BPMI Live | Part 8: Sound on Sound & Boston Calling

At Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, students learn what it takes to manage real artists at some of the world’s most popular music festivals. This captivating docuseries follows the ups and downs of the Berklee Popular Music Institute’s students, as they prepare emerging artists for the biggest performances of their careers.

In the BPMI Live series finale, Kieran Rhodes and his team grapple with the unfortunate reality that the show doesn’t always go on. Seven months later, an unexpected twist offers a happy ending.

Credits
Series Produced by Bottle Tree Pictures
Director: Alex Enman
Producer: Dan Gruenpeter
Cinematography: Dylan Law
Executive Producer: Morgan Milardo
Associate Producer: Morgan Luzzi
Series Camera Operators: Alex Lopez, Jeremy Ramirez, Drew Ndengabaganizi
Series Sound Mixers: Dan Holden, Mark Gardner, Nick Natale

Featured Music:
Kieran Rhodes “What Got Into You”
JVK “Body Double”

Theme Song: Kenny Beats “Hold My Head”
“HOLD MY HEAD” PERFORMED BY KENNY BEATS, LICENSED COURTESY OF XL RECORDINGS LTD. CONTAINS A SAMPLE OF “NOW I CAN HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH” BY THE TRIADS, LICENSED COURTESY OF THE NUMERO GROUP. WRITTEN BY KENNETH CHARLES BLUME III (BMI), WARREN BROOKS (BMI) AND LARRY BROOKS (BMI). PUBLISHED BY (C) SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND KENNY BEATS PUBLISHING (BMI) AND SONGS IN NUMERICAL ORDER.

Special Thanks:
Jeffrey Dorenfeld
Gerry Barad
The Abrams Foundation
Ann Kreis
Danny Wimmer Presents
C3 Presents
Founders Entertainment
Live Nation
Crossroads Presents
Citizens Live
Brighton Music Hall
Berklee College of Music
Berklee Popular Music Institute Advisory Board

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About Berklee College of Music:
Berklee is the preeminent institute of contemporary music and the performing arts, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs at its campuses in Boston, Massachusetts and Valencia, Spain, and through its award-winning distance learning program, Berklee Online. Dedicated to nurturing the creative and career potential of the world’s most inspired artists and industry leaders, Berklee’s commitment to arts education is reflected in the work of its students, faculty, and alumni—hundreds of whom have been recognized with Grammy, Tony, Oscar, and Emmy Awards. With students and alumni from more than 100 nations and educational partners across the world, we are forging new connections among art forms, musical traditions, and technologies to build a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative global arts community. Learn more at berklee.edu.

About the Berklee Popular Music Institute:
The Berklee Popular Music Institute's BPMI Live course is a one-year program that provides practical access to high levels of the music industry, with a focus on concerts and touring. Students learn how to navigate careers as they hone their skills in artist discovery, development, promotion, and more. Curriculum activities are designed in collaboration with today's top industry figures to reflect contemporary trends and practices in the music business. For the capstone of the program, students participate at festivals such as Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, and Bourbon & Beyond, where they work as artist managers, production and tour managers, and artist publicists. Alumni of the program have gone on to work at Interscope, Capitol Records, DreamWorks, Universal Music Group, Live Nation, AEG Live, Danny Wimmer Presents, YouTube, Google, CAA, Wasserman, WME, Red Bull, Spotify, Red Light Management, Kobalt, Sony, C3, and among more. Notable BPMI Live artists include Jobi Riccio B.M. ’20 (Yep Roc Records), Kieran Rhodes B.M. '24 (America's Got Talent), and Lizzy McAlpine ’20, who was featured as the program's first virtual performer during the COVID-19 shutdown, in March 2020.

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