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I got myself a new toy.

I’ve been a Beatlemaniac all my life, and now a ukulele addict, so I couldn’t resist this one. It’s like crack made just for me.

Last night I played a set at ROCKS downtown. It was a great show and I felt both honored and privileged to share the stage with some very talented folks.

I think I did okay for my first real gig. I was a little nervous but I managed to make it through the whole set and I think I covered my couple of mistakes pretty well. The crowd was very generous with their applause and seemed to enjoy the music, which feels really good.

I played five songs, including a couple new songs that nobody’s ever heard before. The newest is a country/western tune called “Hold On To Me” I wrote just a few days ago and I closed my set with it. Someone in the audience was singing harmony along with me which I thought was pretty neat.

Here’s a video of the performance my friend shot from the audience:

And here’s an edited stereo mix MP3 of the song suitable for iPods and such:

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Tonight I played an open mic at Muddy Waters, a little coffee-shop-slash-pub downtown. I was surprised at the good turnout considering it’s such a stormy, cold and rainy night. But it was a great time with a lot of talented folks. The folks at Muddy Waters were very hospitable and put on a fun show. If you can make it to this, they do it every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. I highly recommend it.

I told corny jokes and performed three songs, one of which is a new one called “Dance With Me” that I recently finished.

I’m considering playing the open mic at Dargan’s Pub tomorrow night.

On Thursday Dec 27th, 2007, the INDIE MUSIC SHOW presents Bruce Goldish, Lisa Goe, Nathan McEuen, Delaney Gibson, Fly To Blue, Ukulele Jim (hey, that’s me), Forgotten Teardrops, and Christina Grimm.

BRUCE GOLDISH

LISA GOE

NATHAN MCEUEN

DELANEY GIBSON

FLY TO BLUE

UKULELE JIM

FORGOTTEN TEARDROPS

CHRISTINA GRIMM

INDIE MUSIC SHOW

Remember when I said I was gonna be on TV?

Well, here’s the performance. This was recorded way back in July, which was 10 pounds and a beard ago (I’ve since lost both). I’ve never performed on television before, so I was nervous as hell and it kinda shows.

“Something About You“:

“Honey Wine“:

INDIE MUSIC SHOW EPISODE 13 with KYLE from the COSMIC REVELATORS, LAURA MIHALKA, and UKULELE JIM (hey, that’s me) airs on channel 17 in Santa Barbara on these dates:

11/30/2007, 3:30 AM
12/1/2007, 9:00 AM
12/1/2007, 10:00 PM
12/2/2007, 3:00 PM
12/2/2007, 11:00 PM
12/3/2007, 2:00 AM
12/3/2007, 11:00 AM
12/4/2007, 8:00 AM
12/6/2007, 8:00 PM
12/7/2007, 3:30 AM
12/8/2007, 9:00 AM
12/8/2007, 10:00 PM
12/9/2007, 3:00 PM
12/9/2007, 11:00 PM

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