahumoku ʻOhana Music &
Tone is one of the most overlooked aspects of playing ukulele. Good tone makes everything you play sound amazing. Bad tone, well... In this episode I share about how to improve your ukulele sound with some actionable tips. Finger placement, angles, dangles, and more! !!! This episode is brought to you by my Groove Uku
In this episode I explore the importance and characteristics of playing with good tone, how to get good tone, who has good tone, how it"s different from timbre, and other thoughts. Resources: - Groove Ukulele: https://liveukulele.com/store/groove-ukulele/ - Kingside (my rock band): https://kingside808.com/ - Maui Ola b