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Dweezilla Class of 2010

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Day One:

3:00pm: Check in and Registration

5:00-6:00pm: Social Hour! Meet & Greet with all campers, band and crew

6:00-7:30pm: Welcome Dinner & Opening Address

8:30-11:00pm: Zappa Plays Zappa Exclusive Concert for Dweezilla campers only

Day Two:

9:00-10:00am: Breakfast in the Tent

10:30am-12:00pm: Dweezil Zappa Master Class in the Performance Space

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch in the Tent

2:00-3:30pm:

• Billy Hulting: Theory: Basics of Music Theory and the Elements of Reading Music [in the Café] Topics covered will be notation, scales, chords, and rhythms. This class is friendly to all level of musicians who want to learn about reading music and better their understanding of the building blocks of music theory. Improvisation will be covered as well as time concepts.
• Joe Travers: DRUMS: Fundamentals & How to Personalize Your Sound [in the Barn]
• Pete Griffin: The Bassists of Frank Zappa [in the Performance Space] This class will focus on Frank’s main bassists: Tom Fowler, Patrick O’Hearn, Arthur Barrow, and Scott Thunes. Pete will discuss each member’s specific approach to music, their unique tones, and what can be learned from their styles. As this will be mostly a listening class, no instruments are necessary, but feel free to bring them.

4:00-5:30pm:

• Billy Hulting with Chris Norton & Ben Thomas: About Time: Working on rhythmic playing and the building blocks of odd-meter time signatures [in the Café]. Billy will also work on improving your time concept. Bring your instruments! You will participate in some segments where you’ll use percussion instruments to work on particular concepts.
• Scheila Gonzalez with Pete Griffin, Joe Travers & Jamie Kime: Improvisation: Changing Hats and Telling Your Story [in the Performance Space]
• Ben Thomas: Intro Vocal Class with  [in the Barn]: This class will focus on proper technique, breathing, support, warming up, cooling down, increasing stamina and range as well as other advanced topics.

7:30-8:30pm: Dinner in the Tent

9:00pm-12:00am: Open Mic Jam Session and Campfire with ZPZ [In the Performance Space]

Billiard Room, Library, Bass, Drum, Keyboard and Guitar Practice Areas Available for Late Night Activities and jams

Day Three:

9:00-10:00am: Breakfast in the Tent

10:30am-12:00pm: Dweezil Zappa Master Class [in the Performance Space]

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch in the Tent

2:00-3:15pm:

• Billy Hulting: Musicianship- with Jamie Kime, Pete Griffin & Chris Norton [in the Performance Space] Playing in a band with an emphasis on listening, blending, grooving, and making musical decisions. So many musicians merely play without really hearing what is going on around them. Billy will discuss and demonstrate how to listen better and enhance the musical situation you are in (for both you and your fellow musicians). Billy will also discuss some of the psychological blocks to playing.
• Joe Travers: Odd Times & Polyrhythms [in the Barn]

3:30-4:45pm:

• Ben Thomas & Billy Hulting: Thump It [in the Barn] Find Music and percussion in all aspects of life. Ben and Billy will take ordinary objects, other percussion instruments, learn rhythms, jam together and incorporate the harmonica, jaw harp, arm pit farts, megaphone, as well as vocal improv.
• Jamie Kime: Applied Theory for Everyone [in the Café] Topics in this class, while taught from a guitarist perspective, are not guitar-specific. Class will cover many basics of harmony and theory, as well as present approaches to how they relate to making music in a 'real world' environment, and strive to answer many of the age-old questions on the minds of every beginning improviser (i.e., "What scale do I use on this chord?" "Why is this called?", "How do I know what key I'm in?", etc.). Participation will be encouraged so bring your axe!

5:00-6:15pm:

• Pete Griffin: Dancing In Odd-Time [in the Performance Space]: Pete uses body mechanics when he plays, rather than bothering to count numbers in his head. He will show you how to incorporate stomping and clapping to simplify various odd-time signatures. He will also demonstrate how to feel the concept of five notes over one beat with basic mnemonic devices. Instruments are encouraged.
• Scheila Gonzalez: Ear Training- An Aural Workout [in the Café]

7:30-8:30pm: Dinner in the Tent

8:45-9:45pm:  "Frac. U" - Inside the Axe-Fx, with Special Guest Matt Piccone [In the Performance Space]
Matt Picone is a Fractal Audio Axe-Fx product specialist who has worked closely with Dweezil on rig technology. The Axe-Fx is an all-in-one guitar tone and effects processor which accurately recreates the sound and feel of real tube amps, speaker cabs, and effects. At the heart of Dweezil's guitar rig is a pair of these cutting edge units which together helped replace his "twin towers" rig while preserving his signature sounds and broadening tonal horizons. In this short seminar, he will delve into the wide world of the Axe-Fx, looking at the individual amp, cab, and effect simulations, exploring how to connect them together into virtual rigs, how to automate and control real-time performances, and more.

10:00pm-12:00am: Open Mic Jam Session and Campfire with ZPZ [In the Barn]

Billiard Room, Library, Bass, Drum, Keyboard and Guitar Practice Areas Available for Late Night Activities and jams

Day Four:

9:00-10:00am: Breakfast in the Tent

10:30am-12:00pm: Dweezil Zappa Master Class [in the Performance Space]

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch in the Tent

2:00-3:15pm:

• Scheila and Ben - A Multi-Instrumental Approach: How to be an Effective “Jack of all Trades” with Pete, Joe and Chris [in the performance space]
• Jamie: Fingerboard Harmony, Improv and Beyond [in the Barn] = AKA: "For Guitar Players Only!" Despite its daunting title, this class is designed for players of all skill levels and will help you simplify and organize the seemingly limitless harmonic possibilities of the guitar into a somewhat cohesive system of chords. Additionally, class will explore ways to use harmony as a springboard for melodic ideas, solos, and improvisation. Don't be afraid!

3:30-4:45pm:

• Jamie: Guitarmanship - Knowing What NOT To Play [in the Barn] with Pete and Joe. Bridging the gap between technique and musicality is the goal of this class, as well as helping students balance on the delicate line that separates the two. Class will help you to recognize your personal boundaries and not only play within them, but also push beyond with confidence. Presented in a positive, hands-on (and fun!) setting - with a 'live' rhythm section - students will have the opportunity to play and immediately apply some of the concepts presented.
• Chris Norton: Computers as Instruments in Popular Music/Basics to Sound Synthesis [in the Performance Space]: In this class Chris will demonstrate the different ways computers can be used during the performance of popular music.  He will give examples of different programs that can be used including Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Reason, as well as other virtual instruments.  He will also be demonstrating the basics of sound synthesis using the program JSyd, and relating it to a live synthesizer setup.

5:00-6:15pm:

• Pete with Chris Norton- Backing up soloists [in the Performance Space]. This class will demonstrate how the bass player dictates the flow of any solo section. Pete and Chris will cover metric and harmonic modulation, when to respond to the soloist and when to stay static, how to work with the drummer to build tension behind a soloist, and much more. All instruments welcome!
• Joe: Styles, Question & Answer Session and Everything Else [in the Barn]!
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  7:30-9:00pm: Awards Dinner in the Tent

9:15-10:00pm:  Glynn Wood and the Zappa Plays Zappa Crew: Putting on a Live Show [in the Performance Space]: From mixing, to roadying, from digital to a head of lettuce! This session is an introduction to live sound engineering and how it relates to reproducing Frank Zappa’s music.

10:00pm-12:00am: Open Mic Jam Session with ZPZ in the Barn

Billiard room, library, bass, drum, keyboard and guitar practice areas available for late night activities and jams

Day Five:

9:00-10:00am: Breakfast in the Reception Tent

10:30am-12:00pm: Master Class with Dweezil Zappa

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch in the Reception Tent

1:30-3:30pm: Break

3:30pm: Shuttle Departs From Full Moon to Woodstock

6:00pm: Shuttle Picks Up in Woodstock, Drops off at The Gypsy Wolf Cantina

6:00-7:30pm: Pre-Show Dinner with the Band at the Gypsy Wolf Cantina

8:00-11:30pm: Zappa Plays Zappa Concert at the Bearsville Theater

12:00am: Shuttle Pick Up at the Bearsville Theater, Depart for Full Moon Resort

Billiard Room and Café Open For Late Night Jam Sessions

Day Six:

9:00-10:00am: Breakfast in the Reception Tent

11:00am: Check Out