Artist Development
Every Journey Has A Soundtrack
Songwriting is the heart of Songland. We love creative expression through music and drawing out the passion for songwriting in our students. Learn songwriting on piano, guitar, or demo production to bring your unique creative palette to life and the stage. Songland also brings songwriters together and teaching them about the music business as it relates to songwriting and composition industry.
Hi! My name is Paris Lailson 'AKA Pariseli' and I have a decade's experience as a music artist, and jack of all trades as it relates to the music industry. Upon receiving my Bachelor's in Music Business from Berklee College Of Music, I turned my passion for songwriting into a love for teaching budding songwriter's about the music industry. I figured it out the hard way, but you don't have to. I built this map to help students cultivate a strong musical expression, and journey down the path of how to navigate breaking into this industry as an up-and-coming artist.
Every journey has a soundtrack, what's yours?
Stage 1
The Land of Songwriting
Here we begin our first steps into Songland! Learn the heart of your craft and create music! Performances early on help get comfortable on stage and allow students to start sharing their story.
DEMO PRODUCTION LESSONS
Find your unique sound
Demo production lessons are designed to help you find the musical sounds that most represents you as an artist. After you've written a song on piano/guitar, we will paint a bigger musical picture of how you'd want that song to be represented or heard recorded. You can also write a song directly through the production method.
PERFORM YOUR SONGS LIVE
Let your voice be heard
Songland books solo/duo performance opportunities regularly to give our students the chance to become a confident performer and challenge themselves in different performance environments. Some Cedar Park and Austin venues we perform at include Malone Specialty Coffee, Mozart's Coffee Roasters, and Opa! Greek Cafe.
Must Be Enrolled In Private Lessons
Stage 2
Leveling Up Your Artistry
Okay! Now, you've played some shows, written some songs and you want to get it out in the world! Here are next steps for you to take to get serious about your music career.
Music Business Consulting
Navigate the Industry
Consultations parent and student focused to inform parents how they can best help their child navigate the legality behind song registration, royalty collecting, releasing music, building an EPK, recording in a studio, and the many nuances needed to protect yourself in the music industry.
Studio Recording
Bring Your Demos To Life
Songland partners with Sunrise Studio in Austin, Texas. Sunrise is a boutique studio run by bass player, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Ryan Casey. Over the past ten years, Ryan has played with over 100 Austin acts and has spent half a decade recording music artists.
Publicity & Promo
Put Yourself Out There
Songland is partnered with Local Live Sets ATX a live streamed youtube podcast. Songland will assist in cultivating a house band to play the budding artist's original songs. Our host, Reid, will ask some planned and some fun spontaneous interview questions. This opportunity will help build an artists portfolio, gain promo footage, and experience.
Must Be Enrolled In Private Lessons
Artist Branding Consulting
Unlock your Personal Style
Student focused consultations to enhance an budding songwriters artistic development. These consultations will dive into assignments that will help the artist put into words who they are as an artist, why they create and even the steps to take to brand your online presence and on-stage persona
Stage 3
An Up-and-Coming Artist
You are on your way! Here are a bunch of ways to continue to grow as as artist.
I recommend continuing music business consulting semi-regularly per case.
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Build A Band
Bring Players Into The Equation
Once you have a few originals under your belt, you may feel like it's time to level-up to booking live shows, there are oppurtunities for young up-and-coming muscians to perform, songland can help source performance connections and assist in cultivating players for your band.
Must Have Semi-Frequent Music Business Consultations