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Brian DiCosmo of The Goodwill, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and From Autumn to Ashes will be leading Songwriting Saturdays. Please call for details.
• Winter NAMM 2006
• Radio Disney Talent Competition 2006 - Congratulations to Hannah Mixer for winning the solo vocalist division and to the Cannon Cougars for winning the group vocalist division!
• North Carolina Amp Fest Videos
Seminars
How to get Classic Rock Guitar Tones
If you want to find out how to get guitar tones like Led Zeppelin and The Beatles, up through current guitarists like Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson, this seminar is for you. This seminar will use modern digital modeling technology to demonstrate the core ingredients of building realistic classic rock guitar tones, whether you choose to use modeling or vintage gear. This seminar will feature examples of these tones performed by Jeff Gastineau, who has over 30 years of experience playing guitar, and has worked for Marshall, Korg, Roland, and BOSS.
• Instructor: Jeff Gastineau
• Date: TBA
• Time: TBA
• Cost: TBA
Guitar Music Theory Makeover
Having trouble progressing with your guitar playing? Kick your guitar playing into overdrive.
Topics covered:
Building chords in all positions useing the CAGED system
Analyzing chord progressions to determine what key (scale) the chords come from
Soloing with the proper scale over various chord progressions
Using multiple scale ideas to solo over blues, rock and country changes. (You don't need to know a million scales, just how to use some basic ones correctly)
Technique building, string bending, cool licks and more
• Instructor: Vic Wheeler
• Date: TBA
• Time: TBA
• Cost: TBA
Virtual Instruments
Software-based Virtual Instruments, or plugins, have advanced to the point where they often exceed the capabilities of synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines. This seminar will allow you to see and hear many in action, and see how they can be used to enhance your recordings or live performance. Among the instruments to be demonstrated are those by Spectrasonics, Apple, Native Instruments, Synthogy, Fxpansion, and Toontrack. Since this seminar will be held in the studio, seating will be very limited and requires advanced registration.
• Instructor: Jeff Gastineau
• Date: TBA
• Time: TBA
• Cost: TBA
Analog Meets Digital
A guide to modern music production, where analog and digital work together. This seminar will demystify these seemingly different worlds and help you make better recordings.It will concentrate on using both methodolgies to maximum advantage in today's production intensive environment.
• Instructor: Rob Tavaglione
• Date: TBA
• Time: TBA
• Cost: TBA
The Business of Music
An introduction to management, record labels, publishing and royalties. This seminar would be for beginner to intermediate artists and would guide them to a better understanding of the music business' complications. It will be invaluable to aspiring managers, agents, producers and label owners.
• Instructor: Rob Tavaglione
• Date: TBA
• Time: TBA
• Cost: TBA
Introduction to Apple Logic - Music Creation and Audio Production
If you are new to Logic Pro or Logic Express, or need some help to go farther with this powerful music creation and audio production application, this seminar is for you. We will demonstrate not only fundamentals of the program like environments, window sets, built-in instruments, signal flow, audio loops, effects, etc., but also sequencing and recording techniques which would apply to any audio software program. Since this seminar will be held in the studio, seating will be very limited and requires advanced registration.
• Instructor: Jeff Gastineau
• Date: TBA
• Time: TBA
• Cost: $50/person at the door or $40 advanced registration
Apple Logic - Music Creation and Audio Production Super Session
This seminar is a followup to our Introduction to Apple Logic seminar. We will be going even deeper into Logic as we work through a recording session with this hands-on seminar. Since this seminar will be held in the studio, seating will be very limited and requires advanced registration.
• Instructor: Jeff Gastineau
• Date: TBA
• Time: TBA
• Cost: $50/person at the door or $40 advanced registration
Mixing in the Box - Mixing Music with Your Computer
This seminar will demonstrate a variety of tips and techniques for mixing music using the power of your computer. Subjects to be discussed include plugins, bussing, signal flow, and mastering. Since this seminar will be held in the studio, seating will be very limited and requires advanced registration.
• Instructor: Jeff Gastineau
• Date: TBA
• Time: TBA
• Cost: $50/person at the door or $40 advanced registration