Backwoods Music Studio is very pleased to announce our new Summer Guitar "JAM" Camps 2006. These week long day camps will allow budding guitar students the opportunity to play in an exciting band ensemble environment and will help them on the road to perfoming and improvising with their friends. Each week long experience will culminate in a Friday afternoon concert for family and friends. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to hear special guest musicians and play in a full band setting (guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards) with the BMS house band "Hooliganism". Details below. Register NOW! Space is limited to 25 students and our roster is already filling up.

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PINK FLOYD JAM CAMP SUMMER GUITAR JAM CAMP - JUNE 26 through June 30 Photos HERE

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SOUTHERN ROCK GUITAR JAM CAMP
- AUGUST 14 through AUGUST 18

The camps will be held for 5 days starting Monday and will run through Friday afternoon. Drop off for the camp will begin at 8:30am with classes starting at 9am each day. Pick-up will be at 1pm each day (except Friday's performance).

Enrollment will be limited to 25 students (ages 10 to 16), and students will be randomly placed into 4 or 5 groups named after famous Rock guitarists (Clapton, Page, Hendrix, Young, etc). Each group will have a set of songs to work on, as well as a choice of their own.

Classes will alternate through the morning between class guitar instruction and ensemble playing. Mid-week we hope to be able to offer a Master Class from a special guest guitarist.

Each day will end promptly at 1pm with final pick-up at 1:15pm. We'll do everything we can to encourage car-pooling and parent communication throughout the week.

Friday afternoon we plan a full performance from each student group. Parents and friends will be encouraged to bring their picnic and lawn chairs for this outside event (inside if the weather doesn't cooperate).

The Guitar Jam Camp classes are for those students with a solid base knowledge of beginning guitar skills as well as some early familiarity with barre chords and scale patterns. Class topics will include:barre chord shapes and 5th and 6th string roots, Power chords, pentatonic scales and solo patterns, as well as song styling. Popular Rock, Pop, Alternative, and other genre songs will be used as examples and incorporated into the lessons, and students will be encouraged to find and select songs for their group for the end of the week performance.

Please Note: These camps are NOT for beginning guitarists. Students should have completed our Beginning 2 group lessons, learned the equivalent skills during private lessons, or already have the required base skills.

Electric or Acoustic/Electric guitars are highly preferred, although straight acoustic guitars with a sound hole pick-up should work fine. Additionally, students will be encouraged to bring a small portable size practice amplifier (15 to 50 watts) to the camp. Some amps will be provided but students may have to wait their turn for availability.

Good quality instruments are highly encouraged - Please don't send a student with a poor quality instrument - this only breeds frustration, embarrassment, and will deter progress! Contact us if you have any questions on the student equipment requirements.

Please note that we have agreements with several local high-quality guitar stores to offer Backwoods student discounts on the purchase of guitar packages (acoustic or electric guitars, amp, straps, cords, etc). Please contact us for additional details.

CAMP: PINK FLOYD - The week of June 26th, running through Friday afternoon June 30th, 2006. AUGUST - The week of August 12th, running through Friday afternoon August 14th, 2006 TIMES: Monday - Friday 8:30am drop off 9am - Classes 1pm - Class ends 1:15pm - Final pick-up LOCATION: Soapstone Chapel 10301 Old Creedmoor Road Raleigh, NC The Chapel is located approximately 3/4 mile south of Norwood on Old Creedmoor Rd. (no calls to the church please) SIGN-UP: Please use our CONTACT form to indicate your interest in our SUMMER GUITAR JAM CAMPS 2006. We will notify you as soon as possible by email with registration information and details. COST: Tuition for the week long camp is $225 per camper. This includes 20 hours of instruction, snacks and drinks, the Friday afternoon concert, and lots of extras.

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May 2006
SPRING SUMMER 2006 SCHEDULE

Backwoods is pleased to announce our new SPRING/SUMMER 2006 Semester schedule starting MAY 16th.

GROUP - The new semester for Rock Band 101, Beginning I, and Beginning II Group Guitar lessons will start MAY 16th and run for 10 sessions over two 5 week segments. Please see our Group lesson page for more details. Please see our Group lesson page for more details.

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May 2006
TWO SUMMER JAM CAMPS!

Backwoods Music Studio is pleased to announce our two summer Jam Camp dates for Summer 2006.

DARK SIDE OF THE PINK (Pink Floyd Jam Camp) - June 26 through June 30.

AUGUST Jam Camp (theme TBA) - August 14 through August 18.

Please see our CAMP page for additional information and registration.

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June 2005
EARLY SUMMER NEWS

MR. ROB IN CONCERT! - The group "Between Times" will be headlining the Concert for Children of Chernobyl - benefiting the children and orphanages of Belarus on July 23rd from 4pm to 8pm at Asbury Methodist Church in Raleigh. Also expected to perform is Abnormal Sunday, and Curtis Mulder and New Hope. Tickets are $10 or $35 per family. We expect about 1,500 people to attend so come and rock out with Mr. Rob!

COOL! - Two Backwoods students - one on guitar and one on bass - were just accepted into the jazz band at Ligon Middle School for the Fall. Both have only been playing for a year or so and worked very hard at their auditions. Congrats to William and Sam!

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April 2005
BACKWOODS IS ONE YEAR OLD!

Almost one year ago we took a dream and ran with it. Today Backwoods serves over 100 students in the North Raleigh area and our roster will be doubling over the next summer months.

We're closer than ever with plans to find a larger retail space and to bring on additional teaching staff.

THANK you to all our family, friends, Church family, and our terrific community for all the support and encouragement as we've grown. Watch for an end of Summer - back to school party to help celebrate our birthday!!

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January 2005
PRIVATE LESSON WAITING LIST

Due to the popularity of our private guitar and bass lessons we are currently booked solid for the late afternoon and evening time slots (THANKS everyone!!). We've started a waiting list and will keep anyone on this list aware of open slot - schedule changes.

Please note that we are still taking students for our daytime/homeschool time slots.

We're going ahead with plans to find a larger space and to bring on additional teaching staff. Watch this space for more information.

If you're interested in holding a place on our waiting list please CONTACT us.

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December 2004
MAGELLAN CHARTER SCHOOL - AFTER SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM (ASAP)
GROUP LESSONS STARTING JANUARY

I've just signed on as the new Guitar instructor for the ASAP program at Magellan.

The program will offer two seperate beginning classes and one intermediate class on Thursday afternoons.

If your child is interested in participating, please send me a note or contact the school for more details.

 

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November 2004
CUTURAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

We've started offering cultural enrichment programs to local charter and private schools in Wake county. Examples of the programs include:

• - "Stick a Feather" - Songs of the American Revolution (British influences, political satire, motivational)

• - "Bluegrass & Newgrass" - European Musical Influences in Early American Music

• - "Blue in America" (Blues roots, African/Slave influences)

If you're interested in incorporating an enrichment program into your arts or culture curriculum at your school please CONTACT us for additional details and pricing.

 

October 2004
HOME SCHOOL STUDENT LESSONS - New daytime lesson times!:

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