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Camp Jam Presents "Roctober Special": $50 Off Camp + $50 Gift Card

It's the month of Rocktober here at Camp Jam Rock 'n' Roll Summer Day Camp, and thanks to our friends at NAMM and your local music retailers, Camp Jam is offering big savings and more to you through the end of the month.

Sign up between now and October 31 for either Camp Jam 2008 or Camp Jam Kidz 2008 and receive $50 OFF the cost of the rock music camp + a $50 NAMM GIFT CARD (redeemable at participating local NAMM music retailers).

While supplies last, you will also receive a Camp Jam T-shirt and a copy of Camp Jam's "Book of Rock," an instruction book that includes rock styles and techniques that are essential to the style of rock and roll.

Best part is JUST PAY $200 NOW to secure a spot and have until February 29, 2008 to pay the balance.

Get Ready To Be Part of the Best Camp Jam Ever. SIGN UP TODAY.

New Camp Jam Rock 'n' Roll Summer Day Camp Map

Every year Camp Jam Rock 'n' Roll Summer Day Camp draws rockers from all across the US and even overseas. Check out this nifty application called Frappr that lets you see where other Camp Jammers are from and let's you mark the city you live in. Just pin yourself on this map or click on the Frappr logo on the left of the page and see where people are rocking out.

Camp Jam Rock 'n' Roll Summer Day Camp featured in OC Register

Camp Jam Rock 'n' Roll Summer Day Camp was featured in the Orange County Register yesterday. Reporter Lauren Wilson talked to camp director Achim Dangerfield as well as campers Brodi Beal (right), 14, and Ashlyn Fay, 13. Said singer Ashlyn of her experience,

"It's been really amazing. It's like 24 hours a day, we're just jamming away – it's helped me learn to sing louder."

It's not to late to experience the rock music camp. If you live in  DC, there is still time to register. The first week of the summer day camp starts on August 13 and features Derek St. Holmes as the Master Class instructor, followed by Liberty DeVitto the week after.

Here are a couple more photos from the article (Images courtesy of OC Register):

Camp Jam Taking a Break for Fourth of July

Ok, you guys have been rockin' out so hard that we needed a week off to recover. So, this week is a break so that we, and you, can enjoy the Fourth of July holiday. Camp Jam Rock 'n' Roll Summer Day Camp resumes next week in Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, and Cleveland. St. Louis gets their first taste of camp next week. Then the next week camp starts in Orange County the week after that. I hope you guys are excited because we definitely are.

Just a reminder that if you live in Denver or LA and want to sign up for camp, you will want to go ahead and do that now. Denver starts on July 23 and Los Angeles in August. See below for all of the Camp Jam dates through the end of June, and the date of the Master Class with the rock legend who will be teaching.

Week of July 9
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Atlanta (wk 5) - Liberty DeVitto - Thur, July 12

Houston (wk 4) - Jim Peterik - Wed, July 11

Dallas (wk 3) - Liberty DeVitto - Tue, July 10

Chicago (wk 2) - Ricky Byrd - Wed, July 11

St. Louis (wk 1) - Derek St. Holmes - Wed, July 11

Cleveland (wk 2) - Liberty DeVitto - Wed, July 11

Week of July 16
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Atlanta (wk 6) - Peter Stroud - Thur, July 19

Dallas (wk 4) - Derek St. Holmes - Thur, July 19

Chicago (wk 3) - Derek St. Holmes - Tue, July 17

St. Louis (wk 2) - Pat Travers - Wed, July 18

Cleveland (wk 3) - Jeff Carlisi - Thur, July 19

Orange Country (wk 1) - TBA

Week of July 23
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Atlanta (wk 7) - Pat Travers - Tue, July 24

Orlando (wk 1) - Pat Travers - Wed, July 25

Detroit (wk 1)  TBA

Denver (wk 1) Jeff Carlisi & Derek St. Holmes - Wed, July 25

Camp Jam City Profile: Orange County

Moving a little further south from our profile city of Los Angeles we featured yesterday is the region known as Orange County. The OC camp is also a brand new addition to the Camp Jam Rock 'n' Roll Summer Day Camp family and we have a great team of teachers and counselors from the area ready to rock this summer.  There is A LOT of musical history in the OC and the kids from this part of the country have always influenced the world with their musical-stylings. Take a look below for the locations and dates for this year's rock music camp along with some recommendations for where to get your gear. (photo to left by Karl Autry)

Orange County

Dates:   OC - Session 1 - July 9-13, 2007
            OC - Session 2 - July 16-20, 2007

Location:  Tarbut V Torah Upper School
                5 Federation Way
                Irvine, CA 92603

Recommended music stores:

Pepperland Music
850 N. Tustin Avenue
Orange, CA 92867
714.639.0909

Guitar Center
23811 El Toro Road
Lake Forest, CA 92630
949.609.0055

Music scene info (with help from Wikipedia):

Starting in the 1950's and 60's, the town of Bakersfield, California (the capital of Orange County) saw the rise of the Bakersfield sound as a reaction against the highly-polished Nashville sound that was so popular at the time, led by people like Buck Owens and future star Merle Haggard.

In the early 1960s, youth in southern California (especially Orange County) became enamored with surf rock groups, many instrumental, like The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, The Chantays, and The Surfaris. Surf rock is said to have been invented by Dick Dale with his 1961 album "Let's Go Trippin'". Surf rock's popularity ended in the mid-1960s with the coming of psychedelic music.

In the 80's, Orange County became known for their own unique style of punk and hardcore that went on to hugely influence legions of musicians that now credit some of these early OC bands with affecting the way they play music.  The band Middle Class, from Santa Ana, was probably the most influential; their "Out of Vogue" is sometimes considered the first hardcore recording.

The original hardcore bands in Orange County came from the Fullerton area, where The Adolescents, Agent Orange and Social Distortion formed. Social Distortion would later incorporate blues, country and early rock influences into their sound and become one of America's premier roots rock bands.

Farther south, Huntington Beach was also an influential center of hardcore, and is known as the origin of slamdancing (known as the "HB Strut"). Huntington bands like Vicious Circle, True Sounds of Liberty and The Crowd had a reputation for being aggressive and sometimes violent, while Uniform Choice, a somewhat later band, became known as one of the few prominent straight edge band from the West Coast.

Another Orange County band of note is The US Bombs fronted by Duane Peters. True Sounds of Liberty (TSOL) was perhaps the most infamous for violence, and for an abrupt and unpopular change towards proto-Gothic rock and, much later, Aerosmith-style heavy metal as the scene developed; future underground stars The Vandals evolved from TSOL's eventual breakdown.

Other Orange County bands included Suicidal Tendencies, (who were from Venice but were associated with Orange County hardcore), China White, Shattered Faith, and Channel 3. The Dils were originally from Orange County but later relocated to San Francisco.

Here is a list of the most recent, popular and notable bands who have hailed from the great OC:

• Atreyu
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Berlin
• Black Flag
• Bleeding Through
• Eighteen Visions
• Guttermouth
• Hellogoodbye
• Ignite
• Inside Out
• Jeff Buckley
• Lit
• No Doubt
• O.C. Supertones
• The Offspring
• Pistoleros
• Reel Big Fish
• Rock Kills Kid
• Saosin
• Save Ferris
• Slayer
• Smile
• Social Distortion
• Something Corporate
• Stryper
• Sublime
• Sugar Ray
• Supernova
• Thrice
• Throwdown

The OC is also home to record label The Militia Group which has on its roster bands like The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, Cartel, Copeland, Denison Witmer, The Jealous Sound, and Lovedrug.

Stay tuned for more details about the cities we will be hitting and let us know if you have any more info you think we should add about your town.

Camp Jam Ready. Set. ROCK! Tour in Denver, Philadelphia and Orange County This Weekend

The tour is coming to Philadelphia, Denver and Orange County this Saturday and Sunday, April 14 + 15, for exact times and locations click the banner below.

Camp Jam is teaming up with our friends at NAMM to present The Camp Jam Ready-Set-ROCK! Tour, a fun, interactive music experience for young rock musicians (ages 17 and under)

This free clinic, concert and jam event will be the best way to get Ready to Rock this Summer at Camp Jam and Camp Jam Kidz.

CONCERT PERFORMANCE BY ROCK LEGENDS:
A special concert performance will be given by our Camp Jam celebrity rockers, providing young musicians an up- close experience with some of the music industry’s most accomplished rock musicians.

INTERACTIVE CLINIC w/ CAMP JAM PROS:
Hangout, jam and learn from some of the music industry’s top pros as well as meet the Camp Jam team in your city. Special music instruction will be provided during this unique, interactive clinic. A limited number of instruments will be provided.

ROCK SOLO CONTEST:
Any rockers, ages 7 to 17, are invited to play their best 30-second rock solo for a chance to win a $100 music store gift card. The contest is open to all guitarists, bass players, drummers, keyboardists and vocalists. Instruments will be provided although guitarists and bass players can bring their own instrument if they like.

Those interested in competing should email RockSolo@campjam.com or call 1-800-513-0930 to secure a time slot in the contest.

New Camp Jam Locations in 2007, Including First Ever Camp in Birmingham

As you know already our rock and roll summer day camp programs Camp Jam and Camp Jam Kidz will both be offered for the first time ever in Los Angeles, Irvine, Calif., Denver and Phoenix. These are all great music cities and we can't wait to get plugged in this summer and meet all of our new Camp Jammers. The exact locations and session dates for these four new camps are now listed off the CampJam.com homepage.

NEW LOCATION ANNOUNCEMENT: We're also pleased to announce that Camp Jam will offer for the first time ever a one week session this summer in Birmingham, Alabama at Shades Valley High School. The dates for this session are June 25 - 29, 2007 and registration is now open.

For more information on any of our new camp locations, give us a call at 1.800.513.0930 or shoot us an email at info@campjam.com.

Also, pass on the good word if you have friends in these cities who would be interested in attending Camp Jam or Camp Jam Kidz.

And don't forget about the Ready. Set. ROCK! Tour, visit our MySpace page for details.

Camp Jam READY-SET-ROCK! Spring Tour coming to a town near you

(click banner for a tour stop in a city near you)

Camp Jam is teaming up with our friends at NAMM to present The Camp Jam Ready-Set-ROCK! Tour, a fun, interactive music experience for young rock musicians (ages 17 and under) that will be held this March and April in ALL Camp Jam cities.

This free clinic, concert and jam event will be the best way to get Ready to Rock this Summer at Camp Jam and Camp Jam Kidz. The tour will first kick off this March 2-4 in Houston and Dallas (exact locations, dates and times listed below).

CONCERT PERFORMANCE BY ROCK LEGENDS:
A special concert performance will be given by our Camp Jam celebrity rockers, providing young musicians an up- close experience with some of the music industry’s most accomplished rock musicians.

INTERACTIVE CLINIC w/ CAMP JAM PROS:
Hangout, jam and learn from some of the music industry’s top pros as well as meet the Camp Jam team in your city. Special music instruction will be provided during this unique, interactive clinic. A limited number of instruments will be provided.

ROCK SOLO CONTEST:
Any rockers, ages 7 to 17, are invited to play their best 30-second rock solo for a chance to win a $100 music store gift card. The contest is open to all guitarists, bass players, drummers, keyboardists and vocalists. Instruments will be provided although guitarists and bass players can bring their own instrument if they like.

Those interested in competing should email RockSolo@campjam.com or call 1-800-513-0930 to secure a time slot in the contest.

Camp Jam And Camp Jam Kidz Now Bringing Rock 'n' Roll Summer Day Camps to 14 Cities

We're thrilled to announce that Camp Jam Rock 'n' Roll Summer Day Camp, for ages 11-17,  and  Camp Jam Kidz, for ages 7-10, will be coming to a total of 14 cities in 2007. Sessions are being offered for the first time in:

- Phoenix
- Denver
- Los Angeles (the Valley)
- Orange County (Irvine)

And we'll also once again be returning to the following cites:

- Atlanta
- Chicago
- Cleveland
- Dallas
- Detroit
- Houston
- Orlando
- Philadelphia
- St. Louis
- Washington, DC

If you play guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, or sing, then this is the camp for you. Go to CampJam.com for all the up-to-date info on session dates and exact locations, and sign up now for your session of choice today before it sells out!

It's time to get signed up for Camp Jam!

According to an article in the Washington post, it may already be too late to think about signing up for a summer camp in 2007. 

Really?

Come on... it's January!

However, it looks like January is still 4 months AFTER the sign-ups began for this summer's camps. The camps start taking registrations for the next year during the last day of camp when parents come to pick up their kids, and they seem to have marked success in doing so.

"You have some camps, some Jewish, some in the private sector, that frankly are filled on August 31 for the next summer," said Jerry Silverman, president of the Foundation for Jewish Camping.

In fact, January might even be cutting it closer than you would like. "By December, you might not be totally left out . . . but you might not get [what] you want," said Nancy Soschin, who runs the camp counseling service Summer Solutions.

The good news is that Camp Jam (ages 11-17) and Camp Jam KIDZ (ages 7-10) still have some spots open for our 14-city camp schedule this summer, but you'd better act soon.....they may not stay that way.

Stay tuned here for some deals to assure yourself a spot at camp this year.