Nashville Artist Development University
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“Success begins with changing the way you think”.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT is a 19 Video deep dive “Re-Boot Camp” for your career, mind, heart and soul.
First, we purge the false teachings that have kept you in the ‘failure doom loop’.
Then, we hit the “upgrade button” on your knowledge and viewpoints of both the music business and yourself covering topics such as:
-Defining Success
-Your Personal Value
-Evaluating Your Strengths and Weaknesses
-Physical and Mental Health
-Effective Routines and Habits
and many more…
These form the critical yet unseen foundation that every successful artists career is built upon.
Although it’s incredibly important, the fact is foundations are grey, boring and hidden. No one shows off their foundation but it’s always painfully evident if it hasn’t been poured properly.
We see this pattern over and over with struggling artists that spend year after year figuratively re-nailing boards into the dirt wondering “why am I having such a hard time building my career?”
The Personal Development series solves this by laying a strong foundation for you as a person, an entrepreneur and as an artist enabling you to become successful in the future and actually enjoy it once you get there.
No more nailing 2×4’s into the dirt. It’s time to build a solid foundation for your career, for life.
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“Being the best singer in the room doesn’t guarantee success…but it sure does help.”
INSTRUMENT AND VOCAL TRAINING is an 18 Video training series that takes an artist from being a good singer to being world class.
Throughout the series you’ll receive elite level training and techniques covering topics such as:
-Pitch
-Tone
-Developing Your Range
-Voice Care
-Creating With Your Instrument
-Drumspeak
and much more…
This series is for singers that want to accelerate their skill set and graduate to a new level of performance quality and vocal health.
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“It’s more than just Spotify and Instagram”
SOCIAL PROMOTION is a 13 part video series that takes a broad look at all the areas that your music career the can benefit from every kind of Social Promotion in the digital world.
Topics such as:
-Photography Do’s and Don’ts
-Pre-Meditated Content
-Live TV and Radio
-Impactful and Interesting Posting
-Writing An Effective Bio
-One Sheets and Hot Sheets
and more…
focuses your career on getting real results beyond the noise of simply “getting your numbers up”. It instead hones in on the tangible results from action that can move you forward in your career and actually create more fans and revenue.
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“A world class performer and a well oiled machine”
LIVE PERFORMANCE is an extensive, in depth 24 video teaching series that covers everything artists need in order to become a world class live performer and operate a healthy, frictionless, well oiled machine / band.
Series includes elite level teaching and insights into topics such as:
-Creating Experiences
-Your Stage Presence
-Talking With Your Audience
-The Fan Experience
As well as a deep dive into the foundational art of running a band and creating impactful live shows:
-Set List Creation
-Lead Sheets
-Nashville Number Charts
-Where To Find Players for Your Band
-Finding and Using Rehearsal Spaces
-Evaluating Player Competency
-How To Deal With Sub-par Players
-Running Efficient Rehearsals
-Creating and Using Backing Tracks
and more…
This series improves and upgrades any standard project into a world class, in demand, highly valued live entertainment juggernaut.
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“Are you writing the best songs possible?”
SONGWRITING is a from the ground up, in depth 15 Video teaching series taught by Billboard charting songwriter Kory Brunson and #1 hit songwriter Jason Wyatt.
Throughout the teaching series they cover basic and advance songwriting techniques as well as covering in depth topics such as:
-Discovering Your Personal Style
-Melodies
-Hooks
-Lyrics
-Co-Writing
-Copyrights
-P.R.O.’s
-Publishers
and more…
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“This is where the magic happens”
STUDIO AND RECORDING is set at the control desk at Watershed Recording Studios a landmark Nashville location that has recorded some iconic artists such as Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, Don McClean and many more…
The 17 video series literally walks you through the Studio providing in depth detail on pivotal topics such as:
-Pre-Production
-Demos
-Choosing Players
-Finding A Producer
-Studio Terminology
-Communicating With Your Engineer
-Scratch Vocals
-Your Lead Vocal Performance
-Overdubbing
-Mixing
-Mastering
and more…
Ever had a recording you weren’t happy with? A session that didn’t go smoothly? Felt like you were wasting money in the studio due to inefficiencies?
Level up your vocal performance along with your recording procedures and organizational processes to maximize every dollar spent and significantly upgrade the your music to a top level of sonic quality, listenability and market viability.
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“The Magic you’re looking for can be found in the work you’re avoiding”
BUSINESS AND REVENUE is an in depth 21 video teaching series that provides a 1-2-3 step by step process to graduate you from “music hobbyist” to “full time career artist”.
If you’ve ever said “I’d be so happy if I could just make a healthy full time income doing nothing but music”…this is the course that takes you there.
When you master topics such as:
-Registering Your Business
-Setting Goals and Running Numbers
-Who Is Your Customer
-Analyzing Your Market
-Sales and Selling
-Invoicing
-Contracts
-Accounting
-Your EPK
then, you end being the master of your business and the result is a full time music career.
“We don’t work music, we play music. But sometimes it’s a awful lot of work to have the privilege to play it full time”.
It’s not easy. It’s not quick. It takes diligent work and it takes time. But for those willing to do the tasks they would normally avoid…the results are life changing.
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“It’s every where you perform”
TOURING is a 12 part video series that covers every part of performing live, anywhere.
Touring is not limited to the big arena and stadium shows. Whether you’re at a coffee shop, a bar, a festival, theater, arena or stadium there are rules to the road that can make your life incredibly miserable or wildly easy and successful.
This in depth series covers topics such as:
-Budgeting
-Backline
-Stage Plots and Input Lists
-Staging and Power
-Advancing Your Shows
-Hospitality Riders
-Call Sheets
-Merchandising
and more…
Knowing the mechanics, routines and language of the road brings ease and peace of mind, stabilizes your band turn around, creates profitability and is a critical part of working in the industry and being seen as a true professional.
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“Who’s helping the helpers?”
SUPPORT TEAM is a revolutionary program unique to NADU. It’s something that should be a part of every music education program but for some reason is not.
Every artist has people who support their efforts and cheer them on. Spouses, Parents, friends etc… They are absolutely critical to an artists health and success… Yet no one is supporting these amazing angels who give their time and energy to help their artist simply because…”they believe in them”.
At NADU we want to support those who support you.
The purpose of the Support Team series is to accelerate your career, bring peace of mind to those who support you and (more importantly) to protect those incredibly valuable relationships.
As a developing artist we free your heart and mind to focus on your own growth by removing the burden of educating your Support Team from your shoulders.
Throughout the 14 video series your Support Team members are shown how the Music Business actually works, the step by step process needed to achieve success and why you’re doing the things you’re doing.
The series is stacked with enlightening real-life cautionary tales from the past describing how well intentioned Support Team members have actually hindered their artists progress. It also includes a long list of “dos” that Support Team members can focus on, confident that they are doing ‘the right things’ to help their artist succeed.
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“Everyone sings, writes and performs. So, what’s special about you?”
This BRANDING series walks you through the career critical yet sometimes misunderstood world of what makes you special and how your fans experience you and your art.
Because of its nebulous reputation the topic of Branding is often dismissed, incorrectly applied or simply ignored by many artists (your competition).
Conversely, those artists who master their Branding take a massive leap forward in their career path.
With topics like:
-Who Is The Core You?
-Brand Consistency vs Brand Confusion
-Are You Sticky?
And tangible projects such as:
-Evaluating Your Brand
-Storyboard Your World
-Making Your Branding Deck
This 9 Video series provides clarity on what Branding is and isn’t and ensures that you as an artist cut through the noise of the music industry and avoid the dreaded “death by vanilla” by providing proven exercises, action steps and processes that allow you to dial in and discover what is truly special and unique about you.
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“It’s all about who you know”
NETWORKING AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING is a 13 part video teaching series that unpacks real world stories and proven strategies on how to find, connect and cultivate those critical relationships and connections in the Music Industry that can shave years off of your progress.
Topics such as:
-Setting Up Coffee Meetings
-Music Events
-Showcases
-Songwriter Rounds
-Promoters and Booking Agents
unveil the “Do this” and “Don’t do that” insights of how to successfully and effectively navigate your way through the maze of the Music Industry elite and end up as an “insider”.
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“Are you uploading, or Releasing?”
RELEASE AND RADIO gives insider processes for setting up a “true” Release Plan for your music as well as approaching and working with today’s complex world of Radio.
Topics include:
-Outlets For Your Music
-Terrestrial Radio
-All About YouTube
-Spotify
-Finding Your Market
-Film and Sync
-Release Plan Templates
and much more…
Many Artists work incredibly hard writing and recording their music, only to experience heart sinking disappointment when only a hand full of fans actually get to hear it.
Break the cycle by learning from real world experiences and practical action items to get your music heard by the masses. Don’t just upload….Release.