Newsletter   February 2010

Christmas and New Year out of the way it's time to make up your minds and improve your playing.

   No more excuses the time has come to improve your playing and quite frankly to have a great time with other guitar enthusiasts.  To help you make up your minds I have a special offer  to entice you to a weekend in March and save £75.
   Phone me 01931 713241  or email

It seems everybody wants to come in April and May this year which filled the Country Weekend with Lee Hodgson even before the new year. Also leaves just one place on the April 16th Blues weekend and a couple of places on the April 23rd Strugglers weekend. So I am having a special offer on the remaining March - Blues and Improvers weekends when booked from this Newsletter.
Come at a discounted price of £350 (save £75) fully residential for the weekend (non residential (£195.00). Just mention February Newsletter when booking.   
Get a booking form now

 TUTORS

   
Rod Sinclair, Blues Gary Dunn, Improvers  Lin Flanagan, Strugglers

I have a Maintenance Weekend planned for the 21st of May and a Maintenance Two (next level) weekend planned for the 9th of April. This is for those who have already done Maintenance One.

I also have a Home Recording weekend on the 26th of March with Jan beck this will give an opportunity for home players to get acquainted with recording their music onto PC (or Mac if using one). This is for maximum 4 people and also includes recording your own material such as songs or backing tracks. Jan is a multi instrumentalist and has managed and organised recording studios as well as performing and writing his own material.

There is still of lot of you out there who are unsure about coming on a weekend. Maybe think your not up to it or worried about playing in front of other more proficient players. These weekend are for the more mature hobby home player who is a little nervous. As well as improving your playing we help to build your confidence and motivate you to do the exercises and practice routines that will bring your playing on. We have been doing it now since 1994, over 16 years. Rod Sinclair who tutors the Blues weekends has been with us since the start. Other tutors like Lin Flanagan and Gary Dunn have joined along the way as we realised there was a big requirement for a back to basic approach as many home players tend to jump over a lot of the elementary theory and practices in their hurry to learn more complicated tunes. Once this core elementary material is learnt, (and it's not rocket science) your playing can improve in leaps and bounds. Whether it's Blues, Rock, Country or Jazz your trying to play. That's why it's always a good idea to do the Strugglers or Improvers weekends first. Both these weekends are our entry level courses and include those essential elements:- Timing, Rhythm, Strumming, Scales, Soloing and playing in different keys and chord progressions. So don't delay, take me up on the above offer and start on the path to being a far better player.

COURSES

   
Maintenance  Blues Home Recording
Improvers Rock & Gear Strugglers

 Next years Dates are now available on the web site for Guitar Weekends.

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Thanks for reading,
Malcolm White
 

Guitar Weekends, Beckfoot House, Helton, Penrith. Cumbria, CA10 2QB www.guitarweekends.co.uk