This is a day of non-stop jamming. But jamming properly, with guidance and structure.
Hobby jam nights can be loud and chaotic – but generally good fun. We’ll retain the fun element but make it sound great with the help of a pro band in the afternoon using the morning as rehearsal.
Learn how to run a Jam and get the best out of a group of disparate players.
We have Jam Essentials the day before when we explore all facets of jamming: tools, approaches, dos and don’ts, etc. Great prep for this Let’s Jam day.
We’ll have a few jam classics available for the group to play but we encourage you to bring along the songs you like to play. The more mainstream the songs the more the group will be instantly involved.
You might be a singer/rhythm playerThis course will be a day of:
The objectives are:
Bring along your own songs and we’ll pick and mix with the song list we have lined up.
This course is aimed at the Late Beginner to Intermediate levels of acoustic, electric guitarists and bass players.
The tutor will also offer advice about singing as well and guide bass players. If we have trombones, horns, harmonicas, etc. then these guys will be left to their own devices and we’ll rely on them being able to keep up!
The course isn’t really for raw beginners; that said, most players will pick up some real nuggets from this day.
We’d like to get the group’s input on songs and lead sheets but we’ll have a bunch of classic song lead sheets to hand out or use via a projector. You’ll get these PDFs as we go through the day.
BTW, we recently ran a Jam Essential online course – it covered all the basics you should know or have been exposed to; email for detail if interested.
If anyone wants some video snippets taken during the day we’ll make these available to the group afterwards.
If you’d like to stay the night before, or the night after, the course, there’s fantastic B&B and dinners at the venue (other places are available in the area as well !). Get in touch directly with the venue once you’ve received the Joining Instructions.
Unlike our online sessions these Day-Only courses can only accommodate limited group numbers – book early to avoid disappointment.