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Seminars
Stage
Fright 101, Julie Davis: Whether it is in a jam or
on stage or trying to play a tune for your family, learn
how to be more comfortable sharing your music with
others. There are some good techniques for letting go
some of the anxiety and nervousness so that your music
dances more freely.
Art and
Fear, Ed Rowell: Most of the things that sidetrack
us from pursuing excellence in our art (writing,
painting, sculpting, music) have nothing to do with
craft or technique. They have to do with internal and
external barriers that are all in some way rooted in
fear. For many of us, if we're going to see our musical
hopes and dreams happen, we're going to need to address
that fear. Ed will help us start that process.
GadZouks!,
Matt Flinner & Tim May: Matt and Tim will demonstrate
the mandolin's big brother, the bouzouki, and talk about
its journey from Greece to British Isles and American
traditional music. Be prepared for some beautiful
playing, and a new way of hearing fiddle tunes.
Music is
Peace Meditation Session, Kailin Yong: Music has the
ability to not only cross all social and cultural
boundaries but also take us places that only exist in
our Dreams. It can also take us to a deep place within
where we can tap into the eternal spring of peace, bliss
and abundance where we can then feel the direct
connection to the Universe--which ultimately is the goal
of meditation and yoga practice. Come join Fiddler For
Peace, Kailin Yong and friends for a unique meditation
session. You will sit in the middle of this "healing
sound bubble" created by Kailin and his musical partners
as they use the vibrations from their instruments and
voices to assist you to "go deep" and completely
surrender in your meditation so we can harness and
unleash all the healing forces that are within and
without. Because World Peace starts with Inner Peace.
Jam
Session Survival Skills, Gerald Jones: The smoke and
mirrors techniques you use to help you get out of a jam
in a jam… The tricks the pros use to sound like they
actually know the tune even when they are a lost as you
are. Jamming over chord changes, finding a key center,
quoting other tunes, the magical pentatonic scale, the
fifth note of the scale (a musical placeholder to buy
you time to think of something better to play. Intervals
that you can use to give your solos a swing/jazz sound.
More or less a Zen and the Art of Jamming approach.
Teach
Yourself, Raul Reynoso: There are a host of tools
available for your computer to make you a better player,
and Raul will give you a tour of a few of them. There’s
software that will slow your music down, play just
sections and help you analyze it, and there’s software
that will help you practice as well. If you really use
this stuff, you’ll get much better, much faster.
Swinging
Time, Cary Black: What is it about good jazz that
makes you want to dance, or at least tap your foot in
time? It's more than just metronomic timekeeping (though
steady time is important); it's a hard-to describe sense
of buoyancy and forward motion, whether the pulse is
explicitly stated or merely implied. Focusing primarily
on rhythm section playing, we'll do some careful
listening to a few of the masters, and discuss how we
can emulate the techniques they use to subdivide the
beat, "shade" the time, and add accents, articulations,
and syncopations to create a variety of swing feels.
Be a Jam
Leader, Dave Firestine: Learn some cheap and easy
techniques to bring out the best in everyone in
sessions. Jam etiquette, tune selection, and the fun
factor will all be thoroughly covered.
Fiddle
Music in Canada, Shane Cook: While there is a
national old-time style of fiddling that you can find in
nearly every corner of Canada, there is also a lot more
happening regionally. Shane will guide you on a cross
Canada tour and demonstrate the differences between many
of the regional fiddle styles, including Cape Breton
(Scottish), Quebecois, Metis, Ottawa Valley, and
old-time.
Approach
to Arranging for Fingerstyle Guitar, Doug Smith:
Learn some tips on arranging one of your favorite tunes
for fingerstyle guitar. Doug will discuss
guitar-friendly keys, appropriate chord voicings and
proper picking patterns, and time permitting, we may
also arrange a song from scratch. Or, if you're a singer
who accompanies your singing on guitar, this will
provide some good tips on how to add an instrumental
verse to your performance.
Jump-start Your Music Reading, Marianne Danehy:
Feeling left behind with music notation because it's
just too dang hard to get? Let's get a jump-start on
that! Marianne will show you some techniques that Suzuki
teachers use to teach music reading. You'll learn some
memory tricks like the "fruit system" for recognition of
rhythms, and pictured flash cards for the recognition of
notes. We'll cover the notes of the treble clef, time
signatures, and key signatures if time allows. We'll
also practice clapping rhythms in different time
signatures.
Body
Percussion Workshop, Cyd Smith: This workshop is all
about hooking up your innate sense of rhythm with your
instrumental and vocal self. We'll use body percussion
techniques to cultivate a deeper sense of time and
ability to listen to an entire ensemble. |
