CONNECTING RUSSIANS MUSICIANS WITH CALIFORNIAN INDUSTRY EXPERTISE FOR OVER FIVE YEARS

Pacific Sound and Vision is a nonprofit, LA public benefit corporation with IRC § 501(c)(3) status.
It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable purposes.

The specific and primary purposes of Pacific Sound and Vision are to: 

SPONSOR

To sponsor, promote, and encourage artistic practice between cultures of the Pacific Rim. Special interest is paid to popular and experimental music

GOALS

PROMOTE

To promote an understanding of (and appreciation for) the performing arts, especially with regard to marginalized talent(s). 


HISTORY

EDUCATE

To engender and extend educational activities concerning the performing arts of the Pacific Rim. UCLA faculty play a key role in this enterprise.

ENCOURAGE

To encourage the development of contemporary performers or artists – regardless of economic or educational context

SHARE

To nurture multigenerational cultural exchange in the performing arts. Distributed networks become a guiding metaphor.


MANY PARTICIPANTS


PREVIOUS FREE AND FOUR-WEEK PROGRAMS

SERIES 10 / SONGWRITING, SYNC, AND MUSIC BUSINESS (STAGE TWO)

Instructors

Josh Rabinowitz

Amy Kuney (Aka Ames)

Jonathan Beard

Tiffany Naiman

Hans Fjellestad

Jason Feinberg

Marc Cimino

SERIES 7-9 / SONGWRITING, SYNC, AND MUSIC BUSINESS

Instructors

Rob Wells

Sharon Vaughn

Naaman Snell

Ashely Neumeister

Haley Joelle  

Syml

Garrison Starr 

Jasmine Lopez-Alvarez

Stuart Kenning

Roxy King 

Michael Eames

Chris Hardin 

Rodrigo Gonsalves

Steven B. Ray

Bel Mesbahi

SERIES 6 / BLOCKCHAIN AND WEB3 FOR MUSICIANS

Instructors

Azeem Khan

Natalie Crue

Jonathan Larr

Stephanie Guerrero

Andres Botero "Colombo."

Black Dave

Kas Vegas

SERIES 5 / WEB3 and the MUSIC INDUSTRY

Instructors

Matthew Chaim

Tomi

Tom Vek

Taren Smith (Ymu)

Mikael Moore (Wondaland)

Daouda Leonard (Create Safe)

Nick Sylvester (Godmode)

Sam Valenti (Ghostly/all Flowers)

Jess Page (Rareform)

Tom Windish (Wasserman)

Phil Quist (Caa)

Geoff Sawyer (Uta)

Sebastian Mysko (Rising Agency)

Pablo Smith (Somewhere Systems)

Anne Mckinnon (Ristband)

Adrian Burger (Lafter)

Duncan Byrne (Anjuna) 

Hayley Rosenblum (Patreon)

Kenny Layton (Discord)

Sean Adams (Drowned In Sound)

SERIES 4 / ARCHITECTURE of a HIT SONG

Instructors

Autumn Rowe

Peter Zizzo 

SERIES 3 / ELECTRONIC PRESS KITS / MENTAL HEALTH for MUSICIANS

Instructors

Lindsey Black

Lawrence Azerrad

Seth Keller

Hunter Scott

 Thomas Dillmann 

Shan Patrick 

Ian Fintak

Jorge Cherbosque 

Scott Hutchinson 

SERIES 2 / MANAGEMENT and MARKETING in the MUSIC BUSINESS

Instructors

Bobby Borg 

Seven Bailey 

Anika Paris

Hunter Scott 

Gary Greenberg 

Pablo Mathiason 

Jonathan Larr 

Robert Teegarden

SERIES 1 SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS BETWEEN MOSCOW and LA

Instructors

Pam Sheyne

Richard Harris

Lisa Harriton and Joshua Bartholomew

Simone Benyacar

Shari Short