The Team

SCOTT MIDDLETON

Areas Scott can help with:

• Guitar/bass tutoring (rock/metal/hardcore/doom/punk)

• Songwriting help (arranging/perspective/lyrics/)

• Leveling up your studio musicianship skills

• Record Production for bands / artists

• Record Production for aspiring producers / engineers 

• Engineering skills for Mastering records that slap, crush and slam

• Engineering skills for Mixing records with character, teeth, and punch

• Band coaching and artist development 

• Lyric writing help for non-english speakers

• The alchemy of guitar & bass rig tone-crafting (in the studio and onstage)

• Touring / stage performance / gear logistics (from the DIY and Professional perspective)

CAM BIRCHILL

Areas Cam can help with:

• Tour Management: Accounting, Scheduling, Day of Show tasks, etc.

• Touring Logistics: Advancing, Budgets, Transportation, Lodging, etc.

• DIY Touring Solutions: How to tour on a budget (domestic & international)

• Canadian P1/P2 Visa Processing: How to get a work visa for Canadian artists

• Artist Management: Developing young and aspiring artists

• Concert Promotion: How to put on local shows.

GARETH GROVER

Areas Gareth can help you with

• Drum kit and percussion tuition - styles & genres / techniques / rhythmic concepts / songs

• Advanced instrumental skills - improvisation / how to practice / working with a click

• Music theory tuition - general music theory / application in tuned percussion context

• Performance skills - understanding performance communication

• Studio session skills - understanding your role / studio musicianship / technical knowledge

• Home-studio recording - understanding drum kit recording / Logic Pro X

• Your life in the music industry - mindfulness mentoring / life on the road

LEANDER GLOVERSMITH

Areas Leander can help you with

• Band management

• Branding and aesthetics

• A&R

• Creative development

• Bringing ideas to life

• Career development

• Marketing and publicity

IAN COULSON

Areas Ian can help you with

• Video Editing Tutorials - From basic cutting and storytelling to intricate, complex transitions, effects and colour-grading

• Photo Editing Tutorials - From how to fine-tune composition in post to re-touching and creating your own personal look.

• How to Brand Yourself - How to make your work stand out whilst remaining relevant and up to date on trends.

• Networking Advice - How to break out of the "can't work til I network, can't network til I work" cycle.

• From Concept to Creation - How to create an effective workflow, from storyboarding and planning an edit pre-shoot, through shooting, all the way to asset management in post-production and nailing the right export settings.

SAM MORRIS

Areas Sam can help you with

• Drum kit and percussion tuition

• Studio skills for drummers

• Musical direction for live shows

• Playback and backing tracks

• Performance technique

• Home studio recording for drummers

• How to survive on tour

• Record deal experience

• Tour management

LUCY EVERS

Areas Lucy can help you with

• Stage Confidence and Persona Creation

• Social Media and Branding Brainstorming 

• Vocal Health and Range Building 

• The Importance of Mental Health Management within Music 

JEFF MAKER

Areas Jeff can help you with

• Lighting Design

• Set Design and Concept Development

• Console Programming/Operating/Troubleshooting/Patching

• Proper interaction/edict with touring crew and local crew

• How to get started…everyone’s “how I got started” story is different. Let’s start writing YOUR story.

JACK STEPHENSON-OLIVER

Areas Jack can help you with

• Piano playing, from beginner to advanced.

• Improvisation

• Songwriting 

• Session musicianship

• Being a Musical Director

• Live performance 

• Studio recording 

• Music Theory

• Advanced musical concepts 

• Life on the road

• How to practice 

• Advice on how to make a living as a musician

BENJAMIN LANGFORD - BISS

Areas Ben can help with:

• Music industry advice

• Building your brand/image

• Planning album campaigns 

• Songwriting

• Production in Logic Pro X

• Social Media Marketing

TOM CAMPBELL

Areas Tom can help you with

• Show Design Inspiration.

• Lighting Patching and Programming.

• Creative use of Video.

• Creative use of Pyrotechnics

• How to operate a Live show.

• Career development.

• Touring Safely and the importance of mental health on tour

KATE TRUSCOTT

Areas Kate can help with:

• Sponsorship 

• Production Coordination

• COVID compliance

SAM RUSHTON

Areas Sam can help you with

• Career Development: Getting Your Band From A-B Within The Current Music Industry 

• On The Road: How To Plan & Run A Successful Tour From A DIY Artists Perspective

• Networking: How To Know The People You Need To Know

• Professional Musicianship: Guitars, Pedalboards, Songwriting & More

TOMMY PEACH

Areas Tommy can help you with

• Practice and Application of various levels of music theory to help with composition and performance.

• Improvisation.

• Studio musicianship (session playing).

• Professional Performance.

• Advice and help with gaining session work. 

• Styles and genres in practice and application.

DAYNA GHIRALDI - TRAVERS

(a portion of Dayna’s fee will be donated to a charity of her choice)

Areas Dayna can help you with

• Music industry advice

• When is the right time to get a publicist 

• What do publicists do

• How to find the right publicist for your band

• How to get press coverage before you’re ready to hire a publicist 

• Materials you should have in place before hiring a publicist 

• Album planning + strategy 

NICK EVANS

Areas Nick can help you with

• Composing for other people - writing to brief for tv, film and adverts

• Creative strategies - getting out of ruts and overcoming writers block

• Writing music to moving image in your DAW

• Using Logic to write great sounding tracks in a short turnaround 

• Extensive Knowledge of plugins and sample libraries.

SAM BELL

Areas Sam can help you with

• Guitar Playing / Technique / Theory/ Writing / Tone

• Music Mindset / Mindfulness in Music

• Advice on teaching Music

EMMA SCOTT

Areas Emma can help you with

• Advice on how radio works

• Advise on radio presenting and applying for radio jobs

• Radio showreel critique and feedback sessions

• How to become a live music curator and promoter

• How to run a successful live music promotions company

• How to send your music to radio shows

• How to get the most out of your radio plays

• What radio airplay can you expect to get for your song?

• Which of your songs is the best song to send to radio?

• Should you hire a PR company or do it yourself?

If it’s about radio or radio plugging, Emma’s your woman!