Mass Appeal Guitars 2025: Guitarists Unite In Union Square With Songs Of Awesome

Mass Appeal Guitars: Guitarists Unite and Perform Songs Of Awesome in Union Square NYC on Saturday, June 21. In Association with Union Square Partnership and Make Music New York, hosted and sponsored by NYC Guitar School.

JOIN A MASSIVE GUITAR JAM IN UNION SQUARE

SCHEDULE:
4:00-5:00 tutorials and open small group jams.
5:00 gather on the steps of Union Square South for a mass play and sing along. HAVE FUN!
5:30 hang out and enjoy live music from awesome local bands *TBA* and/or return to the city we love with the flame of awesome burning within you!

TO JOIN:

STEP ONE: RSVP for the play along by clicking the RSVP button on the top right of this page. And TELL YOUR FRIENDS by sharing this link:

https://www.meetup.com/mass-appeal-guitars/events/307443647/

STEP TWO: LEARN TO PLAY OR SING ONE OR MORE OF THE BEGINNER FRIENDLY SONGS. Check out the ONE PAGE CHEAT SHEET OF AWESOMENESS to get started with super-broken-down-simple-versions of the songs.

2025 SONGS

1. "La Bamba" – Ritchie Valens
2. "Valerie" – Amy Winehouse
3. "Seven Nation Army" – The White Stripes
4. "Dreams" – Fleetwood Mac
5. "Hey Ya!" – Outkast
6. "City of Immigrants" – Steve Earle

STEP THREE: Show up to Union Square Park South by the steps on Saturday, June 21st anytime starting at 4:00 pm to practice--there will be separate areas for each of the songs, plus one-on-one lessons will be available for absolute beginners. You can practice all or just some of the songs...Then we play EN MASSE at 5:00 pm! There will be room for about 120 people on the steps...you can also bring your own chair or guitar strap to play standing up.

Check in at the welcome table near the steps to pick up song charts and enter a drawing for prizes like 3 months of guitar classes, T-shirts, and more.

Bring your guitar, uke or other instrument. Electric guitarists and bassists are welcome to bring battery powered amps (no supplied power is available.)

Bring water, sunscreen, a hat or whatever it takes to be comfy. And keep in mind that Union Square is a crowded urban park-we recommend gig bags with name tags to avoid confusion.

RESOURCES:

Check out the ONE PAGE CHEAT SHEET OF AWESOMENESS to get started with super-broken-down-simple-versions of the songs.

Note: we won't play songs note-for-note (although YOU are more than welcome to)-we will be doing simpler beginner-friendly versions.

Below are VIDEO TUTORIALS and Ultimate Guitar links.

• LA BAMBA - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB
• VALERIE - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB ***we will play this with a Capo on the third fret!!!***
• SEVEN NATION ARMY - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB
• DREAMS - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB ***note, the original chords are F and G--for a more beginner friendly version, use Capo 3 and the chords C and D. On the right side of the Ultimate Guitar screen set the "transpose" feature to "-3" and click on "simplify" for the most beginner friendly version.***
• HEY YA! - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB
• CITY OF IMMIGRANTS - VIDEO TUTORIAL - TAB

For full lyrics/charts for the songs, you can download charts like these from Sheet Music Plus (They cost $2-$5)

• LA BAMBA CHART
• VALERIE CHART (note: this chart is in the original key of E flat--we recommend beginners use a capo on the 3rd fret and play it in the key of C (see charts above))
• SEVEN NATION ARMY CHART
• DREAMS CHART
• HEY YA! CHART
• CITY OF IMMIGRANTS UG CHART (note: no Sheet Music Plus chart is available for this song)

Questions? Want to volunteer? Want to bring a group? Message us!

PS Here are videos of Hey Ya & Satisfaction from a previous Mass Appeal in Union Square.
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