Lessons

  • Voice 

    Misty is a touring musician and has an array of experience in vocal training. 

    Her vocal education includes a Bachelor of Music specialising in Popular Voice and Musical Theatre training. She coaches a variety of technique methods and applying what works best for each student. 

    Key elements in each lesson include: 

    • Understanding the voice 

    • Warm up exercises 

    • Technique exercises including expansion of the vocal range

    • Building of Repertoire 

    • Performance storytelling 

    • Harnessing unique vocal style, using your authentic voice 

    Genres covered in lessons include:

    • Country

    • Folk 

    • Musical Theatre

    • Pop

    • Punk 

    • Jazz 

    • Soul

    • Bossa Nova 

    • Original music composed by student

    Additional features offered are: 

    • Music Industry Mentoring 

    • Songwriting

    • Performance Preparation 

    • Vocal, Piano and guitar theory 

    • Artist Mentoring 

    • Performance Etiquette 

  • Key Elements in Beginner guitar include:

    • Understanding the Guitar

    • Learning Chords 

    • Learning open and Bar Chords 

    • Learning new material 

    • How to play scales  

    • Guitar Theory (how it all works)  

    • Building repertoire 

    • Hand Technique 

    • How to apply strumming and picking patterns 

    • Rhythm exercises 

    • Reading and playing Tablature 

    • Melody Curation 

  • Having been trained in AMEB Piano and accompanying herself and others on Piano, Misty delivers beginner piano lessons personalised to what each student wants to learn. 

    Key Elements in Beginner Piano Lessons Include: 

    • Understanding the Piano 

    • Learning Chords 

    • Learning Inversions 

    • Improvisation

    • Ear Training exercises 

    • How to play scales  

    • Piano theory 

    • Learning new material 

    • AMEB grades 

    • Building repertoire 

    • Technique 

    • Rhythm exercises 

    • Combing left and right hand 

    • Reading sheet music 

  • Misty has been songwriting for over 10 years, performing her songs to national and international audiences. Recording, songwriting, co-writing is all in her catalogue. 

    Key elements in songwriting lessons include: 

    • Song structure 

    • How to write a song 

    • Lyric work 

    • Lyric/poetic lyrics 

    • Songwriting vocabulary 

    • Identifying Rhyme schemes 

    • Topics, themes and outlines

    • Unique Artist lyric style 

    • Band songwriting 

    • Different songwriting processes

    • Co-writing 

    • Creating demos 

    • Types of different songwriting looking at certain artists

    • Recording your music 

    • Types of different songwriting 

    • Writing to a brief 

    • Dynamic melody writing 

    • Storytelling 

    • Writing hooks 

    • Creating songwriting brief 

    • Chart/lyric chord writing

  • Known for her intricate accomplished guitar playing, Misty teaches singer-songwriter guitar, focusing on how to sing and play at the same time and introduce strumming and picking patterns. 

    Key elements in Singer-songwriter Guitar include:

    • Chord progressions 

    • Picking patterns 

    • Dynamic guitar accompanying 

    • Strumming patterns 

    • Rhythm exercises

    • How to write a song 

    • Learning chords 

    • Learning chord variations 

    • Song structures 

    • Different types of songwriting 

    • Alternative tuning 

    • Incorporating lead lines

  • Piano being the first instrument Misty learnt to write with, she teaches how to use the piano as a tool to help write your songs and how to harness your skills further. 

    Key elements in singer songwriter piano include:

    • Chord progressions 

    • Arpeggios 

    • How to write a song using piano 

    • Dynamics 

    • Learning chords 

    • Learning chord variations 

    • Incorporating soloing 

    • Learning chord inversions 

    • Key elements in a song 

    • Different types of songwriting 

    • Rhythm exercises

  • Independent Artist Mentoring

    As an independent touring, recording and self producing artist under the name Misty Harlowe, Misty offers guidance to any independent artists seeking advice in the music industry. Helping them to forge their path forward, and curate a place for themselves in the music scene. 

    • Individual Industry Advice

    • Mentoring 

    • Goal setting 

    • Career preparation 

    • Start up essentials 

    • How to write a bio - finding your unique story 

    • How to build industry connections 

    • How to get a gig 

    • Harnessing your unique sound

    • Press Kit curation 

    • Building your artist team 

    • Industry etiquette 

    • Creating income streams through music 

    • Ticketed show tips 

    • How to self promote  

    • Create an artist elevator pitch 

    • Recording and production guidance 

    • Band leading 

    • Where is your scene 

    • Venue communication