by ocularinvasion

Rock Camp Lets Ladies Fulfill Their Musical Dreams

Article by Making Music Magazine

Erin King is a Rock StarShe?s the slammin? drummer for the latest all-female band to come out of the Boston music scene?The Boobytraps. The all-female group, which is a revamped version of the Go-Go?s, held its first gig in front of a crowd of screaming fans in February.

Never mind that just two days before their debut, the foursome had never played together. And that King, whose platinum blond curls bounced back and forth to every beat, had barely touched the drums.

But hey, every last one of them was born to rock. All they needed was a little help from Ladies Rock Camp, a weekend day camp for women, run by women, and benefiting girls. About 40 women attended Boston?s inaugural three-day camp earlier this year?It?s everything I expected and nothing I expected,? says King, a 34-year-old from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. ?It?s sort of mind-blowing.?

The first Ladies Rock Camp was held in 2004 as a fundraiser for the Rock ?n? Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, Oregon. The Rock ?n? Roll Camp for Girls is a nonprofit program that aims to boost girls? self esteem through music and performance in addition to teaching them leadership and life skills.

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by Laineys Repertoire

Creative Music Teachers Resources: Effective Ways to Motivation

Most music teachers consider teaching music to their dear students both their profession and passion. Most of them have the heart for arts and music – making each student love learning music and music as a whole. With this kind of outlook and disposition in teaching music, the inspired and motivated music teacher tends to begin his search for consistent improvement in his teaching strategies as well as his effort for personal and professional growth.

Indeed, there is a wide variety of creative music teachers resources that students can certainly enjoy and get excited working on with. According to studies, the integration of audio and video recording in music education has been an effective technique to catch the attention and grab the interest of the learners. This is believed to be an effective tool in raising the level of interest and motivation among music learners.

Current practice in music teaching favors a practical and a hands-on approach in emphasizing performance and composition. The use of recorded music as a teaching resource has tended to take a back seat. However, recordings are the predominant vehicle of musical experience today. As the students are expert listeners to recorded sound, major developments in the access to and presentation of recorded music are opening up new educational possibilities to most of them.

Targeted to be implemented in most music classrooms, the production and engineering aspects of recorded sound to online music libraries and teachers’ experiences of using recordings in the classroom have been randomly practiced and taken into consideration.

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by rox sm

Concert News Country Jazz Latin Rock Music Concert Schedule 2011

Summer Concerts Set: Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, U2, Jimmy Buffett Among Top Draws

 Summer is a perfect time to enjoy a concert. Some concert seasons are better than others and so far the 2011 summer concert set includes a little something for everyone. Jimmy Buffett and the Dave Matthews Band are among the usual suspects back on the road again this summer.

Adding to the mix are the Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift, U2, Lady Gaga, the Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

A few pop icons will be touting some of their biggest hits. Two of the biggest boy bands of the past few decades will join forces. Fans of classic rock, country, rap, hip hop and pop will have plenty to choose from this summer.

Britney Spears kicks off her Femme Fatale Tour on June 17th in Sacramento, CA at Power Balance Pavilion with scheduled dates up to August 13th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Air Canada Centre. Nicki Minaj, Jessie and the Toy Boys and Nervo will join the “Til the World Ends” singer on sixth concert tour.

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