Teaching Staff
P.J. Tracy
P.J. Tracy is an EMMY® Award-Winning and GANG Award-Winning Songwriter and Composer.
His music has been placed in several major television, radio and movie theater networks including but not limited to: CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, AMC and ICON theaters, and Clear Channel / iHeart Radio Media.
His music has been featured in prestigious international venues such as: The Hauge in the Netherlands, The Walker Art Center, The Boston Music Marathon, The Minneapolis Institute Of Art and The Casoria Center For The Contemporary Arts in Naples, Italy.
Over the past 17 years P.J. has done audio branding work, music composition for business-to-business advertising and messaging, as well as creative consulting with teams at a handful of Fortune 500 companies including: GE, Bank of America, NVent, Invensys and the second largest company in the world, Aramco.
Brett Studer
Brett Studer is a multi-genre Guitarist, Songwriter and Composer from Minneapolis, USA. At age 17 he became the MN All-State Jazz Guitarist, and toured Europe performing at various venues
including the Montreux Jazz and North Sea Jazz Festivals.
Brett studied Classical Guitar at Folkwang University in Essen, Germany, as well as privately with world-renowned guitarist Dale Kavanagh. Additionally, he was a professional busker in a Gypsy Jazz guitar duo in Barcelona, Spain for several months.
After returning to the USA, Brett worked as a consultant for the University of St. Thomas School of Charter School Authorizing,
facilitating the opening of a handful of new Charter Schools in Minnesota, as well as monitoring compliance, academic
performance, and board of directors meetings.
A consummate music educator, Brett has taught dozens of private lessons with students ranging in age from 3 to 63. His expertise in guitar, singing and songwriting continues to inspire and drive growth in his stable of mentees.
Additionally, Brett has performed hundreds of gigs in a variety of venues in the US and across the globe including a recent
performance at Envision Festival in Costa Rica.
In 2019, Brett began working with PJ Tracy, whom he continues to mentor under to this day. Together, they founded ‘The Music Maker Method' to bring their knowledge and expertise to a wider audience of songwriters, producers, and composers around the world!
Check out P.J. on the
Sonic State Podcast!
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