by Kelly Rogge
Kansas City Kansas Community College is hosting Instor3 Management & Branding’s “New Year, New You #ItStartsWithAVision” Music Panel this weekend.
The event is from 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Upper Jewell Center, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Registration begins at noon, with the panel starting at 1 p.m.
The panel features Kansas City’s Grammy-nominated songwriter and music executive Ericka J. Coulter. In addition, UK Grammy-nominated Producer Harmony “H-Money” Samuels will sit on the panel.
A variety of topics will be discussed such as writing, producing, understanding the international music industry, marketing and branding
Admission is $5 for students and $10 for adults. Proceeds will be donated to the Kansas City Kansas Public Schools’ Back to School Fair, which services more than 5,000 students each year.
Tickets can be purchased at the door. Aspiring artists can also bring their materials on a USB to enter to win a trip to Los Angeles, Calif., where they will be able to work in studio with Coulter and Samuels.
“I am thrilled to work with Shelley Coulter and Ericka Coulter of Instor3 Management & Branding (LA) to provide insiders’ information about the music industry to our KCKCC students and community members,” said Barbara Clark-Evans, director of the Intercultural Center at KCKCC. “This is a great opportunity for the audience to learn about the creative process as well as the business aspects of the industry.”
Ericka Coulter is the CEO-founder of Instor3 and is a product of the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools. She has worked with artists such as Tamar Braxton, KeKe Palmer, El Debarge and Faith Evans and has made the transition to movies and television such as Fifth Harmony’s “I’m in Love with a Monster” from “Hotel Transylvania 2.”
Samuels first appeared on the music scene as the undisputed champion of London’s “Producer Battles.” His first hit in the United States was Maroon 5’s “No Curtain Call.” Since then, he has produced tracks for Chris Brown, Ariana Grande, Wiz Khalifa, Ciara, JoJo, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony, Nathan Sykes, Mali Music, Estelle, Neyo, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Wayne, Guy Sebastian and Kansas City’s Janelle Monae, among others.
For more information, visit the event’s Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1635474146715238/.
Kelly Rogge is the public information supervisor at Kansas City Kansas Community College.