FARM Virtual Mentor Sessions are back!!
FARM is hosting occasional virtual mentor sessions with knowledgeable and experienced members of our music community who are willing to pass some of that on to you. Each month we’ll have 3 – 6 mentors available to talk with you on a multitude of topics. These are one on one 15 minute sessions held on Zoom.
Coming up on April 14, 2p – 4pm Eastern / 1p-3p Central
Back by popular demand, we’ve curated a batch of amazing humans with extensive knowledge of the music industry and willingness to share that with you. Below you can read more about them (as if you don’t already know =)
Janet Feld
Artist, Teacher, Mentor to Artists Who Teach
Janet Feld is an award-winning performing songwriter, appearing at folk festivals and coffeehouses from coast to coast throughout a nearly four-decade career.
Janet’s been teaching general music classes and private lessons to people of all ages since the 1980s. Since 2000, she’s been teaching guitar and songwriting at The Passim School of Music and is the founder and Chief Music Officer at Janet’s Planet: Music Lessons for Humanoids. Janet also published her first book for music teachers, Practicing Safe Music – Create an emotionally safe and magical experience for your music students, while rocking your self-care.
Mentoring Topics:
- Building a sustainable private lesson practice that supports your artist life
- Songwriting
- Guitar practicing hacks
Tret Fure
A 50 year career as a singer/songwriter, guitarist, engineer, producer and touring musician.
Mentoring Topics:
- Songwriting
- acoustic guitar
- navigating an independent career
- Patreon
- performance skills and more…
Mike Green
After a nearly 40-year career as a booking agent for numerous folk and roots music artists Mike Green recently retired as the co-owner and agent with Mike Green & Associates,. Now he splits his time between writing songs and performing, serving on the FARM board, and participating in political activism.
Early in his career, Mike served on the Folk Alliance International board, and later as President of the board of NAPAMA (North American Performing Arts Managers & Agents).
Mentoring topics:
- Booking and negotiating performance fees
- Tour routing
- Working effectively with a booking agent
- Knowing when it’s time to work with a booking agent
https://mikegreensongwriter.com/
Art Menius
Art Menius is a leading folk radio promoter, artist manager, first president and de facto executive director of FAI. Former IBMA and SERFA executive director. Concert and festival presenter including MerleFest, and DJ
Mentoring Topics:
- Radio promotion
- how the folk music industry works
- career planning
- how presenters think
- nonprofit arts management
- board development
Charlie Mosbrook
Mentoring Topics:
- Non profit presenter – Folknet
- Non-profit service. Current FAI board, Folknet President, , Former FARM President
- Program and Education director for Roots of American Music
- Songwriting – Award winning songwriter (Woodyfest 2nd place)
- Audio editing/engineering –
- Accessibility issues – Lives with Spinal Cord Injury
- Music Education in schools
- Songwriting workshops with students
- 30 years as an open mic host.
Next Session dates:
June 9, 2026
SEEKING MENTORS
If you are someone who has unique expertise in one or more areas relating to the music industry and are interested in volunteering a couple of hours to share that knowledge, we welcome you to reach out to us. Please email Annie Capps at connections@farmfolk.org.