Flatpicking Guitar Workshop & Concert in Cary, NC

March 28, 2011 - PRLog -- This Saturday, April 2, Tim May and Dan Miller (co-authors of the popular eight-volume Flatpicking Essentials Guitar Course) will conduct a hands-on, all-level flatpicking guitar workshop in two parts (11 a.m. – 1 p.m., 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.) that will cover a wide range of flatpicking guitar topics and answer any and all participants’ specific questions. The focus of instruction will involve how to use efficient left and right hand technique to increase speed, improve note clarity and fluidity, and develop good tone. Other topics discussed will include opening up and exploring the entire range of the guitar fretboard and an introduction to improvisation for students of all levels. Each student will have the opportunity to spend individual time and get direct feedback from one of the instructors. At 7:30 p.m., these two talented musicians will perform an intimate concert at the Herb Young Community Center in Cary. Concert tickets are $15, or $10 for workshop participants.

Tim May is an accomplished guitar player, singer, and songwriter—and one of Nashville’s acoustic guitar “go-to guys.” For 15 years, he focused on his job as the guitar player for the Nashville-based bluegrass band Crucial Smith. When that band broke up in 2002, the job offers started pouring in. Recent highlights include touring with Patty Loveless, touring Japan with John Cowan, playing on the all-star Rounder project Moody Bluegrass, performing at the Grand Ole Opry with Mike Snider, and recording a bluegrass gospel project with Charlie Daniels. Additionally, FGM Records has released May’s solo CD Find My Way Back. May is featured in a new FGM Records concert DVD, Live in Kansas City, with Brad Davis and Cody Kilby. While there are plenty of great guitar pickers in Nashville, May adds great songwriting and singing to his list of many talents, which include being equally adept at resonator guitar, banjo, and mandolin. When he is not on the road or in the recording studio, he works building and repairing stringed instruments.

Dan Miller has been the publisher and editor of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine since 1996. He has also co-authored a number of flatpicking books, including: The Bluegrass Guitar Style of Charles Sawtelle with Charles Sawtelle; Flatpicking the Blues and The Guitar Player’s Guide to Developing Speed, Accuracy and Tone with Brad Davis; and the eight-volume flatpicking course Flatpicking Essentials with Tim May. May and Miller also have been performing in a trio with their good friend Brad Davis since 2005 and have been performing together as a duo since 2007.

PineCone is pleased to offer this program in collaboration with Flatpicking Guitar Magazine.  Workshop Registration is $80 for the general public, or $70 PineCone members. To register or reserve tickets with a credit card, contact Dan Miller at 800-413-8296. Learn more and join PineCone at http://www.pinecone.org.

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PineCone—the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, is a private, nonprofit, charitable membership organization dedicated to preserving, presenting and promoting traditional music, dance and other folk performing arts.