ASMAC Premier Masterclass: Bill Meyers, hosted by Sylvester Rivers

ASMAC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the arts of Music Arranging, Composition, and Orchestration within the entertainment industry community and the general public.  ASMAC presents monthly master classes, workshops, luncheons, and other programs for established composers, arrangers, and orchestrators as well as students entering the field.Visitasmac.orgfor more info.

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Aspects of Recording: Hit Records to Major Films

<h2>ASMAC Premier Masterclass with Bill Meyers</h2><h4>Aspects of Recording: Hit Records to Major Films</h4> <h4>Moderated by <a href="https://sylvesterrivers.com/" title="https://sylvesterrivers.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sylvester Rivers</a></h4>GRAMMY-nominated Bill Meyers will share his insights about recording for multiple genres. He will outline his approach to composition, arranging, orchestration, the recording process, and his extensive knowledge of music. Bill's list of credits working on records with artists is formidable: Earth, Wind &amp; Fire, Madonna, Neil Diamond, Ariana Grande, Brian McKnight and the list goes on…He has also worked on many films: DreamGirls, Armed and Dangerous, Dick Tracy to name a few.LA 12 PM | NY 3 PM | UK 8 pm | NZ 9 AM +1day <h3>Bios:</h3><h3><a href="https://www.billmeyersmusic.com" title="https://www.billmeyersmusic.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bill Meyers</a></h3>Multi-faceted. If there was only one word used to describe <a href="https://billmeyersmusic.com" title="https://billmeyersmusic.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bill Meyers</a>, it would have to be multi-faceted. In addition to being an accomplished musician Meyers has produced, arranged, composed, and orchestrated music for some of the world’s most prolific artists.His credits read like a who’s who of American music: Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande, Robin Thicke, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Neil Diamond, Michael Jackson, Donna Summers, Earth, Wind &amp; Fire, Madonna, Rod Stewart, Brian McKnight and many more. As if this weren’t enough, he’s also composed, arranged, &amp; conducted music for films such as DreamGirls, Armed &amp; Dangerous, Dick Tracy, &amp; Team America: World Police.Meyers demonstrated a love for the arts at an early age, but it was his family’s old Hammond organ where he found his true calling. A few years (&amp; lessons) later, Meyers became an accomplished classical organist. While on scholarship at DePaul University, he discovered jazz &amp; began recording the music he was making. One of these demos found its way into the hands of Canadian pop star Gino Vannelliwho invited him to join his band as a keyboardist for 4 years. After that, he did tours with artists like George Duke, Boz Scaggs, Lou Rawls and Madonna.Maurice White of the groundbreaking super group Earth, Wind and Fire came across Meyers’ music in 1979, which lead to a long and fruitful association. Over the years, Bill has co produced, composed, arranged and played on a number of EWF albums. He co-scored the TV series “Life is Wild”, &amp; collaborated on original music &amp; orchestrated the Broadway play “Hot Feet” in 2006.Upon moving to Los Angeles, Meyers joined the prestigious ranks of the industry’s most requested studio musicians. As a songwriter, his compositions were recorded by performers like EWF, Neil Diamond, Donna Summer, Rufus, Jennifer Holiday, the Emotions, Patti Austin, Rufus, Brian McKnight and others.As an arranger, Meyers topped the charts with his string arrangement for Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” as well as arrangements on her Like a Prayer and I’m Breathless albums. Additionally, Meyers arranged the horns on the classic EWF track “Let’s Groove”, the strings on the Bee Gee remake “Emotion” by Destiny’s Child and orchestration on Brian McKnight’s “Back at One”.Bill has over 40 top ten single arrangements &amp; 10 number ones.Meyers’ creativity was not limited exclusively to other artists.In the midst of his extensive work with other artists, he managed to find the time to record three solo albums – the Grammy nominated, all-instrumental Images, his first vocal LP The Color of Truth, and All Things In Time.The greatest thrill for Bill is writing to picture. As a kid, he remembered hearing Jerry Goldsmith’s brilliant score of the movie Patton and thinking “that’s what I want to do someday”. In addition to the previously mentioned films, Meyers also composed the score to All’s Fair (1989) and If You Only Knew (2001), as well as music for the hit series Falcon Crest (ABC), The Maury Povich Show (CBS), Life is Wild (CBS), Vegas (NBC), and Inside the NBA (TNT).In 2011 Bill composed, orchestrated, &amp; conducted Opening &amp; Closing Ceremonies music for the Pan American Games, &amp; in 2013 for the Central American Games. In addition, he composed a 10 minute Ballet &amp; Closing music for the 150th celebration of Cinco DeMayo held in Puebla, Mexico.In 2017, “Images” was re released on Warrior Records. All three of Bill’s projects will be out again by the end of 2019.In 2019, Bill has orchestrated &amp; conducted a 60 minute suite of music for composer Tom Hormel at 20th Century Fox’s sound stage with an 75 piece symphonic orchestra. He recently finished scoring music for the soon to be released documentary First Contact &amp; will begin to record his first solo acoustic piano project due for release next year. <h3><a href="https://sylvesterrivers.com" title="https://sylvesterrivers.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sylvester Rivers</a> (Host)</h3>Composer, producer, arranger and pianist Sylvester Rivers has recorded with numerous hit artists including Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, The Jacksons, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson, Kenny Rogers, New Edition, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Gladys Knight &amp; The Pips, Martha Reeves, Lamont Dozier, Barry White, the Love Unlimited Orchestra, Shalamar, Cheryl Lynn, Gloria Gaynor, Candi Staton, The Sylvers, Marc Bolan &amp; T. Rex, Ray Parker, Jr. &amp; Raydio, Deniece Williams, Johnny Mathis, Billy Preston, Syreeta Wright, Michael Henderson, Earl Klugh, Stanley Turrentine, Najee, Maxine Nightingale, Aretha Franklin, The Fifth Dimension and many others.Sylvester Rivers occasionally toured as music director with artists including Ray Parker, Jr., (“Ghostbusters”), with whom he also recorded, and he conducted the world tour of Soul II Soul (“Back to Life”). Back in the studio, Rivers expanded once again, this time into composing and arranging television scores, including the syndicated sports program, “The Other Side of Victory,” hosted by the late Arthur Ashe and later by sports commentator, James Brown. He arranged and orchestrated music for the ABC production of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey’s, “The Nick &amp; Jessica Variety Hour.” Rivers composed and produced the score for MLK: A Dream Deferred, which featured Halle Berry, Regina King and Isaiah Washington. Sylvester Rivers is a Board Member of <a href="https://asmac.org/" title="https://asmac.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ASMAC (American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers)</a>.

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