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.
The Live Ukulele Podcast
Tone: The Magic of Your Fingers
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 benefit concert replay on Kahilu.tv: https://www.kahilu.tv/featured-category/videos/maui-ola-a-benefit-concert-for-maui
- Kuʻu Kūlaiwi by Keanaliʻiomanae Bertlemann: https://music.apple.com/us/album/kuu-kulaiwi/1653106223
- Tobias's Byen Sover album: https://soundcloud.com/elofwamberg-music
- "Kawika" by Sunday Manoa (Peter Moon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSYkWViftg
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CREDITS
- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa
- Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only
