Artist Biography

You will be hard pressed to find someone more passionate, committed or actively engaged in helping people help themselves when it comes to valuable information about the music industry than JaWar. His dedication and energy have been incorporated into a dynamic workshop designed to equip the serious music professional with the tools needed to succeed in an industry notorious for its shady operations.

JaWar, Chief Visionary Officer of Music Therapy 101 (MT 101) since 1998, has given informative seminars in and around the Atlanta, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, New Orleans, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and many others. He created the workshop to identify and share vital information in a step-by-step process necessary for success and ultimate longevity in the music business with aspiring artists and those willing to be involved in the music industry. MT 101 shows the attendee how to be a successful entrepreneur and arms the aspiring artist with the tools necessary to prosper as an independent in the music business. Workshop staples include:

How to Monetize Your Web Presence (Make Money Online)
New Music Business Model
Using Record Pools to Test-Market Your Next Hit
Marketing & Promoting an Independent Release
Music Business: Fortune and Fame
Creating Windows of Opportunity for Long-Term Success
How to protect your music
How to protect your band and business name
How CD sales are tracked
How to get paid in the music business

JaWar has assembled a workshop that merges extremely valuable information with his own personal style to deliver easily understood and empowering information. He challenges conventional views of how to succeed in the industry by seriously exploring and promoting independence in his DO FOR SELF TOUR. He inspires aspiring entertainers to aim high, create windows of opportunity and persevere through challenging stages of a budding career. In addition, he encourages networking so that those who attend the workshop may build alliances to work together toward a more prosperous future.

His style is to guide a highly interactive, comprehensive and fun workshop that will satisfy the attendee’s thirst for good information while encouraging them to come back for more! Much more than a workshop facilitator, JaWar works hard to ensure that each workshop gives out important information that will aid each attendee’s professional and personal development. Interactive group exercises are aimed at removing the formal and informal barriers that impede the networking process.

JaWar is dedicated to inspiring people to be the best they can be, in turn, fostering an environment that will support the family unit and improve the community at large. He believes community involvement means improving the world around us and has taken an active role by offering workshops with discounted rates including food and clothing drives that are willingly donated to less fortunate community members. He believes in his vision of producing a workshop that will be both useful and entertaining. In addition, he understands the importance of communicating with the client before an event, so as to tailor each workshop around the objectives of the event and the particular goals the client wishes to emphasize. He does this by making sure the workshop offers specific information that can be helpful to the neophyte or the seasoned professional in the music business.

When your event demands practical, relevant, and useful information from an enthusiastic speaker and author who has legitimately “been there” by releasing two independent CDs of his own and publishing the Music Industry Connection Book Series and Co-authoring MY Music MY Business consider JaWar, Chief Visionary Officer of Music Industry Connection and Music Therapy 101.

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Alternative Links

• JaWar Speaks on Myspace
  
• Music Business by JaWar
  Music Business - Music Industry Resources & Links
• Music Industry Connection Books by JaWar
  Download the Music Industry Connection Ebook Series by JaWar
• JaWar's Official Online Palace
  JaWar's Professional Profile, Videos, Blogs, Links & Resources