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Pianists, guitarists, ukulele players: does size matter?

“What is it about guitarists?” I began. “Every guitarist can play the ukulele — BUT only if he wants to.” There seems to be a psychological barrier. It take less than a minute to show guitarists the conversion formula to … Continue reading

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Events 2019 and earlier

Less is more. Keep it simple. Prior to 2020, I have been actively involved in the following events. Sunday December 8th, 2019 @ 2:30 – 3:30 PMHoliday concert with piano and ukuleleStandish Village Tuesday December 3rd, 2019 @10:30 – 11:30 … Continue reading

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The Choco-leles

What do you get when you get ukulele players to play in what used to be the oldest chocolate factory in the country? “Say chocolate. Say ukulele. Cross chocolate and ukulele and you get choco-lele.” That’s what I said to … Continue reading

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Feedback, testimonials, what others said

Visit the UKULELE tab to get feedback from my students.

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Teaching

November 19, 2019 17:00 EST Boston, Massachusetts Another PAGE whose contents are shoved into a blog post so I can free up my website for what I’m currently doing. Yes, I still teach.

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Energy: electricity, electric vehicles

November 19, 2019 at 16:55 EST Boston, Massachusetts I am redoing my website so it’s about what I currently do and want to do in the near future. The PAGE tabs will be deleted. Here is what was on the … Continue reading

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Business models: my grandfather the entrepreneur

Over the years, I subconsciously collected stories of successful business models with a view to writing and publishing an e-book to share with like-minded individuals. Here’s the story of my late grandfather who built a successful English school in Taiwan.

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Easy Beatles Jam Session

As I explore music for ukulele jam sessions, I keep discovering Beatles songs I’ve never heard of before. In London, I chuckled at the politically incorrect “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” and the funny “Octopus’s Garden.” George Harrison’s “I’ll Follow the Sun” … Continue reading

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Anita Shreve, I never got to meet her

A pop-up window flashed “Anita Shreve dies at 71″ while I was on FaceTime. Suddenly, I felt a pang of regret. I’m attending a major writing conference in Boston next week. I’ve moved to New England, where Shreve had set … Continue reading

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All things Dutch and wonderful

When I first visited a local supermarket in the Netherlands, I complained that the only soy sauce was the wrong kind. The bottle was too small, and the soya sauce was Indonesian. I honestly thought I would starve.

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