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Entries in music education (9)

Monday
Sep142020

HyperTribe Launches Their Free 4 Week Pioneer Mentoring Programme For Women In Music

The Pioneer Mentoring Programme is HyperTribe’s response to tackling diversity in the music industry.

Following the success of its May 2020 Pioneer Mentoring Programme, Hypertribe is excited to announce that it once again welcomes female musicians of all levels and aspirations to sign up for its free 4-week programme starting on the 28th of September.

Confirmed mentors include Grammy nominated Kelly-Leigh and platinum-selling Karen Harding, along with Joy Crookes, Caswell, Jesica Winter, Tamzene, Chloe Diana, Malynda Hale, Camden Cox, and Grace Grundy, with more artists to be confirmed. 

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Wednesday
May062020

Launch Of Online Music School Protege: Alternative Ways To Make Money From Music

Protege teaches entrepreneurialism and essential music skills, with direct weekly feedback on tracks. Each year the course will be tailored to fit the demands of the industry. This ensures students will only ever learn what is relevant, making it more likely to place their music. Budding composers and producers have the chance to gain access to the duo’s industry network to further a pupil’s success in achieving TV and film placements, which is unique for music production schools. The pupils will have weekly industry briefs and every brief will have a specific set of learning objectives and will be supported by its own course and workbook. The pupils will be given the chance to respond to any given feedback and the tracks will be produced and finished with Schrieber and Gudi. 

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Monday
Nov192018

How To Create Your Track From Scratch Without Costs

Are you thinking of venturing in the music industry but you don’t have the money to support your dreams? Don’t worry. There is still room for you to make a professional hit track with that little that you have. Songwriting is not easy, and for you to become a real artist, it will take a lot of time before you feel you have taken your brand to the next level.

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Thursday
Jul162015

Improvisation Is For Everyone - Not Just Jazz Players

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Tonic: The Music Improvisation Card Game, launched on Kickstarter this week.

Designed to teach students and seasoned players how to relax and improvise freely and naturally, 
Tonic is an unconventional approach rooted in the free jazz and modern classical movements.

Tonic takes the form of a card and dice game that requires no theory or prior experience to play. Instead, each card has a prompt that challenges players to create a short piece of music on the spot according to easy-to-understand guidelines.

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Friday
Aug012014

Seven Steps To Consider When Building A Music Teaching Website

If you really want to grow your teaching business, then you should really get a website.

Unless you are a really established teacher with a full timetable who relies on word of mouth and referrals, then you simply need a professional looking site to promote your business.

Here are a several things to think about…

1) Decide whether you want a site which keeps your playing career separate, or connect everything together

This first point is crucial and you shouldn’t rush this decision. If you have a busy performing schedule, then you might prefer a separate ‘teaching’ website.

Let me explain.

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Friday
Feb142014

Music Education Career In Music Industry

 

The music industry offers a wide variety of career jobs for those wishing to take music as their professional career. One does not have to be a popular musician or music producer in order to make a hit or be successful in the professional music industry. Pursuing a career in music can revolve around a number of jobs including music education, music business, performers and writers, public relations and advertising, recording and recording industry, music health and radio and television jobs.

The job you choose should be in relation to your skills and/or experiences to enable you effectively perform it. The music education jobs mostly involve teaching and empowering other people about music. This category of music careers can be divided into different sections and titles depending on their specific roles. The salary ranges also differ significantly from one job to another. The common music education jobs one can do in the music industry include;

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Friday
Oct182013

Berklee Launches Independent Record Label

Students at Berklee College of Music can now learn the ins and outs of an independent record label through the college’s new label, Berklee Internet Radio Network Cooperative Records (birnCORE). birnCORE records some of today’s best independent artists who visit Berklee’s campus performance facilities, from the 200-seat Red Room @ Cafe 939 to the college’s state-of-the-art internet radio studio. Student engineers mix the albums to the artists’ specifications. Released digitally, birnCORE LPs are priced to sell at about $5.

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Friday
Jun282013

HiFi Lessons Joins Indiegogo to Provide Pre-Sale Tickets to Students

HiFi Lessons Joins Indiegogo to Provide Pre-Sale Tickets to Students

HiFi Lessons is designed to allow students to take private, live online music lessons from the best teachers the world has to offer.  Our goal is to change the way we learn music and save music education together!

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Wednesday
Mar202013

Henley Business School's New MBA for the Music Industry Program Gets U.S. Launch at Musexpo, May 5-8, 2013

Spearheaded by Program Director, Helen Gammons, the Henley Business School will officially launch it’s new MBA in the Music Industry program in Hollywood at the Musexpo global music event, May 5-8, 2013.

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