Country Blues Guitar Workshops

Purpose:

To preserve the Country Blues style of American folk/blues guitar, and to introduce younger players to the country bluesmen and guitar styles, their lives, and the stories behind their songs. I have been teaching Country Blues Guitar through Spokane Parks & Recreation for over 20 years. I am also a performing musician and have played dozens of clubs and festivals.

Logistics Part:

I will come to your area and can do a 2 hour evening music concert playing songs in the styles of several of the country bluesmen I have studied. The next day I can do a 4 - 6 hour guitar workshop on the Country Blues. This will be a combination of watching videos of the players, instruction on their styles, and educational historical information. I have a library of almost 100 videos/cd's of these players.

I need a room with chairs big enough for everyone in attendance, a fairly big screen tv, and a dvd/cd player. I will provide my own PA system. I also will provide to all attendees class handouts and a PC Compatible computer disk of the workshop, including lyrics, guitar tablature, sound files, video files, and a guitar program that actually plays the tablature learned in the class. I have developed and created this disk over the years in my classes.

Financial Part:

I want this to be viable and fun for your organization - a fund raiser - and for me to cover my time and travel expenses.. I suggest an attendance fee of $ 30 - 80 per student for the concert and workshop, depending on what you think would be reasonable for your area. Or $ 5 - 20 for the concert alone for non-players. If you can provide me adequate room and board, I will split the gate 50-50 with your organization. If I have to pay for hotel etc. I will split the gate 50-50 after my actual expenses.

I also reserve the right to sell my own music cd's and dvd's.

Please contact me via email frank@mtamicro.com
or phone (509) 624-7230 which is my business phone
( MTA Micro Technology Associates )

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