Summer 2025 Newsletter

In this issue; Upcoming Gigs I love sharing music with the public and I’m pleased to say that I will be appearing across the UK with my show Think You Know Uke? this summer at a range of festivals, venues and even a cruise! Basingstoke Canal Cruise, Saturday 19th July This is going to be […]

Last chance to save on George Formby courses!

My two ‘Play like George Formby’ courses are on their final week of reductions before they go back up to full price! Save up to 20% when you purchase either course, or together as a bundle offering further value. Sign up today:https://matthewquilliam.co.uk/store/#courses Here’s what you get:🎞 Over 2 hours of footage with each course, or […]

George’s Genius is out now!!

It’s here! It’s out! It’s now!!! Click below to find out more: Currently on special offer, this course provides over 2.5 hours of video content, 10 solos broken down step by step, advanced techniques like the shake, half-time, triplet-fan and rake, a study of other artists like Billy Uke Scott, Tessie O’Shea and Alan Randall, […]

Using Queen to Memorise Songs

This week we’ve been looking at memorising songs on the ukulele, and using a classic Queen song to help us do so! Download the pdf to this lesson:

Somewhere over the rainbow

This week we’ve been looking at syncing up your singing and strumming over on mu YouTube channel. My channel is a great free resource for a variety of ukulele tricks, tips and lessons. Get your free PDF Here For educational purposes only. Want to learn more? Check out these awesome products

My Christmas card to you all…

It’s less than TWO WEEKS until Christmas, and so I thought it was about time for an update from me as the year draws to a close. Coming up in 2025 I’ve got a lot to look forward to for 2025, and plenty that I hope you will join me in being excited for too! […]

Swinging the Split Stroke

This week as part of #splitstrokemonth, we’re taking a look at the split stroke in it’s home territory of jazz, but fast forwarding to a later period (50s, 60s) and adding some swing into the mix as a tool to help us solo. Grab the free PDF here: Can you do a swung split stroke […]

Split Stroke as a Waltz

In this week’s video as part of #splitstrokemonth, we’re learning the technique as a waltz. Not only that, but we learn an original piece of music, ‘Start Again’ to see how the technique can be used and adapted to play chord-melody. Download the free PDF here: And watch the full lesson here:

It’s Split Stroke Month!

It’s #splitstrokemonth here in August, where we’ll be exploring a new topic each week dedicated to the famous Split Stroke technique, and how we can evolve it to create something new and special and magical. Check out the introduction and some context Don’t forget you can learn all about the traditional split stroke style in […]

Jazz Beginners Course: Now Available!

It’s finally here… I am pleased to announce that the SECOND Ukulele Online course, Jazz Beginners, is out RIGHT NOW! You can click on the image below to get started… This course is an ideal way into playing jazz on your ukulele. All you need knowledge of is the usual basic ukulele chords and a […]