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2009 Jackson Hole Rock and Roll Camp

July 13-17, 2009, at the Colter Elementary School (Jackson Hole, Wyoming)

Presented by the Jackson Hole Music Experience

 

Welcome to Jackson Hole Rock & Roll Camp!  This unique clinic allows students to develop their individual skills in the context of a real rock band, rehearsing and performing with other student musicians and faculty professionals.  Rock&Roll Camp will be chock full of intense instruction, practical playing experience, and loads of fun!

Musicians in this camp will include drummers, bassists, guitar players, vocalists, horn players, and others.  Potential students must be at least going into the 6th grade in the fall of 2009, and they must have been studying their instrument for a minimum of one year (exceptions can be made with the approval of Rock & Roll Camp Headmasters).

The faculty at Rock&Roll Camp includes Jackson Hole’s most experienced professional musicians: Andy Calder (bass),Ed Domer (drums and percussion), Jeff Eidemiller (guitar), plus numerous other local and regional rock and roll veterans!  Past Rock and Roll Camp instructors and clinicians have included saxophonist David Halliday (Galactic), bassists Steve Bailey (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dizzy Gillespie) and Ariane Cap (Tempest), guitarists Ross Martin (The Motet, Drew Emmitt Band) and Brian Jordan (Lauryn Hill, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe), and Chris Duarte (multiple winner of Guitar Player magazine’s Readers’ Poll as “Best Blues Guitarist), drummers Simon Kirke (Bad Company, Free), Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros), and Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Keller Williams), just to name a few. 

Each instructor at Rock & Roll Camp has an advanced knowledge of harmony and music theory, although the emphasis of Rock & Roll Camp is more practical than formal.

Some of the topics covered at Rock & Roll Camp include basic rhythm playing, holding a groove, use of dynamics, use of various “effects,” soloing ideas, songwriting, recording, using a PA system, relying on stage monitors, and learning how to “jam” with others.  The overall goal is to help young players become proficient at playing in a band.  In one important respect, music is similar to any other activity: the better you are at it, the more fun it is!  Rock& Roll Camp aims to raise each student’s level to the point that they can comfortably play with others.

Hope to see you at Jackson Hole Rock & Roll Camp!  For more info: (307) 733-3970 or email info@jhrocknrollcamp.com.

Jackson Hole Rock & Roll Camp is made possible by the Jackson Hole Music Experience, Cultural Council of Jackson Hole, Old Bill's Fun Run, Wyoming Arts Council, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, and the National Endowment for the Arts.