Created by Jillian Chamberlin

*Designated area of focus *Educational plan designed for mastery of the area *Completion of a major final project equal in quality and extent to the demands of the current professional music environment OVERVIEW

*Develop an aesthetic and critical vision of quality work *Ability to define quality using both general and musical criteria *Application of those criteria to his/her own work and to that of others. *Ability to work effectively with others *Develop experience and knowledge to cope with and adjust to changes in the professional music environment GOALS

Interests and abilities to succeed in major: *desire to be a well-rounded musician *passion to learn about music from all perspectives Why Pro-Music? -Didn’t think performance major would be helpful since he already performs (Dirty Money, Neo-Soul, Bilal, Dorinda Clark, Shea Norman, T.I., Me’shell NdegeoCello) -Wants to pick and choose the things he wants to learn INTERVIEW WITH SEAN WRIGHT

Approved Specified Electives Ensembles/Labs Final Project Seminar Private Instruction MAT, AR, HR, ET, MTEC Tonal Harmony and Composition Art of Counterpoint Conducting Professional Development Seminar General Electives COURSE OF STUDY

Performance Music Education Music Production & Engineering Electronic Production and Design Songwriting Film Scoring Contemporary Writing & Production Jazz Composition Composition Music Business/Management Music Therapy LIFE AFTER PRO-MUSIC

Founder of CD Baby (sells music from independent artists) 16,249 artists sell their CD at CD Baby. 177,124 CDs sold online to customers. $1,144, paid to artists. Worked at Warner Brothers in NYC for 2 years NOTABLE PRO-MUSIC ALUM DEREK SIVERS

Talk to some guy at a studio, That guy needs a place to live, Becomes one of my roommates in NYC, He's an assistant engineer on a recording project for Ryuichi Sakamoto, Overhears Ryuichi saying he hasn't picked a guitarist for his next tour, tells me about it, and sneaks me a DAT of the new album, I transcribe the whole thing, add my guitar playing, mix it back onto a DAT, and my roommate gives it to him, he loves it, and they fly me first-class to Japan, where I'm in a band with Manu Katche on drums, Victor Bailey on bass, and later Darryl Jones on bass, touring Japan and Europe, playing to 12,000 people a night. Guy from BMI comes to talk to my class at Berklee College of Music, I overhear him say he's hungry, I sneak out and order 3 large pizzas, they arrive, cracks him up, he asks me to talk to him after class, and we keep in touch, I keep in touch every month for 2 years, When I graduate college, he tells me Warner Brothers was looking for a new tape room guy, and that he already told them all about me, and if I just call them right now I'm basically hired, I call them, I'm hired, I move to NYC, and work a great job at Warner Brothers including building them a recording studio and being staff producer/engineer for 3 years, which leads to many other things. My sister's wedding, Cute friend of hers says her back hurts, I give her a killer backrub, She tells me she works at an ad agency, I tell her I'm a musician, Next week she calls and says, "Nike needs a 2-minute techno piece with these specs for a European commercial. It only pays $10,000. We're sick of our usual guy. Can you do it?" “IT ALWAYS STARTS WITH SOMEONE YOU KNOW”

PRO MUSIC FOREVER!!!