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We Work with Clients Around the World! How Much Do you Know About the Music Business
? PROGRAMS TAILORED FOR ALL
Each person
sets his or her own definition of success in the arts, but whatever the
goals may be, a balanced skill set and a realistic outlook on the
relationship between talent, business, people skills, and luck is essential.
We can help you achieve that balance. We have saved people large amounts of
money, time, and tears by keeping away from dead end paths and scams. YOU SET YOUR GOALS -- WE'LL HELP YOU REACH THEM For more than 35 years, Bill Pere and Kay Pere have learned personally from the top names in the music industry and have developed a program to equip highly motivated up-and-coming artists with the essential knowledge and skills they will need to reach their goals in the music business. Bill, who has written, recorded and released 16 CD's and won a Grammy is considered one of the top song analysts and music business consultants today. He is President of the Connecticut Songwriters Association, an Official Connecticut State Troubadour, and the 2003 National Independent Artist of the Year. He has written and produced 26 stage plays as well. Bill is an official critiquer and industry judge for many international song and performance competitions, and much sought after as a national conference presenter. He has had #1 songs on various Indie song charts, and is an internationally published author on songwriting and the music business. He has been featured in interviews and articles from the New York Times to the Hartford Business Journal. He is the author of the top Songwriting reference book, "Songcrafter's Coloring Book: The Essential Guide to Effective and Successful Songwriting" Bill is one of the "Top 50 Innovators and Guidibng Lights of the Music Industry", named by Music Connection Magazine.
Kay is an internationally respected
voice instructor, songwriter, and has recorded in Nashville with
Grammy Award winning folks. She performs and gives
workshops from coast to coast. In their two teaching and recording studios, Bill and Kay, both multi-award winning songwriters, producers, recording artists and teachers, provide a custom-tailored program which can include
-- Guitar
Instruction (including Midi Digital Guitar)
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Vocal instruction and coaching -- Keyboard
Instruction -- Music Theory and
Composition -- Hands-on Midi
and Music Technology Instruction Rhythm Training -- Drama Coaching -- Performance
Coaching -- Music Business
Instruction -- Service Learning though Music -- Creativity Development -- Production and Arranging -- Statewide performing opportunities -- Attending Pro Workshops and Seminars -- Licensing, Promotion, and Distribution -- Intellectual Property Awareness (copyrights) -- Negotiating Skills (contracts) Creative and Career Goal Setting Collaboration ====================================== All of our students are eligible for discounts on membership in the Connecticut Songwriters Association All of our students are eligible for no-cost participation in the LUNCH Ensemble All of our students are eligible for free or discounted use of our recording studios We offer enrichment programs for home schooling as well as for all traditional public and private education
Several of our students have
been national contest winners, have gone on to be in Broadway shows, and
have had film and recording success. ============================= If you're wondering who taught us what we know, click here ============================= Below are our partner organizations and programs =============================
We are also sponsors, presenters, judges and critiquers in national and international performance and educational events such as: -- The UNISONG INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION -- The INDIE INTERNATIONAL Songwriting Competition -- INDIEGRRL Songwriting Competition -- The VOICES FOR HOPE National Vocal Competition -- The National INDEPENDENT MUSIC CONFERENCES (Dallas, Philadelphia, West Virginia, L.A., Boston) -- PODUNK BLUEGRASS Songwriting Competition -- The NEW ENGLAND MUSIC EXPO -- The CONNECTICUT SONGWRITING AND PERFORMANCE CONFERENCE -- SONGSALIVE, L.A. Songwriters Workshop -- SS Cape May, NJ: Singer-Songwriter Conference -- The CHAPIN FESTIVAL (Nova Scotia, Canada)
-- SEATTLE SONGWRITERS WORKSHOP -- YOUTH ACTION CONFERENCE Events -- The HARRY CHAPIN LEGACY SHOW SERIES
-- The CONNECTICUT
MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
-- CONNECTICUT FOLK
FESTIVAL
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