Mid-Somerset Festival Blues Jam 2012

Saturday 17th March 2012

Are you in a band? Do you play guitar, bass, drums, keyboards? Maybe you are the singer in your band or a lone singer songwriter? Perhaps you are proud of your recent Rockschool grade performance piece? If so, regardless of your ability, this morning is for you.

Blues Jam Workshop Information

The Workshop

The morning will begin with a one-hour blues jam workshop that is suitable for all players. The workshop is designed to give everyone the fantastic opportunity to warm up and take part in a collective blues jam. The workshop will be run by Richard Perkins of Bath Guitar School and will have an emphasis on having fun!

Please let us know if you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced level player. Everyone taking part will receive a Blues Jam Pack with transcriptions and chord sheets suitable for their level in advance.

If you are a beginner (6 months+) you will be expected to play the following:
Twelve bar blues riff and minor pentatonic scale licks

If you are an intermediate (2 years+) player you will be expected to play the following:
Dominant 7 barre chords, blues turnarounds, minor blues scale licks

If you are an advanced (3/4 years+) player you will be expected to play the following:
Dominant 7, 9 and 13 chords, extensive blues soloing skills and rhythm playing

The Four Classes

You will have the unique opportunity to have written assessment and guidance from Max Weedon, head of music at the City of Bath College.

Class X18 Blues Jam Workshop Solo

For solo instrumentalists, all levels.
Own choice of piece. CD backing tracks welcome, no need to bring your own CD player.
Time limit: 6 mins

Class X19 Blues Jam Workshop Band

For Rock Bands, all levels.
Own choice of piece
Time limit: 6 mins

NEW CLASSES FOR 2011!

Class X20 Acoustic Guitar Solo

For solo instrumentalists, all levels and styles welcome.
Own choice of piece - cover material or original song.
Time limit: 6 mins

Class X21 Songwriter

Music and lyrics must be orginal.
This class will be adjudicated on content and performance equally.
Time limit: 8 mins

Entry Information

Contact Sue West by E-mail sue@mid-somerset.demon.co.uk
Fees: £15 entry fee for both the Blues Jam workshop and classes X18, X19, X20, or X21.
Workshop only: £10 - Class X18, X20, X21 only, £7 - Class X19 only, £5 per performer.

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Participants and Winners

Congratulations!

I would like to congratulate everyone who took part in the Blues Jam workshop. You all did a wonderful job of performing the blues jam blues. Participants include:

Dylan Ambasna-Jones	Felix Craft	Harvey Bolan
Tom Bradshaw	Mattie Creed	Dominic Part
Joseph Bateman	Brendan Curran	George Rebello
Frank Bulled	Will Lambert	Christopher Sutton
Louis Campbell	Oliver Liu	George Tuckey
Eric Chong	Joseph Murphy-O'Connor	Abe Unwin
William Cole

Class X18 Blues Jam Workshop Solo Winner

Participants of this class were:

Dylan Ambasna-Jones	Daniel Jones	Stephen Symonds
Greg Davies	Richard Morgan
Oliver Liu	Joseph Murphy-O'Connor

The winner: Richard Morgan

Class X19 Blues Jam Workshop Band Winner

Lewis School Pengam (Year 12)

Class X21 Blues Jam Songwriter Winner

Rosie Jenord

Class X20 Blues Jam Acoustic Guitar Solo Winner

Alexander Hooper

Best performance of the evening was awarded to:

Lewis School Pengam (Year 12)