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Songwriting - Performance - Voice - Guitar - Keyboard
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Presentation - Recording - Production - Music Technology
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Music Business - Schmoozing and Collaborating -
MBTI Profiles - Marketing - Rhythm
Training - Scansion and Metrics - 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.
YOU SET YOUR GOALS -- WE'LL HELP YOU REACH THEM For 30 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 14 CD's, is the 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 vasrious song charts, and is an internationally published author on songwriting and the music business. In their two teaching and recording studios, Bill and Kay, both award winning songwriters, producers, recording artists and teachers, provide a custom-tailored program which can include
-- Guitar
Instruction (including Midi Digital Guitar) --
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 -- Intellectual
Property Awareness (copyrights) -- Negotiating
Skills (contracts) Creative and
Career Goal Setting ====================================== 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 VOICES FOR HOPE National Vocal Competition -- The National INDEPENDENT MUSIC CONFERENCES (Dallas, Philadelphia, West Virginia, L.A.) -- The NEW ENGLAND MUSIC EXPO -- The CONNECTICUT SONGWRITING AND PERFORMANCE CONFERENCE -- SONGSALIVE, L.A. Songwriters Workshop -- 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
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