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Every Thursday
~ 6:00PM ~ 7:00PM (15 min performances)
acoustic music or spoken word:
~ 7:00PM ~ 9:00PM (20 min performances)
acoustic or electric music
~ 9:20PM ~ 10:40PM (20 min performances)
Sign up at 5:40 PM on the night you wish to perform
or call to reserve a spot! $2 cover (performers free)
Lewis County Poetry Group Meets Every Third Saturday to share their work and favorite works of others. Lewis County Poetry Group welcomes traveling poets and poets from other communities.
The Matrix Coffeehouse
Music Arts Community & Food since 1995
434 NW Prindle St.
Chehalis, WA 98532
360.740.0492
www.matrixcoffeehouse.com
The goals of this event are three-fold:
1).To offer a meeting place for musicians of every stripe and ability
2).To offer informal learning sessions by way of applying basic Music theory in shared playing sessions
3).To form a house band for the Matrix
The Agenda
Of necessity, the agenda will be dependent on the quantity and quality of the participants- with the goal of everyone improving and sharing their musical skills. We intend to welcome each and every instrument (providing it can fit in the door) and we are planning on a two part program.
1).First we will focus on an acoustic based (or lightly amplified electric) song circle type learning session, where a particular song will be selected to examine for playing chords, scales, modes etc. We'll jam on it until everyone feels comfortable with it. We may break up into smaller groups where those with matching or complementary skills can help each other along. I can foresee this developing into an instruction/homework type of thing where we'll review last month's song and see how well we've come along.
[My whole philosophy of music is that one should enjoy playing, improving and sharing their skills. Hopefully it should be a pleasurable experience and one should feel free to take on as little or as much as they are happy with. This is not going to be a knuckle busting classroom, music is a nebulous thing and all instruction should be viewed only as suggestions. However it is helpful to know the basic framework of music theory before one can truly progress outside of it.]
2).The second part of our monthly session will concentrate on performance skills, with the goal of getting a functional group together. This involves getting up on the stage and employing the sound system (electric and amplified/miked acoustics). Who knows?
Maybe a few groups (duos-trios) will develop out of this enterprise. That would certainly exceed our humble expectations.
The Matrix Coffeehouse
Music Arts Community & Food since 1995
434 NW Prindle St
Chehalis, WA 98532
360.740.0492
www.matrixcoffeehouse.com
We pick a cozy spot and arrange chairs in a large circle. If there's a sizable crowd, we sit in concentric circles and work from the center outward. We choose a person to start with, and decide to move to the left or the right. The person who is "up" has several options:
1.PLAY: Play or sing a song for the group, read a poem, tell a story, play an instrumental. It's nice if you introduce yourself beforehand so that we may get to know you. If a song has a chorus that
you think folks would enjoy singing along with, you may want to teach it to the group before you begin so that we may join you. You may also invite others to play or jam along with you...or not. Your choice. Please ask if you want to play solo, since musicians just like to play along but will respect a person's desire to play alone when it is made known. All musical styles, all ages and skill levels are encouraged.
2. PICK: Choose a song you'd like to hear or have the group sing. You may also request songs of other people in the group if you aret familiar with their music and want to hear something that you and perhaps the others might enjoy.
3. PASS: For the spectators, the shy, or anyone else who wishes to participate in the group but tends to blank out under pressure. Or, for anyone with their mouth full of food.
SONG CIRCLE is a traditional, relaxed way to share time, fun, art, and community. Acoustic instruments of all kinds are encouraged, but not necessary if you simply love to sing. No one dominates, but anyone may lead the group in song or entertain when it is their turn. People may enter or leave the circle as they wish, but at all times within and without the circle, it is understood that no one is to be rude or disruptive. The circle will continue until the last hearty soul peters out, the Matrix closes, or we all file out and adjourn to the nearest gin mill to continue, to the shock and potential amusement of the local patrons.
The Matrix Coffeehouse
Music Arts Community & Food since 1995
434 NW Prindle St
Chehalis, WA 98532
360.740.0492
www.matrixcoffeehouse.com
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