About M. Ryan Taylor Books
M. Ryan Taylor of UkulelePlay.com is the organizer of Utah's first Uke Fest and director of UFO HUM (Ukes for Others: Happy Ukulele Movement), a ukulele service group in American Fork, UT. Ryan also regularly teaches Ukulele Bootcamps, where absolute beginners learn all the basics of playing plus five songs in a matter of hours. In Ryan's words, "After half a lifetime in music, I came to the ukulele after seeing Jake Shimabukuro's rendition of "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" on YouTube. Jake's performance inspired me and after getting familiar with the basics I started a ukulele program through the children's choir I conduct. It turned out there were just as many teens, adults, and seniors in the community who wanted to learn and I just kept going, creating materials as I went." Ryan has degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Composition and has worked as a singer and recording artist, a composer of vocal music, and director of choirs. See his personal website, MRyanTaylor.com, for more his other projects.
