Glob­al T&T’s RVRB eX­pe­ri­ence (RVRB X) - an Artiste De­vel­op­ment Work­shop is a dy­nam­ic two-day in­ten­sive de­signed to pro­fes­sion­al­ly de­vel­op T&T mu­si­cians and per­form­ers.

Tak­ing place on May 16 and 17, the work­shop of­fers un­par­al­leled ac­cess to in­dus­try ex­per­tise, hands-on train­ing, and in­valu­able net­work­ing and show­cas­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties.

Par­tic­i­pants will learn from lu­mi­nar­ies such as Steve “Urchin” Wil­son (renowned for his work with Sean Paul), Dana Shayegan of Monk Mu­sic, and Michael “Tano” Mon­tano (ac­claimed pro­duc­er for Kes, and Coutain).

These sea­soned pro­fes­sion­als will share their in­sights and strate­gies across a range of cru­cial top­ics, in­clud­ing

• Nav­i­gat­ing the evolv­ing mu­sic in­dus­try: stream­ing, AI, and glob­al trends

• Mas­ter­ing mu­sic busi­ness fun­da­men­tals: rights, con­tracts, roy­al­ties, and fi­nan­cial plan­ning

• Build­ing a cap­ti­vat­ing brand and artiste iden­ti­ty

• Lever­ag­ing dig­i­tal plat­forms and pre-re­lease mar­ket­ing for ex­port suc­cess

• Song­writ­ing, pro­duc­tion, and per­for­mance ex­cel­lence

• So­cial me­dia strate­gies for in­ter­na­tion­al reach

• Net­work­ing and col­lab­o­ra­tion for glob­al op­por­tu­ni­ties

The work­shop cul­mi­nates with a fi­nal show­case where par­tic­i­pants will per­form orig­i­nal songs or col­lab­o­ra­tive works, re­ceiv­ing re­al-time feed­back from in­dus­try pro­fes­sion­als. The fi­nal show­case pro­vides an op­por­tu­ni­ty for artistes to show off their skills, seek out col­lab­o­ra­tions and net­work.

“The RVRB X - Artiste De­vel­op­ment Work­shop is a cat­a­lyst for growth and pro­fes­sion­al de­vel­op­ment. It pro­vides artiste with an easy-to-fol­low work­plan and launch­pad for new ex­porters and of­fers guid­ance on new pos­si­bil­i­ties for those mu­sic pro­fes­sion­als who are al­ready ex­port­ing,” says Melis­sa Jimenez, gen­er­al man­ag­er of the Mu­sic Di­vi­sion of Glob­al T&T.

“By em­pow­er­ing our mu­si­cians and per­form­ers, we’re build­ing a cre­ative in­dus­try that can gen­er­ate jobs, dri­ve ex­port rev­enue, and po­si­tion T&T as a leader in the glob­al cre­ative in­dus­tries/or­ange econ­o­my.”

As T&T con­tin­ues to di­ver­si­fy its econ­o­my be­yond the tra­di­tion­al non-en­er­gy sec­tors, Glob­al T&T has iden­ti­fied the cre­ative in­dus­tries as a pri­or­i­ty for busi­ness de­vel­op­ment, eco­nom­ic di­ver­si­fi­ca­tion, and ex­port ex­pan­sion.

“Glob­al T&T’s com­mit­ment to nur­tur­ing tal­ent, fos­ter­ing en­tre­pre­neur­ship, and un­der­tak­ing ini­tia­tives like the RVRB X Work­shop di­rect­ly sup­port the cre­ation of glob­al­ly com­pet­i­tive busi­ness­es and new sources of ex­port rev­enue for the coun­try” says Sek­ou Al­leyne, CEO of Glob­al T&T.

The 2025 RVRB X event is the fourth in­stall­ment in the RVR­BX se­ries.

For in­quiries about the up­com­ing RVRB X work­shop, con­tact in­fo@mu­sictt.gov.tt.