Prime Minister fulfills promise to music professionals

DOMINICA:  A promise made by the Honourable Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit to advance the music industry is already being realized by the Association of Music Professional (AMP) of Dominica.
In July 2015, the Honourable Prime Minister made that commitment while also announcing an allocation of $500k towards that industry.
Earlier this month, Hon Dr Skerrit identified training as one of the key aspects of developing the industry which has the ability to contribute to the national economy if done professionally.
On Tuesday, April 26^th, a training workshop called, “The craft of song writing” began at the Dominica State College; this is being facilitated by Swedish national and renowned international song writer, Aleena Gibson. The training will end on Friday.
At the opening ceremony of the workshop, President of the Association of Music Professionals,  Mc Carthy Marie said, “From the point of view that Dominica is moving forward in the music business, we at AMP thought that we should start at the beginning. In the music business everybody knows that the foundation rests on the song writer and if you want to get involved in selling music to the region and beyond, the craft of song writing is something we ought to learn to do.”
A workshop on record production and studio engineering will begin on May 15^th at the Dominica State College. This training will be facilitated by recording engineer and record producer Stuart Young of Canada.
The training programs will cost approximately $54k.