Since 2006, Baton Rouge Music Studios has been fostering a range of talent, helping musicians as young as four and as old as 60 learning everything from guitar riffs to signature singing styles.
The bulk of its students are in the middle and high school range, anywhere from 9-17 years old, and they are a part of the school’s Young Band Nation program. There, BRMS founder Doug Gay takes them out of the private lesson format and groups them into performing bands.
“Several bands have been formed at the school,” he says. “They’ll start their own thing, and eventually, they leave to play shows at Atomic Pop Shop or Here Today Gone Tomorrow. We support that, but we’ve never been able to provide and mentor bands through that next step after they form. We want them to remain under our mentorship a little longer so they continue to learn about [the] music business.”