Celebrating 5 Gold Stars for FLEA Ukulele Sales

True Joy Acoustics earns 5 Star Customer Ratings on Amazon and eBay

The experience of prior shoppers is a strong predictor of your satisfaction

Some shoppers have limited experience purchasing a musical instrument over the internet, even though it is quite common to do so. Ukuleles are a fast growing segment … mainstream music popularity, easy to learn among all age groups, not too big, not too pricey, growing abundance of brands and model options to choose.

True Joy Acoustics has sold hundreds of FLEA® brand ukuleles. Primarily on the internet, but also by direct sales at professional expos and local customers. We, and our growing customer base, believe a FLEA® is simply the best ukulele for beginners plus advancing players.

Don’t just take our word for it. Check out what our buyers have posted directly on the largest e-commerce channels. Simply click each icon below to see ratings and reviews:

eBay Customer Ratings

Amazon Customer Ratings

Red FLEA Reviews on Amazon

Natural FLEA

Blue FLEA

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Wanna’ PLAY or PLEDGE a FLEA® ukulele? Visit www.truejoyacoustics.com to learn more plus connect to Amazon and eBay listings. Purchases are convenient, secure, delivered FREE (continental USA) and backed by Buyer Protection Programs on these two well established e-commerce stores.

Email me at info@truejoyacoustics.com if you would like to sponsor a donation of one or more FLEA ukuleles to the music therapy program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. It’s easy and will certainly bring joy to your heart as well as many kids spending weeks in a hospital.

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Bloggers, visit us on: WordPress (True Joy Acoustics – Community), WordPress (Ukulele Shops), Tumblr (Ukulele Shops) and Blogger (Ukulele Shops). Comments and connections welcome!

Greg, TRUE JOY ACOUSTICS

The Power of Music In Final Months – Zach Sobiech

Zach Sobiech. Incredible. A high schooler with only a few precious months to live, choosing to create and share his music. Helping everyone find joy and courage with his “Clouds” song. 2+ million views already. I thank CNN Student News for sharing his story, my daughter made me aware of this week’s school broadcast.

Click here for the CNN Student News feature. Zach’s story is 3 minutes (start 3:31, end 6:40). Starts with Zach on ukulele.

Our program continually advocates and donates FLEA ukuleles for music therapy, helping many kids deal with challenges similar to Zach.

Wanna’ PLAY or PLEDGE a FLEA® ukulele? Visit www.truejoyacoustics.com to learn more plus connect to Amazon and eBay listings. Purchases are convenient, secure, delivered FREE (continental USA) and backed by Buyer Protection Programs on these two well established e-commerce stores.

Email me at info@truejoyacoustics.com if you would like to sponsor a donation of one or more FLEA ukuleles to the music therapy program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. It’s easy and will certainly bring joy to your heart as well as many kids spending weeks in a hospital.

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Bloggers, visit us on: WordPress (True Joy Acoustics – Community), WordPress (Ukulele Shops), Tumblr (Ukulele Shops) and Blogger (Ukulele Shops). Comments and connections welcome!

Greg, TRUE JOY ACOUSTICS

Music Therapy + FLEA Ukuleles on WLWT Channel 5

What is music therapy (MT)? What credentials are required to become a MT? Who are their patients? How does music therapy make a true difference in their lives?

Answers and lively FLEA® ukulele demos were featured on “Issues” … an early Sunday morning show produced by local NBC affiliate (WLWT-TV5) in Cincinnati. THANK YOU to the show’s producer, Mr. Jeff Moran, for helping build awareness of this fascinating field. Click here or image below to view the segment:

Congresswoman Gabby Giffords’ amazing recovery from gunshot head trauma has been credited heavily to music therapy. Helped her re-assimilate speech skills, cope with intense frustration, smile again. Spotlighted on ABC News by Diane Sawyer and Bob Woodruff in November 2011, plus Nightline with host Terry Moran.

Music therapy “magic” abounds in Cincinnati. Family members that witness the impact of a music therapist working with their autistic child, an elderly parent becoming listless with Alzheimer’s disease, a relative recovering from traumatic brain injury, or a hospitalized child deprived of “just being a kid” as they face a bone marrow transplant know such magic. True Joy Acoustics proudly connected with Channel 5 and these highly skilled MT’s to broaden public awareness. 

Our ukulele program is privileged to connect with this profession, especially the two co-stars:  Kathryn Yeager (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center) and Mimi Sinclair (Music Therapy Services). Click names for direct contact info.

Wanna’ PLAY or PLEDGE a FLEA® ukulele? Visit www.truejoyacoustics.com to learn more plus connect to Amazon and eBay listings. Purchases are convenient, secure, delivered FREE (continental USA) and backed by Buyer Protection Programs on these two well established e-commerce stores.

Email me at info@truejoyacoustics.com if you would like to sponsor a donation of one or more FLEA ukuleles to the music therapy program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. It’s easy and will certainly bring joy to your heart as well as many kids spending their holidays in a hospital.

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Bloggers, visit us on: WordPress (True Joy Acoustics – Community), WordPress (Ukulele Shops), Tumblr (Ukulele Shops) and Blogger (Ukulele Shops). Comments and connections welcome!

Greg, TRUE JOY ACOUSTICS

2012 Cincinnati Toy, Game (and UKULELE) Gift Guide

Looking for fresh or nostalgic gift ideas for the holiday season? Here’s a wonderful collection. Proud to have our Ukulele Musician Maker™ Kits featured (pp 46) among so many illustrious toys and games with Cincinnati inventor roots.

Cincinnati Toymakers Holiday Gift Guide 2012 from Michelle Spelman

Special Note: FLEA brand ukuleles are by no means “toy grade” musical instruments. They are manufactured by The Magic Fluke Co. in Sheffield, Massachusetts with superb quality and tone. Ideal for beginners and beyond, all the way up to professional performance. Our exclusive kits enable fast ukulele FUN and SKILLS. You’ll love playing for life, no matter what age you start. Those are hallmark traits of outstanding toys and games … why we affiliate with this creative group.

Wanna’ PLAY or PLEDGE a FLEA® ukulele? Visit www.truejoyacoustics.com to learn more plus connect to Amazon and eBay listings. Purchases are convenient, secure, delivered FREE (continental USA) and backed by Buyer Protection Programs on these two well established e-commerce stores.

Email me at info@truejoyacoustics.com if you would like to sponsor a donation of one or more FLEA ukuleles to the music therapy program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. It’s easy and will certainly bring joy to your heart as well as many kids spending their holidays in a hospital.

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Bloggers, visit us on: WordPress (True Joy Acoustics – Community), WordPress (Ukulele Shops), Tumblr (Ukulele Shops) and Blogger (Ukulele Shops). Comments and connections welcome!

Greg, TRUE JOY ACOUSTICS

THANK YOU Tide Dry Cleaners (Liberty Township, OH)

Our retail mission serves ukulele players on a national scale. Sales proceeds help us drive a steady donation of FLEA® ukuleles into hospital music therapy programs –– the heart of our community mission. External sponsors (businesses + individuals) help us accelerate donations to reach even more hospitalized children.

Last spring, we also developed a UKULELE Prom Pack concept. This is an attractive prize for After Prom raffles, encouraging teens to attend and “play it safe” during Prom night. A big hit (see prior posts). We donated to several Cincinnati area schools, plus invited business sponsors. The following organization deserves special attention. Not just for their heartfelt support of Lakota East High School’s event, but also to highlight the focused marketing benefits such sponsorships can offer:

Please visit their website (click logo). Better yet, visit their shop for state-of-the-art fabric care if you reside anywhere near Liberty Township, Ohio.

Why would a DRY CLEANER sponsor a UKULELE for a PROM event?

1. Location, Location, Location. The shop has close proximity to the school and hence a heavy passerby stream of prospective business. Parent clothing, student formalwear and uniforms (e.g., prom gowns, band, athletics). Supporting a special, nightlong school event may provide that extra incentive to take notice and visit.

2. Grand Prize Appeal. The ukulele category is large and growing, especially among teens. A colorful, superb quality ukulele is a bit more exciting to teens at a 3:00 am raffle than any dry cleaning special. Not easy to compete with iPods and flat-screen TV’s as the grand prize, but FLEA® ukuleles were up there … ask the winners!

3. Immediate Recognition and Reach. The prize is amply featured with the sponsor’s ID and promo materials –– not just to student attendees, but also all parent volunteers and parents/siblings attending the “After Prom Preview” event.

CHECK IN TABLE – Programs with sponsor listing, promo materials

PRIZE TABLE – features high value prize, who provided it

APPRECIATIVE PARENTS – not a “staged” pose, these moms just picked up Tide DC coupons and I asked for a photo!

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Would you or your organization like to bring this prize to your local high school After Prom? Email me at info@truejoyacoustics.com with your After Prom information. I’ll gladly put together a UKULELE Prom Pack at special sub-retail pricing. I also help manage the logistics of getting the prize delivered to the school contact and properly featured for the event.

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Bloggers, visit us on: WordPress (True Joy Acoustics – Community), WordPress (Ukulele Shops), Tumblr (Ukulele Shops) and Blogger (Ukulele Shops). Comments and connections welcome!

Greg, TRUE JOY ACOUSTICS

Flea Ukuleles WIN Presidential VOTE

Freedom to vote. A wonderful privilege and one that we owe much to those who sacrificed to earn it. What’s that got to do with ukuleles?

A close presidential race. Over $2B in campaign funds have been raised and spent to influence our voting freedom. Those funds aim at “swing” voters (about 3-5% total voters), but we all get to view the endless ads and flyers. Not sure we’re wiser for it all. So here’s where ukuleles come in, and I’m talking the best, FLEA ukuleles.

If running for president, use your $1B to distribute FLEA ukuleles. Win over the swing voters with the world’s most uplifting music. How many concert FLEAs would that buy?

5,128,205

The ultimate presidential election tool

Let the other candidate spend their $1B in “paid talk”. Use social media for your “free talk” and distribute FLEAs nationally to “let your music speak”.

Or concentrate on OHIO, a swing state. That’s one FLEA ukulele to each of the 4.6 million households. Extra to spare. You, along side your running mate and family members, must strum, too! Voilà … swing voters become loyal strum voters. You become president.

Doubtful? Ask any FLEA strummer if they feel better about themselves and where the world is heading. True joy.

Why FLEA ukuleles? Superb quality AND in tune with a politically correct agenda:

G: Grows our economy. Made in USA. 10 million FLEA’s (if both candidates wise up to this strategy) catapult the manufacturer’s total output to date by 200-fold.

C: Class connector. Everyone can play uke, regardless of W-2 Box 1 income or tax rate. Warren Buffet strums. So do many others of lesser means.

E: Energy independent. No foreign oil required. In fact, Magic Fluke’s manufacturing site deploys clean solar energy … in Governor Romney’s state of Massachusetts!

A: Academic Achievement. Musicianship enhances academic excellence, a well proven fact based on school music studies. And as president, ukulele classes/clubs will become a top priority in our schools.

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Greg, TRUE JOY ACOUSTICS

Ukulele smiles at AFTER PROM!

Late Saturday night. So late, it’s Sunday morning, nearly 3:00 am … and you’re at school! But no worries, only smiles. It’s Prom Night and you just won your favorite prize at the After Prom raffle, a brand new FLEA® ukulele.

Congratulations to Shannon on winning our first UKULELE Prom Pack at Lakota West High School after prom. And sharing all the fun with her friend Delaney.

Feels even later for parent volunteers. Smiles like these make it worth every minute.

True Joy Acoustics helps you treat yourself or others to the fun of playing ukulele. Everyone loves strumming a FLEA®. Visit our website below to learn more and order. We often ship for free to any continental USA address.

Purchases help us share the joy further. Ongoing donations to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Plus special projects like this where we create and donate custom ukulele packs. We invite local businesses to sponsor the cause, too.

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Greg, TRUE JOY ACOUSTICS