UMF Seattle | Recreational Musician Programs
Studio location: 647 NW 45th Street, Seattle 98107 (Bird's Nest Studios)
Bandshop Program
If you're tired of playing songs alone in your living room our Bandshop program offers fun and supportive ways to play music in a short-term band environment. Bandshop programming offers the practiced recreational musician a convenient way to connect, play and perform music by removing the traditional hurdles of bringing players together. Get involved today!
If you're tired of playing songs alone in your living room our Bandshop program offers fun and supportive ways to play music in a short-term band environment. Bandshop programming offers the practiced recreational musician a convenient way to connect, play and perform music by removing the traditional hurdles of bringing players together. Get involved today!
Vagaband: The Wandering Musician Performance Series
Go from studio-to-stage in 3 to 6 weeks as an opening act or the headliner!
Vagaband, our signature live performance series, allows you to join together with other recreational musicians and vocalists and perform the music you love to play. This series is for intermediate to advanced-level musicians and vocalists. Reserve your spot today in a 10 song, 6 session series (Vagaband LP) or a 5 song, 3 session series (Vagaband EP).
Go from studio-to-stage in 3 to 6 weeks as an opening act or the headliner!
Vagaband, our signature live performance series, allows you to join together with other recreational musicians and vocalists and perform the music you love to play. This series is for intermediate to advanced-level musicians and vocalists. Reserve your spot today in a 10 song, 6 session series (Vagaband LP) or a 5 song, 3 session series (Vagaband EP).
Upcoming "Vagaband LP" 6-week series include:
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Upcoming "Vagaband EP" 3-week series include:
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Songshop Program
Chart new ground and experience the power of creative collaboration! Our Songshop program is about writing and recording music with other recreational musicians. No songwriting experience required just the willingness to apply what you know, stretch yourself and explore the creative side of your music-making pursuits. Songshop series include:
Chart new ground and experience the power of creative collaboration! Our Songshop program is about writing and recording music with other recreational musicians. No songwriting experience required just the willingness to apply what you know, stretch yourself and explore the creative side of your music-making pursuits. Songshop series include:
Pioneer Studio ($320)
Want to write, record and perform original music? This series brings together 3 to 5 musicians who are organized as a creative songwriting collective that focus on writing and recording original material over the course of 4 weekly sessions. The end-result is a professionally mixed and mastered copy of your new song for your personal portfolios. Upcoming series include:
Featured UMF original songs include:
Want to write, record and perform original music? This series brings together 3 to 5 musicians who are organized as a creative songwriting collective that focus on writing and recording original material over the course of 4 weekly sessions. The end-result is a professionally mixed and mastered copy of your new song for your personal portfolios. Upcoming series include:
- Rock Series (registration open; starts June 1) New!
Featured UMF original songs include:
Rendition Studio
Breathe new life into classic songs through creative musical interpretation and arrangement. This exciting 4-week series brings together 3 to 5 musicians who want a collaborative platform to creatively reinterpret, record and perform popular songs across different genres. The end-result is focused on redefining the sound and structure of the original material and recording it in professional music studio.
Featured UMF rendition songs include:
Breathe new life into classic songs through creative musical interpretation and arrangement. This exciting 4-week series brings together 3 to 5 musicians who want a collaborative platform to creatively reinterpret, record and perform popular songs across different genres. The end-result is focused on redefining the sound and structure of the original material and recording it in professional music studio.
Featured UMF rendition songs include:
Jamshop Program
We offer several types of facilitated jam sessions and playing workshops that explore the styles of rock, metal, blues, country, funk, and reggae. These structured and themed sessions include a musical facilitator who is there to interact with and support each musician in his or her playing ability; encouraging each participant to stretch beyond their own concept of what they are capable. Jamshop programming includes:
We offer several types of facilitated jam sessions and playing workshops that explore the styles of rock, metal, blues, country, funk, and reggae. These structured and themed sessions include a musical facilitator who is there to interact with and support each musician in his or her playing ability; encouraging each participant to stretch beyond their own concept of what they are capable. Jamshop programming includes:
Newbie Jams (Fridays, 7pm to 9pm; $50)
These sessions are a great way to get started at UMF. Whether you’re new to playing with others, new to our scene, or its simply been a while since you've played music with other people, each Newbie Jam is designed to expose you to the exciting world of group music making. These sessions are geared toward advanced beginner to intermediate-level players and offer a non-competitive, supportive and fun way to explore the fundamentals of jamming through a variety of musical styles and genres. Sign up today!
These sessions are a great way to get started at UMF. Whether you’re new to playing with others, new to our scene, or its simply been a while since you've played music with other people, each Newbie Jam is designed to expose you to the exciting world of group music making. These sessions are geared toward advanced beginner to intermediate-level players and offer a non-competitive, supportive and fun way to explore the fundamentals of jamming through a variety of musical styles and genres. Sign up today!
Deep-Dive Jams (Saturdays, 4pm to 6pm; $50)
These sessions are designed to provide participating musicians with a "collaborative" jam format for the free-form experimentation and creative exploration of different musical genres. Each session will explore various musical styles (rock, blues, funk, metal, etc) providing intermediate to advanced-level musicians (including drummers, guitarists, bassists, keyboardists, horn players, etc.) with diverse musical idioms to explore and experiment with. Check out the Deep-Dive overview page for more info!
These sessions are designed to provide participating musicians with a "collaborative" jam format for the free-form experimentation and creative exploration of different musical genres. Each session will explore various musical styles (rock, blues, funk, metal, etc) providing intermediate to advanced-level musicians (including drummers, guitarists, bassists, keyboardists, horn players, etc.) with diverse musical idioms to explore and experiment with. Check out the Deep-Dive overview page for more info!