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Jai-Jo NEWS - Spring 2008
Do you live in Northern California? Want the
opportunity to work one-on-one with Jai on your songs?
Jai leads ongoing workshops in the S.F. Bay area
and there are openings now! Email Jai directly at jaijomusic@yahoo.com
if you're interested in participating (begins June
14)
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS: Jai will be sticking
close to home this spring but
there are three opportunities to work with him: 1 - He'll
be giving a Melody Magic workshop
in San Francisco for West Coast Songwriters on Saturday
May 10th. 2 - His ongoing
critiquing/mentoring workshop (see above) begins a new
four month cycle on Saturday
June 14th. Details on these workshops can be found
on the Songwriting Workshops page,
or click here.
3- Jai does long distance telephone and webcam critiques for anyone who's
taken a
live seminar with him or has purchased and listened to
the Secrets of Songwriting Success
CD-ROM . For details, email him
directly at jaijomusic@yahoo.com
Jai
Josefs welcomes you to the Jai-Jo music web site.
If
you're serious about becoming a great songwriter, you've come to
the
right place. Let renowned songwriter and songwriting coach, Jai
Josefs
help you take your songwriting to a new level.
It
is a popular myth that songwriting comes purely from inspiration.
In
the words of multi-platinum hit songwriter Tom Snow, " Songwriting
is
really 10% inspiration and 90% craft .... and Jai Josefs is one of this
country's
most respected teachers of that craft."
NEW PRODUCTS!! - Upcoming
for 2008, the 3rd in the Audio
series,
CHORD
CHEMISTRY, will be released. MELODY MAGIC - the
second
CD in the series was released in 2007. Don't
forget the first in the
audio
series - 'GETTING INTO THE GROOVE'. For a Free audio clip from
the
Groove CD, click here.
(mp3 file, 1.9 MB) (Click on link or Right-click link and Save As)
Recorded
live. Each year participants rave about Jai's workshops at
the
Song School, which is part of the TAXI Road Rally. In this
workshop,
Jai presents examples of the most-used types of grooves,
with
the help of his friend the drum machine ('Ringo-in-a-can'). With
real-life
examples, he shows you how rhythm can make your music
and
lyrics more marketable in any style. (seePurchase
Products page).
'Secrets
of Songwriting Success' - Still
the only multimedia
songwriting
workshop (2 CD-ROM Set) - 'Songwriting
workshop
on your computer' - In PC and MAC versions.
(see
Purchase
Products page).
Here
you can also learn more hereabout
Jai's
groundbreaking
book 'Writing Music for Hit Songs'
and
see how to purchase it. Find out how to attend Jai's
workshops
in person, how to sponsor a workshop in
your
area, and about other songwriters' resources.
Jai
Josefs is the author of Writing Music for Hit
Songs,
the definitive text on modern music writing
endorsed
by hit writers including Diane Warren. He is
also
a nationally renowned songwriting coach who has
taught
songwriting at UCLA as well as for dozens of
songwriting
organizations and conferences natiowide.
Many
of his students have gone on to successful
careers
in the industry, and several have been signed
to
major label deals.
In
addition, he is a successful songwriter/producer
in
his own right whose credits include more than 30
recordings
with such companies as MCA, RCA, Motown,
and
Disney and hit artists like Jose Feliciano. His
songs
have been used in TV shows on every major
network
(CSI, Brothers and Sisters, What About Brian,
Monk,
Cold Case etc.) as well as over a dozen major
motion
pictures with such stars as Harrison Ford, Nick
Nolte,
Jessica Lange, and Billy Bob Thornton.
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To contact Jai Josefs: jaijomusic@yahoo.com