Full Moon Workshop - Visionary Guitar Playing with Cloudchord 2026
ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
Visionary Guitar merges the inner and outer self. How do we build physical chops yet deepen our vision? Where does my playing live in this big world? What choices can I make to sustain long term inspiration and growth?
2025 Visionary Guitar Playing workshop at CoSM
This class will be a mix of Cloudchord presenting / performing on topics of guitar technique and philosophy, as well as an element of group playing.
Optional Add-On: Extend your retreat with a rich, multi-dimensional music education journey with Cloudchord.
Cloudchord Presents: Producing & Performing Electronic Music
Wednesday, June 24 - Friday, June 26, 2026 at CoSM
WHAT TO EXPECT:
This workshop will merge guitar playing skills and existential questions:
- Finding your “Battle Cry”
- Zen Guitar and CAGED
- Digesting your influences
- Group improvisation games (loosen up, buttercup)
- Daily Rituals - embracing schedule rhythms for maximum momentum
- Chopping Wood - how to become a warrior
- The Pendulum - from simplicity to complexity
- Embracing limitations and exploiting your weakness
- Mistakes - extensions of fearlessness
- Gigs - taking it to the battlefield
MATERIALS:
—Acoustic or electric guitars welcome. Electric guitarists should bring their own amp. Students are encouraged to play, but not required. The class will be low pressure, but maximum inspiration.
SCHEDULE:
All times are listed in EDT
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Daytime
- 12:00 PM: Gates open for day visitors (Entheon, Grey House & Mushroom Cafe open)
- 1:00 PM: Full Moon Gathering registration begins in Grey House
Full Moon Workshop: Visionary Guitar Playing with Cloudchord
- 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM: Full Moon Workshop: in the Art Lab
Your ticket includes General Admission to the Full Moon Gathering.
Stay into the Evening for the June Full Moon Gathering with hosts, Alex Grey & Allyson Grey!
Full Moon Ceremony
- 5:30 PM: Entheon 3rd floor closed for ceremony setup
- 6:30 PM: Doors open for ceremony seating in the Great Hall Seating is not guaranteed and is first-come, first-served. Remote-viewing areas are always available throughout the ceremony in the Grey House Library and Entheon’s All One Gallery.
- 7:00 PM – 8:45 PM: Full Moon Ceremony Led by Alex Grey & Allyson Grey
- WATCH THE CEREMONY LIVE FROM HOME!
- WATCH THE CEREMONY LIVE FROM HOME!
Full Moon After-Hours
Featuring music, live painting, interactive art, and more. Food + beverages available in the Grey House Moon Lounge & Mushroom Cafe.
- 9:45 PM: Musical performance by Cloudchord
- 11:00 PM: Entheon closes (Grey House remains open)
- 11:45 PM: Music ends / Group Howl at the Moon
- 12:00 AM: End of event
SEE FULL MOON GATHERING DETAILS (ADMISSION INCLUDED WITH YOUR WORKSHOP TICKET)
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Cloudchord
Cloudchord aka Derek VanScoten is a Producer, Guitarist, and Ableton Certified Trainer. He is supported by D’Angelico, Fender, Supro, Quilter Labs, Joystrings, Native Instruments, and Ableton.
In 2024, Cloudchord had several viral social media videos in his Surf Covers series. His Tool cover was shot in Entheon, CoSM’s Museum of Visionary Art.
Watch Cloudchord’s Daybreak Sessions Performance
As an artist, Cloudchord continues to move from strength to strength.
While known as a highly prolific downtempo artist, his range expands beyond any particular musical genre, tempo, or ideology. While amassing over 130 millions streams, this past year has seen him dropping boom bap bossa novas, funky disco, cinematic lofi, and trancey deep house. Genuine connection with the creative Source is the mission.
Live shows incorporate improv looping, group sing-alongs, uptempo funk numbers, and in the crowd guitar solos.
Past collaborations include Big Gigantic, Emancipator, Braxton Cook, Prob Cause, Dirtwire, East Forest, Oatmello, Sunsquabi, Random Rab, and Ian Ewing. Check out the Cloudchord Essentials Playlist on Spotify for his 10+ hours of released music.
While much of Cloudchord’s catalog is self released, he has also collaborated with Nettwerk Records, Chillhop Music, Inner Oceans, Aviary Bridge, Loci Records, Gravitas Recordings, and Lofi Chill Records.
Bonus Cloudchord fun facts:
1. He scored electronic music for the documentary “In Football We Trust,' which debuted at Sundance 2016, and won an Emmy in 2017.
2. He produced the 14 song Disco Biscuits album “Revolution in Motion.”
3. He runs an Ableton Education Youtube station called Open Channels.
4.. He won the Of Monsters and Men remix contest in 2016 with a viral tropical house flip of "Wolves Without Teeth.”
5. In 2023, he did over 200 hours of live looping on Twitch.
Open Channels Ableton Tutorials
CoSM WORKSHOP SETTING:
Class will take place in the beautiful MAGI Art Lab—Mystic Artists Guild International.
WORKSHOP AMENITIES:
Your ticket includes General Admission to the June Full Moon Gathering.
Stay into the Evening for the June Full Moon Gathering with hosts, Alex Grey & Allyson Grey!
- Live Music by Cloudchord, painting, interactive art making + more
Tuition also includes Day Admission to CoSM: Saturday, June 27, 2026, 12pm - 5:30pm—before the Full Moon Gathering begins.
- Access to Facilities, grounds and self-touring Entheon
- Students are welcome to experience Entheon and Grey House Galleries, including both CoSM Shop & Entheon Shop.
- The Mushroom Cafe is an additional gallery, an immersively muraled space with mushroom themed contributions from 19 accomplished visionary artists
- The Wisdom Trail offers a contemplative walk through the CoSM woods, including a labyrinth, outdoor sculptural installations by visionary artists
Getting To CoSM:
CoSM is 65 miles north of New York City and accessible by Metro North Train leaving hourly from Grand Central Station.
Things to Note:
- No pets of any kind are allowed on CoSM property.
- No food or open liquids are allowed inside Entheon.
- Coat & bag closet available for ALL backpacks & large bags in Entheon.
Questions? Visit our FAQ Page or contact support@cosm.org | +1 (845) 297-2323 for more information.