Rhythm Section RockShop
Gary Schwartz, one of the best Blues Drummers you'll ever find, is one of the teachers at a summer music program for kids: Rhythm Section RockShop. If you know a young musician 8-18 years old, who is interested in Blues or Rock and wants to learn how to play in a band - this is for them.

Rhythm Section RockShop
Briarcliff Music & Related Arts
515 North State Road
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
(914) 941-0900
www.briarcliffmusic.net
Musicians/instructors:
Andy Kuusisto & Gary Schwartz
Recommended for young musicians 8 - 18 yrs. with at least 1 year of musical study preferred. Guitarists/bassists/wind players should have their own instrument. We provide amplification, microphones, drums & keyboards.
Bands may come in fully formed, or individuals may join and we will complete your ensemble.

For more information and registration details, please contact
Gary Schwartz (845) 528-1612 or Garydrums@optonline.net
Andy Kuusisto (914) 944-4884 or Lowasharp@aol.com
Our program will enable the participants to more successfully work together in a musical group environment. Students will be taught to
recognize their own strengths and talents as well as each others, in order to achieve maximum benefit from their collaboration.

Session I - 6/26 - 7/15
Session II - 7/17 - 8/5
Session III - 8/7 - 8/26
All bands meet Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday of the 3rd week, all bands will play in concert.
3 Bands will be formed per Session:
Band 1 meets 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Band 2 meets 1:45 - 3:15 PM
Band 3 meets 3:30 - 5:00 PM

 
¶ Thursday, April 27, 2006 1 Comments

  THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE PRIX
This is my cousin's band's website. Zack is a guitar player for The Prix and I hear they're getting quite a bit of air time on the LA radio stations.

THE PRIX 
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  Dallas Guitar Show Apr 21-23
This weekend is the Dallas Guitar Show. If anyone stops by, SEND ME PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!! 
¶ Wednesday, April 19, 2006 0 Comments

  Capital Region (Saratoga Springs, NY) Guitar Show
Once again I am heading up north on a three hour drive to Saratoga Springs. I always find a treasure at this show. It's where I bought my Premier 50R and once found a box full of red, white and black Premier knobs. I always get to talk to a bunch of crazy harp players there.
It is called the Guitar Widow's show because it is held on the Friday before Easter from 5pm to 9pm and I get to go to a guitar show without ruining my weekend. Saratoga Springs is a cool little college town with lots of good restaraunts and easy parking. I always hit traffic around Albany, so I plan leave Nyack early and walk around town for an hour when I get there. 
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  Harp-L Archives Rewritten
I re-wrote the Harp-L Archives software in PHP. It turns out Java is too tempermental and crashed three or four times a month for a day at a time. For those who are interested in the technical details, I wrote my own PHP program to read the ZIP files like a database. PHP 4 doesn't have a Zip Library built in (at least not by default) so I had to write my own.
It uses a Mod-rewrite trick so it looks like 111,000 web pages, but it's only one PHP file and 10 zip files. Pretty cool stuff, if you're a programmer. Harp players will be less impressed. 
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  Ampworx Analog Effects eBay Sale
Ampworx is selling inexpensive Daphon analog effects. The analog delay is of particular interest to harp players. It gives a warmer tone to the delay, and especially does not make the sound muddy. It is great for chromatic or octaves and can be used with an octave pedal without loosing the individual notes. Analog also means long battery life. This week they're having a sale on eBay. They will be putting up new items all week.



(disclaimer - if you buy one through this link, I get a few cents. If enough of you buy, I can afford a set of my own.) 
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  Auburn Guitar Showa

These are a few pics form the Auburn Show.

Some Mics:


Solid State Premier PA (I've got one of these).


Very cool old Kay:


A $240 Gibson Gibsonette:


Premier model 50 from late 1940s, $200:


 
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