Mentoring - Artist Development & Songwriting

Award Winning Songwriter, Tour Manager & Session Musician, Kelly Brouhaha is a musical jack of all trades and an excellent mentor for those looking to make a career out of music.

She brings a wealth of experience, knowledge and industry networks to help your career take off.

She's previously lectured Cert 4 Music Business at Music SA and has guest lectured at universities across Australia.

Online and in-person (Northern Rivers NSW)

artist development

Marketing yourself as an artist.
Releasing A Record.
Bookings (Getting Gigs)
Publicity (Radio Play etc.)
Strategies to make the most of a TV appearance (The Voice etc.)
Marketing Solutions for Creative Businesses (Vocal Coaches etc.)
Project Management Consulting

Singing Lessons Suffolk Park

songwriting

Develop your craft.
Develop your repertoire.
Develop your recorded catalogue.
Prepare songs to release to TV, Radio, iTunes and Spotify.
Develop live videos to accompany your recordings.
Artist Development & Consulting

Touring support

Routing & Logistics
Venues and Contacts
Budgeting & Worksheets
& Ticketing

How to DIY your first tour.

The reality is , you don’t need to be popular to make money out of music. 

But you do need a set of business skills to make music a successful trade. 

I like to think that any musician (much like a plumber) can use their skill set to live a life doing what they love. A life where they can manage their mortgage repayments, and pay their rent on time. Put food on the table and have cash (and time) left over to send the kids to footy training every thursday. Afterall, we all know pub musician’s make $100 hour - that’s a pretty excellent rate comparatively to the guy pulling beers at the same pub. 

So why do so many musician’s struggle to make the jump from someone playing music in the background at $100/hr to someone getting radio play, festival spots and bums on seats at their ticketed shows. 

My theory is, there’s no tafe for an independent musician’s trade. 

When you go to tafe as a musician, you learn how to play music. Music Business as a subject lasts one semester and the exam includes having to correctly spell the acronym for APRA and explaining what they do as an organisation. Not very helpful is it ? 

This is where my course was born. 

Welcome to my Artist Apprenticeship. 

  • Do you struggle to organise yourself ? 

  • Do you struggle with time-management and getting things done ? 

  • Do you wish someone would come in and look after the admin side so you could spend more time making music ?

I’ve helped hundreds of artists develop the business side to their creative dream. 

  • Would you like a shortcut to the boring admin side of music ? 

  • Would you like more gigs ? 

  • Do you need more money to fund your project ? 

We can work casually to fit your budget (it’s usually tight for an independent), or book a 3 hour session from time to time if you’d like to get the most bang for your buck while you’re feeling motivated.

You choose the pace we work at.

 
 
Singing Lessons Suffolk Park

songwriting masterclass

Work with me to develop your songwriting craft. We can either co-write a song in this 3 hour session or edit and song doctor an already existing song or idea and record it to a high demo quality.

Included :

  • 3 hour session online or in-person

  • Acoustic Demo Recording / Guide Track

  • Chart written of the song

Optional Extra :

I’ll produce a fuller band track ready for mixing & mastering, utilising remote session players. Additional budget for session players to be discussed in session.

Pricing : $250

Online Sessions Setup :

  1. Ensure you have access to a solid wifi connection.

  2. Download zoom.

    Microsoft https://zoom.us/download?os=win . Mac https://zoom.us/download?os=mac

    If you haven’t used zoom for a while, give yourself some time to login before the session and download any updates.

  3. Setup your computer screen to join the zoom session.

    The zoom link will be emailed to you on booking confirmation.

  4. Setup a second screen (if possible) to read lyrics from / read sheet music on.

I will email or text you materials during the lesson to also read from this device.

If an alternate screen is not available, open a second tab and login in to your email account.

6. Once in the session : go to audio settings (^next to the mute button) and click “original sound for musicians” on.

7. Setup and/or login to your gmail account to access “google docs” in your google drive : https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive

8. If working on an existing song, please email a google docs of the lyric & a voice recording of what you have so far.

If we experience issues with zoom we will revert to google meet, face-time, or messenger video.

Download messenger for desktop here : https://www.messenger.com/desktop

Google meet : https://meet.google.com/

In-Person Lessons :

Location : South Golden Beach Hall , 3 Helen St, South Golden Beach NSW 2483

More Info : https://www.sgbhall.com/

Subject to hall availability. $18/hr with a 14 day cancellation policy payable by the student.