Scott Ainslie Virtual House Concert

Scott Ainslie's FSSGB house concert is going to be a virtual event!
House Concert: Saturday, April 18, 8 pm EDT - wherever you are! (Please note - even though this Facebook event lists a Saturday AND a Sunday event IT'S ONLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT!)

HOW CAN I HELP? No reservations are required for this virtual house concert, but please consider supporting the performer by making a donation (on the day of the event) through FSSGB at http://www.fssgb.org/fssonline.php - click on the Donate button to make an online payment through our Paypal link by using PayPal or a credit card. During concert times, we will assume that all donations that come in are for the performer. We appreciate your support of performers who have lost their gigs because of the COVID-19 virus.

HOW TO WATCH: We will be publishing a Facebook Live link here a week before the concert. You do not have to log in to Facebook to watch the show! Just click on the link a few minutes before 8 pm on Saturday, April 18 and enjoy, from the device of your choice! We've heard that iPhones and iPads seem to do well with the sound if you don't mind a small picture. With Airplay or Chromecast, you can watch the live concert on your TV: see pcmag.com/news/stream-facebook-live-videos-to-your-tv.

Slower WiFi or cellular connections might have some kind of "lag" issue with the live transmission. You might want to experiment with other livestreams that are popping up online on Facebook to find out what works best for you.

ABOUT SCOTT: Steeped in traditional music from both sides of the color line, Scott Ainslie is a renowned acoustic blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He learned southern old-time ballads, banjo and fiddle from senior musicians in North Carolina and West Virginia and blues from his black elders in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi: his roots are deep.

Scott Ainslie's mother found him at the family piano picking out melodies from the records she listened to during the day when he was three years old. He's been a musician all his life. A Phi Beta Kappa and honors graduate of Washington & Lee University, Ainslie came of age during the Civil Rights era, and cultivated a powerful affinity for cross-cultural exchange. He has studied with elder musicians on both sides of the color line – in the Old-Time Southern Appalachian fiddle and banjo traditions, as well as Black Gospel and Blues. He plays this music with affection, authority, and power.

Armed with a variety of instruments – vintage guitars, a fretless gourd banjo, a one-string, homemade diddley bow (aka cigar box guitar) and carefully chosen historical personal anecdotes of his encounters with senior musicians across the South – Ainslie brings the history, roots music, and sounds of America alive.

The "Blues Techniques for Non-Blues Singers" Vocal Workshop originally scheduled for Sunday, April 19, has been cancelled - but you can contact Scott through his website to set up an online lesson (ask for the FSSGB discount). Cut and paste his website address into your browser: https://cattailmusic.com/ and use the Contact page to set up an individual virtual lesson. You might explore the original workshop with him: This workshop outlines specific phrasing and expressive techniques used by Blues singers and then drops them into a song you already sing. This singing workshop will begin by lining out familiar techniques we commonly use for communicating emotion in speech. That done, we’ll look for places to use them in songs. Simple.

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