My boss and mentor, Jim Halsey, is president and co-creator of the Billboard World Song Contest along with the former publisher of Billboard Magaznie, Lee Zhito (now deceased).  Mr. Halsey has for 60 years been a leading figure in the music industry, guiding the careers of numerous stars. His website can tell you more about that, www.jimhalsey.com.  The seminar is designed to help budding musicians/songwriters/bands get a handle on the way the industry works, what they need to do to get discovered.  The song contest is one avenue of that process.  Not everyone becomes Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood via some contest.  There's a whole world of new managers, agents, publishers, promoters, and in our case, songwriters trying to figure out what it takes to succeed.  Jim can shed an authoritative light on these people's jobs and responsibilities and how the creative spark applies to each one of them.  Jim is the Starmaker, one of the very best.  The Starmaker seminar is the first class you would take if you were choosing life's music business degree program.

  

Regards,

Mark Furnas, Director
Billboard Song Contest