Photo Courtesy of Stanton Moore Spirit of New Orleans Drum Camp
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Join us for the 3-day Stanton Moore “Spirit of New Orleans” Drum Camp from December 9th-11th at 9:30 AM CST in the Education Center of the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
There will be a final performance on Sunday, December 11th from 4:00-6:00 PM CST held in the third-floor Performance Center of the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
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Stanton Moore's 3-day "Spirit of New Orleans" drum camp invites students of all ages and playing abilities to enjoy a hands-on drumming experience where they will learn from Stanton and his special teaching guests. This year, Herlin Riley will be presenting the Sunday master class. Moore's mentor and New Orleans legend, Johnny Vidacovich along with other special guest instructors Shannon Powell and John Wooton will all be on hand for private lessons. Students work alongside SONO teachers on their own individual practice drum sets to amass a total of 24 hours of real playing time over the course of this incredible camp. SONO is a fun, low-pressure environment where students can learn from some of the world's best players and educators.
Each attendee will have the option to rent a practice kit or bring their own practice pad or practice pad kit. There will be four one-and-a-half-hour sessions each day. Some of the topics covered will be several styles and beats that you'll need to know when you are playing with people in the real world. Some of you may have encountered some of these grooves and may even feel comfortable with them already. If so, you can "check that" off your personal checklist. Embellishments and nuances will also be demonstrated so that even the more advanced players can work on enhancing what they are already able to play. There will be PDFs sent in advance of the material that will be covered.
The Schedule For Each Day:
9:30 - 11:00 am-First Session
11:15 - 12:45 pm-Second Session
12:45 - 2:15 pm-Lunch
2:15 - 3:45 pm-Third Session
4:00 - 5:30 pm-Fourth Session
The camp will be covering the following:
• 16th Note Funk with One Hand
• Improving Your Shuffle
• The Halftime Shuffle
• The Triplet Shuffle
• Samba
• Boss Nova
• Mozambique
• Train Beats
• Improving Your Swing Feel
• Ballad with Brushes
• 5 Meters Tunes Based off the Ratcliff Beat
• New Orleans Traditional Second Line and Big Chief
Johnny Vidacovich, Shannon Powell and John Wooton will be available for private lessons on the premises at the rate $150 an hour. This year, James Singleton will be available for private lessons as well. If you choose to pay for a lesson with James, you'll be able to play with and get feedback from a world-class bass player who has played with a ton of your favorite drummers including Johnny Vidacovich, Herlin Riley, Shannon Powell and James Black! To schedule your private lessons, please email Adam Kelly davidadamkelly@gmail.com
After you sign up, you will be redirected to a camp attendee information page with a form that should be filled out, some of my New Orleans suggestions and pdfs of some of the material we will be covering.
Stanton Moore
Stanton Moore is a GRAMMY award-winning artist, teacher, and performer. Born and raised in New Orleans, Stanton Moore is a dedicated drummer, performer, and educator especially connected to the city, its culture, and its collaborative spirit. In the early ‘90s, Moore helped found the New Orleans-based essential funk band Galactic who continue to amass a worldwide audience via recording and touring globally. Moore launched his solo career in 1998. He has 9 records under his own name with the most current being With You In Mind: The Songs of Allen Toussaint. Throughout his 25-year career, Moore has played and or recorded with a diverse group of artists including Maceo Parker, Joss Stone, Irma Thomas, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter (of the Meters), Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine), Corrosion of Conformity, Donald Harrison Jr., Nicholas Payton, Trombone Shorty, Skerik, Charlie Hunter, Robert Walter, Will Bernard, Ivan Neville, Anders Osborne, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
He has also appeared numerous times on the Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, and Seth Meyers late-night TV night shows. With a bachelor’s degree in music and business from Loyola University, Moore stays involved in education by constantly presenting clinics and teaching master classes and private lessons all over the world. He has released two books and three video projects. His book Groove Alchemy was picked by Modern Drummer as one of the top 25 instructional drum books of all time.