Q+A / Private online concert with Bireli Lagrene, Jimmy Rosenberg, Rocky Gresset, Tchavolo Schmitt,

dennis · April 2020

Hello friends! Hope everyone is doing well. I am stuck in Taiwan where it’s actually quite safe. As many of you know, practically every event has been cancelled including my favorite Django in June. I originally had a three week tour with Tchavolo Schmitt, and was gonna play the big stage at the Django Reinardt Festival in France with Jimmy Rosenberg.

I suppose I am one of the very lucky few musicians not in financial ruin thanks to DC Music School, but a lot of my colleagues are not doing well. Some better than others. Bireli is fine for now but is considering selling some guitars if things don’t get better.

Benji Winterstein asked me to help him give lessons a while back and I hosted an online workshop for him that was a lot of fun. Now Bireli , Jimmy, Rocky , Tchavolo, Adrien Moignard, Angelo Debarre all want in on the fun.

I will be donating most of the proceeds to them, because they need it. If any of you are interested, please send me an email at [email protected]

Instead of an actual workshop, it will be live solo concert and Q+A . If there are enough participants, I will take a bit of extra money and transcribe the cool stuff on Soundslice. Furthermore, if there’s a bit of extra money for me, I would also like to contribute to Django in June’s GoFundMe. Andrew is extremely passionate about his festival, and I know that he lost a LOT of money on this one.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/django-in-june-2020

So this is the way it works, you email me first to tell me which event interests you. Jimmy Rosenberg will be this coming Sunday at 5:30pm Amsterdam time, 11:30am NYC time, 8:30am LA time. Rocky Gresset will be Saturday May 2nd, yet to determine time but possibly 6pm or 7pm France time

I have yet to set dates for the other artists.

You can email me at [email protected] , my PayPal is the same, and we are asking 25$ CANADIAN which should be fairly cheap in USD or Euro. But please email first before paying, so I can then put everyone on an email list.

10-15 minutes before start time, I will send everyone a private link on Youtube to join the live session where you can ask questions and watch. I will call the artist on Skype, and share the screen. I will also record the screen separately in case there are Youtube issues. I can then reupload it on Youtube as a private video for all the participants, so you can watch forever. With enough participants, I ‘ll transcribe whatever I think is cool. So if interested, you know what to do!

Bones · April 2020

Wow that sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks for organizing this Denis!

Yes having a link to listen later would be great. My wife will kill me if I turn on GJ at 830am pacific time (justifiable homicide I think is how the judge would rule)

dennis · April 2020

Yes you can watch it anytime afterwards! You just won’t be able to be part of the live Q+A but feel free to send a question in the email. There may be tons of questions , I’ll do my best to select what I think might be most relevant or interesting for the general publc

dennis · April 2020

Here s a final push for the Jimmy event.

may 2nd is rocky gresset. There s a private video he made for me in this video:

https://youtu.be/izARcHCwJhc

BillDaCostaWilliams · April 2020

Rocky's take on Manoir sounds great - lots to learn right there.

dennis · April 2020

I ll make a video about Rocky soon for those who dont know him well... he s one of the very best

for the Jimmy event tomorrow, be sure to contact me asap . You can paypal 25$ canadian to [email protected]

Like i said, most of the money goes directly to him

dennis · April 2020

Yet another promo video for Jimmy. Here it is on Soundslice

https://www.soundslice.com/slices/rmtVc/

dennis · April 2020

Last minute change, Jimmy s caretaker stopped answering my messages. Not the first time it s happened but i dont want to reveal details about their personal lives.. i made the decision to cancel it but Bireli is now replacing Jimmy

vanmalmsteen · April 2020

Thanks so much Dennis. That was incredible!

dennis · April 2020

Thanks! Bireli totally saved the day! And he was on fire once warmed up! If anyone wants discounted tickets you can contact me until May 1st at which point I send him the money. Like I said most of the money goes directly to him. Maybe I ll soundslice some cool chords or something