Saturday, August 28, 2010

Volunteers needed for the Yosemite Flute and Art Festival

It's fall, and of course that means that the Yosemite Flute and Art Festival is right around the corner. The event is happening again this year, in Oakhurst CA, over 3 days. There will be a ton of flute makers and other vendors in attendance. While I know that it has been tough economically on many my readers, this is one event that you don't want to miss!

WHAT: Playing the Blues on the NAF Workshop
WHEN: Saturday, Sept 25, 2010, 1-3 PM
WHERE: Yosemite Flute and Art Festival, Oakhurst CA

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I am also responsibile again this year for organizing the volunteers who help make this event possible. So if you are planning to attend, and can volunteers a couple hours of your time, we would really appreciate it.



The Yosemite Flute and Art Festival Volunteer Schedule is now online. Please check out the schedule and send an email to: mailto:flutefestvolunteer@gmail.com?subject=Festival with your requested task(s) and times. I am accepting requests on a first come, first served basis. We'll start to fill in the online schedule as the slots fill up.



Thanks for your participation, and hope to see you there!

Friday, August 27, 2010

Learn to Play the Blues on the Native American Flute

The Yosemite Flute and Art Festival is just around the corner, if you haven't made plans yet to attend there's still time. And if you're still on the hump about whether it'll be worth your time to attend, let add that I will be teaching an entirely revised version of my "Playing the Blues on the NAF" workshop.
I've spent the summer rethinking how to improve the workshop and I think that I discovered some great ideas which will make the workshop a great experience. The companion book is completely rewritten, and I am now rerecording some new tracks for the CD which accompanies the book.
The workshop will focus on teaching you the basic 12 bar blues song form. We'll explore various versions of the chord structure of the 12 bar blues. Then we'll learn the basic "Blues Scale" for the Native American Flute and spend the rest of the workshop learning to improvise blues music on the Native American Flute. Past students have really enjoyed the experience of learning one of their favorite music genres on the Native American Flute.

The book and CD will be avialable for purchase outside of the workshop, if you are unable to attend the festival or if you are unable to attend the workshop while at the festival. I'll post a future blog with details on how to purchase the book and CD after the festival.

WHAT: Playing the Blues on the NAF Workshop
WHEN: Saturday, Sept 25, 2010, 1-3 PM
WHERE: Yosemite Flute and Art Festival, Oakhurst CA

More details, click on Playing the Blues on the NAF Workshop

For more detail about the Yosemite Flute and Art Festival