- The Christian Guitarist Conference (2/6-7/2004)
- The Schedule
- Levels for Electives
- Electives
- Featured Artists
- Meals and Lodging
- Registration & Concert Tickets
The Christian Guitarist Conference
(February 6 & 7, 2004)
This year the 10th Christian Guitarist Conference will be February 6 & 7, 2004 (Friday & Saturday) at the Neighborhood Church in Castro Valley, California, featuring the guitar wonder Phil Keaggy, international renown worship leader Paul Baloche, and Reggie Coates (founder of CGC). Featured Bass Artist will be Norm Stockton who teaches with the Maranatha Workshops and is the author of the "Groovin' for Heaven" bass video series. Yes, a conference exclusively for Christian guitar and bass players! Do you need a challenging boost musically and spiritually? Come join the fun with others who want to "Sing to the Lord a new song and play skillfully with a shout of joy!" (Psalm 33:3).
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2001 Group Photo
The Christian Guitarist Conference is geared uniquely to train and motivate Christian guitar and bass players in skill and faith. Among the many advantages of getting a group like this together, some main goals are to equip Christian guitarists and bassists to play more skillfully, challenge them to be more creative and help them apply their Christian faith to music. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet other Christian guitarists and bassists in order to network and share with each other. There will be professional Christian Artists in concert, electives for spiritual growth, jam sessions, electives for skill enhancement and question/answer sessions with the artists. Anyone who is a Christian, a guitar or bass player and at least 13 years old is invited to attend.
- Friday
- 12:00 Registration and Check In
- 1:00 General Session with Reggie Coates
-Orientation
- 1:30 Electives I
- 2:30 Break
- 2:45 Electives II
- 3:45 Break
- 4:00 General Session with Conference Insructors
- 5:00 Dinner (not provided)
- 7:00 Concert
-Paul Baloche & Band
- Saturday
- 8:30 General Session with Paul Baloche
- 9:30 Break
- 9:45 Electives III
- 10:45 Break
- 11:00 Electives IV
- 12:00 Lunch (not provided)
- 1:15 General Session with Phil Keaggy
- 2:30 Break
- 2:45 Electives V
- 3:45 Break
- 4:00 Electives VI
- 5:00 Dinner (not provided)
- 6:00 Doors Open
- 6:30 Concert
-Phil Keaggy - 8:45 Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
There will be challenging and stretching Electives for all levels. The instructors have been playing for many years and are known for being very encouraging and motivational in their teaching. Some of the instructors will be Rich Severson, Sandy Hoffman, Jim Earp, and Dan Green (bass). Please, indicate on the Registration Form your level of ability. These are general categories. It's up to you whether you choose a comfortable level or a challenging one.
- I - Beginning guitar electives are for those who cannot play a barre chord. This ranges from only knowing a few chords to knowing many chords, yet not having the strength to barre. This catagory is also for those who have never played before. Beginning bass electives are for those who are just starting or would like the essentials to launch their playing.
- II - Intermediate guitar electives are for those who can play barre chords, know most of the chords in open position, can move quickly from one chord to another without looking and are familiar with a variety of strums and finger-picking patterns. Intermediate bass electives are for those who have been playing for a little while and have the basic techniques to play in a band.
- III - Experienced guitar electives are for those who can play chords out of first position, know and can play scales, are familiar with hammering, pull-offs, bending, sliding (and other expressive techniques), are able to play many strums and finger-picking patterns, and generally understand music theory Experienced bass electives are for those who have played bass for a long while, have a very good grasp of bass playing technique, know scales and understand basic music theory.
- IV - Advanced guitar electives are for those who have a firm grasp on all chord types and positions over the entire fingerboard, can play scales, licks and tricks with ease, are able to play strums and finger-picking patterns with creative expression and understands music theory. Basically, they have been playing guitar for a long time making it almost second nature. Advanced bass electives are for those who are excellent in their technique, understand music theory, have skillful expression, and can play a variety of styles.
The Electives will be on improving your technique for electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and even classical guitar. There will also be Electives which include spiritual growth for musicians and worship leadership. All the details will be spelled out in the Conference Handbook available when you arrive on Friday. There will be private lessons available this year for an extra $20.00 for twenty minutes with selected instructors. Sign-ups for lessons and small group electives will begin Friday at 12:00noon. Here's a list of this year's Electives:
Guitar Electives
-You Can Be the Whole Band/Sandy Hoffman
-Acoustic Bottleneck Guitar/Sandy Hoffman
-Chord Voicings for Worship Guitar/Sandy Hoffman
-Dipping Into Jazz/Rich Severson
-Diving Into Jazz/Rich Severson
-Mastering the "CAGED" System/Rich Severson
-The Fretboard Less Traveled/Rich Severson
-Advanced Chord Voicings/Rich Severson
3 Marc Cooper/6
-New Explorations in Midi-Guitar for Acoustic & Electric/Marc Cooper
-The Improvising Guitarist-Part1/Marc Cooper
-The Improvising Guitarist-Part2/Marc Cooper
-Midi Guitar and Scoring Your Song with Sibelius/Marc Cooper
-Understanding Scales/Marc Cooper
-Jam Session/Marc Cooper
-Alternate Tunnings/Jim Earp
5 Beverly Rivers/6
6 Bob Kilpatrick/6
-Studio Mic'ing Techniques for Guitar/Bob Kilpatrick
-Basic Building Blocks for Better Playing/Donna Lampson
-Using the Roman Numeral System/Donna Lampson
-Playing the Blues/Rod Smith
-Licks & Tricks to Spice Up Your Worship/Ben Ortiz
-Intro to Strumming/Ben Ortiz
-Flamenco/Classical Small Group Lessons/Bill Sterling (Sign Up)
-Percussive Acoustic Guitar for Worship Bands/Dan Clark
-Easy Alternate Chords for Beginners/Intermediates/Dan Clark
-Open Chords & Walking Bass Lines/Paul Baloche
-Electric Guitar Technique & Gear/Ben Gowell (Paul's guitarist)
Bass Electives
-Grooving for Heaven: The Bassist and Contemporary Worship-Part 1/Norm Stockton
-Grooving for Heaven: The Bassist and Contemporary Worship-Part 2/Norm Stockton
-Studies: What makes the funk...FUNKY?/Norm Stockton
-From Bass Pyrotechnics to Art/Norm Stockton
-Basic Bassdom/Mitch Fantaine
-Electric Bass Technique & Gear/Don Harris (Paul's bassist)
General Electives
-Improving Your Voice/Beverly Rivers
-Song Critique for Songwriters/Beverly Rivers (Sign Up)
-How to Write a Really Good Song/Bob Kilpatrick
-Writing Songs for the World/Lewis Greer
-Spit Polishing Your Demo/Bob Kilpatrick
-Finding Your Place/Lewis Greer
-The Heart and Art of Leading Worship/Reggie Coates
-Character and Integrity for Musicians/Reggie Coates
-Maintaining & Training a Worship Band/Reggie Coates
-Injury Prevention for Musicians/Tim Johnson
PHIL KEAGGY - Phil is known as one of the best guitarists in the world. A pioneer of the contemporary Christian music scene, Phil's music has reached and moved millions over the course of his career. Mumerous Grammy nominations, Dove Awards, and reader poll sweeps attest to the quality of his heart-felt work, and the esteem of fans and peers, alike. He has released over 30 recordings. More information about Phil Keaggy can be found at his website, www.philkeaggy.com
PAUL BALOCHE - Paul is best known for his song "Open the Eyes of My Heart, Lord." A longtime member and producer of the Maranatha! Praise Band, Paul has traveled the world teaching and leading others in worship. He has performed in South Africa, Europe, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, where many of his songs have become favorite choruses sung by people of oll denominations. In addition to his songwriting success, Paul has been playuing guitar and teadhing professionally for ove 20 years. To find out more about Paul, visit www.baloche.com
REGGIE COATES - Our host and coordinator for the weekend is Reggie Coates. Reggie is Executive Director of Heartfelt Music Ministry, is a concert artist, worship leader, and music educator (he graduated from San Jose State University in Music, has taught Music and Worship at San Jose Christian College and currently teaches music at Bethany College in Scotts Valley, CA). He has been playing guitar for 30 years and has released 11 solo recordings including his latest double CD called Heartfelt Praise. He's also the Moderator of the Christian Forum at GuitarNotes.com. See Phil Keaggy's endorsement on the "What Other's Are Saying" page. [Click here for more information at www.HeartfeltMusic.org]
NORM STOCKTON - Norm teaches with the Maranatha Workshops and is the author of the "Groovin' for Heaven" bass video series. As both a bassist and clinician, Norm travels extensively throughout North Averica and Euroe and also serves as the bass columnist for Christian Musician magazine. Norm's web site is found at www.normstackton.com
The meals are not included in the conference fee but there are many eateries close by. The lodging is also not provided, but close and convenient accomidations are available at a discounted rate with the following quality Hotels:
Comfort Suites Castro Valley
2419 Castro Valley Blvd.
Castro Valley, CA 94546
(510) 690-1165
$69.00 per day (room with 1 King or 2 Queen beds)
Breakfast is included
Code: Christian Guitarist Conference
Holiday Inn Express Castro Valley
2532 Castro Valley Blvd.
Castro Valley, CA 94546
(510) 538-9501
$79.00 per day (room with 1 King or 2 Queen beds)
Breakfast is included
Code: 3-CGC
Registration & Concert Tickets
Registration cost is $125.00; Early Registration cost is $115.00 before January 23; Group Registration cost is $105.00 before January 23 (with three or more registering together); the Alumni Rate is $105.00 (those who have attended before). The concerts are included in the Conference Registration Fee. Send Registration Form and payment to:
Heartfelt Music Ministry
P.O. Box 113
Mount Hermon, CA 95041
The concerts Friday and Saturday nights are open to the public. Friday night's concert features Paul Baloche & Band and Saturday night's concert features Phil Keaggy. The concerts are included in the Conference Fee. The tickets are $19.50 in advance and $24.00 at the door. For 10 or more people ordering together, their is an advance group rate of $15.00 each. You can order tickets on-line through Pay Pal below or send a check to Heartfelt Music Ministry at the address above. Tickets are also available through selected local Christian bookstores. For more information call Heartfelt Music Ministry at (831) 335-1905, or Email Reggie Coates at RegSong@aol.com.
THE CHRISTIAN GUITARIST CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION FORM (When paying by PayPal, copy and paste this form to an email and send it to RegSong@aol.com)
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The Christian Guitarist Conference
Heartfelt Music Ministry
P. O. Box 113
Mount Hermon, CA 95041
Phone: (831) 335-1905
Email: RegSong@aol.com