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Further Musings of a Jazz Camp Junkie: 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
August 12, 2010

By William S. Sinclair In 2005 I posted an article about some jazz camps I had attended. This is a follow-up to that article. Since that time I have attended three others you might enjoy reading about. North Woods Jazz Camp The first of these, a small and intimate gathering run by Kim Richmond and his partner Clay Jenkins, took place at a resort called Holiday Acres, in mid-May, by Lake Thompson just outside the little town of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. ...

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Musician Edward Weiss Develops "Paiku" -- A New Piano Improvisation Technique

Source: Edward Weiss
August 7, 2010

Teacher, author and composer Edward Weiss has come up with a novel and intriguing method for helping his students learn the joys of musical improvisation (or improv for short) on the piano. He's christened it Paiku—a fusion of the word piano and the Japanese poetic art of haiku. A haiku is a short poem about a present moment experience. So a Paiku is the exact same thing, only for music. So, how exactly is Paiku played? Paiku is a short ...

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Chris Potter's Latest ArtistShare Projects

Source: Brian Camelio
August 4, 2010

With his band Underground taking audiences around the world by storm, Chris Potter is clearly one of the most in demand musicians on the scene today. Although Chris' schedule has him touring and traveling consistently, musicians around the world now have the opportunity to learn from Chris' expertise. The Chris Potter Online Lessons project from ArtistShare allows fans and students to access the creative process of Chris Potter with lessons ranging from American Songbook Standards, Bebop and Modal, all the ...

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What I Learned at NMS: You Have 10 Seconds

Source: HypeBot
July 28, 2010

This post is by Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv; he was our featured corespondent at New Music Seminar in New York.

10 seconds to engage someone--to impress them.

In his research for Futurehit.DNA, Jay Frank discovered an impressive trend: Shorter song intros lead to better sales. “2/3 of bestselling songs have an intro that's less than 7 seconds." The average intro length for Top 25 songs is 6.6 seconds. “You really have 10 seconds to engage people."

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Litchfield Jazz Camp Presents the 3rd Annual Jazz College Fair Night July 28th

Source: Lindsey Turner
July 27, 2010

Kent, CT--Litchfield Jazz Camp (est. 1997) is a total jazz immersion where students ages 13 through adult learn and play in a non-competitive environment on the campus of Kent School in Kent, CT. Students rehearse in combos with others at their level 15 hours a week, study music theory, perform and jam, learn from guest artists and listen to the camp's elite faculty led by Music Director Don Braden. Litchfield Jazz Camp runs in one-to--four week sessions which began on ...

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Jazz Focus at Keystone Camp

Source: AAJ Staff
July 27, 2010

Brian Wilensky Abington Journal Correspondent LA PLUME--Keystone College will host its third annual Jazz Institute next week featuring some of the area's leading jazz musicians. The Keystone College Jazz Institute is a weeklong day camp where young jazz players can learn from jazz artists such as Marko Marcinko, James Buckley, Tom Hamilton, Tony Marino, Eddie Severn and Bill Washer. The camp takes place in correspondence with the sixth annual Scranton Jazz Festival at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Scranton, Friday ...

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Survival Tips for Playing Drums Outdoors

Source: AAJ Staff
July 27, 2010

Being drummers, we often have the biggest burden next to the sound system as far as set up. In hot summer months I often have no choice but to have drums packed in a hot vehicle and head straight to the gig after work. Letting drums sit in a car all day where temperatures reach well over 100 degrees is not an ideal situation but through the years I have not had any problems with warped or cracked shells. The ...

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Jamaica's Acclaimed University Singers on a Five-City Tour of Europe

Source: JamaicaMusic Offbeat
July 23, 2010

Jamaica's highly acclaimed University Singers, under the direction of Noel Dexter, takes its choral theatre on a five-city tour of the UK and Germany beginning July 23.The tour, conducted under the theme, Connecting with Diaspora: Building Bridges Through Music, forms part of the group's continuing mission as ambassadors of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and by extension Jamaica.The group is slated for performances in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Nottingham in the UK and in ...

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