Janie’s Jumpstart Weekend Old Time Camp In Miami Florida
at the home of Russell Mofsky
February 21-23, 2025 (5pm Friday-3pm Sunday)
with Janie Rothfield (Fiddle/Banjo/Guitar), Matthew Sabatella (Banjo/Guitar), Allan Carr (Guitar/Bass) and another SPECIAL TEACHER (To be Confirmed Soon)!
Plus additional classes for singing and tune writing too!
Tons of Jamming with staff, Delicious Homecooked Food and a whole lot of fun!
REGISTRATION HERE!
Upon registering, Janie will be in touch with you to arrange an assessment of your playing to make sure you are in the right class for your ability.
Email Janie at info@janierothfield.com for more info
SPACE IS LIMITED-SIGN UP NOW FOR FIDDLE, CLAWHAMMER BANJO OR GUITAR
Spend the weekend learning from and playing with 4 world class old time musicians and great teachers and “JUMPSTART” your playing! Janie’s Jumpstart features small classes (maximum 8 students max per class), delicious food, great teachers, staff house concert and tons of jamming with the teachers all in a comfortable house setting!
There will also be shorter “wildcard” classes for folks to take in addition to their instrumental class-Bass, Singing, Song Writing, and more!
Our motto is “we are not here to teach you all the tunes, but how to play them better”!
FULL WEEKEND, SAT-SUN, and SAT ONLY Options will be available
LINK TO SAMPLE CAMP SCHEDULE
WHERE: Miami, FLORIDA
WHEN: February 21-23, 2025
Friday 5pm-Sunday 3pm
FULL WEEKEND COST:
POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR FRIDAY-SATURDAY ONLY: Contact Janie Directly for more info.
Registration includes all classes, jams, staff concert, coffee/tea/snacks and 6 yummy meals all weekend long!
ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED
JANIE’S JUMPSTART CANCELLATION POLICY
REGISTRATION FEE IS NON-REFUNDABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEDICAL OR FAMILY EMERGENCIES ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Old Time Fiddle with Janie Rothfield
Janie will focus on the all important rhythm and melodic techniques to help you add musicality, expression, rhythm, drive and fun to your playing. Throughout the class you will learn not only fabulous tunes in a variety of tempo’s, rhythms, and melody but also how to make those tunes your “own”, how to pick up a tune on the fly, chords and how to play back up or accompaniment for a song. These classes will help you find and develop your own musical old time voice.
Janie will teach tunes from a variety of traditional sources and regions, listening to the old recordings and get a feel for where the music came from. She will also teach you a few of her own original tunes!
CLAWHAMMER AND FINGER STYLE BANJO WITH MATTHEW SABATELLA
MATTHEW SABATELLA
With vocals, guitar, and banjo, Matthew Sabatella connects people with music that is woven into the fabric of the United States. He performs regularly, both as a solo artist and as the leader of the Rambling String Band. For nearly two decades, he has followed the threads of traditional folk song, revealing a tapestry of music created by American colonists, pioneers, sailors, lumberjacks, immigrants, ’49ers, farmers, mountaineers, slaves, soldiers, cowboys, railroaders, factory workers, and activists. In his solo performances, Sabatella tells his own story of discovery while digging deep into his repertoire of folk, bluegrass, old-time country, fiddle tunes, Appalachian music, ragtime, blues, spirituals, railroad and cowboy songs, work songs, sea shanties, Old World ballads, and more.
Back-up Guitar with Allan
This class is for intermediate level guitarists who know their basic chords (G,D,A,C,Am, Em) and are ready to dive deeper into boom -chuck rhythm, more complex bass runs, and some alternative chords, too.
Allan will review the basics of pick technique, rhythmic strumming and dynamics to support the lead instruments, using simple, first position chords and the “boom & chuck”. Then on to bass runs, how and when to do them to connect to the chord changes and whats happening with the rhythm and melody of the tune.
No music theory is required, just the ability to count from 1 to 8, and knowing the alphabet from A up to G!
You will also learn techniques and strategies to pick up tunes on the fly, and express yourself musically while having fun in the process! Allan has developed an approach that looks at the simple process of taking some of the chord shapes you already know ( the "cowboy Chords") in first position and moving them up the neck. This gives a quick and easy pathway to developing alternative chord/bass patterns to accompany tunes.