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SUMMARY:Melissa Ferrick
DESCRIPTION:Melissa Ferrick is a Professor of the Practice at Northeaste
 rn University in the Music Department at the College of Arts Media and D
 esign. Ferrick teaches courses on songwriting (focusing on lyric\, melod
 y\, and intent)\, creative entrepreneurship\, demo recording and product
 ion\, live performance\, the intersection of psychopathology and creativ
 ity\, nonprofit arts management\, and the music business. She’s releas
 ed seventeen albums over the last twenty-five years and has won numerous
  awards for songwriting\, production\, and performance. From 2013 – to
  2019\, Melissa was an Associate Professor of Songwriting at Berklee Col
 lege of Music. She holds an Ed.M from Harvard University.\n\nMelissa is 
 the named plaintiff of the class action lawsuit Ferrick v. Spotify for w
 illful copyright infringement. Their publishing catalog is administered 
 worldwide by the Raleigh Music Group.\n\nSigned to Atlantic Records in 1
 992 at the age of 21\, Melissa released her debut and sophomore albums o
 n Atlantic after opening for Morrissey in the U.S. and UK. Melissa relea
 sed three albums on W.A.R. Records from 1996 to 1999 and two on MPress R
 ecords from 2011 to 2014. In 2000\, Melissa launched the nationally dist
 ributed independent record label Right On Records. Ferrick is currently 
 working with the venerable Kill Rock Stars Records. Most recently\, Ferr
 ick started Drive Music Agency (D.M.A.)\, which offers musicians persona
 l management and consulting services. D.M.A. currently represents Brenna
 n Wedl and Joh Chase.\n\nRegarded in the industry and by their peers as 
 one of the most prolific and hardworking artists in the business\, Ferri
 ck is an active songwriter and performs throughout North America. She ha
 s shared the stage with Morrissey\, Joan Armatrading\, Weezer\, Tegan an
 d Sara\, Mark Cohen\, Paul Westerberg\, Bob Dylan\, John Hiatt\, Ani DiF
 ranco\, k.d. Lang\, Suzanne Vega\, Shawn Colvin\, and many others.
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LOCATION:181 State St\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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