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2011-2012 Bowie Songwriters Collective:
the coolest club you never heard of... yet...

Joining is as easy as... and a one, and a two, and a three...
Step 1: Click here to fill out the membership form.

Step 2: Show up to the meetings/jam sessions.

Step 3: Be an active member and participate! The Songwriter's Collective is what YOU make it...

Next Meeting is Wednesday, 11.02.11
4:45pm to 6pm.
Mr. Meldrum's Room A124



Next Meeting is Wednesday, 10.19.11
4:45pm to 6pm.
Profe Gill's Room A221

roots

Roots? What are yours?

Agenda: Meeting 10.19.11

1) Five Minutes on Less is More
2) Down the Rabbit Hole
3) Telling a story in 3.5 minutes
4) New Business



First Meeting is Wednesday, 10.05.11
4:45pm to 6pm.
Profe Gill's Room A221

We will be planning & jamming & jamming on planning so plan on planning & jamming. Dig?



Agenda: First Meeting 10.04.11
  1. Introduction: The Look & Feel of a True Collective
  2. Process: What does the meeting look like? Warm-up & Tuning; Being IN Time & On time; Why we noodle...
  3. Roles & Goals or "Whaddya gonna do about it, eh?"
  4. Meeting Times
  5. Guest Speakers
  6. Really, I have to write?
  7. The Collective Jam: Open Ears, Open Mind.
We Are Monsters of Tone



Next Meeting Wednesday
4:45pm- 6pm room A221 (Profe Gill's Room)
Topics include:
  • The Effect of Effects or "Why doesn't it sound like THAT on stage?"
  • How to make the Sound Tech feel like they are the most important person in the room (because they just might be...)
  • Reasons to take a bus downtown during SXSW.
  • The Challenge: A Song A Day!





jaco pastorius


Next Meeting Wednesday
4:45pm- 6pm room A221 (Profe Gill's Room).
Topics include:
  • How to set up a practice session
  • Dynamics... and why they are so easily forgotten.





Next Meeting Wednesday
4:45pm- 6pm room A221 (Profe Gill's Room).
Topics include:
  • Inverted Time Signatures
  • How to tell a bandmate he/she is overplaying





Next Meeting Wednesday
4:45pm- 6pm room A221 (Profe Gill's Room).

Topics include:
  • Five minutes on "less is more."
  • The Guaranteed Minimum.
  • Putting on the Show.
  • "House Concerts" & why they work...
Take a look at these hands...



Next Meeting Wednesday
from 4:45pm to 6:00pm. A221.
Why dontcha come get some...
We Are Monsters of Tone
Please tune up right away...
Agenda:
  1. Getting Started & Cleaning Up...
  2. Five Minutes on Tone- What does "Pale Blue" sound like?
  3. So, what did you think about the last meeting?
  4. Hey! Where's the Food?
  5. Are we ever gonna get out of here?
  6. Why all these questions?

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Next meeting
Special Guest- Phil Owens!
Singer & Frontman of multiple Industrial Rock projects, Phil Owens has recorded & toured internationally. Phil Owens is here to tell all about it...

Phil Owen

Jam after the Q&A, time permitting...

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Jaco Pastorius






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