Japanese previews for SCD material and Shimo discussions

I’m on my way back from Japan and I had the opportunity to try out some of the Small Change Diary material in a live setting for the very first time! Regardless of how much you practice a piece, a live situation is always different and it was great to preview some of these songs!japan

I was also very fortunate to hook up with longstanding professional musical Brian Cullen from Nagoya and although we only had a few hours the previous night to work on a few tracks, it turned out pretty well, culminating in a mass dance off to “Birdman!”

I was also lucky enough to be able to give my latest ukulele acquisition a try outm this being the Shimo walnut concert uke. I had met Shimo a few days earlier in Tokyo and as well as discussing a future instrument I want him to make, I looked at two of his concert ukes. He only makes instruments to order, so these are always pretty rare, but crucially always quite amazing to play, sound brilliant and are the most stylist instruments on planet Earth!

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