Matt Halpern: to host next CreativeLive 'Music & Audio' channel course this week

Matt Halpern (Periphery, Bandhappy.com) to host next CreativeLive 'Music & Audio' channel course "The Working Musician Playbook" this week

SEATTLE, WA - CreativeLive, the world's leading online classroom, will begin livestreaming its next 'Music & Audio' channel class, "The Working Musician Playbook," tomorrow from 9:00 AM PDT (12:00 PM EDT) to 4:00 PM PDT (7:00 PM EDT) from its Seattle, Wash. studio. In this online course, free to watch live, Modern Drummer's 2013 'Best Metal Drummer,' Matt Halpern, along with a slew of accomplished industry special guests, will show viewers how to break out of the garage and build a lasting career in the music industry - from finding the right management, agent and label, to building relationships with sponsors and key industry players and more.

Those wishing to enroll in the two-day course can still do so online at:http://www.creativelive.com/courses/working-musican-playbook-matt-halpern

Special guests to appear in-studio on April 9 and 10 are as follows:

Ash Avildsen - Sumerian Records Founder/CEO

Mike Mowery - Outerloop MGMT Founder/CEO

Mark Scribner - Business Manager for Killswitch Engage, Periphery, Animals as Leaders

Mike Johnston - Drummer, Clinician and Founder of Mikeslessons.com

Chris Brewer - Head of Artist Relations for Meinl Cymbals USA

J.P. Bouvet - Drummer, Clinician and winner of Guitar Center Drum Off 2011

Since its inception in 2010, CreativeLive has broadcast more than 250 courses to more than 1 million students worldwide. Now streaming live from studios in Seattle and San Francisco, CreativeLive hosts workshops in photography, video, design, business, audio, music, and software training, unlocking previously closed doors by making dynamic education accessible to everyone.

The site's upcoming "The Working Musician Playbook" instructor, Matt Halpern, plays drums in Periphery and is the founder of Bandhappy.com. He's a fixture on the clinic scene, multiple time winner of the Modern Drummer Magazine readers' poll in the Educator/Clinician and Metal Drummer categories, and one of the most respected names in rock drumming. Also, he loves dogs.

Stay tuned to CreativeLive.com and hhttp://www.creativelive.com/audio for more information on "The Working Musician Playbook" and other upcoming 'Music & Audio' classes.