Guitar Techniques Live
IGF ‘Guitar Techniques Live’ 2012
Key Facts
Tutor: Neville Marten, Jason Sidwell, Stuart Ryan & Tristan Seume
Dates: 20 - 25 July 2012
Levels: Lower intermediate to upper intermediate
Age: All ages
Accommodation: click here for accommodation information
Social life: Jamming will take place at Chapel Arts Centre right in the heart of the city. The concert programme includes Sulis Sound Track Festival with Jools Holland headling and more to be announced, and there will be the student concert on the evening of 25 July!
Price: £300 booking info at the bottom of the page.
Guitar Techniques Live with Neville Marten, Jason Sidwell, Stuart Ryan and Tristan Seume
Join Guitar Techniques Live and learn the key techniques, style and tricks from some of the greatest guitar bands and solo artists of all time. Each day you will work through the classics with your tutors; Neville, Jason, Stuart, Tristan and the IGF house band for a live performance each evening.
The course set list will take you through blues rock, classic rock, pop, funk and country and will cover the work of a whole range of top artists and bands from the ‘60s right up to today. Students will be sent the course songs nearer the time for a chance to get familiar with them - and anybody that can sing will be greatly appreciated!
It is important you signify your general level of ability so we can cater to you best - how long you have been playing, your general technique and theory knowledge, favourite music genres and previous IGF courses you have attended. This workshop is for students who want to take their general playing - acoustic and electric - to the next level in a fun and productive environment.
What will make it doubly fun is that in the evenings the acoustic and electric courses will come together (where previously planned with students and tutors) to perform some of the songs in their specific groups, and others as a larger ensemble - a mini guitar orchestra, along with the IGF house bass and drums. Vocalists - both solo and harmony - will be encouraged and the focus will be on creating a musically rewarding and socially fun week for all.
Neville Marten is perhaps best known for having edited two of Europe’s leading guitar magazines: Guitarist and Guitar Techniques (Future Publishing). His Blues Headlines and Blues You Can Use columns in Guitarist are consistently the most popular in the magazine; he has written many books on guitars and guitar playing, including Guitar Heaven (Octopus), plus the best selling Giants of Blues (Sanctuary Publishing). In addition to his career as a journalist Neville is a highly rated blues and rock’n’roll guitarist whose regular gig is with Marty Wilde’s band, The Wildcats.
Jason Sidwell (BA Hons, MA, ALCM) is Senior Music Editor of Future Publishing’s guitar magazines: Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Techniques. He has written and/or edited several thousand tutorials across these three magazines since 1998 and wrote tutorial articles for The Guardian and Observer newspapers. His book/DVD 'How To Play Guitar Step By Step' (Dorling and Kindersley) was released in 2011 and his DVD 'Funk Empowerment; Groove Guitar Mastery using the CAGED system' was released in 2009. Jason is a visiting lecturer for several contemporary music academies and is a consultant for UK guitar/bass exam boards. He regularly gigs in various bands, touring shows and as a solo guitarist (www.uniquedayguitar.com). His fusion band, Contusion was formed in 2010.
Stuart Ryan biog coming soon...
Tristan Seume has been a popular IGF tutor, specialising in acoustic guitar, for over a decade, as well as lecturing at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford. As a solo artist, he performs all over the UK, appearing in festivals and arts centres, blending folk, classical, country and jazz influences into his own instrumental style. He tours internationally with multiple BBC Folk Award-winning singer/fiddle player, Jackie Oates in her band, and is a regular acoustic techniques columnist for both Guitarist and Guitar Techniques.
Jason Sidwell
Booking
Please fill in the online booking form and pay online via PayPal. Both will be automatically sent to IGF but only when we have received both will your booking be complete and then you will receive your confirmation email. Please visit our accommodation and travel page for help with arranging your stay in Bath, we strongly advise that you book your accommodation in advance.
If you prefer to pay and book over the phone please call 0845 034 0773 between 11 and 4 from Monday to Friday.
Early bird discount is until 30th April, but book now as places are limited.
This price includes your gig pass to Bath Guitar Festival and Sulis Sound Track Festival!
The IGF Team.
Stuart Ryan’s video and image coming soon...
Neville Marten
