McMusic Lessons & Performances

Sunday, June 16, 2024 by Kevin McClain | Musical Performance

Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana performed by music teachers at McMusic Lessons & Performances. The guitar teacher uses a boss RC-300 loop station and an Alesis SR-16 drum machine to produce a full band sound. 

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 by Kevin McClain | Performances

McMusic Hook Jam is a musical exercise in improvisation. Participating musicians use musical quotes, mashups, on-the-spot arrangements, themes and variations of favorite songs or original music.

   In this particular performance Kevin McClain of www.mcmusiclessons.com performs with one of his piano students. They cover Steve Miller Band, Billie Eilish and a little tease of some Guns n' Roses. 

   Music instructor performs with piano student at McMusic Lessons & Performances 

Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band) > Jam > All the Good Girls Go to Hell (Billie Eilish) > Jam with November Rain teases.

Hooked is formed by music teacher Kevin M McClain at McMusic Lessons & Performances. Kevin performs with different line ups of students and musicians. Kevin use loop stations and drum machines to perform improvised jams and arrangements inspired by the "hooks" of favorite songs and original music. 

Learn more at https://www.hookjams.com and https://www.mcmusiclessons

   Based in South Chicagoland area McMusic Lessons & Performances teach, perform, and write music in a variety of style and genre. Solo, Duet, and full band performance bookings are available in styles that include classical, jazz, blues, folk, reggae, rock, alternative, improvisation, Jamband, and more. Music lessons for children and adults are available at home or in-studio on a pay as you go basis with options to prepay for discounted rates.  

   McMusic Lessons strives to inspire a deeper understanding of music by teaching a spatial orientation of abstract thought processes, simplifying complex musical concepts to more tangible understandings. The music teachers provides an understanding that reaches beyond only pattern recognition and memorization. Students develop skills and awareness to provoke experimentation and the application of one’s own creativity to continue the learning process both in and outside of the weekly music lesson. All students learn to play by ear, read and write music, and play their favorite songs at any age or level of play. Lessons include weekly practice outlines and video examples of songs and exercises with qualifying enrollment. Scroll down to learn more.

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Hooked on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/hook.jams

Hooked Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hookedonjamz

Hooked on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC616hsSvEjR5Yo9UOBXQnFg

Hooked on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Hooked48715544

Hooked on Twitch

https://www.twitch.tv/hookjams

See All Past Streams & Performances:

https://www.facebook.com/hook.jams/videos/

Websites

https://www.hookjams.com (still in development)

#jamband #jambands #improvisedmusic #originalmusic #newmusic #jazz #rock #alternative #funk #blues #SteveMillerBand #BillieEilish #gunsandroses

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023 by Kevin McClain | Student Awards

McMusic Lessons & Performances Awards Ellie Adair with our 2023 outstanding musicianship award. Also recognized as McMusic Lessons Student Songwriter of the Year, Ellie displays a passion for studying, writing, and performing music that can be heard in every note she writes. She is a profound lyricist and skilled multi-instrumentalist whose music tends to tap into long forgotten senses of nostalgia within the listener. Click on her name, listed above, to visit her YouTube channel and hear some of her work. Don't forget to like, share, follow, or subscribe to stay up to date with her music.

Awesome work Ellie, keep the songs coming... 

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