Rock 'n Roll Camp for Girls: How to Start a Band, Write Songs, Record an Album, and Rock Out! | 
| Author: Rock 'n' Roll Camp For Girls
Creator: Carrie Brownstein
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 53985
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0811852229
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.6608352
EAN: 9780811852227
ASIN: 0811852229
Publication Date: June 11, 2008
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Product Description
Girls, get ready to rock! Since 2001, the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls has taught legions of girls, ages 8 to 18, how to let loose and rock out. This book brings the camp's inspiring, hands-on approach and advice from its all-star crew of female musicians to girls everywhere. Fun and informative features offer instruction and tips on how to play instruments, write songs, publicize a show, sing your heart out, and much more. Featuring a short history of women in rock, 50 awesome illustrations and photos of young bands, and contributions by members of Sleater-Kinney, the Gossip, Mirah, and others, Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls will have readers turning up their amps in no time.
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Extremely good, but definitely for young girls September 19, 2008
A very informative book!! It actually gives a lot of useful information, about nearly everything you can thing of!
BUT: It is as the title says: rock camps for GIRLS...not so much young women. The way it's illustrated is definitely geared towards a younger audience, just to let you know.
I would definitely recommend this to any girl who wants to learn how to play :D
Inspiring-meets girls on their level & gives them tools they need July 9, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I saw the film "Girls Rock!" in March and was blown away by the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls. Their organization gives girls the tools they need to play an instrument, start a band and play/record music. The book is written by the crew that puts on the original Camp, so their 7 years of experience is palpable. The Camp and book are much more than a rock star fantasy camp, it is a place where girls can build confidence, self-esteem and discover a means of self-expression.
The book, like the camp, addresses ideas and situations that impart real-world knowledge for the girls that other books would ignore altogether. It discusses how to promote a band, book gigs and even set-up a mic & PA system. All things that an independent band must do to get by. The "hidden" lesson here is how to be self-reliant and promote oneself, which is something these girls will need in their lives, be they musicians, doctors or a stay-at-home moms.
The camp has been so successful that it has spawned 12 other camps throughout the US and some foreign countries. Some camps also hold sessions for women, called Ladies Rock Camp. Evidently the need is there and the camps (which are always sold out) are fulfilling it. This book is a great resource for those who can't attend a camp, want to hold their own camp (what a fun summer activity!) or those who are curious about music and need a helping hand.
I HIGHLY recommend this book for girls ages 7-18 (and even ladies, too!).
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