First of all, thanks for all of you for showing your support and making CAMPBELLOOZA 2001 a success. This, the Campbellooza event, is a new concept to the York area, and as the case with any new idea, support is essential.

A lot of really skilled and talented people graciously donated their time and talents to make this happen. Thank you especially to my three other Lucid Dreamers bandmates (Chris Davis, Stacey Young, & Roy Frush)--they were at the firehall from 10:30 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. During that time they set up P.A. and a mini-recording studio as part of the Songwriting 101 workshop. . . .and then helped to develop and record somewhere around 8 songs that were written during the workshop.  Stacey Young also video taped the day of events.  Check out Stacey Young's Axis Recording Studio website: http://www.rodgoelz.com/axisrecordingstudio.htm

For those of you who were there for FunkShop, you witnessed the talents of The Aguirre Brothers (Gus, Tony and myself). . . with Joe McDowell and Roy Frush and Chris Davis of Lucid Dreamers. Really insightful discussions on the history of funk, funk improvisation and the funk rhythm section. Thanks to Tony Aguirre and Joe McDowell in particular for their insightful talks. For those of you who weren't there, you missed top-notched funky JAMS that even the players are still talking about it.  Find out what The Aguirre Brothers are up to by clicking here: http://www.aguirrebrothers.com

And of course there's Bob Campbell who talked extensively about all things P.A. related. Bob donated more time than anyone... he had me beat by 10 minutes. He also served as chief button pusher/engineer during the Songwriting 101 recordings.  Bob has been a great help in the organizing of this event. Further thanks to Chris Russell and Elliot Gottloeb for all their help.   Campbell's Music website: http://www.campbellsmusic.com/  

Lastly, but centainly not least, there was the talents of Quentin Jones, who lead the discussion on Garage Band Music Business.  Quentin spoke about many things, but the thing the rings out truest in my assessment of the music industry is, as Quentin puts "get used to the word NO." It's the most abused word in the music industry.  Friends, family, fellow workers, club owners, the industry. . . . use the word NO like it were a favorite cuss word.  But those people can't see what you see. . . if you listen to them, you're defeated.  It takes courage to become a success amidst opposition. You need to have mutually recognized goals (among you and your bandmates), and a realistic plan to achieve those goals. Quentin's talk reminded us that failure isn't what happens when things don't go as planned, rather failure is the result of not planning at all.

Contact Quentin by clicking here: http://www.rodgoelz.com/quentin_jones.htm

 

"I wish it would last forever, but as long as I am able to sit with a guitar on my lap, not even to sing to people. . .  but just to sing to myself, then I'll be all right."  Noel Gallagher/Oasis

 

Copyright 2001, Rodney M. Goelz