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IMRO Business of Music Seminar Series | ‘Getting Indie With It’ | Opportunities & Input For Songwriters & Performers with Brett Perkins and Alan Roy Scott.
October 10, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Free
Join internationally renowned songwriting pros Brett Perkins and Alan Roy Scott for an information packed workshop designed to provide input on a number of topics relevant to songwriting craft and careers.
The workshop will be broken down into several segments, including Songwriting Tips & Tools, Networking, Promotion & Song Pitching, Touring Strategies For Indie Artists and Onsite Song Consultations, for which participants can register in advance to present a song, recorded or live, for immediate feedback on arrangement, lyric, recording quality, potential placement opportunities, etc.
Date: Monday 10th October
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: IMRO, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Dublin 2
Bookings: This is a free event however booking essential. Email events@nullimro.ie with your name and please include Getting Indie With It in the subject matter line of your email.
ALAN ROY SCOTT
Alan is a leading Hollywood songwriter and music producer, who brings a 40-year career in the music business began with Screen Gems-EMI Music and a division of Motown, where he was involved with Smokey Robinson, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder.
Artists who’ve recorded his songs include Celine Dion, Luther Vandross, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, Roberta Flack, The Allman Brothers, Sheena Easton, The Neville Brothers, Pat Benatar, Patti LaBelle, The Pointer Sisters and Johnny Mathis.
His TV/Film credits include First Wives Club, Top Gun, Coming To America, Karate Kid II, Fame (TV show), Rags To Riches, Santa Barbara, As The World Turns and Beverly Hills 90210.
Alan is also the founder of “Music Bridges” through which he’s high profile, humanitarian music event events around the world, including ‘Music Speaks Louder Than Words, the historic summit of US and Soviet songwriters which included artists Diane Warren, Brenda Russell, Cyndi Lauper and Michael Bolton, “Celtic Harmony”, Dublin which brought together US and Irish songwriters and “Music Bridges…Over Troubled Waters,” in Havana.
BRETT PERKINS
An active consultant, guest teacher and performing songwriter, Los Angeles born/Copenhagen based Brett Perkins has traveled to 38 countries thus far, working with hundreds of artists as a consultant, workshop leader and guest speaker for groups including the Royal Conservatory of Music/Stockholm, Berklee School Of Music, NOPA/Oslo, KODA/Denmark and The Songwriting School of Los Angeles.
He also founded the Listening Room International Songwriter Retreats in 2002, held annually in several countries. Brett’s various workshops on Creativity, Self Expression and Songwriting are filled with inspiring anecdotes from his four decades of travel as a performing songwriter, presented with a blend of humor and songs.
Additional past roles include Founder: Copenhagen Songwriters Festival. Founder: CEO/National Academy of Songwriters/Hollywood, Publisher/SongTalk Magazine, Producer/Salute To The American Songwriter, Executive Director/Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation, Founding Partner/Unisong International Song Contest, Radio Host: ‘Notes From The Acoustic Underground’, Founding Member/Amnesty International Group 476 Los Angeles,
Founding Member/Music Cares Los Angeles.
SPECIAL OFFER: Private Career/Song Consultations With Brett Perkins
Half hour and hour long sessions are now being offered on a first come, first scheduled basis at a special reduced price of €30 per half hour/€50 per hour (normally €50/€75) for IMRO members. Topics include song lyric, melody development and arrangement develop, song pitching/placement strategies, career planning, promotional campaign planning & review, bio rewrites, social media strategies, EU/US touring strategies and more. Brett’s an active consultant, guest teacher, co-writer and performing songwriter with four decades experience working in 38 countries with hundreds of other songwriters and artists. Past Irish clients include Juliet Turner, Doctor Miller, Una Healy, Nik Kelly, Daithi Rua, Paula Gomez along with numerous international artists including Dar Williams, Teitur, Dan Bern and Lisa Loeb. Book now by writing Brett at brettperkinsdk@nullgmail.com
“My consultation with Brett was great. He pointed out some small things that made a huge difference to how I write, and rewrite songs. He’s a super cool guy, that was very flexible to work with and hugely knowledgable!! I would highly recommend a consultation, worth every penny and more!” -Mark ‘Cappy’ Caplice, Wicklow songwriter
