If you've ever taken music lessons or you went to music school, you know what it's like to trudge through a lot of garbage you don't care about because it's "fundamental," or "important down the line," or "foundational to understanding music theory."
But just because it's important to learn for the craft doesn't mean it has to be dry and gruesomely boring, right? Right.
With that "Why so serious?" attitude, Ginger Dolden and Pete Lanctot founded Bantam Studios in 2012 with Booze Violin. Since then, they've expanded into Booze Guitar, and also offer workshops and non-booze private lessons.
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Now those boozy lessons though, that's what's up!
Their website says "low-cost group violin and group guitar" lessons, which begs the question, what exactly is "low-cost?"
For Beginner Boozy Violin, you'll take an eight-week session focusing on the fundamentals of posture, tuning, development of tone and intonation, and essentially learning all of the basic principles of musical form and phrase.
Cap that off with a recital where you "perform the traditional tune, 'French Folk Song'" and that sounds like an amazing course. Okay, maybe not on its own, but booze does make everything better.
Now what if you don't have a violin at your disposal? Well, they've got you covered. For another $60 you can rent one, or buy one outright for $250.
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So, for $260 (including violin rental), you get drinks and violin lessons. $25 a lesson is relatively inexpensive when compared to other private, non-boozy lessons, and, again, the package includes drinks and an instrument to use. Same goes for guitar.
All in all, everything you need to have a good time in a chill environment with like-minded people (while learning a new way to express yourself) plus booze for a great rate is a neat little package... if you ask us.
Now check out the video below from the good people over at The Village Voice for more details on all of this amazingness.
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