The Origin of GillaCamp Topics

By gilewitz on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 5:24pm

When it became clear to me I was on the front end of developing topics for a traveling guitar workshop that I would soon take around the world, I discovered a ready-made palette of subject ideas.

I had released a book through Mel Bay Publications titled "Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop" - a 96-page book with an audio CD and a DVD included - that was based on the concept of answering the most popular questions I had been asked while conducting sponsor supported guitar seminars worldwide.

GillaCamp, I realized, could continue along in this fashion, as an expansion of this book and I now had the perfect opportunity to do more one-on-one teaching with students within a group setting. Everything from right hand picking positions and technique, dynamics within the music dependent upon musi cal styles, slide guitar, proper use of a metronome, basic music theory, composition, and th

e exploration of open tunings were givens for the GillaCamp since they proved to be the most popular topics during my seminars. www.melbay.com/product.asp

Playing guitar - or any instrument - requires work and I constantly try to offer encouragement during my workshops. It is all about the patient development of superb technique, a passion for the music you are learning to play, and the process of enjoying the journey.

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