Now Scheduled for Friday November 10th at 8pm! Dave Nachmanoff (@davenachmanoff) is a Davis-based singer/songwriter who was a touring musician for 25 years (17 of which were largely spent accompanying Al Stewart at venues all over the world). The Usual Culprits are: -Martin Lewis (guitar), an old friend and bandmate of Dave's from bands in England and NY. -Nick Carvajal (drums and vocals) is a music librarian by day and musician by night. He has played in many groups in the Sacramento region and in San Diego. -Brenden Tull (bass) has played in a variety of eclectic bands (often with Nick!) for the past 9 years, from doowop and R&B to Klezmer and Latin American churros. Playing a mix of Dave's award-winning original songs and a few fun and interesting covers, they deliver a fun evening of philosophical folk-rock.

Use code NACH to signup and receive a $100 discount off the price. About Cacapehon: Cacapehon is intentionally not like anything else. It is far more than recording and songwriting workshops. It is about community celebrating great music, and great sound. It is five days of learning, listening, and relaxing in a community made up of world-class mentors and fellow music makers. In a world of virtual, cyber and artificial, Cacapehon is about good people together in real life learning, building, creating and celebrating music and sound. So many of our attendees become part of the family, and each year about 80-90% of the attendees sign up again for the following year.

Cacapehon only accepts a few dozen participant every year, making it a more intimate experience, with a lot of direct access to, and interaction with the mentors. The mentors and the participants share all meals together, jam together, and learn together. In addition, ever year we are expanding opportunities for participants to have their work shared with the group and evaluated by the mentors. (There is never any additional charge for this.)

This retreat started as two separate programs, the “Mountain Recording Retreat” and the “Mountain Songwriting Retreat” (in collaboration with Dave Nachmanoff), but after an experimental combined event in 2021, we found that the participants loved the new format. The two programs are now combined, with the possibility of adding more components in the coming years.

We will have daily workshops, listening panels, easy access to mentors, DIY gear building workshops, and of course, bingo where you can win prizes from the Capon shop.