Wayward Angels

January 13, 2015 by

The Wayward AnglesAnne Marie Lawton and Kay Armstrong attended Australia’s first Wernick Method jamcamp back in 2011.  They have notched many jam sessions between them since then and have now formed The Wayward Angels.

Here is a four piece all-girl band delivering sweet vocal harmonies to a repertoire of alt country/bluegrass tunes.

The group is heading off to Tamworth this year to take a taste of bluegrass music with a feminine edge to national audiences in Australia’s Country Music Capital.

The Wayward Angels are: Kay Armstrong on banjo, Jody Bell on mandolin, Brenda Kelly on guitar and Anne-Marie Lawton on double-bass.

We wish you all the very best.

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Manjimup Festival Jams

September 23, 2014 by
Lost & Found

Peter Stanicic, David Watt, Greg McGrath, John Wilson.

Hi all, I am heading over to Western Australia again to host a few jam sessions for the Warren Arts Council’s Making Music in Manjimup festival. There will be swag of people there including the guys from The Company – one of Australia’s most progressive Bluegrass bands – as well as Jim Fisher from Perth and a reformed band from Bunbury called Lost & Found. I was a member of that band back in the lat 1990’s. We played around the South-West of WA including many of the regional folk festivals including Nanup, Fairbridge and Toodyay.

I hope to catch up with many of the Manjimup Jamcampers from 2013. Hopefully we can have a pick together. There is also the opportunity to play onstage that weekend with me and several other jammers. Hope you can join us.

 

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Jamcamps Australia Launches Facebook Page

June 25, 2014 by

At the last jam camp in Forrest Victoria (May 2014) many students suggested that we host a facebook page where people can post photos and comments to, from the Jamcamp.facebook

We launched that Facebook site last month and it is starting to gain traction.

Be sure to check it out.

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2,500th Students for Wernick Method.

April 5, 2014 by

News from the Pete Wernick Jampire is that they have signed up their 2,500th student this week. Our 2014 Forrest Jamcamp took the honours.

…another major milestone, we signed up our 2500th student this week. Honors go to Greg McGrath (Caloundra, QLD, Australia), and his ninth signup. Momentum grew steadily during our first three years–it took us a full year to enroll 500 students (January 2012), nine more months to reach 1000 (October 2012), seven months to reach 1500 (May 2013), and five months to hit 2000 (October 2013). Since then we’ve sustained that rate, signing up another 500 in the past five months. That’s a number we’re proud to mention, showing the world our reach is wide and growing – Rick Saenz, Office Manager, Wernick Bluegrass Music Method.

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2014 Forrest Jamcamp

March 4, 2014 by

Forrest JamcampThe first jamcamp for 2014 is planned for Forrest in Victoria. Nestled in the heart of the Otway Ranges, Forrest has become one of the best holiday destinations in the Hinterland of the Great Ocean Road area.

The 2014 Forrest Jamcamp will run from Friday 16th May to Sunday 18th May.

The $350.00 registration fee covers all tuition, handouts, accommodation and meals.

What can you expect from a Wernick Method Jamcamp?

  • Hands-on learning in large and small groups
  • Learn many bluegrass standards
  • Full ground rules and etiquette of typical jams
  • How to find melodies, fake solos, carry a tune, sing harmony
  • Tab/note reading skills not needed or used
  • Understanding, low-pressure, time-tested teaching
  • Only four chords needed, G, C, D, and A.
  • Gentle tempos, mistakes expected
  • How to lead songs and how to follow new songs
  • Ear skills taught and emphasised, as in real bluegrass
  • Group and individualised instruction on backup skills

Reserve your place now with a $100.00 deposit.

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Manjimup Sell Out

May 24, 2013 by

Jamcamps Australia’s first West Australian jam camp is a sell out. There has been 20 registrations received over the course of the past three months.

Warren Arts Council is hosting the three-day camp and have done a fabulous job of promoting the event thorough out the region. Registrations have been received from the broader south-west Western Australia.

The camp is residential style camp and is being held at the Wilgarup Lodge in Manjimup and hosted by the Warren Arts Council.

 

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