Workshops, Concerts and Festivals
Here are our current 2023 workshop dates (more to come): Flatpicking Essentials Workshop for Guitar and Mandolin Friday, July 28th through Sunday, July 30th, 2023 Jade Green Farm, Harrisburg, Missouri with Tim May and Dan MillerCome study for three days with Flatpicking Essentials authors Tim May and Dan Miller. During this workshop there will be five 2.5 hour sessions. The topics will be as follows:
1) Developing Speed, Accuracy, and Tone (Friday Evening) 2) Rhythm, Timing, and Groove (Saturday Morning) 3) Developing Creative Solos (Saturday Afternoon) 4) Improvisation (Saturday Evening) Sunday Morning you will have a choice: 5) Advanced Improvisation and Technique (Sunday Morning with Tim) 6) Learning Music By Ear (Sunday Morning with Dan)
Food will be provided and lodging is available. The number of attendees will be kept between 10 and 12 people so that everyone can receive personal attention. All levels of players are welcome. For details, contact Dan Miller: dan@flatpick.com or 573-823-5582
Songwriting Workshop Friday, October 13th through Sunday, October 15th, 2023 Jade Green Farm, Harrisburg, Missouri
with Brad Davis
Grammy-winner Brad Davis is a talented songwriter, recording engineer, and multi-instrumentalist whose songs have been recorded by country music stars (most notably Tim McGraw), rock artists (movie actor Billy Bob Thornton and Tommy Shaw of Styx), and many top-notch bluegrass artists (Terry Baucom, Doyle Lawson, Tony Trishka, Phil Ledbetter, and many more). He has also written and recorded for a number of major motion pictures, including several Billy Bob Thornton movies (Jane Mansfiled's Car, Daddy n'Them).
In this three-day songwriting workshop Brad will not only work with the students to help them write song lyrics and melodies, he will also provide a wealth of information about how to best use your musical instrument to help tell the story of the song, and he will teach a workshop on how to make a professional sounding recording of your songs.
Food will be provided and lodging is available. The number of attendees will be kept between 10 and 12 people so that everyone can receive personal attention.
For details, contact Dan Miller: dan@flatpick.com or 573-823-5582
Swing and Jazz Workshop for Guitar and Mandolin Friday, November 10th through Sunday, November 12th, 2023 Jade Green Farm, Harrisburg, Missouri
with Tim May and Dan Miller
This workshop is for anyone who would like to improve their ability to play both rhythm and lead on swing and jazz tunes on the guitar or mandolin. In this workshop, we address topics like reharmonizing the chord progressions with various chord substitutions, we provide ideas about soloing on these tunes and soloing over standard swing progressions and turn-arounds, and then we spend a good bit of time working on ideas for improvising on these tunes using scale and arpeggio patterns. For this workshop, in order to help facilitate us rolling up our sleeves and jumping right in, we send out a packet in advance of the workshop date to everyone who is attending. This packet will include the chords and melody to six standard swing tunes. Plus we also send some scale and arpeggio patterns to practice. That way, we can make sure that everyone has some familiarity with the tunes that we will be working with so no one will be trying to learn the tune and chord progression from scratch on that weekend. Anytime class is not scheduled, jamming is encouraged. Food will be provided and lodging is available. The number of attendees will be kept between 10 and 12 people so that everyone can receive personal attention.
For details, contact Dan Miller: dan@flatpick.com or 573-823-5582
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