A RGC presentation with Marjorie Thompson September 19, 2011

Presentations Featuring Marjorie Thompson
Hands-On Presentation: Up the Neck: the Fingerstyle Guitar Toolkit
This will be a hands-on immersion session. Participants will be introduced to Marjorie's method of navigating the guitar fretboard using five chord shapes and logically linked connector chords. These are the basis for essential licks that will give color and texture to your fingerpicking. Each position will be examined as to how it is used in generating typical riffs, lead lines, intros and outros, all useful for understanding country blues traditionals, developing interesting arrangements of covers, or original songwriting.
Whether you'd like to decipher what you hear, arrange covers, or compose originals, this information and its application are the foundations that will spur your playing. For more workshop information visit www.marjoriethompson.com
Presentation: The Music Business: A Midlife Miracle?
Marjorie is a seasoned guitarist who played folk songs and country blues covers for 37 years before taking to the stage as a performing artist. What spurred this life-changing path, along with a sea change in her playing, was the advent of songwriting. That bug bit hard in 2001, and resulted in over 100 songs, 5 CDs, and a music career (documented on the Oprah Winfrey show in 2008) that includes about 84 concert or workshop dates annually as a national touring artist. Diving into the music biz in one’s late forties isn’t for the faint of heart, and doing it as an independent woman in a genre dominated by male players could be viewed as daunting. So, how does she do it? Come hear her discuss this road taken, and stories of some of the challenges and landmines that can be anticipated whether you are a gal or a guy.
The Presentations will begin at 7 P.M. Monday, Sept. 19th at Bernunzio Uptown Music 122 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604. Requested Donation $5 for non-RGC attendees. Reservations requested. Call 585-729-4300 for more information or go to www.rochesterguitarclub.com, or email dan@rochesterguitarclub.com

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