Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Creating a Career in Music

    • Course Introduction

    • Lesson 1: The Three T's Needed to Make Music

    • Lesson 2: What Defines Talent?

    • Lesson 3: Are You “The Next?”

    • Lesson 4: Examples of “the Next” Artist Who Made It

    • Lesson 5: Finding Your Gifts - PDF Introduction

    • Lesson 6: Where Do You Fit In? - Downloadable PDF

  • 2

    Chapter 2: Be an Original

    • Lesson 1: The Dirty Secret of the Music Industry

    • Lesson 2: What Do You Do?

    • Lesson 3: The Magic of the Song

    • Lesson 4: Be an Outliner… It’s More than the Music

    • Lesson 5: Are You an Outliner? - PDF Introduction

    • Lesson 6: Are You an Outliner Star? - Downloadable PDF
  • 3

    Chapter 3: The Power to Communicate

    • Lesson 1: The Mystery of Talent

    • Lesson 2: How to Develop Your Talent

    • Lesson 3: My Network - PDF Introduction

    • Lesson 4: Identifying Your Network - Downloadable PDF

  • 4

    Chapter 4: Tenacity & Timing

    • Lesson 1: The Golden Rule

    • Lesson 2: Timing Is Everything

    • Lesson 3: Filing a Void - Andrea Bocelli

    • Lesson 4: What’s My Timing?
  • 5

    Chapter 5: Moving Forward

    • Lesson 1: Practice, Process

    • Lesson 2: Moving Forward with Collaboration
  • 6

    Chapter 6: It’s Time to Record

    • Lesson 1: The Magic of 3 Minutes

    • Lesson 2: The Magic of the Hook

    • Lesson 3: The Demo
  • 7

    Chapter 7: Marketing & Music

    • Lesson 1: Marketing as a Musician

    • Lesson 2: DIY and When to Let Go

    • Lesson 3: Social Media is a Musicians Best Friend

    • Lesson 4: Technology is Your Friend
  • 8

    Chapter 8: Relationships with Forces Bigger than You

    • Lesson 1: Finding Corporate Support to Scale

    • Lesson 2: When and If You “Should Get a Deal”

    • Lesson 3: Agent, Managers and Publicists - When and Who

    • Lesson 4: Tastemakers and Critics
  • 9

    Chapter 9: Epilogue

    • Lesson 1: Lisa Mercurio, The Music Doctor