“Tuesday Night @ the Improv” with Billy Jenks

“Tues­day Night at the Improv” with Billy Jenks

Billy Jenks, JamSpot’s Direc­tor of Music Pro­grams,  leads an ‘open’ work­shop every Tues­day evening from 7:30 — 9:30.

In this work­shop we will explore clas­sic and mod­ern rock pieces, using music from Zep­pelin, Stones, Bob Segar, Pearl Jam and oth­ers, as well as orig­i­nal com­po­si­tions. We’ll spend a lot of time on tempo, dynam­ics, tex­ture and musi­cal detail, with spe­cial atten­tion to work­ing together to pro­duce a bal­anced, musi­cal sound.

Sam­ple Song List:

All the Small Things –Blink 182, Amanda –Boston, Baby I Love Your Way — Peter Framp­ton, Back in Black — AC/DC, Bet­ter Man –Pearl Jam, Beau­ti­ful Day– U2, Birth­day – Bea­t­les, Black — Pearl Jam, Brain­stew — Greenday, Bye – Bye Love – Cars, Born to Run – Spring­steen, Brown Sugar — Rolling Stones,  Cal­i­for­nia Girls –Beach Boys, Cal­i­for­ni­ca­tion — Red Hot Chili Pep­pers, and many, many more.

Although this ses­sion is designed to be open, after about 10–12 weeks, this group will have an oppor­tu­nity to play a gig, either in the Show­case Room @ JamSpot or at a local club. Depend­ing on the band mem­bers, the group may also seek addi­tional gigs or per­haps go into the record­ing studio.

See photos of our most recent workshop performance night featuring "Roobarb" and Where's Phil?

The Music Work­shops at JamSpot get you play­ing in a band with­out any of the has­sles. Each work­shop is formed from play­ers from around the area with sim­i­lar musi­cal tastes and skill levels.

Sup­ported by a work­shop leader, the group will develop and learn a set of songs, expe­ri­enc­ing the dynam­ics of work­ing as a team and improv­ing indi­vid­ual playing skills.

Our work­shop lead­ers are pro­fes­sional musi­cians and expe­ri­enced music teach­ers who really know their stuff. They come to each ses­sion with a set of songs to play (sug­ges­tions are always wel­come!), help each player learn their part and lead the group through the song list. We usu­ally run through 4–5 songs at each ses­sion and we often record the best ver­sions onto a CD you can take home with you.

We offer work­shops in many styles, from clas­sic rock to funk, blues, R&B, Motown and coun­try. Most work­shops are offered in the evenings from 7:30–9:30pm. We pro­vide all of the equip­ment, includ­ing drums and keyboards.

For more infor­ma­tion or to sign up, please con­tact workshops@jamspot.comor call JamSpot in Wake­field @ (339) 219‑0274.