Re: [Harp-L] Gindick, Purdy, Gussow, Hash Brown, Cheryl Arena, RJ Harman, "Harmonica" Beane, TJ Klay, SA Johnson Coaching You at Mississippi Jam Camp

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm already booked. Who else is coming?

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM, jon Gindick <jongindick@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hey Harp-Ls--
>
> I have been lurking and today I decided to make an announcement.
>
> We have a few more openings at our Blues Harmonica Jam Camp in Clarksdale,
> Mississippi at the Shack Up Inn and Hopson Commissary September 28 to
> October 2, 2010. What most campers do is fly into Memphis then share a ride
> or rent a car down to Clarksdale. http://www.bluesharmonicajamcamp.com
>
> The camp is 5 days long, and costs $995 for the seminar. There is still
> room the Shack Up Inn which is right next door to the Hopson Commissary, a
> old wonderful juke joint, where the seminar is held. Rooms are about $70 a
> night. We start about 3pm on Tuesday and end Saturday about 6pm. We suggest
> coming in early and leaving late at the Mississippi Delta Blues Country is
> like no where else.
>
> Our camps usually end up with about 25 to 30 campers. Our camper to coach
> ratio is usually about 5 to 1. This gives you lots of personal attention and
> lots of opportunity to get feedback.
>
> Classes start about 10 in the morning, with separate small groups for
> beginners, interediates, and advanced. Remember there's only about thirty
> people. Everybody also gets a one on one learning with a coach, and also a
> 30 minute phone lesson with me. (great for beginners.) Of course we take
> breaks for lunch and dinner, and there are plenty of places to eat.
> We help you get to know this old blues town of Clarksdale, and I lead a
> field trip to Sonny Boy Williamson's grave, in a field near a place where a
> church had burned down.
>
> Several of the coaches are guitar players and we teach by jamming with
> direction, feedback, examples etc.. Hash Brown of Dallas Texas is one of our
> coaches. He is a fantastic harp player, and also a tremendous pro guitar
> payer and band leader. TJ Klay, another harp virtuoso/great guitar player. I
> play guitar too. So there's lots of instant jamming for players of all
> levels. It's a safe and productive place to get experience.
>
> Our philosophy is "keep the harmonica in their mouths" meaning to make sure
> you play, play, play... as you learn.
>
> Three times in five days we bring one of the great Clarksdale blues bands,
> this time Daddy Rich, for training purposes. While the band plays the harp
> players go up, over and over again, getting used to the mic, the amp,leading
> the band, relaxing, trying rifs, tongueblocking, singing. It's a joy
> watching each other grow, and there are some astounding musicial moments.
>
> Band play isn't for everybody, all the time, so there's a beginners
> accoustic jam class happening in a separate part of the property. That's one
> of the great things about our camp: there's no noise bleed. All classes
> taught in very separate areas. You can hear your music, you can hear
> yourself think.
>
> We have a great team of multi-talented coaches. Along with their musicial
> talents, they are valued for their people talents.
> We are all masters at giving you feedback in a way you can use. In 5-days,
> among new friends, in a new environment,
> surrounded by people who are lovin' it, you can really grow and keep
> growing after camp is over.
>
> While blues harmonica is the main instrument taught, we add in instruction
> and encouragement on total bluesmanship: singing, songwriting, stage
> presence, guitar lessons, even dancing. And your fellow campers: Friends for
> life if you so desire. The instructor/ performers offer a diversity of
> approaches to the instrument:
>
> RJ Harman is 21 years old, Florida State Harmonica Champion, leads the RJ
> Harman band, and is a great communicator/teacher/ encourager. The kid lives
> harp and teach you to tune and repair, to overblow, to bend, get tone, to
> chug, and his performances are awesome.
>
> Brian Purdy pretty much started at the Atlanta Jam Camp about eight years
> ago.. He went on the develop the Harp Gear Amplifier which every one loves,
> and become a damn fine harp player. Brian is an expert on amplifiers, mics,
> tone, and he is also a great beginners teacher. He really gets people
> understanding and improving. He is very close to the learning process which
> gives him a great insite into developing players.
>
> Hash Brown is a harp playing, guitar picking, vocalizing bluesman and one
> of the nicest men to every walk the planet. Pure tongueblocker.
>
> Your life will not be the same after you have met and jammed with Cheryl
> Arena. She is my JAM CAMP right hand woman, or girl, or person, or friend,
> or inspiration as she co-ordinates the one on ones, and helps campers
> develop specific songs. She is the tremendously talented blues harp diva out
> of Dallas who writes, plays balls to the wall blues harp, and sings in a low
> sultry voice, and loves helping campers get to their next personal level.
>
> TJ Klay is a harp and guitar man, a singer, a songwriter, overblower. >From
> Nashvile, he swings a tad
> more country than the rest of us andf is a master of 2nd position melody.
>
> Our guest coaches are Terry "Harmonica" Bean, a Delta blues man, a
> tremendous harp and guitar juke joint
> stomper, slide and harpman. The real deal.
>
> World-renown Adam Gussow from Oxford, Miss will be joining us for some
> instruction and jamming on day 4,
> as will Jackson, Mississippi harp wizzard and band leader, Scott Albert
> Johnson.
>
> And I am there, too, of course, jamming with you, giving you feedback,
> helping you get the most of the camp.
>
> So all music, all harp all of the time, for 5 days in the heart of the
> blues country. At night we Jam at Ground Zero and Red's Juke Joint. About
> 30% of our campers are repeat customers.
>
> I  know there's is an  element of scariness in comitting yourself to a
> fairly expensive and long seminar, especially
> involving travel. A lot of people wonder if they will fit in. To make the
> most of Jam Camp, all you need is the right attitude. Our committment is to
> get you to you next musical level.  Even if that level is just getting you
> to find your mouth, we are ok with that even if you aren't.
>
> We know you won't stay at that level forever. This process works, and it's
> fun and emotionally rich, and campers are accomplishing technical goals, and
> they are also playing in bands, making cds, starting bands--getting the
> music out there, and changing their lives in the process.
>
> The camps is about two thirds filled. Do let me know if you have any
> questions.
>
> Call me at 310-457-8278 or e-mail me at jon@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Jon
>



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