Hamilton Guitar Association: October 19 meeting with Tony Cox & Ryan Leblanc

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

October 19 meeting with Tony Cox & Ryan Leblanc

Hey Guitar players, hope you have all recovered from a great Thanksgiving weekend! The next meeting of the Hamilton Guitar Association is Monday, October 19 at 7:30. This week is a bit different as we have 2 featured performers; Tony Cox and Ryan Leblanc.

Tony and Ryan are touring in the area and will also be back in Hamilton on Saturday the 24th for a concert and Guitar workshop along with myself and D Jay Moons on Saturday Oct 24.

Here's the details:
South African guitarist Tony Cox has honed and developed a personal compositional and instrumental style that is not bound by any classification. Uniquely beautiful, his music is a mosaic that incorporates evocative and infectious rhythms, delicate patterns and varying styles of his homeland. He demonstrates a complete mastery of the 'finger-style' of playing. www.myspace.com/tonycoxmusic

New Brunswick Solo Instrumentalist Ryan Leblanc combines organic melody lines with spellbinding rhythms to produce a completely unique musical experience with a World Beat Flavour. He plays Guitar, Harmonica and Percussion all at the same time. www.sonicbids.com/ryanleblanc

Guitar Workshop:
You may in interested in attending a workshop with both Tony and Ryan. It will be held in the after noon before the concert. Please register for the workshop in advance, as space is limited. The contact info and costs are listed below.

The Erskine Concert Series and the Hamilton Guitar Association Presents:
Together Live!
Tony Cox, Ryan Leblanc and Shawn Trotter with D Jay Moons.
Saturday, October 24 @ 7:00PM
Erskine Presbyterian Church
19 Pearl Street North, Hamilton

Tickets are available at the door or by calling 905-979-0155.

All workshop participants must register in advance before Friday October 23 at 9:00PM.

$10-Concert Only
$20-Concert and Workshop
$15-Workshop Only

This is going to be a fantastic evening of amazing music at a deal of a price! This is one you really don't want to miss out on.

See you Monday!

Shawn

www.hamiltonguitar.com

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Southern Ontario Fingerstyle Guitar Association

Some five years ago, I typed finger style guitar into a search engine because that was the type of playing I wanted to explore. Mostly because I was tired of replacing all my lost guitar picks. What I found was the SOFGA, a club dedicated to this guitar style and encourageing new people to learn by providing a non competative performance environment. They met right here in Hamilton, I knew that this was something I had to check out.

What I found was a community of people enjoying each other's music, company and friendship. And the amazing music! Cutting edge acoustic, celtic, old blues , entire bands seems to leap from guitars held by one person. No fake effects or back tape. Each meeting, one great player after the next would play. Then, one of them would take some time to show you thier style.

This is where I found my guitar teacher and mentors and some realley good friends. Though I was just a beginner, these people seemed to have a genuine desire to hear my music. This encouragement was pivital, at a time when the rest of the world just wanted me to forget the whole guitar thing .

Some five years later, when it comes to music, I still don't have it all together most of the time, but I've come a long way, mostly thanks to SOFGA.

Now , it's called the Hamilton Guitar Association but the goal and spirit are the same. That's why I'm happy to slug all the gear up the stairs at the Pheasent Plucker every other week, set up the mics and board, then, watch it all unfold.

Mark V

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

October 19 meeting with Tony Cox & Ryan Leblanc

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