Engage in a music industry and film making workshop by the grammy nominated music producer and film director, Wes Schuck.
Meet the bands and learn first-hand “just what it takes”.
 
the CRITICS SPEAK about the artists:
 
“An engaging event that provides an inside look at music and independent film making that will also give  you the greatest rock concert you will see this year!. STATIC Magazine
 
“"Literally one of the best works of our time."  The Belle Music, Spain
 
“gritty, rootsy, advernturous”   Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
“Brilliant... Songs of incredible dethp & personality, excellent lyrics, moody passages & hootenanny dirges.”  
Hybrid Magazine
 
“Brilliant!”  Tom Robinson, BBC
 
“Americana in the truest sense.”  The Sunday Times, London UK
 
“After one listen, I may have found my summer pop record”  Bob Boilen NPR All Songs Considered
 
“back and forth from caressing croons to moments of intense frenzy”  Minnesota Daily
 
“It makes the hairs on my arms stand up and tango” Jason Mraz
 
“I love American music.  You get imitators, you get disciples and devotees, but you don’t get originators of this kind anywhere else.”  Unpeeled, UK
 
“Layered, nuanced, and smooth” Grapevine, Iceland
 
 “Just arrives out of seeming Nowheresville and blows your socks off.”  Whisperin and Hollerin, Ireland
 
“the power of punk and spontaneity of the old rock n’ roll that produced Buddy Holly’s glasses and Nancy Sinatra’s sexual spunk.”  The Muses Muse
 
“A daring--and distinctive bow.” Amplifier
 
“…comes from the bottom of a whiskey glass in a smoky bar, from staring at dusty shoes at the end of yet another gig, from travelling and touring relentlessly across America’s great plains... “  Smack, UK
 
“4 out of 4 stars “-Sam Frank, Zink Magazine
 
“-- a blend of symphonies, strong rock guitar riffs, gentle banjos and pianos -- creating a juxtaposition of heavy and light, soft and dark that makes the album well rounded.”--Jessica Kizer, Kalamazoo Gazette
 
“Quite the charmers.”  Jane Magazine
 
“One of the top ten at CMJ this year.”  New York Times
 
“Thoroughly informed by proletariat rock of the highest order.”  Amplifier
 
“A monumental effort.   …. can only be received with the open hands.”  Super 45, Spain