#367 - I Walk the Line

Song - I Walk the Line
Artist - Johnny Cash
Guest - Nathan

This song was a blast to do with Nathan!  This is my favorite karaoke song to hear him sing and we have talked about doing a song together forever.  So glad to finally get the chance to sing with this great, southern gentleman!

#363 - No Turkey for Me

Song - No Turkey for Me
Artist - Me!

This one is for all you vegetarians/vegans out there on Thanksgiving this year! Share this video to get ahead of the "why-don't-you-want-any-turkey??" conversation.
Have a great holiday, no matter you eat!

#360 - We Belong

Song - We Belong
Artist - Pat Benatar
Chord Source

I don't know that anyone loves 80's music more than my friend Mini. She tears it up at karaoke on the regular, but it was lovely to hear her sweet voice stand alone. So much fun!

#358 - You Really Got a Hold on Me

Song - You Really Got a Hold on Me
Artist - Smokey Robinson
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Thank you for your patience while we get settled in our new place and I find time and space to work on music stuff! As you can tell I'm a little rusty, but I'm ready to get back to it!

To change things up a bit and keep the content on the blog current, I've decided to open ukudaily up for contributions! Songs don't have to be done on a ukulele, any instrument is great, but I would like to try to keep it to a similar style of video that we have here currently: one to a few people with focus on acoustic covers and originals. If you are interested leave a comment or send me a message and I'll write up a fun introduction for you.

Stay tuned for fun changes on ukudaily!

#356 - Against the Grain

Song - Against the Grain
Artist - City and Colour
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#353 - It's only a paper moon

Song - It's only a paper moon
Artist - Harold Arlen

The past few weeks I've been taking a really fantastic uke class at Artichoke music! It's been a fantastic experience; I've learned a lot and enjoyed meeting other ukulele enthusiasts. I take away so much knew knowledge from each class that I need to practice a lot more in order to retain it all. This is one of my favorite new songs that I have taken with me from our weekly classes!

#352 - The First Day of my Life

Song - The First Day of my Life
Artist - Bright Eyes
Chord source

This song was a little low for me, but I decided to just go with it to challenge myself.

#350 - The Average Song

Song - The Average Song
Artist - ME!
Chords - If you really want to know them just ask!


I've been tweaking this song for a little while now, I'm pretty happy with where it is finally! This song was inspired by a conversation I had with my friend Jaime. We were noticing how there are only songs written for the very heights and depths of emotion, but never day to day life. Songs are about the overwhelming feelings around love, joy, grief, loss, and sorrow. We thought how funny it would be to hear a song on the radio that was like, "Yeah, that's me! I'm pretty darn average and ok with that!!" I think the result was pretty funny!

*note that my life is actually pretty awesome and the dark parts of this song were added for comedic reasons only :)

#349 - Ukudaily's first open mic!

Huge thanks to everyone who sent supporting thoughts my way and came out for this first open mic performance. It's only 3 songs, but it was a big step for me, I really want to get over my nerves when it comes to performing in front of real humans. I didn't realize how much sitting behind a computer was going to become a crutch for me but it has. It allows me to control ever aspect of a performance and that's just not something that I can maintain if I want to grow as a musician. This open mic was great and I plan to return with regularity, very support, small group of talented musicians and supporters. I have a lot to learn and watching this video is a little cringy for me, but I'm glad I finally took the plunge and moved out from behind the keyboard!

#347 - The Moon Song

Song - The Moon Song
Artist - Karen O
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#346 - The Ballad of Love and Hate

Song - The Ballad of Love and Hate
Artist - The Avett Brothers
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#343 - Talking Bird

Song - Talking Bird
Artist - Death Cab For Cutie
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You guys!!! I turn 30 on Saturday, that's a big deal right?!?!

#341 - Someday You Will Be Loved

Song - You Will Be Loved
Artist - Death Cab For Cutie
Chord source

Just a teensy little bit out of my range, but still fun!

#339 - Everything is Free

Song - Everything is Free
Artist - Gillian Welch
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Happy new years day! I hope you had a safe and fun holiday with lots of midnight kisses!

#338 - Auld Lang Syne

Song - Auld Lang Syne
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Happy new year everyone!!

#336 - The Christmas Waltz

Song - The Christmas Waltz
Artist - Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Chord Source


I have not done any where near enough Christmas songs this year! This is one I have really been wanting to do though. I'm trying to do some better videos, this is one is using our Sony camera instead of just my iphone, the sound is great and the picture is clear, a little too clear! Looks like I need to wear makeup to record songs!

Only a few more days till Christmas, let's see if I can get a few more songs in!

#335 - Santa Will Find You

Song - Santa Will Find You
Artist - Mindy Smith
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My first Christmas song of the year! I have a bunch of new ones I want to try, I'm very excited!

#334 - Mr Blue

Song - Mr Blue


Artist - Catherine Feeny
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This one is for the sweet and awesome Michelle on her birthday! She is an amazing woman who always introduces me to awesome new music and makes me laugh everyday. She is strong, independent and has a sense of humor like no one I know, I'm lucky to call her a friend!

#333 - Here in California

Song - Here in California
Artist - Kate Wolf
Chord source

Not feeling my best today so I apologize for looking a little run down. This song has been kicking around in my head for about a week now and I just love it. The lyrics are just beautiful.

#332 - Fist City

Song - Fist City
Artist - Loretta Lynn