http://www.jansmithband.com A Musician's Life: Ups, Downs, Fall Outs and Successes Sat, 23 May 2009 15:56:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since I bought my ukulele I've been surfing around the web looking for stuff to play. There are a bunch of how to play ukulele videos on the web (some a lot better than others). There's also a pretty good selection of ukulele tab sites out there. Probably the most ... http://www.jansmithband.com/?p=7 Back in school that was an easy question to answer. The size of the band consists of the number of friends you have that are musicians plus a singer (oh, I crack myself up). When you're a grown up band - particularly when you're a singer with a backup band - ... http://www.jansmithband.com/?p=5 It was looking increasingly like that I was going to buy a uke. After I tried out Dave's I had trouble putting it down. So I headed out online. Checked out Buy Ukulele and read about where to buy a ukulele. In the end I went on to eBay and bought ... http://www.jansmithband.com/?p=6 It happens to every band sooner or late. A massive arguement and you all end up hating each other and vowing never to play together. I've been fairly lucky with band mates all round. Usually we've got along just great. Of course there have been a few fallings out, but that's ... http://www.jansmithband.com/?p=4 Hi, thanks for visiting my new blog. I thought I'd start a new blog talking about my life as a musician. Then a realized that every post would start, "I spent most of today scratching my ass," so I decided that I'd also include posts about stuff online that will help ... http://www.jansmithband.com/?p=3