Ukulele arrangements are fun, and they add spice to your performances! Looking for an arrangement challenge. Have a right-royal time arranging with Tom Richter! An experienced music teacher and performer from Maleny on the Sunshine Coast, Tom’s passion is arranging! Join him to Pump up the Fun, and add depth to your group’s arrangements with multiple parts. Tom uses the Temptations song, ‘My Girl’, to explore ukulele arrangements. Book My Girl: Pump Up the Fun[…]
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Ah hummm … oh no, not that old strum! Let’s add some pizazz-z-z-z … You can’t beat Bosko & Honey for entertainment, energy, flair and pizazz. Check out their video teaser to see what you will do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og7cmyLJ4Ow Learn some serious “Hot Strumming” techniques, including Bosko’s take on the classic yet elusive “Fan Stroke Triplet”. Plus! Honey will teach you the incredible “Güiro Strum”, a technique that transforms any song into a Latin Percussion dance[…]
Read More »Love to write a song, but don’t know where to start? Here’s your chance! Two of our favourite BUMS are returning to Brisbane for SPRUKE. Jane Cameron and Kahiwa Sebire have each successfully launched original songs this year. Kahiwa’s debut EP “First Kiss” is available at http://www.kahiwamusic.com/ Jane’s “Mercy of the Tide” album is available at http://www.janecameronmusic.com/shop.html And the girls are back in town to show you how it’s[…]
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Congratulations to Vanessa Nugent who won a $100 music gift voucher in our How Ukulele Changed My Life Competition. This is her winning entry. Vanessa’s Uke Journey I have played the guitar in the confines of my bedroom since I was 12 years old; always quietly so as not to disturb anybody. I sang quietly, I played quietly. Thirteen years ago I moved to a new area and found a nice man who persuaded me to dust[…]
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I am a ukulele player…and I am happy! The SPRUKE Festival Committee are happy to announce that Victorian, Jane Cameron has taken out first place in the essay competition “How the Ukulele Changed my Life. Jane”s entry was the unanimous choice of all judges. Her story appealed to the spirit of Spruke, and the judges felt she was a most deserving winner The competition entries came from all over the country, from Victoria, New South[…]
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Jim plays tenor ukulele with Kine Kool, a nine member group that showcases three and four part vocal harmony with ukulele backing. He plays the lead and harmony melody with two different ukuleles and a Behringer V-Amp for a variety of musical effects. The ever increasing song list includes single and multi- page pdf files for TAB, Notation, Fake Books, ukulele lyric and chord charts and handwritten back of envelope charts. There are also charts[…]
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The Air Turn PED allows you to take control of music reading, scrolling lyrics or guitar tabs, tele-prompting, slide presentations, instrument effects or media control, and more. Air Turn PED is the perfect controller for Bluetooth smart ready-equipped mac, pc, iPad or android tablet. Works with iPad 3 and newer, Galaxy 4 and newer. Enjoy total page-turning freedom with the AirTurn Bluetooth pedal. Paired with your iPad or tablet and a page turnings app like[…]
Read More »Here is our festival poster for 2015. It features a variation of our logo celebrating Aldrine Guerrero as our headline artist and our theme of Uke’n Make Music. Thanks to the talented Erin Harrington of Miss Elm for creating it for us. You can download a PDF version of the SPRUKE 2015 Festival Poster HERE. If you’d like to distribute some festival posters for us please contact Jo at me***@sp****.au .
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