Brooks Robertson - Workshop AND Concert!
Schedule
Sat, 29 Jul, 2023 at 02:00 pm
Location
Artichoke Music | Portland, OR
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Brooks Robertson will be performing AND teaching his fingerstyle guitar workshop at Café Artichoke! Don't miss out!Scroll down for more details about the workshop and concert.
Workshop: 2pm-4pm
Concert: 7:30pm
Ticket Options:
Concert Only Admission - $20
Workshop Only Admission - $50
Workshop + Concert Admission - $60
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WORKSHOP INFO:
Essential Fingerstyle Guitar Skills & More with Brooks Robertson
Location: Café Artichoke
Time: 2pm-4pm
Come learn some essential fingerstyle guitar techniques and improve your playing, wherever you’re at. This workshop with fingerstyle guitarist and educator Brooks Robertson will cover many essential topics including:
• Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Jerry Reed-style fingerpicking patterns
• Banjo rolls
• Cascading harp harmonics
• Chord vocabulary & movable chord shapes
• Chord inversions
• 7th chords & extensions/tensions
• Basic major-key harmony & embellishments
• Take home several solo fingerstyle arrangements to work on
“I love the way Brooks teaches, he’s thorough, patient, and accurate in all his information and techniques, and he has a good knowledge of the history of his styles and mentors. Watch out, he’s tough too!” - Tommy Emmanuel
Find out more about Brooks’ teaching here: www.fingerpickinglessons.com
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CONCERT INFO:
Location: Café Artichoke
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 7:30pm
Fingerstyle Guitar at its Finest!
Award winning guitarist and Berklee College of Music Professor, Brooks Robertson will return to Artichoke Music for a night of solo Fingerstyle Guitar! This is also a CD release concert for Robertson's new album of original music "Pickin' All Day Long."
Here's what Tommy Emmanuel says about the new album: "Here's to you, Mr. Robertson!! You've created a powerful set of tunes that ooze blues, jazz, and country ideas. You've set a high bar in our modern world, reminding us to follow our own path, always paying homage to the giants who came before us. This work is so refreshing! Thanks Brooks! Onwards, upwards!”
And here's what other legendary guitarists say about Brooks' playing:
"The Future of American Fingerstyle Guitar." - Buster B. Jones
“I've always loved playing with Brooks, he's a joy to be around.” - Tommy Emmanuel CGP
"I was completely knocked out with the acoustic guitar virtuosity of Brooks Robertson! Brooks has a very original touch and sound plus monster chops. He's always making great music with his guitar. I'm sure Brooks will be sharing his music with the entire world and have an incredible career."
- Lee Ritenour (Jazz Guitar Virtuoso & Grammy Winner)
"Brooks Robertson has one of the very best techniques in fingerstyle guitar. You can hear the influences of Buster B. Jones, Jerry Reed, and all the great fingerpickers past ... and he's writing some fabulous new material. An amazing guitar player who's showing the rest of us how it's done! Nobody whops Brooks Robertson!" - Richard Smith (Fingerstyle Virtuoso)
"He is slicker than a cat on a greased pole." - Nokie Edwards (The Ventures, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
"Brooks Robertson plays like the house is on fire." - Thom Bresh (Legendary Thumbpicker)
"Brooks Robertson is well-equipped to carry on the legacy of Buster B Jones' powerful and funky guitar style. Any player would be very proud to have such an accomplished guitarist as a protégé. Brooks' personal playing and composing style is equally compelling, as audiences around the world are finding out. The solo guitar's future is in good hands with players like Brooks out there!" - John Jorgenson (Elton John, Desert Rose Band, Hellecasters)
"All guitar players are like Frankensteins. Their music is made out of bits and pieces of other players. In Brooks' case, he's a son of a Frankenchops, the well known monster picker Buster B. Jones. Buster and Brooks are both so scary ... the legend continues." - Mason Williams ("Mr. Classical Gas")
"Brooks Robertson is a superb and exciting guitarist. I love his playing!" - Pat Bergeson (Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Lyle Lovett, Madeleine Peyroux)
"Brooks Robertson's playing is wonderful, rhythmically precise, harmonically complex and melodically compelling. How he controls all three simultaneously, blending them into something musically engaging, is remarkable. He's a gem." - Neil Andersson (Pearl Django, The Wailers)
https://www.brooksrobertson.com
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Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd,Portland,OR,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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