Instruction & Services

Offering private, semi-private, workshops and classes in the following disciplines:

  • Songwriting:

    Education and guidance from beginning levels to advanced. Focusing on individual style and vocal/instrument abilities. Guiding and building an original band.

  • Vocal Technique:

    Find your voice. Discover your natural strengths. Balance your vocal delivery learning breath work, vowels, mouth formation, phrasing, warm up exercises and more.

  • Performance:

    Direction and planning for onstage presentation, exercises to claim your space. blocking your movements, what to say and how to sing it. In a group or as a soloist. Understand singing into a mic.

  • Acoustic Guitar:

    Chords, Rhythms, Fingerpicking Patterns, Theory, Accompaniments to songs.

  • Ukulele:

    Chords, Rhythms, Fingerpicking Patterns, Arrangements, Theory.

  • “Build a Band:”

    Join with 2-4 other musicians and create an identity, craft a style, learn to arrange your songs, prepare to perform. For duos, trios, quartets, quintets.

  • Artist Development:

    Discover and develop your own style, originality, energy, that defines your authenticity. Equalize your skills. Receive direction for your live performance and guidance recording in the studio. Embellish and brand your music. Identify your goals and ambitions.

  • Arrangement/Composition:

    Explore what you want to hear, add, and enhance through the arrangement of your song. A song is beautifully effective through its arrangement and presentation, as well as its composition.

  • Recording/Producing:

    Direction and production to guide you comfortably through the recording experience. Bringing in other studio players, composing/arranging vocal/instrument parts. Understanding, balancing and mixing the final sound.

Summer Music Day Camps 2024

Explore your creativity in an all-inclusive music week.

 

Super Camp Combo

Songwriting/Live Recording: 5 days/25 hours.
Bring in the beginning of a song. Finish and arrange with your camp mates.
Record live as an ensemble on multiple instruments.

June 10 – 14, 2024
3 – 8 pm
5 students (ages 13 -18)
$500

Songwriting/Recording Intensive (2 days)

For the songwriter new to recording: 2 days/12 hours.

Day 1: Choose a songwriting form or bring in a completed original song. Arrange and edit in preparation to record. Day 2: Have the recording experience!

June 22 + 23, 2024
11 – 5 pm
5 students (adults)
$225

Super Camp Combo Plus

Songwriting/ Live Recording/Production/ Music Video: 5 days/25 hours.
Bring in your pre-written lyrics. Compose and arrange your music. Record live while learning to make a live music video. Be a part of mixing the record.

June 17 – 21, 2024
3 – 8 pm
5 students (ages 13 -18)
$600

Co-Songwriting

Ensemble/Performance: 4 days/20 hours.

Learn how to write lyrics and compose music to accompany your words. Contribute your ideas and instrumental skills. Present in performance at conclusion of camp.

June 24 – 27, 2024
11 – 4 pm
5 students (ages 12 -16)
$400