Rock 'n Roll Camp for Girls: How to Start a Band, Write Songs, Record an Album, and Rock Out!
JOHN JAMES, SYNDICATED COLUMNISTPlayfully illustrated and smartly empowering, the nearly 200 pages can take a young girl from rock dreams to putting out a CD and going on tour, holding hands through picking an instrument, writing your first song, forming a band, and booking an all-ages show.Whether offering advice on how to find the "right" guitar or deconstructing the notion of selling out,Rock 'n' Rollgives girls a much-needed space to redefine themselves by embracing ideas sorely lacking in much of today's young female demographic. The book makes concepts such as self-worth and originality, which are coming-of-age values parents often struggle to convey to their kids, more accessible in the language of power chords and lyrics.VenusmagazineTYEE BOOKSDo I ever wish someone had given me this book 10 years ago, before I began a lifelong streak of joining crappy Blink-182 cover bands with guys who wanted nothing more than to wank on the guitar. This is an honest, useful how-to for young ladies interested in making innovative rock music in the vein of Sleater-Kinney and old-school Riot Grrl...