Patron Events for October 2017 (Patreon)

Aloha Patrons!

First, welcome to all the new Patrons!! I LOVE seeing the growth of our Patron Community.  After my recent trips to NYC and LA, we now have new NYC Uke Squad headed up by our Community Manager Jenny, and an LA Uke Squad that's still in development - please join if you are local to these areas. It's exciting to see Patrons meeting in the real world!  Community notices will be included at the bottom of each post.

NEW MONTHLY EVENT CALENDAR 

This month, I'm starting a new system where I kick off the month with a listing of all of our Patron events for the month.  Hopefully this post will serve as a better reference for Patron events and make life easier for all of us!  

• Wed 10/4-Sun 10/8 Vote for Monthly Tutorial here 
• Sat 10/7-Sun 10/8 SF Uke-tober Fest Patron meetup
• Mon 10/9 Vote Winner announced and Chord Chart posted
• Tues 10/10 Virtual Classes start (optional sign-up, info here)
• Thurs 10/12 Live Lesson 
• Thurs 10/19 Beginner Live Jam 
• Thurs 10/26 Intermediate Live Jam 

All Live events happen on Thursdays at 4:30pm Pacific Time.  There's also a calendar on our forum and event reminders in our facebook group - thanks to our Community Managers for keeping those updated!

NEW TO PATREON?

Here's a little more detail about the different levels and events.

• WEEK 1 - VOTING

All Patrons are invited to vote for our monthly tutorial / Live Lesson. 

• WEEK 2 - Early access to CHORD CHART  (for $3+ Patrons)

I'll post the Chord Chart for the vote-winning song by Thursday, in time for our Live Lesson. click here to find all previous Chord Chart posts.  

• WEEK 2 - LIVE LESSON is 2nd Thursday of the month, 4:30pm Pacific Time  (for $5+ Patrons)

For those who are new, every month I teach the vote-winning song in a Live Lesson as prep for creating the tutorial.  i post a private video link, and you can log in and chat during the Live Lesson.  if you miss the Live Lesson, you can always watch the recording later.  click here to find all previous Live Lesson posts.

• WEEK 3 - BEGINNER LIVE JAM is 3rd Thursday of the month, 4:30pm Pacific Time (for $10+ Patrons)

For those who are new to the Live Jam, jamming is about casually playing songs together.  I encourage all levels to jam - you learn a lot by playing through at the pace of the group, and it's low pressure because we can't hear you. :) You don't need to study or know the songs before the jam. We'll jam on beginner-friendly songs from my Beginner Songbook.  I'll help guide us through the songs and provide some review for the strums and some tips on chord transitions and technique, but the main purpose of the jam is to get comfortable reading charts faster and to have fun playing through songs. click here to find all previous Beginner Live Jam posts.

• WEEK 4 - INTERMEDIATE LIVE JAM is 4th Thursday of the month, 4:30pm Pacific Time (for $20+ Patrons)

Players at this level have typically worked through most of my tutorials on their own and are looking for more challenging material.  The Intermediate Live Jam Patrons help choose topics/songs/techniques for an Intermediate lesson, and we jam using our Intermediate Songbook. click here to find all previous Intermediate Jam posts.

Thanks as always for supporting what I do, and thanks for helping me share the joy of ukulele with people across the world.  I believe we can change the world, one uke at a time. :)

xo cynthia.

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NEW! Community notes:

1. Join our Facebook group and Patron forum - lots of activity, sharing videos and advice, and support and encouragement!  If you have questions about Patreon or ukulele or otherwise, asking them in either place will generate the fastest answer.

2. Click for the super helpful CL Song Index of all songs, patreon posts, and tutorials (thanks to our Community Managers for building and maintaining this!)

3. Watch our 1K Patron Concert 

4. Join the new NYC Uke Squad and LA Uke Squad facebook groups for local meetups - if you have an idea for starting a community group, message me and let me know.