This year, up and coming student/artist Caity Leong is set to shine for audiences (this Sat 28th April) at the Coach Music Academy feature sideshow at the Frankston Music Festival, and we caught up for a quick ‘3 questions’ pre-show cappuccino to learn how she is preparing for the big stage...

Taylor recently joined the Coach Music Academy Team as a vocal, guitar, and piano coach. His talent doesn't stop there he is also a beautiful songwriter and soon to be music producer... 

Kye is killing it. She is currently a full time musician on tour with Nathaniel Willemse, Sing It Out and setting herself up for 2018 releases. To support her passion for music she gigs, ALOT! And this hard work is paying off. We asked her how she does it all, what her top advice is for young musicians, and what we should expect next from the Melbourne Indi artist. 

Molly Ash is not like most 16 year olds. She's a #girlboss! Seamlessly juggling VCE, a social life and a music career. We caught up with Molly to chat about her secrets to making it all happen, and her recent successes. 

The CMA artist development program is maybe the best thing I've done in my life. Certainly my singing career. It's a program where the academy really takes you under their wing. It's amazing because I feel like I've gained so many mentors who know so much about the industry and are so enthusiastic to share their experiences and teach me.

There ya go folks, over the last week I have shared some constructive advice that will not only fuel your motivation to master your craft but valuable tips on how to preserve its integrity - only from a handful of individuals! Finally, here’s my advice.

Ben Dewhirst, a dedicated guitarist of ten years is at the very beginning of his career and is currently studying Contemporary Music at the Australian Institute of Music in Melbourne (AIM). Dewhirst learns in his second year of AIM that he must “toughen up” in order to endure the first few years of the industry.

Cass Knowles lives by this mantra, a conspiratorial YouTuber by day and an underground Melbourne rapper by night. She is the very description of a self-doer as her craft is purely her own. Her advice for young artists, “don’t rely on anybody else to do the dirty work for you.”

- Czarina Madayag 

We interviewed our 17 year old student Coby Sannen about the perks of performing and getting paid to do something she loves…

The bright lights, the big stages, the whispers of the crowd; all of it waiting sidestage in great anticipation of your next performance. Then the nerves set in. You go out on stage, give it all you got, get a nice applause but still find yourself wishing you’d done that little bit better. (Or a lot better!) So how do you make sure you can deliver at your maximum every time? What if there was some simple ways to improve your performance that everyone can do? And what if it had absolutely nothing to do with talent?

But it is incredibly simple to overcome, if you are willing…

Notice I opened this blog by saying ‘simple’, not necessarily ‘easy’. And the reason for that distinction is incredibly important. You see difficulty as a measure, is directly related to our belief system. Don’t believe me? By the end of this article you will. (Unless of course you’re like me as a teenager in which case you already know everything therefore you should stop reading now!)

We all want to run before we can walk.

Watching my 2 year-old daughter face-plant at the excitement of a hug from a puppy causes me to simultaneously experience incredible empathy and incredible laughter. (Usually I try to engage the first before the latter!)...