Top music industry professionals will discuss the realities of the music business and careers in music with more than 700 Los Angeles-area high school students at GRAMMY Camp® — Basic Training, a GRAMMY in the Schools® initiative of the GRAMMY Foundation with support from Ford Motor Company Fund and the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Best Buy and Converse.
GRAMMY Camp — Basic Training conducts a variety of workshops focusing on various fields in the music industry, utilizing the entire USC Thornton School of Music campus. The event will take place on February 8.
Artist/Creative Participants will include: Pepe Aguilar, current GRAMMY®-nominated singer/songwriter (Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album); along with BC Jean, songwriter; Evan Bogart, GRAMMY-winning songwriter/producer; Warryn Campbell, multi-platinum and GRAMMY-winning producer; members of La Santa Cecilia, 2011 Latin GRAMMY-nominated group; Matthew Cherry, video director; Sarah Darling, songwriter/recording artist; Eman, songwriter/producer; Roshon Fegan, artist/actor of Disney’s "Shake It Up"; Miguel Gandleman, saxophonist; DJ Hapa, national brand director of Scratch DJ Academy; Manny Marroquin, GRAMMY-winning engineer; Rickey Minor, "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and former GRAMMY Awards telecast musical director; Kevin Ricard, percussionist; DJ Skee, Sirius/XM and KIIS-FM; Anthony Valadez, KCRW DJ/entrepreneur; and Vince Wilburn Jr., producer/drummer.
Industry Professionals include: Diana Beas, head of licensing & Latin music for Secret Road Music Services; Didi Benami, singer/songwriter; Amanda Berman, senior director of A&R at EMI Music Publishing; Ryan Chisholm, Talent Manager, Bill Silva Entertainment; Scott Igoe, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" music talent booker; Chad Greer, founder of Dirt Road Entertainment; Thornell Jones, Fortress Marketing; Kevin Korn, the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency; Jasmine Marvin, general manager of My Block Records; Brandon Operchuck, USC director of performance venues; Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy®, the GRAMMY Foundation® and MusiCares®; Christopher Sampson, associate dean for the USC Thornton School of Music; Brian Vinikoor, head of marketing & new media Secret Road Music Services; Larry Wade, evp of The Writing Camp, LLC; and Monica Young, Blue Key Management.
Please note that this event is not opened to the public.
For more information, please visit: www.grammy.com
Source: NARAS
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