Listen to Our Faculty Musicians
Listen to Our Faculty Musicians
Billy Branch
Blues Harp | View on Youtube
Johnny Burgin
Blues Guitar | View on Youtube
Joanna Connor
Blues Slide Guitar | View on Youtube
Bob Stroger
Blues Bass | View on Youtube
John Kattke
Blues Keyboards | View on Youtube
Billy Flynn
Blues Guitar | View on Youtube
Deitra Farr
Blues Vocals | View on Youtube
Dave Specter
Blues Guitar | View on Youtube
Harlan Terson
Blues Bass | View on Youtube
Our Set List
- All Your Love I Miss Lovin’
- Big Boss Man
- Blow Wind Blow
- Bright Lights, Big City
- Dust My Broom
- Got My Mojo Working
- Help Me
- Just a Little Bit
- Key To The Highway
- Killing Floor
- Let Me Love You Baby
- Messin’ With The Kid
- My Babe
- Smokestack Lightning
- Stormy Monday
- That’s All right
Sample Video Lesson
Billy Flynn: "All Your Love I Miss Lovin'"
Register
CHICAGO BLUES BOOTCAMP 2022
Dates: Sunday, May 29 – Sunday, June 3, 2022
Lessons: Sunday, May 29 – Friday, June 3, 2022
Location: Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605. Per Roosevelt University Policy, all participants, faculty, staff and students must be fully COVID-19 vaccinated in order to attend. – View
TRACKS
Intermediate Blues Guitar Track – Read More
Modal, 8, 12, 16 bar progressions, variations
Major and minor blues forms
Boogies, shuffles, jumps, lumpty-lumps, rhumbas, stop time and other blues rhythms
Chord inversions, basic and advanced comping, rhythm riffs
Quarter, half and full note bends
Major and minor pentatonic, and blues scales
Advanced Blues Guitar Track – Read More
Major and minor pentatonic and blues scales
Articulations, bends, vibrato, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs
Picking, plucking, rakes, right hand techniques
Motif development and what makes a distinctive melody
Intros, endings, turnarounds
Tone and its relationship to playing technique, the instrument, and the amplifier.
Blues Bass Track – Read More
The Blues scale and bass lines
Plucking, thumb, fingers and picks, muting
Modal, 8, 12, 16 bar Blues progressions, variations, major and minor forms
Intros, turnarounds, endings
Walking the bass lines
Staccato, legato, dynamics
Octaves, fifths and chord
Keeping time, holding down the bottom
Blues Harp Track – Read More
The Blues scale
Cross harp, 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions
Embouchure, lip pursing or pucker, tongue blocking, slaps, flutters
Bends, glissandos, tremolo, vibrato, shakes
Basic Blues chords, licks, and solos
Tone and its relationship to playing technique, the instrument, and the amplifier
Vocals/Comping Track – Read More
Topics of Study: Vocals
– How to sing properly and preparation for singing.
– How to sing blues in your own voice.
– Choosing songs that are appropriate for you and putting together a repertoire.
– How to tell the band/accompanist what you want and need.
– Stage presentation
Guitar Accompaniment:
– Overall concept of “backup guitar”.
– Hearing and reacting to “cues”.
– Dynamics: How and when to “back off”.
– Standard rhythm guitar patterns and bass lines.
– Chords and chord voicing.
– How and when to “comp chords”.
– Playing with or without rhythm section.
– Leading the rhythm section.
– Flatpick v. fingers (fingerpicks).
– Playing appropriate and effective “lead guitar” behind a singer.
– Holding “the groove.”
Details
The Chicago Blues Bootcamp 2022 Package includes:
⚆ Immersive 5-Day camp with Chicago Blues Masters
⚆ 6-month subscription to At Home Chicago Blues
⚆ Chicago Blues Bootcamp curriculum Fakebook—tabs, music notation, lyrics, history of the 16 Chicago Blues Standards
⚆ 12-month individual membership to the Blues Foundation
Tuition:
Register before January 31, 2022: $2,275
Register between February 1, 2022 – March 31, 2022: $2,575
Register on April 1, 2022 or after: $2,775
Equipment Rental:
Practice Amps: $75
Lodging:
Stay at Roosevelt University dorms May 29 – June 3: $500
By Adam Lukach
Aug 05, 2020 at 1:34 PM
“Like virtually every other physical event in 2020, the Chicago Blues Boot Camp had to make a digital pivot due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The modest, four-year-old operation typically piggybacked on the international audience of the Chicago Blues Festival, and 14 of its 28 students in 2019 were visiting from outside the US.
The move to digital space has allowed for some expansion, however, with this summer’s launch of the “At Home Chicago Blues” series, including the Trading 4s concert series. Since late May, owner and manager Scott Weil has been organizing “pay what you can” bi-weekly shows on the first and third Thursdays of the month featuring Chicago blues musicians.”