{"id":10911,"date":"2018-03-13T09:50:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T13:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/?p=10911"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:25:33","slug":"sessions-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/sessions-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sessions Panel Advises SPC MIRA Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Petersburg College\u2019s Music Industry Recording Arts<\/a> program welcomed The Sessions panel to The Palladium on Tuesday, Feb. 27 to speak to students, staff and the community about what it takes \u2013besides musical talent – to make it in the music business.<\/p>\n

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The Sessions<\/a> is an interactive presentation that sharpens the business skills of aspiring artists through discussion of topics such as contract negotiations, entertainment law, marketing, self-promotion, social media and artist relations.<\/p>\n

The Sessions panel consisted of:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tampa-based entertainment attorney Paul Quin
\n\u2022 Saturday Night Live band vocalist and musicologist Christine Ohlman
\n\u2022 Rick Drumm, President of Traction Business Coaching
\n\u2022 Carlos Guzman, a production and tour manager
\n\u2022 Ray Luzier, drummer for Korn
\n\u2022 Bobby Rossi, Executive Vice President of Entertainment Ruth Eckerd Hall, Capitol Theatre & Ruth Eckerd on the Road
\n\u2022 Twenty-two-time Grammy winner, NEA Jazz Master and 2017 Downbeat Readers\u2019 Poll Artist of the Year Chick Corea<\/p>\n

Armando Roldan is a Jazz Performance and Music Education major at SPC. Roldan, a bass player, got the opportunity to jam onstage during the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to support some of the high school musicians and play with instrumentalists of all levels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roldan said the event was beneficial to him on many levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a working musician, I sometimes get lost in the creativity and forget that I am my “production team” as well,\u201d he said. With the added knowledge, I have already booked performances at venues I didn’t think I could.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roldan said seeing Corea perform with his wife, Gayle Moran, then actually meeting him, was incredible.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter hearing his insider tricks, it was amazing to have the opportunity to speak with him backstage and see how humble he is as a person, even though his is one of the most influential living jazz artists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blake Herrick, originally from Minneapolis, came to Mira after a stint in corporate America. He will finish the MIRA program in May, with an emphasis on Music Composition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have people from the industry speaking from experience, it\u2019s so valuable. Any insight I can get from their journey is welcome knowledge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Herrick is also a personal trainer, and he said the knowledge he has gained from the MIRA program is helpful even outside the music industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the skills I\u2019ve learned in the MIRA program are applicable to entrepreneurship in any form.\u201d<\/p>\n

Derrell Parrot will finish the MIRA program in May with a focus in Music Production. She was looking for tips on how to get a job. She said she found The Sessions to be very informative.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to get support and knowledge from industry experts,\u201d Parrot said. \u201cI liked hearing from Christine Olman, because I felt it was important for me to hear from a woman, especially being in a male-dominated field of Music Production.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parrot was grateful to learn about things that she found relevant to her own career, including social media, branding and how to set goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to say thank you to (event organizer) Rosaria Pipitone and SPC for allowing this kind of workshop for the students,\u201d Parrot said.<\/p>\n