NOW THAT PERTISA HAS SOME MONEY IN ITS POCKET

Now that Pertisa has acquired some money from its dinner award its time to plan the next step. The priority should be focused on realising its objectives to uplift the standard of its members. The focus can be on the following:
1) VOCAL COACHING CLINIC
2) SONGWRITING COURSE
3) LYRIC WRITING FOR KADAZANDUSUN SONGS
4) MUSIC BUSINESS

1) VOCAL COACHING CLINIC
This is the bulk of Pertisa's members: the recording artists, the semi pros, aspirant, amateurs, adult learners and supporters. There should be no problem finding tutors/lecturers as we have dozens of music graduate these days but choice should be from the vocal majors.

2) SONGWRITING COURSE
Songwriters are the gem behind the success of every compositions. There are hits songs because of creative composers. This course should therefore to help increase the creative skill for songwriters. They can be exposed to topics such as a) Lyric plotting b) melody making c) Anatomy of songs, d) Chord progression e) Song Genre etc. Azmin Mudin can share his expertise on this.

3) LYRIC WRITING FOR KADAZANDUSUN SONGS
It is public knowledge that our song lyrics are below standard. As such quality song fitted with poor lyric becomes unsingable. By having experts from say the Kadazandusun Language Center they can give guidance on lyric writing technique, grammar, vocabulary, translation, and on ethics.

4) MUSIC BUSINESS
Enterpreneurship and marketing knwledge is crucial in music business. Without it you may not break even. But with basic knowledge in salesmanship, wholesale and retail and book keeping publishers and distributors should make money.