WORKSHOPS | Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival

FREE WORKSHOPS

Location: The Beach Church – Randall Hall

920 Panferio Dr, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561

SCHEDULE

10:30am – Promoting Your Music Career

Presented by Bruce Wawrzyniak, Now Hear This, Inc.

12pm – Songwriting Entrepreneurship – (Songwriting, Music Publishing, Licensing, and Entertainment In An Independent World)

Presented by Sean Gasaway

1:30pm – Ready, Set, Sync (On Sync Licensing)

Presented by Queenie Mullinix

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NOW HEAR THIS: PROMOTING YOUR MUSIC CAREER

This workshop will be led by the founder and president of Now Hear This, Inc., Bruce Wawrzyniak. For 20 years now he has provided publicist services to clients from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to Chicago to Charlotte to Nashville to Atlanta to Tampa and points in between, including songwriters who have participated in the Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival. He is also an active speaker at events throughout the United States. Find more about his agency at www.NowHearThis.net and check out his music interviews podcast at www.NHTE.net.

There is no cost to attend this 75-minute workshop. Learn steps you can take to improve your current efforts to promote your music career ranging from interviews (TV, radio, print media, podcasts, online media) to your online presence (the Web, social media, streaming platforms) to artist relations to merch and more, including intangibles and resources. You’ll come away with tactics you can implement immediately, many of which can be activated with little to no cost.

Please direct any questions about the workshop to info@now-hear-this.net.

www.NowHearThis.net

Book Engagements: www.SpeakerBruceW.com

Songwriting Entrepreneurship – Songwriting, Music Publishing, Licensing, and Entertainment In An Independent World

Presented by Sean Gasaway, this workshop helps you with questions such as:

1. How does a music copyright generate revenue? What is the difference between a composition copyright and sound recording copyright?

2. What is a Performance Rights Organization (PRO) and the MLC?

3. Why all creators of music should have ownership of their own publishing and sound recordings.

4. When a music publishing or record deal is right for you and when it isn’t.

5. How can a songwriter use their gifts in the world of entertainment (movies, TV, social media, video games, ect.)?

6. How to find synch license opportunities independently – What is a sync license?!

Sean Gasaway is the Education Coordinator of the Mississippi Songwriters Alliance, and CEO of Gasaway Music, an independent publishing company with nearly 250 revenue generating copyrights via radio, television, motion pictures, video games, and national ad campaigns. Gasaway Music has worldwide sub publishing thru deals with Bluewater Music Services, Universal Music Group, Sony, and many other major and independent record labels.

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Ready, Set, Sync!

Presented by Queenie Mullinix, Creative Director of Washington Street Publishing.

Are you looking for ways to be discovered as an artist or songwriter?
Want to hear your songs on your favorite TV show, film, or in a commercial?

Then…don’t miss this opportunity!

This ‘mini’ sync course will give you an overview of the sync industry, popular genres and usages, and how to write, record and package your songs for film, TV and advertising. Queenie will share insights and stories, take your questions and give you tips on-

• Writing a great “sync song”

• Recording, production dos and don’ts

• How to research what and where to pitch your songs

• How to have your songs legally cleared for sync licensing

Washington Street Publishing is one of the first independent publishers in Nashville to move into sync licensing. For over a decade CEO/founder Nancy Peacock and Creative Director have built a diverse sync library and successfully placed musicin a variety of TV series and movies, trailers, games, and feature films.

Washingtonstreetpublishing.com