Mojo's Music Academy: Lessons/Classes

Have you ever wanted to be the lead singer in a band or maybe a backup vocalist? Well here is your chance to do both!
This class will give everyone the opportunity to be up front and center and sing their heart out with Mojomama! While the others support the lead with backing vocals.All students take turns singing the lead vocal for an entire song.
Learn how to work the mic,move to the music and take the lead.
Songs will cover a range of styles such as R & B,Motown,Blues and funk.
We will learn Melody,Harmonies,and rhythms to give each singer the skills to master each song they perform.
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Instructor : Jessica Rogalski
cost $175.00
6 week class
Class starts Thurs Feb 21 7pm

Summer campers come together and form a band and we learn a song per day.
New sessions begin every Mon - Fri All summer long.
$275.00 a week
We are sure to accomodate all levels of ability and instruments and nobody gets left behind.
We chose music that is fun and intelligent,in the past we've done Stevie Wonder,The Eagles,James Brown,BB King and more.
We also do some fun games while learning about different artists that made major contributions to music.
By the end of the week we are ready to perform a concert of our songs for parents and friends to watch.
The performance takes place during the last hour of camp on friday afternoon at Mojo's Music Academy.
students receive t-shirt and CD recording of their concert at the end of the week.

We will breakdown some of the secrets of the great guitarists
such as Stevie Ray Vaughn,Hendrix, Van Halen and Led Zeppelin .
Let's put those scales to use,how to apply in a song and get results.
This class is offered as a 4 week session.
Wednesdays at 7pm
cost $60.00 for full session

Mojo's Music Academy Presents
Building a Blues Vocabulary
A Blues Clinic for All Musicians
Saturday November 1, 2008
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

The Blues is part of our nation's history and has been exported all over the world. Its universal influence even appears in the foundations of Rock 'n Roll and Jazz. It speaks to us at our core because it is infused with emotion and passion; it can get us jumping to our feet and boogeying across the dance floor or it can bring us to tears as it reminds of heartache and remorse. Anyway you look at it the Blues is compelling and has enriched our lives for over a century.

Playing the Blues effectively requires building a sufficient vocabulary. Too often the Blues gets short shrift because of its reliance on the pentatonic scale. However, in this clinic we will demonstrate that the best players use an extension to the pentatonic scale that exploits additional notes picked out from the underlying chords as well as “blue notes” that do not exist in our traditional 12 note Western scale but can only be reached through note bending. In other words, good Blues playing requires an appreciation of subtlety, an ability to navigate the song structure, and an arsenal of techniques.

The goal of this clinic is to make listening, jamming, and transcribing more fulfilling for aspiring Blues musicians. Since the Blues is at the foundation of so many genres, aspiring rockers, jazzers, funk players, folk players, country players, and bluegrass players will benefit from attending. There will be a jam session with the instructor at the end so that students can try out some of their ideas and receive some coaching. The environment will be friendly, fun, and supportive.

In this 3 hour clinic musicians will learn
 some Blues history
 simple music-theory
 techniques
 the “Blues scale” (this scale is NOT the pentatonic scale, there's more to it!)
 practice routines
 phrasing

By the end of the clinic musicians will have the necessary foundation for building a Blues vocabulary that is melodic and soulful.

Prerequisites
This clinic is intended for beginner to intermediate players; it is not for absolute beginners. Generally speaking for this clinic to be worthwhile the musician should be able to (1) play the minor pentatonic scale and (2) play songs at moderate tempos.

Cost and Materials
The cost of this 3 hour clinic is $30.00.
Bring only your instrument and, if you need to plug in to an amplifier, a instrument cable. Course materials will be provided and books will be available for purchase

Learn some bass techniques that will impress and make you stand out in the bass world.
Slap/Groove/Harmonics/Chords and more
This class is a 4 week session
Cost $60.00
Wednesdays @ 7:30pm

Learn To Recognize Beat Patterns and Pitch Relationships
This course is for students who are either beginners or who want to understand
more about music itself and how that understanding can be applied to
their voices or instruments. No prior knowledge of music is required. The
basic topics I will present are particularly useful for those who want to improvise
on their instruments. Basic musical concepts such as intervals (the
distance between two pitches) and simple versus compound rhythm are all
essential tools for the creative musician. I will also illustrate what I am presenting
with musical examples both recorded and live, so it will not be just a
lecture class. The whole class will participate with clapping in time, some
singing, and of course, all your questions.
Instructor: Kurt Reber
Tuesdays 7:30 - 8:30pm
4 week class $60.00

Learn To Recognize Scales, Harmonies, And Subdivided Rhythms
This course will expand upon the concepts learned in Ear Training I with more
emphasis on how they apply in musical practice or theory. Students will learn basic
pitch notation in treble and bass clefs, Major versus Minor scales and their
relationships, and the recognition of different types of chords. The rhythmic concepts
introduced in Ear Training I, particularly rhythmic subdivisions and odd meters, will
be expanded upon in Ear Training II.
Instructor: Kurt Reber
4 week session
Mondays 7:30 - 8:30pm
$60.00

Learn how to use your recording gear the right way.
This class is directed towards mostly recording and hands on applications that will help everyone with internal routing and mixing.
Bring your system to class and let's get you setup properly.
This is must have knowledge for any home studio engineer.
2 day session Saturday and Sunday
1-5pm each day
$120.00 total
Taught by Scott Christiansen
from Aspen Digital Recording

Tunes for Tots
Saturday Mornings
Group Music Class for 4 -6 year olds
This class will introduce the young musician to basic rhythm, sight reading, percussion.
Kids will learn to play as a group and sing along to popular songs by the Beatles, Crosby Stills and Nash and other contemporary artists.
Taught by Mike Fogerty and Jessica Rogalski
Class is a 4 week session
45 minutes per class
$40.00 for 4 weeks
$15.00 for drop in students
Starts Saturday October 4
at 9:30am
call to reserve a spot

Get in on this great group class for all levels.
Learn proper techniques to get the best sound out of your drum and different rhythms that make compliment each other as a group.
You can drop in on this class at any time.
Please call ahead to confirm availability.
Cost is $12.00 for 45 minutes
Teacher Mike Fogerty
class meets on Thursdays at 7pm
in Mojo's Garage

Contact us for availability and rates
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