Treat yourself to a legendary REO retreat...musical people, great times!

Does music feed your soul? Then sign up for afabulous music-enrichment feast. Here are two...

Retreat #1:How Music REALLY Works! The best-selling book comesalive, with Wayne Chase.

• Sunday, July 9th thru Friday,July 14th, 2017

• REO Resort, Boston Bar, BC,Canada: www.reorafting.com

• Each participant gets a FREELIBRARY worth more than $400 (see below for details).

Course ContentMUSIC:• 13 properties of music that have specific effects

on your emotions• 4 kinds of chord progressions that simplify

harmony, regardless of genre or instrument• 10 techniques for creating emotionally powerful

tunes• 25 techniques for creating musical unity and variety• And a lot more.

LYRICS:• 3 ways all people respond emotionally to words,

phrases, and lyrics• 7 essential tools for creating powerful lyrics• 5 ways songwriters can apply evolutionary brain

adaptations to create outstanding lyrics• 14 techniques for creating lyrical unity and variety• And a lot more.

Your Free Library• 2 print books by Wayne Chase:

- How Music REALLY Works, 2nd Ed.- Your choice of another print book from a

selection of Roedy Black titles• 2 e-books of your choice• 5 Roedy Black laminated music reference wall

charts + 2 laminated music stand charts• 5 high resolution PDF editions of the charts• 5 smartphone/tablet PDF editions of the charts

Retreat #2:SongMatrix: How SongwritingREALLY Works! Intensive songimmersion, with Wayne Chase.

• Sunday, August 13th thruFriday, August 18th, 2017

• REO Resort, Boston Bar, BC,Canada: www.reorafting.com

• Each participant gets a FREELIBRARY worth more than$400 (see below for details)

• Each participant also gets 1 FULL YEAR ofFREE songwriting mentoring (see below)

Course Content• The main emphasis will be on full, in-depth

exploration of participants’ original songs. Eachsong will be assessed on more than 40 specificSongMatrix musical & lyrical techniques, such as:

• Specific techniques for creating brilliant melodies.• Techniques for creating musical unity, musical

variety, lyrical unity, and lyrical variety.• Special emotion-evoking lyrical techniques.

Your Free Library• 2 print books by Wayne Chase:

- How Music REALLY Works, 2nd Ed.- Your choice of another print book from a

selection of Roedy Black titles• 2 e-books of your choice• 5 Roedy Black laminated music reference wall

charts + 2 laminated music stand charts• 5 high resolution PDF editions of the charts• 5 smartphone/tablet PDF editions of the charts

Songwriting Mentoring for 1 Year• All participants get one full year of free follow-up

mentoring and SongMatrix audition scoring oftheir original songs, by SongMatrix author andretreat leader, Wayne Chase.

Bookings or more info: http://reorafting.com/site/retreats-and-glamping.html