CAMP Blues II at Jazz Academy

Recommended for more advanced students, ages 17 through adult.

Join Sean Carney and the Sean Carney Band for CAMP Blues, a week-long ensemble experience focusing on learning about and playing the blues. The course will focus on guitar, bass and drums, exploring those instruments’ respective roles in blues music and developing participants' instrumental skills and techniques. Instructors will discuss basic theory, ear training and improvisation with respect to their instrument and practical application in the ensemble setting. Students will hear recorded examples with directed listening and will be given names of recordings to listen to in the future....

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Recommended for more advanced students, ages 17 through adult.

Join Sean Carney and the Sean Carney Band for CAMP Blues, a week-long ensemble experience focusing on learning about and playing the blues. The course will focus on guitar, bass and drums, exploring those instruments’ respective roles in blues music and developing participants' instrumental skills and techniques. Instructors will discuss basic theory, ear training and improvisation with respect to their instrument and practical application in the ensemble setting. Students will hear recorded examples with directed listening and will be given names of recordings to listen to in the future.

In addition, instructors will discuss other aspects of performance such as overcoming stage fright and developmental concepts such as building set lists and selecting material.

On Friday evening, CAMP Blues will conclude with a public performance, location TBD.

Instrumentation is limited to guitar, bass and drum set (bring your own sticks). Singers are welcome.

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