Rockstar Camp weeks are available each summer for youth in the age group 8-16; No musical experience is necessary although it is encouraged to register for a few trial music lessons before camp begins. This year, Maxwell’s is offering Rockstar Camp during 6 Rock-filled weeks during the months of July and August.

Maxwell’s Music House Rockstar Camp instructors are professionally trained musicians ready to teach guitar (bass, electric, acoustic), drums, piano, vocals and more! Junior Rockstar’s in training receive one-on-one training as well as group instruction and all skill levels are welcome.

Maxwell’s Music House is located at 220 King Street North, in Waterloo. Visit http://maxwellsmusichouse.ca/rockstar-camp/ for more information, or call 519-498-5705 to register for Rockstar Camp today!

The boys in Ten Second Epic stopped by Maxwell’s Music House March 31st and April 1st for back to back sold out concerts. Opening acts consisted of The Dangerous Summer and Brighter Brightest for both nights, and local bands Honor Roll (March 31st), Bad Example and Credit Valley (April 1st).

Check out Ten Second Epic’s brand new video for “Better Off” here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSmJGZmU5JE

The 5000 square foot facility has 15 jam rooms ranging in size with monthly rent ranging from $300-$600. Additional features include heating and air conditioning, steel framed doors for each jam room, janitorial services to maintain washrooms and common areas and more!

Please call today to reserve your jam room! 519-498-5705.

Lead Singer of 3 Days Grace Adam Gontier drops by Maxwell’s Music House on March 14th, 2012 for a special performance with Toronto band “Before the Curtain”.

About the Band:

The Peterborough, Ontario-based rock band is the inaugural signing to Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier’s Sludge Factory Records and the first single, the grinding rock groove “I Want It All,” from its forthcoming album, not only epitomizes their radio-friendly sound but singer-guitarist Adam Haggarty’s personal philosophy:

“I think if you have a dream you should go after it,” he says.

The song was written in pre-production with Gontier, who directed Adam to come up with something with a swing feel to it. “It’s an in-your-face rock song and lyrically it’s about not having any regrets when your time is done and going after everything you want in your life.”

Adam; his brother, drummer Brett Haggarty; bassist Tommy Gardner; guitarist Alan Riches and keyboardist Jeffrey Danger are doing just that. Before The Curtain has a formidable ally in Gontier, whose global success will afford this new band all the opportunities available and they have the goods to fulfill all the requirements: great songs, intense live show, solid work ethic and drive.

“At the same time I was creating Sludge Factory Records, I was getting demos from the band,” says Gontier. “This band didn’t just have good songs; they had something different about them. Adam has such a great unique quality to his voice and he can write incredible stuff. The timing was perfect. I knew that THIS was the band I wanted to launch as Sludge Factory Records’ first signing.”

Before The Curtain has only been together about a year, but Adam Haggarty has been writing songs since his teens. His father was the guitarist for Ronnie Hawkins, Michelle Wright and others, and ran his own recording studio. It took him three tries to put a guitar in his son’s hand and at age 12 he was hooked. “As soon as I started songwriting around 15, that’s when I decided to do music,” says Adam.

Years later, he had just about given up on an actual career as a performer. He was living in Kelowna, BC, where his wife could work as a veterinarian, and had opened his own studio, just like his dad. He had been writing and writing on the side and one day played the songs for his wife. “She said, ‘These are really good. You’ve got to get these to someone.’”

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Doors 9pm, 19+, $10

Give the gift of music this year. Music Lesson gift certificates are available in any amount at Maxwell’s Music House. Lessons are available on guitars (electric, acoustic, bass), vocals, piano, drums and more!

Lessons are $22 each for a private half hour with one of our professional music instructors (inc. tax)

Call or email Paul at 519-498-5705, paul@maxwellsmusichouse.ca

Maxwell’s is located at 220 King Street North, Waterloo near King and University.

Local musicians perform in the “Best Band Battle” at Maxwell’s Music House

On Sunday night Maxwell’s Music House in Uptown Waterloo hosted an event called “The Best Band Battle.” The competition, which spans over the period of many weeks, involves 15 bands all vying to be named “Best Band.”

This year marks the fourth installment of Maxwell’s “Best Band Battle.”

The final round is scheduled for Sunday Dec. 11, when the four top bands will compete in front of major agency judges, with prizes that include an opening slot for a major industry band and event, and a management package from Maxwell’s Music House including coaching sessions and professional jam space on the Maxwell’s stage.

On Sunday night, four of these fifteen bands performed in front of a crowd of their peers and a panel of judges at Maxwell’s.

Sunday’s acts included The Badly Sketched Poets, Leaving on Tuesday, Pilot Project and The Random Family.

Impressively, the four relatively unknown local bands garnered a great deal of support and turnout for the event, showing their own solid bases of loyal supporters. Maxwell’s was packed with people from many different age groups, with family and friends of the bands in attendance.

Their ability to entertain individuals from such different age groups reflects on the talents of these young bands, and perhaps acts as a preview of the successes in their musical futures.

The atmosphere of the competition was friendly and welcoming; looking around, it was plain to see the level of enjoyment experienced by those in the crowd.

All four bands kept the audience in good spirits with their upbeat tunes and catchy lyrics, delivering a memorable night for music enthusiasts.

These bands were all examples of emerging talent around the Kitchener-Waterloo area that are being given the opportunity to showcase their skills and share their talents.

All night everybody’s head was bobbing or their legs were tapping along to the music. Every person that performed on that stage on Sunday looked like they belonged up there, which made everyone else comfortable.

The whole point of this competition is to help the growth and development of the artists.

It’s helping the artists expand their horizons, and by performing they are becoming more known to the public eye.

Shared from: http://www.thecord.ca/articles/49732

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