5-year-old Ukulele Wunderkind
So, unless you've been avoiding twitter for the last few weeks, then you've definitely seen at least one video of this little guy. Perez Hilton tweeted about him and suddenly the whole world went apeshit. I think the video that Perez mentioned (I'll be honest here, I don't even know who Perez Hilton is) was the following cover of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours".
This kid is literally made of charm and cute. Heck, he's like a supernova of cute. Also, considering that he was about 4-5 years old at the time these videos were made, his ukulele skills are incredible! Heck. Even if he was 45 years old, he's still got some mad skills. He hardly ever looks at his hands, it seems like the ukulele is a natural extension of him. So far, I think my favorite video is Ma-i-na-ku-ma-na. Check it out!
As the father of two precocious boys, I thought I'd seen every kind of hamminess that little boys could do. Was I ever wrong! This kid is always on! My favorite is when he "accidentally" slaps his head as the result of a wild strum. Then he repeats the move a few times to squeeze all the laughs possible out of it. Brilliant!
I searched around and I couldn't find much information about this little fella. The youtube videos were posted as uke3453 and there is a little information at the profile for that account:
He is 5 years old now.
He speaks Japanese.He and I started playing ukulele only one year ago.
We first learned the uke by watching a TV program(NHK).
The program lasted three months.Camera : Panasonic GF1
※Our English isn't very good so I'm sorry if the grammar is wrong.
Thank you for all the kind messages and comments!
Hmm.. so, he's 5 years old and he's only been playing uke for a year? And.. he learned by watching TV?! Child Prodigy anyone? If you still don't believe it, check out his version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps:
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A few extra ukuleles under the Christmas tree this year methinks. All good, all round.
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I’m also awestruck by the talent of this little boy, who was probably inspired by Jake Shimabukuko’s version of ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’: Could they be father and son?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k