Patron Events for February 2018 (Patreon)

Aloha Patrons!  

First, welcome to all the new Patrons!  I hope you'll find a warm and encouraging ukulele community here.  If you have questions, I suggest you join the Patron facebook group and post your questions there.  You'll get an answer from the community faster than it takes to change chords. :)

January recap - thank you for a great start to 2018!

We had our first Patron giveaway, which was very exciting - I discovered that it's surprisingly fun to give things away!  Big thanks to Tyde Music, Ohana Ukuleles, and Ukulele Magazine for donating prizes.  And thank you to all the Patrons who submitted Stand By Me videos -- I am (still) working on the video compilation to share with you all soon. (ps this was a much bigger project than I thought.  That's ok, it will be awesome. Soon!)  

We also had our Beginner Songbook Jam, chord chart and Live Lesson for The Boxer, an intermediate Beatles workshop on Let it Be and While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and a bonus livestream of my new Uke Social.  And I got to meet Patrons at my Bootcamp in SF, at the Uke Stars Showcase in LA, and we had a huge Patron meetup in Seattle this past weekend - I'll write a separate post about it.  I also pledged to provide early access to Patrons, when I am able to, for tickets to my shows.

February 2018 EVENTS CALENDAR 

• Sat. 2/3 Seattle Concert + Workshop
• Thurs. 2/8 @ 4:30PM PST All Levels Live Jam
• Thurs. 2/8 - 2/11 Vote for Monthly Tutorial
• Thurs. 2/15 @ 4:30PM PST  Chord Chart and Live Lesson for February's winning song
• Thurs. 2/22 @ 4:30PM PST Intermediate Live Jam (confirmed- i'm good for this date!)

and then looking ahead a bit

• 3/3: Beatles Uke Jam SF/Bay Area - tickets will go on sale very soon
• 4/14: Melbourne Meetup - RSVP here (optional Facebook RSVP too)
• 5/5: Reno Uke Fest Jam / Meet & Greet 
• 5/8-9: NYC Concert and Workshop - RSVP here 
• 5/11 - 5/13: Headliner at Mighty Uke Day Fest in Michigan - tickets on sale now
• 7/14: SF Ukesplosion 2 - save the date for the Bay Area's biggest uke event
• 9/22: LA Uke Fest - tickets on sale now

One of my goals this year is to tour more, and you can see that I'll be on the road quite a bit.  Hope to meet you along the way!

NEW TO PATREON?

Here's a little more detail about the different levels and events. (PS these dates will get shuffled a bit with my travel/recording, but this is the general plan!)

Most live-streamed Patron 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!

• Week 1 - Vote!

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

• Week 2 - Chord Chart! Early access (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 usually on the second Thursday of the month, 4:30pm Pacific Time  (for $5+ Patrons)

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.  You can always watch the Live Lesson recording later, so even if you can't join live, you can still participate! Click here to find all previous Live Lesson posts.

• Week 3 - Beginner Live Jam is usually third 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 usually the fourth 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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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!)