Special Thanks to Our Supporting Sponsors: Makin' It in the Music Biz Nicholas Family Foundation Courtier Foundation Presented By Wisconsin School Music Association In Collaboration With Dennis Graham Associates and Full Compass November 22, 2014 Makin' It in the Music Biz 9:30 – 10:00 – Gathering – Studio 1 • Making the Most of the Day and Resources Available • Introduction of Clinicians and Yamaha Artists • The Road Taken: Ways to Be Successful but Real – Yamaha Artists 10:00 – 11:00 – Artist Clinic • Drum Clinic (Studio 1) – Artist - Ben Smith (Yamaha) • Bass Guitar Clinic (Studio 2) – Artist - Abraham Laboriel Sr. (Yamaha) • Vocal Clinic (Atrium Stage) – Artist - Leah Tirado 11:00 – 12:00 – Small Group Sessions • Songwriting – Inspiration is the Easy Part (Atrium Stage) Beth Kille – Songwriter/Performer 2:30 – 3:30 – Small Group Sessions • More to Making Music Than Talent – The Legal Side of the Business (Atrium Stage) Elizabeth Russell - Attorney • Recording – How to Make a Good Recording in the Digital Age (Studio 2) Kevin Peckham and Brian Nolan, Full Compass • Getting Your Band Noticed and What To do Then? (Studio 1) Rokker (Maximum Ink) – Print Media Darwin Simpson (The Frequency) – Clubs Whit Lehnberg (Summerfest) – Festivals Randy Hawke (WJJO FM, Hot Jamz, The Zone, La Movida) – Radio 3:30 – 4:00 – Full Gathering Sponsor Recognition, Wrap-Up Session and Final Jam (Studio 1) – Yamaha Artists and Clinicians • Recording – How to Make a Good Recording in the Digital Age (Studio 2) Kevin Peckham and Brian Nolan, Full Compass • Composition and Improvisation – Same or Different? (Studio 1) Johannes Wallmann 12:00 – 12:45 – Roundtable Lunch – An Opportunity to Network and Talk 1:00 – 1:15 – Preserving a Musicians Greatest Asset – Hearing! (Studio 1) Veronica Heide – Doctor of Audiology 1:15 – 2:30 – Panel Discussion – Knocking on the Door for the Gig! (Studio 1) Roy Elkins (Broadjam) Moderator Panelists: Darwin Simpson (The Frequency); Rokker (Maximum Ink – Print Media); Randy Hawke (WJJO FM, Hot Jamz, The Zone, La Movida – Radio); Whit Lehnberg (Summerfest – Festivals); Nina Reynolds (SRO Artists – Talent Agencies); Elizabeth Galewski (The Big Payback – Media Relations) Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) is a service organization with more than 1,000 member public and private schools. Each year, more than 100,000 students participate in over 220,000 events of WSMA activities, including District and State Music Festivals, Concert Festivals, State Honors Music Project, State Marching Band Championships, Launchpad and Student Composition Project. WSMA, headquartered in the Wisconsin Center for Music Education, is governed by a board of directors made up of superintendents, principals and other officers from all over the state. WSMA believes music is a basic human need and that all children have the right to experience all that music offers them.