Scott DurbinСAPPs selection as a Grammy U mentor rests on expertise that ranges from leading the СAPPСAPPs music business program to founding the Emmy Award-winning childrenСAPPs band Imagination Movers.
The Grammy U mentorship program for aspiring musicians is coordinated by the Recording Academy of the United States. The academy is best known for bestowing Grammy Awards, which are widely considered the music industryСAPPs most prestigious honors.
Durbin has been a member of the recording academy for more than two decades, so СAPPI felt it was kind of long overdue to give back. And what IСAPPm learning as a Grammy U mentor will give me an opportunity to further evolve our programs,СAPP he said.
Durbin became a Grammy U mentor late last year, a role he will hold until May 2. The Grammy U mentorship program gives young musicians across the country access to music industry professionals who provide guidance in a range of areas. СAPP
СAPPGrammy U provides aspiring musicians between the ages of 18 and 29 with tools and opportunities needed to launch their careers, whether it be as artists or as members of an artistСAPPs team,СAPP Durbin explained. СAPPThe events and programs cover all aspects of the industry, from business and networking to technology and the creative process.СAPP
Durbin, who joined UL Lafayette in 2015, is an assistant professor in UL LafayetteСAPPs and leads the schoolСAPPs . The program provides students instrument training; it also teaches them artist management, entrepreneurship, promotion, merchandising and sales.
Some students enroll in the program to prepare for a business-related career in the music industry. Aspiring musicians enroll to have a back-up plan if they donСAPPt end up making a living as entertainers.
Durbin has a keen understanding of both sides of the industry.
He founded Imagination Movers, a four-member childrenСAPPs band that became a TV show of the same name. The half-hour show debuted in 2008 and aired in 55 countries on the Disney Channel and the Disney Junior Channel, earning an Emmy Award along the way.
The Imagination MoversСAPP three-season, 76-episode run on the small screen is long over, but the band lives on. That includes via reruns that air on the Disney Plus channel, the recording and release of albums, and touring internationally when work and family schedules permit.
DurbinСAPPs duties in the band arenСAPPt confined to singing, songwriting or playing instruments, however. He handles the bulk of the bandСAPPs business and marketing responsibilities, too.
СAPPThe wonderful position that IСAPPm in with still being an active member of the music industry is that itСAPPs always evolving, and that means I can bring my experiences to students in our music business and recording arts programs,СAPP he said.
Photo caption: Scott Durbin, who leads UL LafayetteСAPPs music business program and founded the Emmy Award-winning childrenСAPPs band Imagination Movers, has been named a Grammy U mentor for aspiring musicians. Image credit: СAPP