Long & McQuade Learning Series - Courtenay, BC

Saturday, March 8 | 6:00 PM

Pedals 101 - Intro to Starting your first Pedalboard
With Matteo Kennedy

Matteo Kennedy is Long & McQuade Courtenay's in-house guitar tech and resident pedal guru.

 

Saturday, March 15 | 6:00 PM

Bass Playing - It's Never Too Late to Start!     
With Omer Cordell

Learn why It’s never too late to start playing an instrument!  Omer will provide an introduction to basic, intermediate and advanced slap bass technique, and discuss how to achieve great bass tone.

Omer Cordell started playing bass at the age of 34 and has released 6 albums under the moniker Trailight.

 

Saturday, March 22 | 6:00 PM

Flamenco Workshop 
With Oscar Robles      

This workshop will be beneficial to anyone interested in knowing more about Flamenco guitar playing.

Attendees will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of different styles that the Flamenco tradition encompasses, and will come away with some unique and effective approaches to using their right hand that can be applied to any genre.   

Typical Flamenco chord progressions, abanico, rasgueado mechanics as well as arpeggio techniques will be covered.

Well known in the Comox Valley and beyond, Oscar is a musician and music educator originally from Mexico. He has toured Asia, West Coast Canada, and much of Latin America. He studied at At the age of 12, he began learning classical guitar but became inspired to learn electric guitar when, as a teenager, he moved to California and was impacted by the rock scene happening there. Upon returning to live in Mexico City as a young adult, he went on to study in Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM) classical guitar program.

 

Wednesday, March 26 | 6:00 PM

Guitar Setup 101           
With Mike Colina-Fanthorpe 

Mike Colina-Fanthorpe is Long & McQuade Courtenay's store manager and a long-time guitar fanatic. He will run through tips and tricks to keep your stringed instrument in tip top shape - all year long!

 

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