Sammy Turton aka 4stringboy
Sparkles Explained!
The Ukulele Podcast · John Atkins
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Show Notes
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Today I'm chatting with Sammy Turton, aka 4stringboy about all sorts of things including:
- Writing and recording his first album, Vejr (meaning "Weather")
- How he and his wife ended up living in Copenhagen thanks to Brexit
- Performing live versus performing to a backing track
- The origins of Fingerstyle Fursday
- The importance of learning music theory
- Why he resisted joining Instagram for a long time
- Why he makes his own thumb picks
- Harmonics (aka 'Sparkles') explained!
- The three biggest influences on his playing style
- Collabing with other big stars of the ukulele world
- Why he’s called 4stringboy... and it’s NOT because of the ukulele!
- PRINGLES
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Sammy '4stringboy' Turton
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