Rocking the Jam sessions!

Jam sessions are one of the events the students really look forward to. There are generally five to seven students for each jam session. They will all perform one song that they worked on in the private lessons.  The older students will also solo over a blues progression if they would like to. It is a lot of fun to improvise over a 12 bar blues with other musicians.

Scott, Ralph, Colin, and Cooper will be rocking out some oldies for the next session. Anyone who is interested has an open invitation to get together in a band situation with other students. It is a lot of fun and there is absolutely no pressure.

How Do the Jam Sessions Work?

The sessions are slated for Sundays between 2pm and 4pm. Each student is asked what song they would like to play. Those songs are put on a list and each person picks from those. Sometimes, if the songs have parts that are too difficult for any instrument, we remove those or simplify them if possible. We currently only perform one song in order to keep the sessions at a comfortable length.

After that, we take about a month or two to work on the songs in the private lessons and get them ready for the next jam session.

When the day arrives, the students meet at the studio with their instrument(s). All the cables, amps, microphones, drums, and sound reinforcement are provided. The parents, siblings, wives, husbands, friends etc. are all encouraged to attend. Students are welcome to bring snacks or drinks.  We then run through the songs three to four times; once with the music, once without, then again to work out the little bugs. After that, the song is performed a final time so the parents can take pictures with the light show or record the performance on video.

If you are interested in taking lessons and be a part of the optional jam sessions, please contact me for more information.