Promo for the Cajun French Family Band of Louisiana!

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We will be hosting a great family jam session event this June so you guys wont want to miss this one. We will be having some on AIR and even regular hangouts opening it up to questions and request from all kinds of types of song, played in the cajun french style! Check out more from Damien Lee Benoit’s families band:

Lee Benoit & The Bayou Stompers Live from their Youtube:

A Music Compilation in France. Concert at Saulieu,France in 2011

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Lee Benoit – Bosco Stomp

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The Back Door & Another Lonely Night

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 S01E03  -  ”Paint with Fire”

Great short episode of just lots of great musicians playing great songs. Check out more from Matty James, Tim Behrens, Michael Longest, Damien Benoit & special thanks to Garrett Brown our security team for our regular hangouts and keeping the piece while people perform music for others.

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“The Songwriter’s Process”

In this episode Damien Lee, Tim Behrens & Matty James get together and discuss their various processes about how they go about writing music, lyrics and coming up with a fully structured song.

-SHOW TOPICS-

-Chord Progressions:

1. Finding the chords to give off the mood you’re looking for
2. Apps to help the process:
   PC: Ableton Live
   MAC: Ableton Live
   Android: Chordbot, Loopstamatic,
   iOS: Chordbot, RevChordPro, GuitarToolkit, Garageband, SSW
3. Learning to find the melody in your head on the instruments you play

-Writing the lyrics:

1. Structuring a song
2. Where we reference
   RhymeZone
   Online Dictionary
3. Putting it all together & writing it all down
   PC: Songbook, Notepad++
   MAC: ChordPro Buddy
   Android: SongBook
   iOS: SongBook, OnSong
4. Practice it until it sounds the way you want!
5. Dont have an instrument? Use Microsoft Songsmith

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In memory of Bob Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981), HangoutCollab‘s Matty James performs Jammin. We had him on Hangout Collab S01E02 when we were talking about Songwriting Process’ and when he went to perform a small section of his song in memory of his great music on his anniversary date of his death, he was instantly kicked out of the hangout LIVE. It was quite a bummer but we all ended up getting a laugh out of it in the end, he tried coming back but we are guessing Google didn’t let him back in because of it, even though he had rights to play it. He is planning on getting with the Marley Family about it to try to get things corrected because we all felt it was wrong to be kicked out because of it, but anyway. No worries…. Be Happy! Thats exactly what Bob would want us to all feel!

Bob Marley - Jammin

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You say you know little about Bob and his uplifting Lord filled music?

Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread bothJamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.

Marley’s music was heavily influenced by the social issues of his homeland, and he is considered to have given voice to the specific political and cultural nexus of Jamaica.His best-known hits include “I Shot the Sheriff”, “No Woman, No Cry”, “Could You Be Loved”, “Stir It Up”, “Get Up Stand Up”, “Jamming”, “Redemption Song”, “One Love” and, “Three Little Birds”,as well as the posthumous releases “Buffalo Soldier” and “Iron Lion Zion”. The compilation album Legend(1984), released three years after his death, is reggae’s best-selling album, going ten times Platinum which is also known as one Diamond in the U.S.,and selling 25 million copies worldwide.

Be sure to check out the newly released documentary about Bob Marley’s Life called Marley

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“Freestyle till the song is made”

In this episode Damien gives an understanding at a way of songwriting and freestyling through the music using tools to loop your ideas with as you get started. This episode he shows a little bit of Ableton Live. Towards the end of the episode he talks about some other ways that he will show you he uses to create music using your smart phone. We finish off with Tim joining in as well to chime in on some of his methods as well as a few quick songs. Hope you enjoy and please leave us some comments, thanks!

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RUSSELL BABBITT – FREESTYLE INTO FOLSOM PRISON

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Circle Damien Lee Benoit , Tim Behrens or Matty James to find out when we start our Hangouts.

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We also have our Events Calendar as well!

A list of events we host on a website called Hangout Collab (http://www.hangoutcollab.com), started through Google+ Hangout’s and expanded to the world through various ways of live streaming. Its all about artists collaborating with each other to bring and teach great ways of expression through music, imagery, video, dance or even through friendly conversation. We host concerts, open mic events, do training on various creative software, playing instruments, songwriting, composing, producing & mixing music as well as using new technologys (ipads, iphones, android phones) to aid in the process of it all. We would love for you all to check out our site and check out all the content, leave your opinions as well as suggestions. What would you like to learn to do today? Lets collaborate!