Music's Edge Rock Camp

Music's Edge Rock Camp, Day 3:

Working damn hard, the full ”fun” of it hasn’t kicked in, but it‘s starting to sound like music. Smiles of recognition appear.

I predict: 1) They’re favorite tune (G&R) will not be their…

Music's Edge Rock Camp, Day 2 (Tuesday):
We added third drummer to my group — tons of percussion.

So far, we’ve only poked at bits and pieces of the tunes. (We usually don’t make it all the way through…

Music's Edge Rock Camp, Day 1 (Monday): Load-in, chaos, set-up, chaos, check-in, chaos, introductions, chaos, auditions (kids amazingly supportive, cheering every fellow camper), chaos, grouping-up, chaos, plugging-in, chaos.
All you can do is catch the wave and ride that…

Rock Camp Day #4: A very special day, the home stretch.

I brought in a personal guest instructor, Isabel (from the duo "Izzi & Margo"). At 15 years old, she's a veteran of 3 or 4 Rock Camps -- vocals,…

Rock Camp Day #3: Heaven & Hell, Up & Down, Dark & Light... 

Okay. I should have known. On Monday, at our first "band meeting," the boys unanimously agreed that they love Led Zeppelin. But there are two Zeppelins.…

Rock Camp Day #2: Oh goodness! Out of 7 boys, two of them are twins... with a third younger brother in the group. And two others are also brothers. So, 5 out of seven band members are working with…

Part 1, Auditions: I like our new method -- all kids in the big room, instead of segregating by instrumentation. Some of the kids auditioned together, as duos, trios, and ensembles. And they generously applauded…