Michael Daves Interviews Tim O'Brien at RockyGrass 2016
Wed, 12/14/2016 - 12:41pm
A new 7 part interview is available from Rockygrass 2016, filmed in the ArtistWorks RV backstage at RockyGrass 2016 with Michael Daves and Tim O'Brien. In this series Michael and Tim discuss musical and singing topics and sing duet performances of "Down in the Willow Garden" and "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome." The latter also appears as a lesson in the curriculum if you'd like to learn that song and all its parts. In their performance they switch high and low parts mid way to show the contrast of vocal tones. Tim also does a solo performance of "Another Day" accompanying himself on mandolin.
Find it all in the Learning Channel or just click here to jump to part 1!
Michael Daves Talks with Chris Thile
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 11:50am
Available now in +Music is the much anticipated interview with Michael Daves and Chris Thile filmed backstage in the Kennedy Center earlier this Summer. This 6 part interview includes great story telling, q + a, singing advice and a duet performance. Find it in the Learning Channel or just click here!
Stem Packs for Backing Tracks Now Available
Thu, 09/01/2016 - 1:34pm
Topics: bluegrass, michael daves
Good news: we’ve added all the backing track parts for everyone here. We bundled the files for each song together in zipped stem packs which you can find in the Additional Study Materials section on the site.
To find the stem packs, go to the learning channel and click the blue "Study Materials" button. Once the page loads, scroll down to the bottom to get to "Additional Study Materials" and you'll see them all there in alphabetical order. There's also a search box for easy reference.
Now you can download these stem packs and load them into any recording program (Garageband, Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton, etc) and make your own mixes. So if they don't want to hear the mandolin or guitar, you can turn them down or off. You also play with panning and add your own effects, the choice is yours!
How to Sing Bluegrass: Tips for Warming Up
Thu, 07/28/2016 - 3:56pm
There’s an old bluegrass joke that goes something like this:
Question: How does a bluegrass singer warm up?
Answer: He clears his throat.
The implication here is that bluegrass singing doesn’t require much warming up at all, but that isn’t the greatest plan if you want to deliver your best sound. Your voice is an instrument after all, and as any musician knows - you don't just want to jump right into a performance without warming up. Also ask any great athelete about the importance of stretching... you'll find it's a similar concept, warming up is essential!
So what should you do to warm up your voice? Luckily we have Michael Daves on board to show us how to sing bluegrass like a pro.
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