Long & McQuade Learning Series - Orleans, ON

Friday, March 7 | 7:00 PM         

Live Looping
With Fraser Moore from Roland Canada

Fraser will demonstrate and showcase live looping using Boss products.                    

 

Thursday, March 13 | 7:00 PM       

Furious Funk in the style of James Brown and Prince 
With Fred Donkor

In this clinic, Fred will be providing valuable tips to guitarists. Bring your guitar!

Topics include:

•    Common chords used in funk

•    Basic rhythms and accents

•    Single note grooves

•    Funk rhythms

•    Filling in space between grooves

•    Double stops

•    Having fun with the wah pedal

Fred Donkor is a Berklee College of Music graduate and music teacher with the OCDSB. He is also an active freelance session musician & private instructor in the Ottawa area. He started playing guitar at age 15. His practicing soon paid off as three years later, he won second place in the Ottawa Guitar Wars Competition (sponsored by Fender) in 1989 at age 18 and again at age 21 in 1993.

On the recommendation of Vernon Reid (guitarist of living colour fame), he received a private invitation to audition for the Spin Doctors (on Epic Records) in NYC. In attendance was world renown guitarist Oz Noy.

 

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