But now I’m taking some time with my morning coffee at Muse in Seattle to think and talk about the second 2010 installment Music’s Edge Camp, at which I’ll be teaching all next week. (Monday the 7th through Friday the 13th.) This is the 3rd year for me. And each time it is an exhausting, rewarding and uplifting experience that I look forward to all year.

It’s directed by Tim McLaughlin. (One of my bandmates in The Blue Rebekahs.) It’s happening at WOW Hall. There’s still time to register, if you’re a kid in the Eugene, OR area between the ages of 10 & 17.

The other instructors are Zak Johnson and Ehren Ebbage.

Enrollment has been increasing over time, so we had to have two sessions this year. Last month, I had a great group of beginning kids who scratched and clawed and hammered away all week until they reached epic rock-n-roll proportions with a set of 6 classic tunes:
“Sweet Child of Mine”
“Stir it Up”
“Holiday”
“Sunshine of Your Love”
“Back in Black”
“”Helter Skelter”

On the last night of camp, we held a big show on the WOW Hall stage. It’s amazing just how good they can get in one week. They respond with flying colors to the task of rehearsing and digging deep for quality. The results are entertaining and inspiring.

I’ll be blogging extensively about this later. For now, I’ve got to back to the studio and server Master Ebbage.

Back when Dyson joined up with Shipe Band in 2000, he came from a hot Eugene local progressive funk band (with Olem Alves, Asher Fulero & Zak Johnson). Shipe music didn’t exactly scratch that prog-funk itch, so it’s good to see him returning to it. I hasten to add that he has the super-evolved chops to meet the prog agenda. And he’s singing, to boot.