August 28, 2023

Never mind the dates on the poster! It's happening!

Join us for some in-person fun on Sunday, August 29 at 2 p.m.

We'll be in the upper classroom.

Ed gonna lead the Lovin' Spoonful's Summer in the City.

Video

(Yeah, it's lip-synched. We love the part at about 0:26 that Zal Yanovsky appears to sing an expletive instead of, "it'll be all right.")

Chords

Here's where:

Artichoke Community Music

2007 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202

Map

We won't be Zooming for this event.

We'll be dark next week for the Labor Day holiday and back on Zoom onSeptember 11. Be there!

August 19, 2023

Uh... what tunes do I know?

Here's what will be happening on Sunday, August 20 at 2 p.m.

Chris will be Coaching, with Trish Hosting.

What's your "set list?"

If someone asks you to play a couple of tunes, are you ready?

Let's get ready together!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82787694684?pwd=dmJWemxOckJET29mdCtJQjc3Ry8yZz09

Meeting ID: 827 8769 4684

Passcode: 939440

Next week:

We'll be in person at Artichoke Community Music on August 27. Make plans to join us!

August 11, 2023

Coming this Sunday!

We've been working on having an additional in-person venue for a while now and we're please to announce that it has become a reality. Yes, we know, it's short notice, but we hope you will be able to join us at The Garages in Lake Oswego for great food and drink and even better music.


August 5, 2023

Altered tunings demystified!

Here's what will be happening on Sunday, August 6 at 2 p.m.

Sean will be Coaching.

I'd like to revisit a lesson I've done previously on Open G

and Open D tunings. In that order.

You can find the material on the SSV Google Drive. Don't worry, we'll share it on Zoom during the session.

Print it out if you can and

play around with it, if you like.

Open G

Open D

We will start with an Open G lesson. Then break and go to

Open D lesson. If time allows, we can have time for sharing.

Click on this link or paste it into your browser:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82787694684?pwd=dmJWemxOckJET29mdCtJQjc3Ry8yZz09

Meeting ID: 827 8769 4684

Passcode: 939440

Next week:

Song Circle next week, August 13;.Make plans to join us!

July 28, 2023

Which came first, the title or the tune?

Here's what will be happening on Sunday, July 30 at 2 p.m.

Carl will be Coaching.

I. Songwriting-Starting with Titles

It might seem backwards. Think of it as a prompt that gives you the end results.

So here are some song titles that I made up and some you may have heard.

1. The wind blew east.

2. Eight days a week.*

3. Born to be Wild*

4. Never get old

5. The Moon and You

II. Pick a melody/genre (style)

to use for the song

III. Song Circle

Click on this link or paste it into your browser:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82787694684?pwd=dmJWemxOckJET29mdCtJQjc3Ry8yZz09

Meeting ID: 827 8769 4684

Passcode: 939440

Next week:

Make plans to join us next week, August 6; Sean will be Coaching. We 'll see you then!

July 22, 2023

With Guest Coach Jim Pryts!

Join us for some in-person fun on Sunday, July 23 at 2 p.m.

We'll be in the upper classroom. Jim Pryts will join us with a new take on some of our favorite themes!

Here's where:

Artichoke Community Music

2007 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202

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We won't be Zooming for this event.

And check this out:

Vancouver's Beacock Music! is having a FREE Ernie Ball Restring Day on Saturday, July 29th. Bring in your bass guitar, acoustic guitar, or electric guitar to any location on Saturday and we will restring it for FREE! Click here for more info:

https://www.beacockmusic.com/t-ernieballrestringevent2023.aspx

July 14, 2023

Here's what will be happening on Sunday, July 16 at 2 p.m.

Carl will be Coaching. It'll be fun!

Click on this link or paste it into your browser:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82787694684?pwd=dmJWemxOckJET29mdCtJQjc3Ry8yZz09

Meeting ID: 827 8769 4684

Passcode: 939440

Next week:

Make plans to join us next week, July 26, at Artichoke Community Music.Jim Pryts will be our guest Coach. We hope for a big Summer turnout!

July 13, 2023

Meet Jim Pryts!

Join us for some in-person fun on Sunday, July 26 at 2 p.m.

We'll be in the upper classroom. Jim will be our guest Coach and we'd love to have a big turnout.

Jim says: “I have been playing acoustic guitar for over 60 years, and writing songs for the last 40 years or so. I also play clawhammer banjo, and the Ukulele. My early influences were Merle Travis, Doc Watson, Paul Simon, Roy Bookbinder, and Walt Koken.”

Here's where:

Artichoke Community Music

2007 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202

Map

We won't be Zooming for this event.

We will be on Zoom this week, Sunday, July 16. You'll be seeing an invitation to that session tomorrow. We hope you can join us for both!