Fall is here and we are in the midst of back-to-school/Fall registration season! Everyone is settling into their school schedules and our lesson times are booking up. We have openings Monday – Saturday for acoustic/electric guitar, drum/percussion, piano, voice, sax, bass, and banjo in our studio locations. Lessons are open to all ages, all levels, so we can take youth through adults.
Don’t forget about Rock Academy, the only program of it’s kind since 1996 that puts you into a performing band (like the band pictured below that we had perform at a recent Mudcats game). Bands meet us once per week in our studios to rehearse and it’s open to both current students and non-students. It’s the most affordable program like it anywhere on the East Coast!
Contact us today to get started with your lessons and Rock Academy.
Rock Academy band performs July 2011 at Mudcats Stadium
While no charges have yet been filed, NashvillePost.com is reporting that earlier today, Federal agents and local police seized wood, guitars, computers and files from Gibson Guitar’s Massman Road manufacturing facility in Nashville.
Sources say the guitar manufacturer is being investigated for violating the Lacey Act, a key piece of environmental law, for importing endangered species of rosewood from Madagascar.
Rosewood is widely used in the construction of guitars and sells for $5,000 per cubic meter, more than double the price of mahogany. The island nation off Africa’s east coast is a key producer of the hardwood, the export of which has links to international criminal activity.
Madagascar has struggled financially since a January coup and new President Andry Rajoelina issued an executive order in September legalizing the export of rosewood and ebony. The move was decried by environmental groups and political leaders worldwide, as hardwood forests are key to Madagascar’s unique ecology and serve as a habitat for a dwindling lemur population.
Sources have told NashvillePost.com that Gibson was involved in a scheme that shipped the wood from Madagascar to Germany and then to the United States.
If you are planing to attend our upcoming summer camps, here’s a great article that will discuss some of the recording ideas we’ll present during MusicTech 09′.
We are pleased to announce Rock Academy – the updated version of our popular Student Band Jam program where we place students into bands for rehearsals and performances. Rock Academy will offer everyone the opportunity to play in a band, no matter if you take lessons with Progressive or with someone else. (Shame on you for not taking your lessons with Progressive, but that’s another post:)
It’s simple to get started. Here’s the scoop:
Introductory price is only $10.00 per rocker.
Rehearsals are weekly for one hour
Space is limited
Minimum of 3 members per band are needed to schedule a rehearsal
We’re well into our third week of our Original School of Rock Summer Camps and the bands are sounding great! Here’s a clip of our students rockers rehearsing at camp. The sound is not the greatest (the sound is from a little mic on a little DV camera), but you get the point – these are 8 and 9 year olds working on an original tune….
Since 1992 Progressive Music Center has offered the best in music lessons for guitar, drum & percussion, piano, voice, bass guitar and sax lessons along with our nationally recognized Rock Academy program and group guitar and drum lessons.
Check out our amazing Music Discovery Track Out Camps! These Learn To Play Focus Weeks will get you up and playing an instrument in no time. Pick from guitar, drums, piano, voice and more! Find out more!
Instruments
We carry a huge selection of name brand instruments at affordable prices. Fender, Line 6, Walden, Takamine, Dean, Mapex, Pacific, Sabian, Dream cymbals, Ernie Ball, Vic Firth and many other top brands are always in stock. We can match any big box store price and often beat internet pricing by as much as 40%!
Looking for the perfect gift that is the right size, right color and lasts a lifetime? Give music with a gift certificate from Progressive Music Center. Great for birthdays, anniversaries, or any occasion.
