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Guitar Player Studios
is proud to introduce
Richard Smith
Award winning Smooth Jazz Guitarist
Professor of Contemporary Music
from Los Angeles, California, USA.
for a jam packed guitar clinic, unlike any other.
Bring your guitar and don’t miss out on this amazing
opportunity to move to the next level in your playing.
You'll receive a free
58 page Clinic Manual
and a free Backing Tracks CD
Richard Smith Guitar Clinic Award Winning Chart Topping Smooth Jazz Guitarist
- LA Chillharmonic
- Richard Smith Lick Library
- Richard Smith Lick Library Smooth
- Richard Smith & SteveTrovato
Dizzy's Jazz Club
January 22nd
381 Burnley St
Richmaond
VIC, Australia, 3210
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Clinic Schedule Bring your guitar and get ready to be inspired to another level..
Bring your guitar and get ready to be inspired to another level..
Richard will be covering many of the concepts he teaches all over the world in two sessions and showing how to put it all together in a 1hr jam session with some of Melbourne's 'A list players' who will be playing with him that night.
Register for the event and submit your questions and possible topics you would like Richard to cover. This is your opportunity to really get something of value for yourself and ask the questions that will give you the answers that will encourage you to your next level.
This is how the Clinics will run...
Sunday 22nd of January
Registrations
9:30am - 10.00am
Session 1
10.00am - 11:45am
Break - 15 min
11:45am - 12:00am
Session 2
12:00am - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Session 3 - The Jam
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Merchandise & Signing
3:30pm - 4:00pm
End of Clinic
4:00pm
Session Details
Session 1 - Rhythm Styles and Techniques
1- Developing a strong rhythmic feel
2- Thinking like a drummer
3- Rhythm and Blues progressions
4- Complex rhythm studies
5- New sounds with Bluesy octaves and much more
Session 2 - Soloing
5- Transcription and why it's so important.
6- Composing- how to get inspired and ways to get started
7- Styles- How to sound convincing in many styles. The essentials to being a good pro player.
8- Rhythm guitar and developing a base of starting points for all kinds of styles of rhythm.
Session 3 - Putting it all together
Jam session - Putting it all together
This is where Richard and the band come together for the ‘first’ time and jam over some of the concepts Richard will be teaching to show you the real world application of the concepts. You’ll have the chance to ask the guys about their approaches to the music you hear.
This is a rare opportunity to see what happens when musicians of this caliber come together for the first time
The Clinic Pack
The Workbook - special "FREE" clinic manual to write your notes, so you can take home and remember all the best pearls of wisdom.
Backing Track CD - "FREE" CD with backing tracks that supports the content of the clinic.
Don’t forget about the Gig! Its on at 8pm
This is not to be missed. Richard will be playing a selection of songs from his latest CDs, with some of Melbourne’s ‘A list’ players. Richard will be picking songs that are jam friendly, so you’ll get a chance to see the guys at their best and doing what they love. It will be AWESOME!!
Send in your Questions
Send in your questions and topics that you would like Richard to cover in the Clinic
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Award winning Smooth Jazz Guitarist
Richard Smith and the Band Experts in their Field
Meet the guys!!
We have brought together some of Melbourne’s most sought after ‘A list ’ musicians to play with Richard.
Richard Smith will be playing a selection of songs from his latest CDs with some of Melbourne’s ‘A list’ players. Richard be picking songs that are jam friendly, so you’ll get a chance to see the guys at their best and doing what they love the most, which is to cut loose and improvise.
It will be an amazing thing to experience. You’ll be blown away ! So, don’t miss it!!
Find out a bit about the guys. Visit their sites and buy some of their music.
Richard Smith
Award winning Smooth Jazz Guitarist
Full Professor and former Chair of the Studio/Jazz Guitar department at the renowned Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles
Richard's students are working with artists from Broadway and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, to Oliver Stone, B.T., Mark Anthony, Snoop Dog, Blink 182, Beck, The Back Street Boys, Josh Grobin, Michael Buble, Elton John, Clay Aiken, Christina Aguilara, Miley Cyrus, Drake Bell and Madonna.
His 10 Solo recordings have established him as a veteran of the Contemporary and Smooth Jazz world in the United States - with critical success on everyone of his releases.
His albums have garnished praise such as "Best Contemporary Jazz Guitar Album" (Tune Up Magazine), a nomination for "Record of the Year" (Ad Lib Magazine, Tokyo), and "Best New Artist" (Radio & Records Magazine).
His album 'SOuLIDIFIED' spent 17 weeks in the top 10 for radio airplay of American Contemporary Jazz Radio (Radio & Records Magazine) and 3 weeks at Number 1 for satellate nad cable airplay (Music Choice).
His latest recording, 'L.A. CHILLHARMONIC' features Alex Acuna, Brian Bromberg, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff Lorber, Eric Marienthal, Michael Paulo, Greg Adams, and members of the Tower of Power horn section. The touring ensemle won a nomination for "Best International Group of the Year" from the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards.
Phil Turcio
Composer, Pianist, Producer, Grammy Nominee
Throughout his career Phil has worked with Australia's most accomplished musicians and has accompanied many Australian and International artists. He has worked for Television Channels 7, 9 and 10, and in the recording field has played for many performers, as well as being Producer and Musical Director for numerous events. Phil was the resident pianist with the Hey Hey It’s Saturday band and In Melbourne Tonight band. He toured nationally with The Main Event, featuring Olivia Newton John, John Farnham and Anthony Warlow.
Craig Newman
Bass Player
Craig was the resident bass player for "Hey Hey It's Saturday" giving him the opportunity to back many Internationals including Tom Jones, Jackson Browne, Thelma Houston, Barry Manilow, Martin Taylor, Roger Daltry, Ernie Watts, Trisha Yearwood, Joe Cocker, James Morrison, Keb Mo, Errol Brown, Venetta Fields and Eric Burdon. He can also be seen frequently on "Good Morning Australia", “Dancing with the Star”. In the past he’s appeared in the "New Faces" resident band, ABC's "Jazz is Now", the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 Logies and The Main Event, featuring Olivia Newton John, John Farnham and Anthony Warlow.
Darryn Farrugia
Drummer
Darryn is one of Melbourne’s most sought after drummers for all types of gigs, from Recording sessions, Television shows and sound tracks, tours, clinics. You name it! He Has supported international artists such as Mike Stern and the Yellowjackets, Tom Jones, Joe Cocker, B.B. King, Randy Crawford, Jackson Brown … the list goes on and on.
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How to Attend Location, Prices, etc...
Location:
Dizzy's Jazz Club
381 Burnley St,
Richmond, VIC 3210
Richmond, VIC 3210
Phone: 03 9428 1233
Dizzy's Jazz Club is conveniently located in Burnley St, near the corner of Swan St Melbourne. Public transport is very easily accessible, with trams, trains and buses all within walking distance. If you choose to drive, there is ample parking surrounding the venue.
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Send in your questions
Submit your questions and possible topics you would like Richard to cover.
This is your opportunity to get something of real value for yourself and ask the questions that will give you the answers which will encourage you to your next level. Your questions and topics will be presented to Richard ahead of time to give him the opportunity to prepare the best responses.
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If you are, then send us an email so we can keep you up to date about events specifically aimed at professional and business development for guitar teachers. If there are enough teachers who are interested, we will provide an opportunity to meet with Richard and other teachers so we can network. Lets get to know each other!
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