It held up for the most part, except for the storm that blew through late Saturday afternoon and caused muddy conditions backstage and down front in the VIP area. No one can blame the weather for the small crowds. If I had a formula, I’d be on a yacht somewhere.” “Then there are bands I’m surprised that do sell out. “Maxx Music does 500 shows a year at the Neighborhood Theatre (a few blocks from the festival site) and all these other venues and I’m constantly surprised with bands that I feel can sell out the room but who don’t in Charlotte,” he said. It’s not up to us, it’s up to the city and this region whether they want the music festival to continue.”Ĭharlotte’s a fickle and unpredictable market for live music and nobody knows that better than McCraw. “First-year festivals rarely make money, but our goal is to make this one sustainable. “To put something on of this size is not an inexpensive undertaking,” McCraw said. This year, it was mostly gravel, which took a toll on knees, calves and feet after standing on the rocky surface for several hours. The site will be upgraded after construction is completed on the brewery’s new parking lot next door. The promoter has offers out for next year after investing $375,000 on talent for the first-year event. Regardless of the turnout, Maxx Music and the brewery are already planning the 2023 festival. The brewery and Maxx Music, owned by McCraw, are partners in the festival and the beer maker owns the site that can accommodate 5,000 people. 19-21 event at NoDa Brewing Co., situated in an industrial area a few miles northeast of uptown Charlotte. Rough estimates pegged daily attendance between 1,000 and 1,500 for the Aug. Crowds were modest for the inaugural Queen City Jam Session, a music festival showcasing 40 bands over three days, but otherwise, there were few quibbles for veteran promoter Gregg McCraw. (Jeff Hahne) Co-promoters already planning 2023 eventĬHARLOTTE, N.C. That’s the difference between and half the fun of playing in a Jazz Band as opposed to an Orchestra – you can just make stuff up and no one is going to chastise you if you play the wrong note.JAM (BAND) SESSION: Spafford kicked out the jams during their Saturday, Aug 20 performance at Queen City Jam Session. So just do some stuff and see how they respond. Your goal is almost to try throw the other people off their game and make them stuff up. Play the melody in the bass (and scare the crap out of the bassist).Quote a different song during your solo.Descending Chromatic Chords (Leaving the chord progression).Try inserting the following during your playing: So… have some fun – do some weird or usual stuff and just see what happens. The whole point of jamming with others is to have fun. If the soloist plays a phrase, repeat or mimic it – as a kind of call and response.If the soloist plays softly, you play softly.So listen to the other band members and respond: If there is no interaction between the instruments then you may as well be playing with a backing track at home. You listen to everyone and responds accordingly, and everyone listens to you and responds accordingly. It’s supposed to be a two way conversation. The whole point of playing in a band is to interact and listen and respond to the other band members. So very generally, you should be able to play in any combination of these registers, so for example: If you’re playing with a guitar and a Tenor Sax, play a walking bassline in the lower register and some fills in the upper register.If you’re playing with a soprano vocalist, stick to the lower and middle register.If you’re playing with a double bass, stick to the middle and upper register.And as the pianist, you essentially just need to fill in the gaps. This makes it very versatile in a group setting. Piano has the great advantage of having quite a large range and so is able to cover all three registers rather well. To get a full, dense and interesting sound, the band needs to cover all three of these registers. Very broadly, there are three registers in music: lower (bass), middle (tenor, alto), upper (soprano). You’ll also have to play the bass-line if there is no bass player. As the piano player, you’re in charge of playing the chords, though you’ll also get a chance to solo. So obviously, first you need to get a list of the repertoire you will be playing at the jam session, so you know what songs you have to learn. #JAM SESSION HOW TO#In this video I’m hoping to say a few more generic things about how to prepare for a jam session and how to play in a jam session. What do you do? Well, I’ve got a separate lesson on the ‘ Minimum Requirements to play Jazz Piano’ where I list the minimum number of techniques that you should know when playing a song, so you’re welcome to read that lesson. Let’s say you got invited to a Jam Session with a few other musicians and so you want to attend and not make a fool of yourself.
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