Songwriting & Recording Camp | August 6-10
Students will spend 5 days writing and recording with other young musicians. Our instructors will guide students through writing and rehearsing original material through exercises on collaboration, song structure, arrangement, melody creation, chord theory, lyric composition, self-expression and more. Students will learn about the recording process, get an introduction to multi-track recording, basic editing, vocal comping, mixing and basic effects.
The workshop ends with a listening party at the school on Friday afternoon.
This workshop will be led by our
incredible instructors Ian Steed and Steve Chandy. I dare you to read
about them and not want to be involved.
Steve Chandy is our vocal instructor. Also a super talented singer-songwriter, guitarist, performer, and producer.
Steve
started writing and performing original music when he was twelve years
old. He has performed in many world renowned venues like World Cafe
live, The Apollo (!), and as a member of Beatpeace, opened for the
rapper Common. He has been featured on Dreamnation TV’s Acapella series,
toured the country, and released an album with Beatpeace Inc.
He
has started several music programs and has worked as a mentor and music
teacher for children and youth in West Philadelphia. His work includes
teaching guitar, vocals, creative writing, and music theory to children
and youth who have not had access to music classes within their own
schools. He has seen how music allows people to find another means of
communicating, helps them to cope in productive and healthy
ways, and empowers them to express themselves.
He is currently writing and finishing up his debut solo album.
Ian Steed is our Rock101 director, and guitar instructor extraordinaire.
Ian
has been playing music
most of his life and teaching for many years. He's been in tons of
bands, playing everything from surf rock to death metal to jazz. He
attended Berklee College of Music with a scholarship, which brought him
to
Massachusetts from San Diego. He's played all over Southern California
and continues to play around the Boston Area with his bluegrass
band and doing jazz gigs at local clubs.
Ian says, "Playing music is the coolest and most rewarding thing I get to do. The second is teaching and getting others to play. School of Rock is such a tremendous blast! The students have such an awesome time, it makes the progress and work we do together super fulfilling."
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FAQ's
- What time does the workshop start and end? 9am-3pm.
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What happens on a typical day? Private and small group instruction, writing and collaboration in the morning, and rehearsing original material in the afternoon. Introduction to recording, recording, and mixing.
- What should students bring? They should bring a notebook and pen. We have drums, keyboards, and amps here, so no need to bring those. Drummers should bring drumsticks, guitarists should bring their guitars, bassists should bring their bass guitars, and keyboardists and singers just need to show up.
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What's the story with lunch? Students should pack a
lunch. Students get 45 minutes for
lunch, but they are required to remain at the school. Friday we order pizza.
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Is there a performance? While our Performance Camps are focused around the live show, our Songwriting & Recording camps culminate with a listening party where you can show off what you wrote and recorded.
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Where is the listening party? Right here at School of Rock Natick, in our rehearsal room.
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Who can I bring to the listening party? We encourage students to invite family (and friends) to the show, but to keep their guest list relatively small, as space is limited.
- Where can I find staff bios on the instructors at The School of Rock? natick.schoolofrock.com
- Who do I talk to if I have any further questions or concerns? Email us at natick@schoolofrock.com or call 508-810-0105