Former students approach Ed Thompson all the time with questions about how best to get a start in the music business. Having seen many sides of the business through personal experience, he is equipped with the experience that can guide young people into a performing career in the right way. While we all might like to get advice from the biggest names in the business, those people are unapproachable or simply don't have the time for one on one sessions with those starting out. People like Ed who have worked behind the top artists for years, can in many ways give students better advice than those who headline the biggest venues in the world.
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Start your career in music and entertainment with the help of a seasoned professional. If you want to perform or get a recording contract, people will want to know what you sound like. You'll need a demo, a sample of your work that people in the industry can hear.
All the help you need...
Whether you need new material to perform, or help in or arranging an existing work, Ed's years of performance and instruction mean you get the benefit when working on a song or lyric, and deciding upon the styles you sound best in. You can even hear yourself in a wide variety of musical settings from pop to punk, standards, classical, - and come away with tips to go in the right musical direction for the talent you have. You'll get a basic demo with Ed playing the instruments, doing the recording, and giving you a vocal sound good enough for people to notice.
An honest look...
Get an assessment of your strengths and weaknesses while you lay down your first tracks and get experience in a recording environment. Most importantly, Ed can steer you toward the right recording sound, mix and post production, and work with you to create a demo that will get you heard, on stage, and working in the business. When you are ready to go further, Ed's connections to the best engineers, producers, and musicians in the business will get you "hit-ready" in no time!
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If you are up and coming and just need that special something that will make you a name to be noticed, or are just getting started and need that guidance that will get you to where you want to be, then Ed is the man!
Guitarists
If you find yourself limited to a particular kind of music, and wish to expand your technical, harmonic and overall musical knowledge, Ed can show you what you need to know. This is perfect for the teenaged student who is thinking about studying for an career in music, or an adult who plays for enjoyment, but wants to play, well, more!
Among the things you'll learn to get to the next level:
-More chords and more chord progressions-learn to embellish basic pop chord progressions, learn how to play more chord qualities, and get an intro to jazz harmony and jazz chord progressions.
-The secrets to making sight reading fun.
-Getting away fromdreadedtablature and reading real music like the rest of the world.
-Chord charts - how to quickly recognize the language of chord and melody-only lead sheets.
Among the things you'll learn to get to the next level:
-More chords and more chord progressions-learn to embellish basic pop chord progressions, learn how to play more chord qualities, and get an intro to jazz harmony and jazz chord progressions.
-The secrets to making sight reading fun.
-Getting away fromdreadedtablature and reading real music like the rest of the world.
-Chord charts - how to quickly recognize the language of chord and melody-only lead sheets.
Bassists
For those who preper to carry the low end, Ed can teach the fundamentals of the bass in all musical styles, and give the beginning bass student the groundwork needed to understand the role of the bass no matter what the style or genre of music. Much of what applies to guitarists is also necessary for bass guitar students. However, there are skills essential to bass playing such as the ability to create bass lines from chord progression symbols, and the need to have good time and work with a rhythm section. These are critical issues that Ed emphasizes in his teaching work.
Vocalists
In addidition, Ed can help vocalists in any genre from pop to classical. Having been an istructor of choral and solo voice music for years, and quite a vocalist himself, Ed can help with with good vocal production, accurate pitch, and the proper breathing techniques to broaden your sound and strengthen your vocal cords. Vocalists wishing to learn other styles can benefit from Ed's experience in choral music and as a lead and backup vocalist in many styles of pop music.
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CONTACT ED FOR MORE INFO!