Category Archives: News

Dominator’s Spruce Top Tenor Ukulele
28
Sep

Hi folks,

Been rather busy with other activities recently. So I apologize for not posting up any playing/listening/tabbed material on ukulabu.com. However, I did do my usual YouTube surfing, and I found out that Mr Dominator has completed his Spruce Top Tenor ukulele, for his coming stage performance for 7th Annual Ukulele Festival in Southern California! Well done Dominator! Let’s give him a round of applause~

Check out his video below:

It sounds really great. Dominator has been making many quite a number of ukuleles for others and himself. I’d love to meet him to look at those ukuleles! For those of you who don’t know who Dominator is, check him out by looking through his tabs library here.

Jake Shimabukuro’s Fanclub Package
8
Sep

I recently received my Jake Shimabukuro fan club package!

I signed up with the fan club (JKLUB) on 8th August 2008, and the staff were busy with trying to get ready the packages for mass sending out to those who’ve signed up. Hence, the slight delay.

Here are the goodies~ (except for the Gently Weeps CD… I bought that.)

The current fanclub’s T-shirt has ran out of M sizes. If I chose to want the current T-shirt design, I would have to wait for the next batch. So I chose to take a M sized T-shirt of an old design of JKLUB. The staff were kind enough to compensated me with a JKLUB hand towel.

The package includes a DVD, containing a message from Jake himself, as part of the fan club member greeting. Also, there is a Gently Weeps CD poster, with a Thank You message and autographed by Jake. Finally, there is an ID card, stating the date of signing up with JKLUB.

Cool stuff! My only disappointment was that the poster was rather creased, due to the handling of the package by the local postman. I guess I’ll just have to make do~

If you wish to sign up for Jake’s fan club, you may do so at http://www.jakeshimabukuro.com/?t=fanclubsignup.

Peace, Love and Ukulele

Jake’s New Album – YEAH
7
Sep

Jake has recently released a new album entitled “YEAH” in Japan!

The album tracks are as follows:

1. My Dream
2. Variation on a Dance
3. Bach Part-Two Invention No.4 in Dm
4. Piano-Forte
5. YHEAH
6. Sunset With You
7. Trapped
8. Five Dollars Unleaded
9. Don’t Break Your Heart
10. Ichigo Ichie
11. Everything Is Better With You
12. Fula girl 2008
13. My Dream -instrumental-

There seem to be some errors in the spellings of the tracks, when I view it from www.amazon.co.jp. I’ll leave it as it is, until I get my copy of the album to verify.

The album can be purchased at this link.

New member of Ukulabu’s Ukulele Family
27
Jul

Greetings everyone!

I’ve just returned from a two week trip to Japan.

Tasty food, nice people, great culture, awesome music.

And I bought my first Kamaka ukulele there!

It plays great, sounds great and has definitely put a smile on my face.

A new member to the ukulele family in Ukulabu.com!

Kamaka 1

Kamaka 2

Kamaka 3