Long & McQuade Learning Series - Saint John, NB

**THIS SERIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS AND RESTRICTIONS**

Wednesday, March 11 | 6:30pm
Looping 101 with Stephen Lewis    
Learn how to use a simple chord progression to practice your lead licks. Or turn yourself into a total one-person band. Fredericton’s own legend of looping will show you how looping can enhance your playing ability and transform your musical creativity. Stephen Lewis is an international touring performer, with festival performances at Burning Man, The Boomtown Fair (UK), Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, and many more.

Wednesday, March 18 | 7:00pm
Song Writing Workshop with Mike Biggar
Join Mike as he works through the basic principles and tools of song writing. He will also run a song writing exercise where the group writes a song. Roots and Blues artist Mike Biggar has been performing since he was a young child, and is an ECMA and MNB award winner.

Wednesday, March 25 | 7:00pm
Arranging and Playing for the Studio with Tim Davidson
When you or your band get together to record, how can you take your songs up a level? That extra 15% can come down to thinking about song arranging, parts, drum patterns, harmonies and instrumental playing that are a little different from the live performance setting. Your songs feel good live, but you wish they jumped out the speakers a little better from recordings? That's what we will talk about in this workshop; improving the material that is being tracked. Since the days of tape, Tim Davidson has been playing and recording music. He has run Ripple Effect Music since 2006 and has had the pleasure of engineering, producing and mixing for some very talented local artists.    

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Registration & inquiries may be sent to the store at [email protected].