Join this lively workshop designed to help you learn to read the universal language of printed music and translate musical notations to the instrument of your choice. Discover the secret of the songwriting business, learn how to make money thru your talent and how to avoid classic scams and ripoffs common in the industry. This revealing seminar teaches songwriters, musicians, and anyone interested in music, effective ways to establish a career in the world of professional songwriting. Learn about collaboration, making song demos, copyright forms, and publishing-rights contracts. Both classical and popular piano repertoire will be introduced.
Individual instruction is emphasized according to each student's level of experience.
Beginning workshop requires no previous experience. Intermediate workshop requires 6 months or more of piano studies. These days, virtually anyone can produce a CD in their own home. Microphones, recording vocals and instruments, bouncing tracks, mixing down, using effects, drum machines, making a CD, popular recording formats, and more. Please bring a blank cassette tape and a quarter-inch jack headphone to class.