Ukulele Songwriters Showcase, January 8, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
I have been lucky enough to be meeting with a number of ukulele players who have been developing songwriting skills and supporting each other's creative development since June 2020. We've…
Virtual Ukulele House Concert, November 13, 2020
Join us on Friday, November 13, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. for a virtual house concert of ukulele performers! This is the first concert of the Virtual House Concert Series. The…
Local Hiking in Eastern Massachusetts
Over the past season, with COVID-19 keeping us from doing a lot of things, and with my recovering broken shoulder, I have been doing a lot more local hiking. Surprisingly,…
Ken Mattsson Music Newsletter (July 2020, Volume 1)
Dear Musical Friends, Ken Mattsson Headshot with Ukulele Thank you for subscribing and I will use this opportunity to let you know about the events that I have scheduled now and…
Summer Place Setting
Is Your Media Diet Making You A Better Person?
Many years ago, a media thought leader named Marshall McLuhan stated that "The medium is the message", meaning that the sources from which we get our information affect the information…
What Message Are You Getting Now?
Well, what an adventure we (and the whole world) are on! We Are All In This Together, Wayland, MA, May 2020 When I last wrote, I was in the middle…
Ohana Tenor Ukulele
Ken Mattsson Houseconcert, April 30, 2020
Ken Mattsson with Ukulele Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Digital Heritage Consulting Live Stream. In this time…
I Was Hoping For a Different Kind of Break
As many of you know, the past number of years have brought a lot of challenges to me. Between losing my job, family issues, health issues, and other things, I have been working through a lot of my life and seeing how it really needs to change in order for me to move forward in the next stage of my life. I've been doing a lot of good work (like meditation, going to the gym, yoga, etc.) To really see what new things I have to install, and I feel like I've really been doing some good work. The previous decade felt like it was just really tough not only for me but for the world, and I was really looking forward to the 2020s being a better time. After my recent birthday and the turning of the new year, I was feeling pretty positive and felt like I was starting on a new path. From all of this activity I felt like I was doing the things that would charge a new path and then I get a new break in life. Well, I got it. It just wasn't the break I was hoping for.
Looking at the Sun
Giving Myself Permission to Royally Screw It Up
Part of my ongoing journey of living life a new, less fearful way, is doing things that scare me, especially on the creative side of my life. I've always struggled…
Buddha 20% Off
The Turning of the Decade and Prime Numbers
This is not only the first month of the new decade, but it's also my birthday month. As these are new starts for the calendar and another trip around the…