MLSD

Prior to this past Fall, we had jam sessions – same location as lessons – about once a month on Sunday afternoons. We will resume jam sessions this summer if enough students share an interest.

One jam session will consist of 3 to 4 people. It can include any combination of guitar, bass, drum set, percussion, and pretty much anything else if you know how to play any other instruments. Jams are completely optional, they are not a part of lessons, and they are for any students who would like to have fun simply… jamming.

If we schedule these jams, they can occur once a month – at least for the time being, unless students are interested in more frequent jams – and each jam session can last anywhere up to 2 hours. If several students are interested, we can set up multiple jams in one day, each having 3 to 4 people.

Jams can consist of pretty much any music of your choice. Our jams most commonly include basic patterns and progressions, such as the 12-bar blues or a simple 4-chord progression (any style), which are fairly easy to jam to.

We can consider this as a potential day/time:
The first Sunday of every month, approximately 2:00-4:00pm.
(This is only a tentative day/time. It is not currently scheduled.)

A day/time will not be official until we have enough people interested in jamming. The day/time can also change depending on when we’re available. If you are interested, I will let you know via email or in lessons when others have shared an interest.

Please let me know via email if you would like to participate in jam sessions and we’ll incorporate the jamming process into lessons so you have a solid idea what to play during jams. It’ll include basics to keeping time, a solid/steady beat, and maintaining forward momentum when playing accompanying, comping, or similar background parts; it will also include basics to playing melodies, lead type parts, and general improv/soloing. We can do a mini-jam or “mock” jam at the beginning or end of a lesson. You can participate in jam sessions when you’re ready to effectively jam with multiple people at once.