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A close friend of mine has come to being friends with Jennifer over the years and arranged for her to come to the Raleigh Music Academy this past Sunday for a master class and live show.
She arrived in town on Saturday and Mike made dinner arrangements in a private room at a nice Italian restaurant. There were about fifteen of us there including spouses and kids.
She was unbelievably cool. Extremely down to earth. She had some great stories from the road.
My kids were very impressed that we were having dinner with a rock star of this magnitude
On Sunday I showed up before the master class to help setup. Of course I timed it perfectly so I got there after the heavy stuff was already loaded in
So basically I got to hang around with her a bit before the master class.
The master class was cool. She played through some of work and then disected the techniques for us as well as going through the way she got some of the sounds. She's got a great sense of how to use effects in some pretty novel ways. She spent some time explaining her approach to soloing and most importantly she had some cool ways to "dress up" your phrasing.
Then we went to dinner again - it was just six of us this time. Great conversation and good food - what else is there?
Then back to RMA for the show. She kicked ass. Seriously. She performed a number of her songs backed by her laptop which was playing some very cool synchronized video.
It is hard to describe how amazing it was to see a show this cool by a player of her caliber in such an intimate setting.
If you have the opportunity to see her play - go. Don't hesitate.
BTW, if you are in the DC/VA/MD area she is playing this show at a private function this Sunday in Alexandria, VA. Contact me if you are interested in attending.
She arrived in town on Saturday and Mike made dinner arrangements in a private room at a nice Italian restaurant. There were about fifteen of us there including spouses and kids.
She was unbelievably cool. Extremely down to earth. She had some great stories from the road.
My kids were very impressed that we were having dinner with a rock star of this magnitude
On Sunday I showed up before the master class to help setup. Of course I timed it perfectly so I got there after the heavy stuff was already loaded in
So basically I got to hang around with her a bit before the master class.The master class was cool. She played through some of work and then disected the techniques for us as well as going through the way she got some of the sounds. She's got a great sense of how to use effects in some pretty novel ways. She spent some time explaining her approach to soloing and most importantly she had some cool ways to "dress up" your phrasing.
Then we went to dinner again - it was just six of us this time. Great conversation and good food - what else is there?
Then back to RMA for the show. She kicked ass. Seriously. She performed a number of her songs backed by her laptop which was playing some very cool synchronized video.
It is hard to describe how amazing it was to see a show this cool by a player of her caliber in such an intimate setting.
If you have the opportunity to see her play - go. Don't hesitate.
BTW, if you are in the DC/VA/MD area she is playing this show at a private function this Sunday in Alexandria, VA. Contact me if you are interested in attending.
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