Career Toolbox with Suzanne Vega

In this workshop intensive Suzanne will present her ‘career toolbox' concept to participants. Her ‘toolbox' contains a unique mix of creative, strategic and marketing skills that helped her in the early stages of her career. She will illustrate the need for both honest self-reflection as a creative artist and an understanding of what is needed to survive in the intense competitiveness of today's music business. Suzanne will taylor the day's focus to the needs of the group and address topics ranging… Show more from making it in the music business to the creative process in general. She will also allow ample time for questions. No previous songwriting experience necessary.

Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been labeled contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world's best-known halls.

Since Suzanne's debut 25 years ago she has sold over 7 million albums and has been nominated for 7 Grammy awards. Her song "Luka" about child abuse was a surprise hit and won MTV's Best Female Video. Suzanne was the first artist on the main stage at the very first Lilith Fair. Her voice and song "Tom's Diner" was used in the refinement of the MP3, earning her the nickname "The Mother of the MP3". Suzanne recorded "Tom's Diner" a cappella but it has since been remixed upwards of 100 times.

Suzanne Vega is an artist that continues to surprise. In 2011 in New York City she premiered Carson McCullers Talks About Love, an original play written and performed by Ms. Vega with songs she wrote with Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening) A pioneer among singer-songwriters. Suzanne has also embarked on a project to re-imagine her own songbook in a stripped down and intimate manner, creating 4 new thematic albums that will be released over the course of 2010-2012 called the Close-Up series.

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