welcome to the session master
hello, and welcome to the session master, I'm kitt bender.
first, I want to answer the questions,
why did I start the session master website?
what is a session, anyway?
who is it for?
where do we meet?
why? a few years ago, I had a collection of original, popular and traditional tunes I wanted to play with my friends so we began getting together in each other's living rooms
we all found a few things to be true.
we learned best and had the most fun when we met regularly, had a list of songs we all were working on, and knew a performance was coming up even if it was living room concert for our friends, or an open mic.
I found myself leading our weekly gatherings enjoying the process of facilitating the jam sessions, making the chord charts, and recording all the parts.
whenever I perform on anderson island, someone inevitably asks me if I teach lessons of any kind and I have spoken with a number of musicians (and aspiring musicians) who are hungry for opportunities to meet with others in the community and play music.
that's why I created the session master.
to catalog and make available to my community the resources I have been creating and curating.
which brings us to WHAT IS A SESSION?
a session is just what I call when we get together to play music.
a PRIVATE SESSION, is where we work together directly to fast-track your relationship with your craft. you will learn how to maximize the tools you'll find here for your own long-term benefit, and also to prepare you for an OPEN SESSION where we meet together and actually play together. more on those later.
so WHO is this for?
let me start by saying that our focus will be on music we can play using ACOUSTIC instruments. there is a time and place to rock out on an electric guitar, but that's not what you should expect at a session.
if you are a brand new baby beginner, show up to an open session, sit in the back and listen! we will hand you a chord chart and you will know what to practice for next time and you can participate in each song at whatever level you are comfortable.
if you are a seasoned professional, listen to the songs so you know our vibe and arrangements and enjoy playing alongside people from your community!
private and open sessions are also great places to work on recording/music technology, and on basic songwriting.
this all brings us to the WHERE. to get sessions started in the anderson island community, I will be leading a session at the american legion community center at 6pm beginning MONDAY JUNE 12th.
there will be separate posts here about private and open group sessions.
until then, I hope to see you soon!
kitt bender