FAWM: @newukenewyork / NewUkeNewYork

NewUkeNewYork

@newukenewyork

Songs

Joined

2023

New York City
www.NewUkeNewYork.com

Hi, I'm Brooklyn-based ukulele player and teacher Jenny Selig (she/her) and I joined my first rounds of FAWM and 50/90 in February 2023, so 2026 marks my 4th year of FAWM. I’ve performed at several #filk festivals and was New Voices songwriting guest at OVFF 2025.

With a background in poetry, theater, and performance, I have been playing uke since 2017 and sharing ukulele-based songwriting on social media and in-person since 2018. #fuc #ukulele

All my original songs end up here: http://tinyurl.com/seligsongs

I made up names for the genres I most often write in: 💀 #Americanasati - Americana infused with philosophical meditations on mortality and dread. (Americana + Maranasati) 🐿 #MidEmFoke - Midwestern Emotional Folk uke

—- A note on collaborations: If I write a lyrics-only draft and you offer to set it to music, please know I might also create my own solo, acoustic ukulele versions with any of my lyrics later, and the melody might be different, which doesn’t mean I don't like the music you or anyone else created around them.

I do also enjoy co-writing and setting other people's lyrics to music, as well as creating vocals/lyrics around someone else's instrumental piece. So if you want to collab, let's discuss!

Songs

I Haven't Yet by @newukenewyork 9h #lyricsonly

The Mountain, Me, and You by @newukenewyork 12h #ukulele #singersongwriter #personwithukulele

Graph Paper by @newukenewyork 19h #silly #ukulele #singersongwriter

Barefoot in the Wash by @newukenewyork 1d #ukulele #singersongwriter #personwithukulele

Soundboard

Messages left for you by other fawmers.

@margotmae 7h

off we go!!!

@chill4matt 1d

Happy FAWMing, Jenny!!

@newukenewyork 1d

Thanks, you toooooo!

@rrobinso84 1d

Hi, Jenny! I "accidentally" extended the lyrics to a popular kid's song last month and it reminded me of your PuffTMG work last year. Then, your invite to join FAWM was the kicker!

I expect to be mostly lurking this first season, but I will use the inspiration to post my Itsy-Bitsy contribution soon!

Bob R

@kc_ 1d

Jenny, Thanks for stopping by to comment on The Only New I Need. Always appreciate your input! Let me know if you have any interest in setting it to music! I know that these 28 day are going to fly by!

@csecooney 2d

Hi, Jenny! I found you on FAWM! I am so looking forward to the music you make this month! And always! - Claire

@newukenewyork 2d

yay!

@sdcpaman 2d

Hello Jenny. Welcome to FAWM 2026. Looking forward to hearing your music this year

@newukenewyork 2d

Hi, same to you! Welcome back!

@jlampson 2d

Hello my friend, so happy to see you back this year. With any luck, our paths cross, and I'll definitely be checking out your stuff. Uke on!

@newukenewyork 2d

Hello, hello and welcome back to FAWMland! Great to see you!

@johnstaples 2d

Hey New York, happy FAWMing!

@newukenewyork 2d

Oh, hey, hi! Nice to see you back! :)

@gardeningangel 3d

Love the term "binary-wary" 😂 Happy FAWM No. 4, have a great one!!!

@newukenewyork 2d

Yay! Happy FAWM right back at you! :)

@paul_pedersen 3d

Looking forward to hearing your February creations, Jenny.

@newukenewyork 2d

Thank you! Welcome back to FAWM!

@andygetch 4d

Hey Jenny!

@newukenewyork 2d

Hiya! Glad to be back!

@tawny249 4d

Hey! Great to meet you in person, however briefly. It's always a madhouse weekend at OVFF. 😉 Looking forward to more of your FAWM songs!

@newukenewyork 2d

Hiya! Nice to see you online now -- it was fun to put some faces to names!!

@bobjestes 4d

Have a great FAWM! Looking forward to hearing your new stuff

@newukenewyork 2d

Thanks -- and welcome back to you, too!

@mxqidlove 4d

Happy FAWMing!

Saw your post on the queer thread and I also consider my queerness to be entangled with my spirituality, and my art for that matter. Queering-as-a-verb (and neuroqueering) are also concepts I'm very interested in! Yay!

@newukenewyork 2d

Oh, thanks for sharing that with me. It's such a rich word/concept. Yay!

@quadrivium 4d

Jenny! I am really looking forward to hearing you. <3

@newukenewyork 2d

Thanks! Can't wait until we're all sharing!

@tamsnumber4 4d

Have a Great FAWM!

@newukenewyork 2d

You toooooo!

@cathreu 4d

Hope you have a wonderful FAWM! I'm looking forward to your music!

@newukenewyork 2d

And same to you! Yay, FAWM!

@charlie_leemburg 4d

Have yourself a nice FAWM!

@newukenewyork 2d

Thanks! I hope yours is great, too!

@kc_ 4d

NUNY! Hope you have a great month! Always love what you post! Still taken away by your dreamy rendition of lights alive - a song of mine you had put to music. Too Good!!

@newukenewyork 2d

That was so nice to do -- Thanks for collabing with me!! Happy FAWM 2026!