Band Together

From our FAQ:
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Does Band Together take the place of formal music lessons?
No. Here is our philosophy on learning to play music: We believe every child needs the music education, encouragement, and exhortation provided by Band Together and that not every child needs to be in formal music lessons. We believe it will be obvious to you if your child is a candidate for formal music lessons. You will see the innate talent and the desire.
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PS. Today at 3PM EST join us for Live with Captain Steve. We are learning how to play Feliz Navidad on ukulele.
PSS. We are having a technical issue on our website that is getting resolved ASAP.
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If you’re going to hit the road, make sure you’ve got the right accoutrements. And don’t forget about our newest product release. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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It’s called “The Great American Musical Roadtrip”. It is a 50 page digital PDF that takes you on a musical journey through all 50 States and highlights popular music in American history. You and your family will learn about famous musicians from each state, songs about each state, ideas for musical places to visit and interesting trivia you probably didn’t know. Plus, recommended songs for the road and everything you need to know about the iconic song “Route 66”. We had so much fun making this new resource, whether you hit the road literally or virtually we are confident you will love it!
Here’s some of what you’ll find in the “The Great American Musical Roadtrip”
• From all fifty states, plus Washington, DC, we showcase (1) a featured musical artist, (2) important musicians from the state/cities/region, (3) songs that mention the state/cities/region in their title or lyrics, (4) places to visit on your musical road trip, and (5) a bit of musical trivia from the featured state/region.
• Our guide to America’s Highway, Route 66. We give you everything you need to know “if you ever plan to motor west...”
• Every road trip needs a good music playlist. We give you our best suggestions to play on the road.
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Our family ( and Captain Steve) have collaborated with a veteran crew of traveling families to bring you a bundle of resources that include all the things you need to know to hit the road, plus “The Great American Musical Roadtrip”. The “RV BUNDLE” is valued at over $250 but you can snag it this week for $19. Find out more when you click the link in our profile. Photo by

Townes recently discovered Thin Lizzy and Billy Joel. So somewhere between blasting “Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
Somewhere in this town” and “From a town known
As Wheeling, West Virginia - Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand” should we be concerned?! lol.
He has a strong penchant for songs that tell stories. We kinda think he gets that from his namesake Townes Van Zandt.
With a plethora of musical influences available and instruments to try out, he’s still figuring out what calls to him the most.
One things for sure, he’s not going to be typecast into a certain genre. We set out to introduce him to the widest assortment of good music as possible and even though his unwavering loyalty to the Beatles runs deep, he’s exploring new sounds and finds more and more music interesting everyday.
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One of the most far out ways we’ve learned about new music is by traveling this country and researching what music came from where. From the shores of southern California’s surf sounds to the New York island’s birth of punk rockers like the Ramones we’ve gained an appreciation for America’s vast musical history.
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We wanted to share our love of all things American music, so we put together a brand new Band Together resource called “The Great American Musical Roadtrip”. It is a 50 page digital PDF that takes you on a musical journey through all 50 States and highlights popular music in American history. You and your family will learn about famous musicians from each state, songs about each state, ideas for musical places to visit and interesting trivia you probably didn’t know. Plus, recommended songs for the road and everything you need to know about the iconic song “Route 66”. We had so much fun making this new resource, whether you hit the road literally or virtually we are confident you will love it! ( continued in comments... )

Have you ever wanted to motor west? Our newest Band Together product has everything you need to take that California trip and make some musical memories along the way.
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It’s called “The Great American Musical Roadtrip”. It is a 50 page digital PDF that takes you on a musical journey through all 50 States and highlights popular music in American history. You and your family will learn about famous musicians from each state, songs about each state, ideas for musical places to visit and interesting trivia you probably didn’t know. Plus, recommended songs for the road and everything you need to know about the iconic song “Route 66”. We had so much fun making this new resource, whether you hit the road literally or virtually we are confident you will love it!
Here’s some of what you’ll find in the “The Great American Musical Roadtrip”
Pages 3–45: From all fifty states, plus Washington, DC, we showcase (1) a featured musical artist, (2) import- ant musicians from the state/cities/region, (3) songs that mention the state/cities/region in their title or lyr- ics, (4) places to visit on your musical road trip, and (5) a bit of musical trivia from the featured state/region.
Pages 46–47: Our guide to America’s Highway, Route 66. We give you everything you need to know “if you ever plan to motor west...”
Pages 48–49: Every road trip needs a good music playlist. We give you our best suggestions to play on the road.
Page 50: A final word of blessing from all of us at Band Together.
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Our family ( and Captain Steve) have collaborated with a veteran crew of traveling families to bring you a bundle of resources that include all the things you need to know to hit the road. The “RV BUNDLE” is valued at over $250 but you can snag it this week for $19. “The Great American Musical Roadtrip” is included in the bundle. After this week we will offer it as a stand alone product in our online shop. Rad photo by 🎶😎🎶

The Ocean Bundle was extended one more day. Today is your last chance to grab all the goodies valued at $300 for only $25. See previous posts. Link in bio.

Sharing some salty vibes with everyone today!
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Don’t forget about the OCEANS BUNDLE ~ link in profile.
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What is it?
🦈A collection of Oceanschooling related resources perfect for the Summer, and just in time for Shark Week!!
🐬This collection is worth $300 but for this week only (July 1-7, 2020) you get it for just $25!!!
🐠There are Oceanschooling resources in Math, Language Arts, History, Science, and Electives >>> (THAT’S WHERE THE MUSIC FITS IN) !!!

Adding a little funk to our freedom - 1971, Sly and the Family Stone.
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{ There's a Riot Goin' On is the fifth studio album by American funk and psychedelic soul band Sly and the Family Stone. It was recorded from 1970 to 1971 at Record Plant Studios in Sausalito, California and released later that year on November 20 by Epic Records. }
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What is Band Together?
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Band Together is inspiration and education, a way for families to learn about music together, and a tool that parents can use to encourage and enable their children to explore music and music-making in all of its aspects. Our mission: to encourage families to make music together. We want to help create a culture of multi-generational musicians who pass their passion for music down to their children and grandchildren. We envision fathers, mothers, kids, and grandkids forming family music groups and playing music together, whether folk, rock, country, bluegrass, jazz, gospel, or reggae.
Band Together resources come bundled in what we call albums, each with a theme based on a particular genre, era, or style of music. Everyone starts at the beginning with Vibrations—Surf Music. When you’re ready for the next step, we switch gears and centuries with Going for Baroque. The lessons build within each consecutive digital album. Start your collection today!
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“If you can’t be by the sea you can still play songs about surfing”, says our son, Townes.
Photo btw - this our family’s account, if you are interested to see behind the scenes of Band Together.
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PS. Don’t forget to check out the OCEANS BUNDLE 🦈 purchase link in bio.
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What is it?
🦈A collection of Oceanschooling related resources perfect for the Summer, and just in time for Shark Week!!
🐬This collection is worth $300 but for this week only (July 1-7, 2020) you get it for just $25!!!
🐠There are Oceanschooling resources in Math, Language Arts, History, Science, and Electives >>> (THAT’S WHERE THE MUSIC FITS IN) !!!

What is Band Together?
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Band Together is inspiration and education, a way for families to learn about music together, and a tool that parents can use to encourage and enable their children to explore music and music-making in all of its aspects. Our mission: to encourage families to make music together. We want to help create a culture of multi-generational musicians who pass their passion for music down to their children and grandchildren. We envision fathers, mothers, kids, and grandkids forming family music groups and playing music together, whether folk, rock, country, bluegrass, jazz, gospel, or reggae.
Band Together resources come bundled in what we call albums, each with a theme based on a particular genre, era, or style of music. Everyone starts at the beginning with Vibrations—Surf Music. When you’re ready for the next step, we switch gears and centuries with Going for Baroque. The lessons build within each consecutive digital album. Start your collection today!
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Vitamin sea and some good vibrations photo by
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PS. Don’t forget to check out the OCEANS BUNDLE 🦈 purchase link in bio.
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What is it?
🦈A collection of Oceanschooling related resources perfect for the Summer, and just in time for Shark Week!!
🐬This collection is worth $300 but for this week only (July 1-7, 2020) you get it for just $25!!!
🐠There are Oceanschooling resources in Math, Language Arts, History, Science, and Electives >>> (THAT’S WHERE THE MUSIC FITS IN) !!!

POSTED FROM lessmeansmoreproject
Hi Guys,
We don’t normally post much about our family’s small business .rocks but we were invited to be a contributor to a really rad digital learning resource bundle. BAND TOGETHER is a family music education program that my dad ( Captain Steve ), Brian and I put together to help families cultivate a love of music.
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If you don’t already know about our digital learning album “VIBRATIONS” you gotta come along and join the band as we take a look back through the music from the 1960’s surf rock era through today. Pioneers like The Surfaris, Dick Dale & his Del-Tones, The Ventures and The Chantays were instrumental in creating the Southern California Surf Rock sound. Each TRACK in the album features some incredible learning opportunities.
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The TRACKS include:
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We’re going on a music history safari, so if you're coming get ready to go!
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Drop in with Bob Berryhill of the original Surfaris and his current .
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We’re building a reverb quiver - learn all about the instruments that were used to get that surf sound.
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Our original animated series that teaches music theory in a fun and exciting way.
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Take a peek into a musical family’s life
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Join Captain Steve and learn how to play “Walk Don’t Run” by The Ventures on 7 different instruments.
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Learn the history and more about the beloved hymn “Amazing Grace”.
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Let’s make something musical
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Podcast about talented kids
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Get groovy with your record collection
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Musical field trips and more
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There’s something for everyone in a Band Together digital album. We guarantee you’ll have fun exploring music together.
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What age children can benefit from Band Together?
All ages, but it’s most likely that children from about 4 to 104 will get the most out of the experience.
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The “Vibrations” album is currently marked down to $34 but you can get it now through the link in our profile for only $25. There is enough musical learning crammed into the album to last all summer long!
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BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! IF YOU BUY IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS YOU WILL ACTUALLY GET A HUGE HOMESCHOOL OCEAN THEMED LEARNING BUNDLE VALUED AT $300 on top of all the VIBRATIONS goodness! ALL FOR ONLY $25! FIND OUT MORE AT THE LINK BELOW.
http://loveathomeeducation.com/product/oceanschooling-creator-collection/ref/77/

If you don’t already know about our digital learning album “VIBRATIONS” you gotta come along and join the band as we take a look back through the music from the 1960’s surf rock era through today. Pioneers like The Surfaris, Dick Dale & his Del-Tones, The Ventures and The Chantays were instrumental in creating the Southern California Surf Rock sound. Each TRACK in the album features some incredible learning opportunities.
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The TRACKS include:
••GENRES
We’re going on a music history safari, so if you're coming get ready to go!
••BACKSTAGE
Drop in with Bob Berryhill of the original Surfaris and his current .
••TOOLS OF THE TRADE
We’re building a reverb quiver - learn all about the instruments that were used to get that surf sound.
••THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
Our original animated series that teaches music theory in a fun and exciting way.
••FAMILY CIRCLE
Take a peek into a musical family’s life
••TUNE IN
Join Captain Steve and learn how to play “Walk Don’t Run” by The Ventures on 7 different instruments.
••SOUL FOOD CAFE
Learn the history and more about the beloved hymn “Amazing Grace”.
••MUSIC WORKSHOP
Let’s make something musical
••CONVERSATIONS
Podcast about talented kids
••GROOVES
Get groovy with your record collection
••LINER NOTES
Musical field trips and more
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There’s something for everyone in a Band Together digital album. We guarantee you’ll have fun exploring music together.
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What age children can benefit from Band Together?
All ages, but it’s most likely that children from about 4 to 104 will get the most out of the experience.
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The “Vibrations” album is currently marked down to $34 but you can get it now through the link in our profile for only $25. There is enough musical learning crammed into the album to last all summer long!
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BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! IF YOU BUY IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS YOU WILL ACTUALLY GET A HUGE HOMESCHOOL OCEAN THEMED LEARNING BUNDLE VALUED AT $300 on top of all the VIBRATIONS goodness! ALL FOR ONLY $25! FIND OUT MORE AT THE LINK IN OUR PROFILE.

Add some music making to your summer!
Check out our digital learning resources
on our website www.bandtogther.rocks
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Join us and LET’S BAND TOGETHER!

Have a musical Monday! 📷 by

Cultivating a musical family doesn’t just happen overnight. Start them young with exposure to instruments and let them see you prioritizing listening to music and music making in your daily life.
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At Band Together, we have four firmly held beliefs that cut across the grain of conventional thinking:
Firmly held belief #1:
* Everyone can make music.
Firmly held belief #2:
* Everyone should make music.
Firmly held belief #3:
* Every family should be a musical family.
Firmly held belief #4:
* You (the parent) can teach your children to become fully functioning musicians.
Find out more about our Band Together Manifesto on our website and how we can partner with your family to help you explore music and all of it’s aspects.
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Join us and LET’S BAND TOGETHER!

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Band Members Wanted : No Experience Necessary !
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••••••• Grab your friends and family and LET’S BAND TOGETHER!
No matter where you are on your musical journey we want to put the resources in your hands to start playing an instrument or a second instrument, listening to new music and learning basic music theory in a fun, engaging way. Band Together is a multigenerational, interactive music community. We are actively recruiting mamas, papas, grandmamas and grandpapas, kids and friends to come together and realize the joy of making music in a group. If your family is already musical, you will have fun jumping in the deep end of the Band Together pool; but if you’re a family of musical newbies don’t worry, be happy because we have designed the Band Together experience with you in mind. You are welcome to wade around in the shallow end until you get more experience.
Either way there’s something for everyone no matter age or ability.
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For more info, go to www.bandtogether.rocks
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Rad photo by .life
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Happy Father’s Day! 📷 by

Ukuleles are the perfect travel companion.
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Captain Steve is teaching right around 3PM eastern today on IG LIVE. If you miss it you can still watch later on IGTV.
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Captain Steve is currently teaching right around 3PM eastern on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Instruments taught include guitar, ukulele, keyboard, bass guitar, and drums/percussion. Lessons cover the following: learning notes, scales, chords, technique, and music styles. 📷 Charleigh Brown and Captain Steve in the studio yesterday.
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Join us today at 3pm EST for free music lessons on IG LIVE or watch later on IGTV
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