
Hey Flatpickers - Join us in September to work on Right and Left hand Techniques, New Songs, Working up the Neck and more. Register at www.Flatpik.com
Students travel from all over the world to study with the best instructors. Kamp is located at Maryv
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Hey Flatpickers - Join us in September to work on Right and Left hand Techniques, New Songs, Working up the Neck and more. Register at www.Flatpik.com
Lovers of Flatpicking Guitar: If you want to learn more about it, join us in September. Register Now and we'll see you in September.
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FREE Steve Kaufman Flatpicking Class, Concerts, Kamp and More - See You There!
Calling All Flatpicking Wannabees to Advanced.... Festival season is just about over. That means it's time to hit the woodshed.
Join me Each Week for Live-Group Lessons.
My classes are intense so choose a level lower than you think you are to start.
See you in September....
Visit https://www.flatpik.com/online-lessons-with-steve-kaufman
Join us in September. Beginning to Advanced Flatpicking Guitar
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Flatpicking Classes with Steve Kaufman - Three Time National Flatpicking Champ - to Begin Soon. Follow the link to read about it and register for his Live Online Group Classes.
Flatpicking Classes with Steve Kaufman - Three Time National Flatpicking Champ - Join Us!
Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp 2023 is in the books and 2024 will be here before you know it.
See the group photos and more by following the link.
Make your plans to attend Kamp 2024. Don't sleep through this opportunity.
Bluegrass Week at Kaufman Kamp starts today! I’m thrilled to be one of the banjo instructors this year, and looking forward to a week full of discussing things like the importance of backward rolls or tuning your fifth string up to A for the key of F!
😉😁😏🪕🤏
Bluegrass Week coming up June 18-24.
This is the perfect time to register.
Check it out at www.Flatpik.com and register today. It only takes a moment.
Our Bluegrass Week Line-Up:
Mark Cosgrove, Tyler Grant, Hayes Griffin, Wayne Taylor, Allen Shadd, Mike Cramer, Josh Goforth, Gary Davis, Lincoln Hensley, Alan Munde, Chris Quinn, Sami Braman, Ellen Carlson, Malia Furtado, Isaac Eicher, Nate Lee, Don Julin, Emory Lester, Jordan Ramsey, Tony Anthonisen, Jim D'Ville, Dan B***r, Tommy Sauter, Abbie Gardner, Jimmy Heffernan, Chris Talley, David Firestine, Keith Yoder
Chris Talley is our Beginner 101 Instructor at Kamp this year. June 11-17 and 18-24. This is a class for true beginners. The ones that never took an instrument out of the case and up. She runs the Bluegrass Shack and teaches all instruments.
Here are two of her students. Dad and Daughter....
https://fb.watch/kP7MDQP1S0/
Register there is still time to join her class.
Go to www.Flatpik dot com to register today!
Steve Kaufman Flatpik Central Steve is one of the hardest working people in the world of music. He began producing books and videos in 1989 after teaching private lessons for close to 20 years. His catalog of instructional materials is now over 100 items. His listening CDs and Videos number over 18. Steve began touring the world...
When Bluegrass Today speaks…. We listen
Register today at www.Flatpik.com
Thanks gang.
Steve Kaufman Flatpik Central Steve is one of the hardest working people in the world of music. He began producing books and videos in 1989 after teaching private lessons for close to 20 years. His catalog of instructional materials is now over 100 items. His listening CDs and Videos number over 18. Steve began touring the world...
I will be in concert at the Heritage Center this Friday May 12. I had the wrong date in my last blast.
See you May 12 for their kickoff to the Sunset Series
May 12 - Heritage Center - Townsend TN
See you then
Correction - Steve in Concert May 12 - Heritage Center - MAY 12!!! See you Then!
Kamp Updates, Steve in Concert, Come With Us to Africa and much more. Follow the links
Hi Friends: News From Flatpik Central
1 - Steve K in Concert in May (WHAT???)
2 - Use this weekend to register for Summer Music Kamp
3 - Book your trip to Africa with us. Steve's Jamming in Botswana Photo Safari.
Read all about these exciting events. Follow the links.
Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp
The Big 27th Annual "Best Acoustic Kamp" In The World
June 11-17, 2023 for Old Time and Traditional Week
and June 18-24, 2023 for Bluegrass Week.
Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamps offers acoustic music students of all levels an opportunity for real immersion and growth in an extremely friendly, supportive and uplifting environment where people can play music, sing, jam and share valuable musical knowledge.
2023 Instructors and Stars of Acoustic Music include:
Old Time and Traditional Week - June 11-17:
Flatpicking: Beppe Gambetta, Steve Kaufman, Robin Kessinger
Old Time Rhythm Guitar: Cameron Knowler
Mt. Dulcimer: Aaron O'Rourke, Stephen Seifert
Celtic Guitar: John Doyle
Celtic Fiddle: Andrew Finn Magill
Hammered Dulcimer: Janis Huff
Old Time Mandolin: Carl Jones
Old Time Banjo: Joseph Decosimo and Rachel Eddy
Old Time Singing: Evie Laden
Fingerstyle: Jon Shain
Old Time Fiddle: Libby Weitnauer and Erynn Marshall
Bluegrass Week - June 18-24: Flatpicking: Mark Cosgrove, Tyler Grant, Alan Shadd, Wayne Taylor, Jeff Troxel
Mandolin: Isaac Eicher, Don Julin, Nate Lee, Emory Lester, Jordan Ramsey
Bluegrass Banjo: Gary Davis, Lincoln Hensley, Alan Munde, Chris Quinn
Bass: Dan B***r and Tommy Sauter
Songwriting: Sarah Pirkle
Bluegrass Vocals: Kathy Chiavola, Don Rigsby
Dobro ™: Abbie Gardiner and Jimmie Heffernan
Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar: Josh Goforth
Swing Rhythm Guitar: Mike Cramer
Ukulele: Jim D'Ville and Tony Anthonisen;
Bluegrass Fiddle: Darol Anger, Ellen Carlson, Malia Furtado
Both Weeks: Beginner 101 (Most Instruments): Chris Talley; Jam Instructors: David Firestine and Keith Yoder
Choose one instrument of study from a variety of specialized weekly classes. Two two-hour main classes daily. Bring other instruments if you have them for the jams. Enjoy four daily instructor hosted jams, evening Open Mic, and Kamp Koncerts.
Then after the evening activities, the student jams begin.
You’ll come away with new repertoire and invaluable techniques, a reinvigorated sense of direction and purpose, and a greater confidence and joy in making music on your instrument!
Join us for Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp: Old Time and Traditional Week, Bluegrass Week or both weeks!
See you in Maryville, TN in June!
Donna Dixon and Steve Kaufman
Read and register at www.Flatpik.com
New Flatpicking Classes Next Week.
New Kamp News
Jamming in Africa Safari
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Hi All
My Latest Flatpicking Hotline E-Blast comes out soon but YOU can read all about it by following the link.
See you online, at Kamp and then in Africa!
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Hi Friends
My new E-Blast goes out any minute but you can link over to it now.
Lots of new Kamp Info, Spring Flatpicking Classes and more.
http://ymlp.com/zg4uko
Register Today for Kamp, New Flatpicking Classes and Africa Jam Safari Today! Follow the Link....
Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp
The Big 27th Annual "Best Acoustic Kamp" In The World
June 11-17, 2023 for Old Time and Traditional Week
and June 18-24, 2023 for Bluegrass Week.
Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamps offers acoustic music students of all levels an opportunity for real immersion and growth in an extremely friendly, supportive and uplifting environment where people can play music, sing, jam and share valuable musical knowledge.
Choose one instrument of study from a variety of specialized weekly classes. Two two-hour main classes daily. Bring other instruments if you have them for the jams. Enjoy four daily instructor hosted jams, evening Open Mic, and Kamp Koncerts.
Then after the evening activities, the student jams begin.
You’ll come away with new repertoire and invaluable techniques, a reinvigorated sense of direction and purpose, and a greater confidence and joy in making music on your instrument!
Join us for Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp: Old Time and Traditional Week, Bluegrass Week or both weeks!
See you in Maryville, TN in June!
Donna Dixon and Steve Kaufman
Read and register at www.Flatpik.com
Thanks Bluegrass Today
Old Time Week - June 11-17
Bluegrass Week - June 18-4
We will teach Twenty-One Different Classes of Instruments with Fifty-Two Instructors to over 450 Students at Kamp in June in the Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, TN
Go to www.Flatpik.com for info.
Flatpicking • Fingerpicking • Hammered Dulcimer •
Old Time Singing • Old Time Banjo • Irish Fiddle •
Mountain Dulcimer • Old Time Fiddle • Celtic Guitar •
Old Time Mandolin • Traditional Rhythm Guitar •
Mandolin • Bluegrass Fiddle • Ukulele •
Swing Rhythm Guitar • Bluegrass Banjo • Dobro ™ • Bass •
Songwriting • Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar • Bluegrass Vocals •
Join Us - We've got room for you and your friends!
Register Today. It Only Takes a Moment!
Old Time Week - June 11-17
Bluegrass Week - June 18-4
We will teach Twenty-One Different Classes of Instruments with Fifty-Two Instructors to over 450 Students at Kamp in June in the Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, TN
Go to www.Flatpik.com for info.
Flatpicking • Fingerpicking • Hammered Dulcimer •
Old Time Singing • Old Time Banjo • Irish Fiddle •
Mountain Dulcimer • Old Time Fiddle • Celtic Guitar •
Old Time Mandolin • Traditional Rhythm Guitar •
Mandolin • Bluegrass Fiddle • Ukulele •
Swing Rhythm Guitar • Bluegrass Banjo • Dobro ™ • Bass •
Songwriting • Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar • Bluegrass Vocals •
Join Us - We've got room for you and your friends!
Register Today. It Only Takes a Moment!
Hi All: My New E-Blast Goes Out this morning but you can get a jump on all the info. Follow the link
http://ymlp.com/zQBqr9
Register Today. It Only Takes a Moment!
All About Our Summer Music Kamp, Online Flatpicking Classes and Jamming in Africa Safari Today!
Register Today. Don't Sleep Through This Opportunity!
Go to www.Flatpik.com
Flatpicking • Fingerpicking • Hammered Dulcimer •
Old Time Singing • Old Time Banjo • Irish Fiddle •
Mountain Dulcimer • Old Time Fiddle • Celtic Guitar •
Old Time Mandolin • Traditional Rhythm Guitar •
Mandolin • Bluegrass Fiddle • Ukulele •
Swing Rhythm Guitar • Bluegrass Banjo • Dobro ™ • Bass •
Songwriting • Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar • Bluegrass Vocals •
Taught by Fifty-Two Instructors!!
Hi All:
My next set of sessions begin next week.
Lead 102 and 103 (Tuesdays) Beginning February 21
Lead 202 and 203 (Wednesdays) Beginning February 22
and the infamous Upper Intermediate Group 1 and 2 (Thursdays) Beginning February 23
Rhythm stuff is now incorporated into the lead classes.
You can register here: https://www.flatpik.com/steve-kaufmans-online-lessons
Thanks y'all and see you online!
Yours in Picking!
Steve K
Please Share: We have Scholarships available for Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamps 2023.
**** NOTE: Please distribute this information to anyone that you know who wants to study for a week with some of the greatest musicians and teachers in the universe. *****
This June will be the 27th year for the Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamp in Maryville, TN. Steve Kaufman has put together the strongest team of Guitar, Bass, Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddle, Dobro ™, Old Time and Bluegrass Banjo, Songwriting and Vocals, Irish Fiddle, Celtic Guitar, Swing Guitar Rhythm, Hammered and Mountain Dulcimer and Mandolin instructors the world has to offer.
This year, the Kamp sessions are: June 11-17 - Old Time and Traditional Week and June 18-24 – Bluegrass Week.
Kamp scholarships are available based on several factors. Need and age being just two. This scholarship will pay for tuition to allow a needy aspiring musician to attend the Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamp in Maryville, TN. The scholarship can be used to provide tuition for any session of the Kamp.
The recipient of the scholarship will be responsible for his or her travel expenses to and from Maryville, Tennessee.
Applicants If staying by themselves, applicant must be 18 or older. Minors accepted into the program must be accompanied at Kamp by a responsible adult at least 21 years of age or older.(Note: Accompanying adult can be a Kamp Kompanion if not registered as a camper See https://www.flatpik.com/kamp-items/kamp-scholorships early and good luck.
These are the current timelines:
March 1: Applications postmarked
April 1: Scholarships awarded.
Scholarship funds are generated through donations, raffles, and other fund-raising activities and an annual raffle of a world class musical instrument.
Download the application HERE
If emailed, send to [email protected] submitted by regular mail, send your application and recommendations to:
Harry Moore Scholarship Fund
c/o Steve Kaufman
PO Box 1020
Alcoa TN 37701
The recommendations may be submitted along with the application, or under separate cover.
Recommenders may be contacted by the panel with additional questions.
Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp is held each year in June in Maryville, TN
Call 865-982-3808 for more information on the Kamp or email [email protected] Moore has been heading up the Kamp Scholarship Fund since 2001. Harry passed away in 2020 and we thank him for his tireless efforts to make sure folks who otherwise could not attend Kamp, attend Kamp.
Donna and Steve head up the Scholarship but make no decisions to the lucky recipients. That is all done by a secret board of Kamp representatives. Submit your application early and good luck.
Hi All- I have a new E-Blast Going Out Soon.
See all the news - follow this link
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See you at Kamp in June!
NEW ONLINE Flatpicking Classes Just Weeks Away, Acoustic Kamp Updates, African Jamming Safari
Congratulations to the 2023 GRAMMY winner for Best Bluegrass Album - “Crooked Tree” by Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway! ✨
Hi Friends
My new Flatpik Central E-Blast launches out in the morning but you can read all the news early.
http://ymlp.com/zzhSKe
Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamps offers acoustic music students of all levels an opportunity for real immersion and growth in an extremely friendly, supportive and uplifting environment where people can play music, sing, jam and share valuable musical knowledge.
See you in Maryville, TN in June!
Acoustic Kamp Updates, New Flatpicking Classes soon, African Jamming Safari
Flatpicking Students
My Intermediate Live Group Lessons begin Tonight.
Lead 201 at 7:00pm and Lead 202 at 8:15 Eastern
Still time to register for this great, fun Six-Week Course with the Champ-Champ-Champ!
Register Here: https://www.flatpik.com/steve-kaufmans-online-lessons
See you Tonight Online!
Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp Registration Open
Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamps offers acoustic music students of all levels an opportunity for real immersion and growth in an extremely friendly, supportive and uplifting environment where people can play music, sing, jam and share valuable musical knowledge.
Choose one instrument of study from a variety of specialized weekly classes. Bring other instruments if you have them for the jams.
Enjoy four daily instructor hosted jams, evening Open Mic, and Kamp Koncerts. Then after the evening activities, the student jams begin.
You’ll come away with new repertoire and invaluable techniques, a reinvigorated sense of direction and purpose, and a greater confidence and joy in making music on your instrument!
Join us for Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp: Old Time and Traditional Week, Bluegrass Week or both weeks!
See you in Maryville, TN in June!
Donna Dixon and Steve K
Check it out HERE: www.Flatpik.com or call 865-982-3808 and leave message
My Six-Week Courses for Flatpicking Lead 101 and 102 begin Tonight! 7pm and 8:15 Eastern - Live!
Only $30 an Hour!
Don't be Chicken.....
Let's Start Pickin'!
Register at:
Steve Kaufman's Online Lessons Our intent is to maintain a non-competitive, learning atmosphere that will encourage you to grow musically and seek out new ways of playing your instrument. Steve Kaufman has put together the strongest team of Guitar, Bass, Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddle, Dobro ™, Old Time and Bluegrass Banjo, Song...
Hi All: Flatpicking Zoom Classes for ALL LEVELS begins Next Week! Follow the Link to See and Register.
Also.....
Jamming in Botswana 2023! Available to only 12 more folks. Register Now!
Kamp Registrations Open Now. Read all the goodies about the big 2023 Kamp - Follow the link.
See you Somewhere Soon!
Flatpicking Classes Next Week; Jamming in Africa - Register Now; Kamp Info and Much More!!!
Happy Holidays All
What's the News?
Flatpicking Classes,
Come to Africa with us
Get Registered for Kamp in TN in June
Much More - Follow the link
Happy Holidays from Flatpik Central, New Zoom Flatpicking Class and More!
Hi Friends
My Newest E-Blast goes out soon but you can get a jump on the FREE FLATPICKING CLASS, Info on Jamming in Botswana, New Flatpicking Classes Coming Up and more Kamp info.
Follow the link:
Free Flatpicking Class; Jamming in Africa; Online Zoom Classes; Kamp Koming Up and Much More
Hi Friends
Flatpicking Class Update
December 10 was my FREE FLATPICKING CLASS. We learned The Wreck of the Old '97 and there were 97 students in the class.
Thank you all for attending.
Here is a link to the Free Class and Tab Sheet PDF
Happy Holidays
Still Free but Not Cheap....Check it out!
https://www.flatpik.com/steve-kaufmans-online-store #!/Free-Class-Held-December-2022/p/507590071/category=51791030
My Live Group Zoom Flatpicking Classes begin January 10-11-12 and are for All Levels. Choose your class.
Steve Kaufman's Online Store Our intent is to maintain a non-competitive, learning atmosphere that will encourage you to grow musically and seek out new ways of playing your instrument. Steve Kaufman has put together the strongest team of Guitar, Bass, Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddle, Dobro ™, Old Time and Bluegrass Banjo, Song...
Hi All
Lot's of Stuff....
Jamming in Africa, New Zoom Classes and more..... Follow the link
http://ymlp.com/zc1xFo
Happy Holidays from all of us at Flatpik Central (Steve and Donna)
Jamming in Africa, Online Zoom Classes, Holiday Shopping, Kamp Koming Up and Much More
My NEW E-Blast heading out from Flatpik Central South in a few but you can get a jump on it.
January Flatpicking ZOOM Classes are filling up. Register today. Something for every level Flatpicker.
Much More.......http://ymlp.com/zWIvy1
See you on line
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