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Below is information on this month's main presenter and breakout sessions. The January 13 meeting will be the inaugural event. Details on the the Chapter's mission and design will be discussed. Bring your guitar. |
Main Presenter: Kevin Fandel
Presentation title “FINGERPICKING AND OTHER RIGHT HAND TECHNIQUES”
Kevin is a mostly self-taught player primarily in acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Having listened to and played music by Dylan, CSN&Y, Peter, Paul & Mary, James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel his style reflects those influences. Lately writing has been in the forefront having written acoustic, electric and at times, guitar synthesizer-based instrumental tunes. He also has a growing collection of lyrical songs in the singer-songwriter genre.
Kevin picked up the guitar at age 10 and, like many from the era of no internet or YouTube, he took 6-8 lessons from a neighborhood kid after which he was “off-and-strumming”. Later he teamed up with a school friend and became the ‘Simon & Garfunkel’ of their school and local community. The Church and coffeehouse scene beckoned and they played at many local church basement coffeehouses. Life and love took focus from music for many years as they often do. But the guitar continued as a hobby and a personal source of relaxation and relief from the pressures of daily life.
Around 2000 or so, he and re-connected with his school friend and they were joined by another player and formed a trio. The trio was active in the greater Boston acoustic music scene and during this time Kevin released 3 solo CDs. Ever since the trio disbanded Kevin has been writing, recording and playing occasional small events and private parties as a soloist. He sees his ‘musical roots’ as being in the fingerstyle tradition; and all the creative depth that brings to an acoustic rendering of a tune.
Breakout Sessions:
TBA
Presentation title “FINGERPICKING AND OTHER RIGHT HAND TECHNIQUES”
Kevin is a mostly self-taught player primarily in acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Having listened to and played music by Dylan, CSN&Y, Peter, Paul & Mary, James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel his style reflects those influences. Lately writing has been in the forefront having written acoustic, electric and at times, guitar synthesizer-based instrumental tunes. He also has a growing collection of lyrical songs in the singer-songwriter genre.
Kevin picked up the guitar at age 10 and, like many from the era of no internet or YouTube, he took 6-8 lessons from a neighborhood kid after which he was “off-and-strumming”. Later he teamed up with a school friend and became the ‘Simon & Garfunkel’ of their school and local community. The Church and coffeehouse scene beckoned and they played at many local church basement coffeehouses. Life and love took focus from music for many years as they often do. But the guitar continued as a hobby and a personal source of relaxation and relief from the pressures of daily life.
Around 2000 or so, he and re-connected with his school friend and they were joined by another player and formed a trio. The trio was active in the greater Boston acoustic music scene and during this time Kevin released 3 solo CDs. Ever since the trio disbanded Kevin has been writing, recording and playing occasional small events and private parties as a soloist. He sees his ‘musical roots’ as being in the fingerstyle tradition; and all the creative depth that brings to an acoustic rendering of a tune.
Breakout Sessions:
TBA