Gavin Rossdale: Happy on the Ground – A week at Grammy Camp
During this past summer Gavin Rossdale visited the Grammy Camp his visit will be part of an upcoming documentary ‘HAPPY ON THE GROUND: A WEEK AT GRAMMY CAMP’. The documentary is due out in early 2010. Gavin will have a 30 second clip from when he did the master class lecture at the camp.
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Gavin Rossdale: Grammy Camp – Interview
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GRAMMY Camp: Gavin Rossdale Educates GRAMMY Camp® by Ellie Perleberg
From co-founding the popular alt-rock band Bush to creating a solo album styled in an entirely different genre, it’s evident that Gavin Rossdale has the ability to change and evolve with his music, because he’s clearly got no plans of stopping.
“I’ll spend my whole life trying to write the perfect song,” the entertaining and witty Rossdale said at the GRAMMY Camp® Q & A on Sunday. The Booth Room was filled with all the students and counselors who got the chance to ask questions about various music career tracks, but most of his advice was in the singer/songwriter category.
In reference to his songwriting, he said, “I want to work on getting to the heart of what I’m trying to say,” an interesting goal from the man whose song “Glycerine” with Bush still gets relatively steady radio play since it’s release in 1994.
“I don’t know what happened to my band,” said Rossdale. “We should have fought for it more. We allowed it, in a really ‘English’ way, to just dissipate.”
As someone who says he writes his songs like his “world is on fire,” it’s not surprising that he’s moved on to a solo career since the breakup of the band and releasing his album “Wanderlust” in June 2008.
His success in the industry and his musicianship in general made him a great guest artist for GRAMMY Camp. Even as a performer that many might consider to be “mainstream” Rossdale said, “I don’t really have an emotional connection to the mainstream artists,” and added that the “underground” music has always fed the industry. But on the other hand, he said, “the commercial side is part of the naturalness of who you are.”
Rossdale said one of the main things for musicians to remember is that “it’s really important to know who you are, to not be a cookie cutter or flavor of the moment.” He is an artist that’s found success by doing just that.
Rossdale mentioned that he had been thinking over the past few days about what to say to inspire GRAMMY Camp students. A point that he kept coming back to was “You have to define what it means to you to ‘make it.’ Keep in your heart and mind what you want to do. So much of music is about just following your instincts.”
Gavin Rossdale: Fifth Annual GRAMMY Camp
Gavin is teaching a Master Class With Gavin Rossdale at this years GRAMMY Camp, the camp will be held on July 11–19, 2009 at USC’s Thornton School of Music.
Sunday, July 12
1:30–3:30 p.m. — Master Class With Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale will give a camp-wide master class and share his background, inspiration, and perspectives on the creative and technical processes. He will discuss his career journey from his start with the band Bush to his venture into film to his first-ever solo album release, Wanderlust. Rossdale will provide campers with real-world examples and insider tips and tricks of the trade on having a successful career in the music industry. He will then open the forum up for a question-and-answer discussion.
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WHO:
GRAMMY® Award-winning and -nominated professionals, industry specialists affiliated with
The Recording Academy® and 83 high school students from 75 cities and 23 states across the United States. In addition to a faculty of music professionals, teaching professionals will include: Lamont Dozier, GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter/producer/recording artist; Jimmy Jam, four-time GRAMMY winner and Recording Academy Chair Emeritus/GRAMMY Foundation® and MusiCares® Board member; Rickey Minor, president/CEO of Minor Productions Inc. and music director for the GRAMMY Awards and “American Idol”; and Neil Portnow, GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares President/CEO and Recording Academy President/CEO, among others.
WHAT:
Fifth Annual GRAMMY Camp® — the program offers selected high school students a
nine-day interactive residential summer music experience. Focusing on all aspects of commercial music, this unique opportunity provides instruction by industry professionals in an immersive creative environment with cutting-edge technology in professional facilities. The curriculum engages students in the technical aspects of creating, performing and recording and emphasizes new and emerging music technologies.
The program offers 10 music career tracks: Audio Engineering; Concert Promotion/Production; Electronic Music Production; Music Journalism; and performance tracks in Bass; Drums; Guitar; Keyboard; Songwriting; and Winds & Strings. All tracks culminate in media projects, CD recordings and/or showcase performances. GRAMMY Camp will be held at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music and other professional venues throughout Los Angeles.
Financial assistance for GRAMMY Camp is offered to qualified students; this year, a portion of these resources was generously provided by ASCAP, the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund, and the Ford Motor Company Fund. GRAMMY Camp is sponsored in part by Epiphone. Other product sponsors include Apple, CenterStaging, Coca-Cola, Converse, Digidesign, Guitar Center, Line 6, Mackie, and Shure, among others.
WHERE:
University of Southern California
Thornton School of Music
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Credentialed Media Check In At Booth Hall, Room 200
WHEN:
July 11–19, 2009
Visit www.grammycampblog.blogspot.com/ for blogs, podcasts and webcasts from GRAMMY Camp.
