4stringboy: Shredding, lack thereof, and innovating a new thumbpick design

Sammy Turton is a Denmark-based British ukulele player. He teaches out of a studio in Copenhagen and is a top-notch social media era virtuoso who would often rather create soundscapes than shred. In this conversation we covered teaching, Brexit, performing solo ukulele for the first time, and his search for the perfect (felt) thumbpick.Find Sammy on: https://www.4stringboy.com/ and across the social networks as @4stringboy.Join my Basic Chord Shapes Zoom workshop: https://liveukulele.com/register/4-27-24-workshop/Support the showJoin my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Enter their gear giveaway every month while you're there (affiliate link): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ4n9G Gear I use to create this podcast: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKJb6zCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa; available on If Only: https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/album/if-only- Ad spot music: "Hoʻale" and "Honaunau Rodeo" by Dagan Bernstein (https://daganmusic.com/hoale/)