The Perfect Performance Bootcamp
The Perfect Performance Bootcamp

The Perfect Performance Bootcamp

Guided, On-Demand Certification Program

May 6, 2024-October 21, 2024


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Create the Show You've Always Dreamed Of

Create the Show You've Always Dreamed Of

You've got big dreams and vision for your live show. You can picture the perfect lighting, immersive video, and flawless sound mixing together to create an unforgettable experience for your audience.


But your budget doesn't match the scale of your dreams. Hiring additional musicians, techs, and equipment to pull it all off seems out of reach. You're left feeling stuck performing a basic show, wishing you could bring your real vision to life. 


What if I told you there was a way to create the perfect performance you've always envisioned on a modest budget? A way to perform your songs exactly how you want them to sound, with a full band sound, perfectly synced visuals, and an automated production...without needing to hire any additional band members or techs?


It's possible with the power of playback and Ableton Live. And I can show you exactly how to do it step-by-step.


Who Is This Program For?

Bands and Artists

Bands and Artists

If you desire to be more than just another band in a bar. If you've got big dreams, but a small budget. If you're willing to integrate playback into your show, so that you can you improve your performances, create the sound you've always dreamed of, have more fun on stage, and book bigger and better shows...this is for you.


Playback Engineers

Playback Engineers

If you're looking to do more than just press spacebar. If you believe being a Playback Engineer is about service. If you want to get bigger and better gigs as a Playback Engineer. If you've already using Playback but want to up-skill and learn how to create a better performance using production..this is for you.

Introducing The Perfect Performance Bootcamp

The Perfect Performance Bootcamp is a 6 month program designed to guide you through building your dream show using the power of playback and Ableton Live.


Each month we'll focus on a different skill, building on top of the last, until you've mastered

creating the perfect performance:


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Month 1: Perfect Performance Process & Systems

Month 1: Perfect Performance Process & Systems

  • Intro to the Perfect Performance Process & Perfect Performance Systems Design.

  • Planning your audio system.

  • Creating a "band hub" for locked arrangements. 

  • Optimizing in-ears for better monitoring.

Month 2: The Playback Method™

Month 2: The Playback Method™

  • Prep: Building a playback system from scratch.

  • Program: Programming songs and sets in Ableton Live.

  • Practice: Learn how to help your band practice well, and how to keep rehearsals flowing well.

  • Perform: Learn to use Playback Confidently on-stage.

Month 3: The Advanced Playback Method™

Month 3: The Advanced Playback Method™

  • Hands-Free: Learn how to program a "hands-free" Ableton Live set that you can navigate only by pressing play. Stay focused on the music, and not the tech.

  • Redundant: Learn how to create a Playback System that works, no matter what. 

  • Remote: Learn how to move your Playback System off-stage and confidently remotely control it-so that you don't let the audience in on "your secret"

Month 4: Ableton Live and The Connected Stage

Month 4: Ableton Live and The Connected Stage

  • Creating a networked, integrated stage with iConnectivity. 

  • Intro to The Connected Stage Process.

  • How to control anything in the world with Ableton Live.

  • How to control instruments on-stage with Ableton Live.

  • How to connect Ableton Live to anything in the world.

  • How to automate your production.

Month 5: Controlling Your Instruments On Stage

Month 5: Controlling Your Instruments On Stage

  • Setting up Ethercon, rack-mounted satellite control.

  • Creating redundant instrument systems.

  • Changing guitar/bass patches via MIDI.  

  • Switching vocal processing presets.

  • Syncing keyboards and drum modules to your song.

Month 6: Automating Your Production

Month 6: Automating Your Production

  • Applying The Connected Stage Process.

  • Designing redundant production systems.

  • Connecting playback to your production systems (lights, video, lyrics/teleprompter).

  • Setting up a confidence monitor for lyrics/teleprompter.

  • How to setup/send video for your show.

  • Creating videos for your songs, in any software.

  • Programming perfectly synced lights. 

  • Working with an LD.

  • Using timecode to create perfectly synced shows.

  • Syncing lyrics and teleprompter with playback.

  • Syncing video with playback.

How The Bootcamp Works


Guided On-Demand Learning

Unlike rigid traditional classes, the Bootcamp offers pre-recorded video lessons you can access anytime. Learn on your schedule at your own pace - no coordinating schedules or need to join a live call to learn. Fit the bootcamp into your current schedule.


Structured Curriculum

Content is organized into weekly themes building up to overarching monthly topics. Every Monday, you'll get a quick training, that lays out the theme and structure for the week, and the exact content to watch to learn. This structured approach ensures you develop comprehensive abilities on your timeline. Never feel lost in a sea of content.


Weekly Green-Room Sessions

Have the option of joining live "Green Room" co-working sessions. Every week they'll be Zoom Rooms you can join to do your work. Other students are invited to join as well and work alongside of you. No teaching, just implementing what you're learning and interacting with fellow students.


Weekly Coaching Calls

Live weekly coaching calls provide direct access to expert guidance. Get your questions answered in real-time. Can't attend live? Submit your questions early. Calls are always recorded so you never miss a tip.


Student Support Network

Our private online community fosters true peer learning. Share your progress and get feedback. Learn from the diverse experiences of fellow musicians. Create connections that enrich your growth. You'll have the opportunity each week to share your progress and provide feedback to fellow students in the exclusive, private student only community.


Hands-On Assessments

Monthly challenges allow you to implement skills into real performances. Assessments provide metrics to validate your progress. No better training than real-world application. You'll get specific feedback, and thoughts from Will on your assessment. You'll always know exactly where you stand and what to work on. No wondering, if you're "getting it". 


Get Certified

If you successfully complete the 6 monthly assessment and the final assessment you'll earn your certification. Gain credentials that help you land gigs and add credibility. You'll also have the option of being listed on the exclusive Alumni page, and you'll be apart of the crew I recommend when people reach out for coaching or help creating The Perfect Performance.


This blend of flexible delivery, structured learning, community support, and hands-on training is what makes the Perfect Performance Bootcamp truly unique.

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What You Get When You Join

Step by Step Guidance
Step by Step Guidance

The Bootcamp is all about a step by step plan. You'll learn the exact right plan to follow and know exactly what step is next. As opposed to being left on your own to figure it out, you'll get access to a custom designed curriculum and content to help you create The Perfect Performance.

Learn Whenever, Wherever
Learn Whenever, Wherever

The Perfect Performance Bootcamp is a guided, on-demand learning experience. Use the app to download weekly content and courses to watch whenever you'd like, even without internet. No need to join a live call to learn, learn whenever is convient for you.

We Won't Let You Fail
We Won't Let You Fail

We're doing this together. The Perfect Performance Bootcamp is a collaborative, community based experience. Each week, you'll be engaging in the exclusive community, sharing progress, and interacting with others. We won't let you quit. We'll encourage you along the way, and answer any questions you have.

Go Beyond Playback
Go Beyond Playback

The Perfect Performance isn't JUST about Playback. Learn how to design and integrate all your production. Learn how to setup and program lights, video, and lyrics. Learn how to help your band prep for the perfect performance beforehand. Get access to exclusive content that shows you how.

Know You're Doing it Right
Know You're Doing it Right

Every week, you'll be given a community based assignment to know you're understanding it right. You'll share your progress in community, and engage with others progress. Every month, you'll have an assessment to prove what you've learned. You'll get specific custom feedback from Will on your assement. 

Prove And Promote Your Skills
Prove And Promote Your Skills

Once you complete the program, and successfully complete all 6 monthly assessments, and the final Perfect Performance Assessment, you'll receive your certification and have the option to be listed on the Alumni page. When people ask for coaching or help creating the perfect performance-they'll be directed to alumni of the program.

Bonuses Included When You Enroll!

BONUS 1: Integrating AI to Create The Perfect Performance

BONUS 1: Integrating AI to Create The Perfect Performance

"Create a Hit Song"... That's how most of us approach AI, and instantly feel disappointed with the results. But AI, when approached with the proper perspective, can instantly improve your life, and increase your output. In this mini course, you'll see a few ways AI can be integrated into your process to help create The Perfect Performance.

BONUS 2: The Path to Becoming a Professional Playback Engineer

BONUS 2: The Path to Becoming a Professional Playback Engineer

In this mini course, I'll layout a simple and easy process to follow that can lead you towards becoming a Playback Engineer. Whether you want to do this as a side hustle, or as a full-time job, you'll learn a simple, easy to follow process, that can lead you towards the goal of being a Professional Playback Engineer.

Frequently Asked Questions

I’m not a professional

Great! As long as you’re making money from music, or hope to in the future, this is the perfect solution for you. Instead of enrolling in a music program at a university, you’re getting a current, up to date education on real skills you can use to get and keep a gig, at a fraction of the cost. The ROI is insane. 

I’m a professional, I already know how to do this..

This is the curse of the working professionals. The most important thing you need on a current gig, is to not change anything. If it’s working, doing touch it, don’t optimize. The problem is, that’s the very thing that will keep you from growing and sharpening your skill-set. Music technology changes so quickly, it’s hard to keep up. If you’re not staying on top of it and learning new things, you’ll be left behind and miss out. This program is designed to expand your skillset and give you an up to date look at the industry standards and how 

I get so frustrated with tech.. This will never work!!

First, it’s important to understand, it’s not your fault. To create the perfect performance, you’ve got to learn alot of different pieces of tech. Once you get those mastered, you’ve then got to figure out how get them integrated. Those companies don’t often talk to each other, and they don’t provide support for each others products…so where do you turn for help?


And ultimately, you want to play music, not be an IT person on stage!


With this program you’ll get a guided learning experience through each of the pieces of tech you need. Then you’ll learn step by step how to integrate them all and have Ableton control them. You’ll learn step by step how to do this, and get support along the way. 

You can’t teach an old dog, new tricks

There’s no age limit to this content. The only requirement is that you first believe you can learn this content. If so, you’ll master it. We so often get in our own way because of our limiting beliefs. Whether you believe you can or can’t, you’re right. If you can commit to believing that you can do this, I’ll commit to providing the most through, step by step curriculum you can find. 

What if I'm busy during the program?

The Bootcamp is designed to be flexible for your schedule. You can learn at your own pace, view content without WiFi, and pick back up right where you left off. Just let your coach know if you need to shift deadlines. You'll never miss anything with recorded coaching calls.

I can’t afford it

I get it. Money is tight. It’s time to focus only on the essentials. If you don’t feel like this program is going to improve your performance, help you book better gigs, and ultimately make more money…this isn’t for you.


But if you have big dreams and a small budget, this is the best ROI you can get. Practically speaking, if you wanted to achieve the same results you’ll get in this program, an in-sync lighting show, perfectly timed video, lyrics and charts that follow your arrangement, and all of your patches and presets changing at just the right time…you’d have to hire at least 3 techs to travel with you on the road. You’d have to pay each of them at least 1,000 a week, room and board, and per diem.


With this program you pay me less than half of what you’d pay one tech, once a month for 6 months and no extra bunks on the bus needed.


Plus, what you learn here will continue to provide value and results after the program ends, and after you stop paying me. 

Is this the same as your All-Access membership?

All-Access lets you learn skills on-demand, but without guidance. The Bootcamp gives you structured training and coaching for creating complete perfect performances. If you want to develop skills on your own timeline, All-Access may be a better fit.

No one in my area does this..

I have good news and bad news.


The good news is you have an unfair advantage. You’ll be able to use playback to play songs with instruments you don’t have, you’ll be able to stay focused on the music (and not the tech) and have more fun playing music. You’ll be able to create the perfect performance and become one of the best bands in your area. You can book better and bigger gigs and make more money and have more fun.


You’re not called to be just another band in a bar… you want more than that.


Here’s the bad news though…if no one in your area is doing this, you have no one in your area you can learn from, and get support.


But I have even better news...with this program, you not only learn how to implement Playback with the road tested Playback Method, but you get a community of like minded musicians that are here to cheer you on and support you.


We won’t let you quit, and we’ll answer all your questions for you.

Will this program help me get work as a playback engineer?

Absolutely. We need more qualified playback engineers. When you complete the Bootcamp, you'll get certified and be listed as a recommended engineer. Your skills will make you stick out and help you get and keep the gig.

I’m preparing for a tour.. I don’t have time for this..

When you join the perfect performance Bootcamp, you’ll get immediate access to every course available in our All-Access program instantly. If there’s something you want to learn, you can instantly dive into that and master it. As you follow along and progress in the program, you’ll instantly find little things you can start to implement right away, and store away knowledge and insight for future performances. You’ll always be “getting ready” for the next performance, this is your chance to make the next one, the best yet…don’t miss out. 

I’m in the middle of a tour.. I don’t have time to learn this

While you’re in the middle of a tour, it’s not the right time to start suddenly testing and trying new things. But, once you’ve got the swing of things and have a good rhythm going, you have time to learn. Because this program is both guided and on-demand, you can learn when you have time and always pick back up where you left off. Very practically, you can view content on your phone and download courses to view without WiFi. The site remembers exactly where you left off and you can pick back up where you left off.

We do this as a hobby and don’t have the budget to do this

You didn’t pick up this hobby to be frustrated all the time. And if you dream of this becoming a potential full time gig, you don’t want to start dreading it. We all know how frustrating it can be to try and integrate music tech into your setup. This program will save you hours of searching the internet , hours of stumbling through the manual, hours of trying to interpret all those sources to implement what you’re trying to learn (only to find out the approach was wrong in the first place)… This program will save you all of that time, and all of that money you’ve already wasted. Plus, what you learn in this program, will elevate your performance and has the potential to make you one of the best bands in your area. Just because it’s a hobby doesn’t mean you can’t get paid.  Don’t just be another band in a bar. Learn how to create the perfect performance to improve your show, so you can book better gigs, and make more money and have more fun. 

I’m already on the road as a playback engineer.. What can I learn from this? 

It’s never been JUST about playback. You know it. It’s rare to be hired just to be the playback

Engineer. You’re walking into each gig and expected to met the un-spoken expectations of the production manager, and the artist you’re working with. With this program, you get confidence. Confidence that no matter what scenario you’re walking into, the answer will be yes. Yes to automating anything with Ableton live. Yes to creating a connected stage and controlling your instruments on stage (no matter what they are with Ableton Live. Yes to setting up a teleprompter. Yes to creating a redundant rig. Yes to automating lights, and video, and charts…. With this program the answer is yes and you get the confidence you’ve always dreamed of.

We don’t have the budget to buy all this gear.. And hire all these extra techs…

You’ve got big dreams and a small budget, I get it.


Here’s the options you’ve got. Hire multiple techs, pay them each 1,000 every week (plus room and board and per diem) and you can have amazing lights, video, have someone else change your patches and presets for you and have an amazing show.


Or you can pay me less than half of what you’d pay a single tech, once a month for six months and I’ll teach you how to hit the road, with the same results and without hiring any additional techs.


When it comes to gear, you’ve got to find and buy gear that can be versatile enough to expand and grow later to add new skills.


Otherwise you end up throwing away thousands of dollars of gear everytime you purchase something and need a new skill.


Again, the choice is yours…pay a lot less now, or pay a lot more later..

I watch your Youtube tutorials.. What’s new with this??

This is a purpose designed, step by step curriculum and program that will show you the exact path you need to take to achieve the perfect performance. YouTube is all about “how” and making it as quick as possible. This program not only shows you how, but explains the exact right order and steps you need to take to achieve the perfect performance, and explains why. Once you understand the key frameworks and why we’re taking these steps, the sky is your limit. You’ll be able to implement these techniques to achieve the perfect performance . This is also the only place you’ll see me teach the perfect performance concepts, and the only place you can become a certified coach. 

I subscribed for a month a few years ago.. What’s new with this??

The all-access program is designed to be the most comprehensive, on-demand place to learn how to integrate playback into your performance. I’ve released my brand new playback method and advanced playback method courses that will teach you how integrate playback into your performance. If you’re a self starter and want to access only the content you want when you need it, all access is a great fit. But if your goal is to create the perfect performance, or to help others create the perfect performance, this is the only place you’ll find a step by step process to create the perfect performance. I will show you the exact courses you need to take, and help coach you along the way to achieve the perfect performance. Plus, this is the only place you’ll find the perfect performance content, including the frameworks, processes, and I teach here, 

Real musicians don’t use tracks!!

Who let you in here??? No, I’m glad you’re here. Here’s the truth though, using playback and playing with a metronome doesn’t make you any less of a musician than playing a an electric guitar makes your any less of a guitar player if you played an acoustic guitar. Playback is an instrument, it takes effort, skill, and time to master it. Most believe playback isn’t for real musicians simply because they don’t understand playback. They believe a guitar play is on stage “faking” playing guitar and 

The guitar is on the track. That’s not the case. They’re onstage playing their parts and supplementing their sounds with sounds from the original record and sending MIDI and timecode to

automate their production. I’ve heard great musicians use playback, and I’ve heard terrible musicians use playback…they were all real.

Can I really get gigs as a playback engineer?

There are far more gigs for Playback Engineers than there are playback engineers. Don’t take my word for it, check out what berklee music online said… 


https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-now/news/key-changes-playback-engineers


Learning Playback is a way you can get and keep the gig. Imagine walking into any audition as an amazing musician AND the skillset of an amazing playback engineer.


Imagine being hired as a playback engineer, and being able to effectively communicate with everyone in the production and help improve your band and artists show.


There’s only so many gigs as a musician or as a tech.


Who will get the gig? The amazing drummer, or the amazing drummer who is also an amazing playback engineer?


And when you’re not doing your normal job, you can book gigs as a playback engineer.


Plus, if you’re looking for a great side hustle, you can start coaching other bands and helping program their shows.


When you complete the perfect performance Bootcamp, you’ll receive certification and have the option to be listed publicly on the site. When people ask me for suggestions for playback engineers, I’ll point them to you.

I don’t live in LA or Nashville… who is going to hire me as a playback??

The beauty of this job is that it can happen from anywhere. It takes learning the knowledge (I’ll help with that), applying the knowledge (you can do that anywhere, with any band-or for yourself), a proven track record of your success (with this knowledge you’ll be successful), and a network of people that trust you (you’ll gain that with this community).


Plus, in addition when you successfully complete this program, you’ll receive a certificate and have the option of being listed on the site as a certified playback engineer.


When people ask me for suggestions for playback engineers, I’ll point them your direction.

I don’t know how to do this..

Great! As long as you believe you can learn this, and commit to do the work, I’ll help you learn.


Instead of being left to your own to figure this out, you’ll be given a step by step framework on exactly how to achieve the perfect performance.


You don’t need to know how to do this, all you need is to believe you can do this, and a commitment to do the work! 

What if I don’t like it??

Within the first 14 days of this program, if you sign up and realize it’s not for you, you can request a full refund, and we’ll get it to you. After those 14 days you’re free to cancel and drop out of the program and you won’t be charged for any remaining months. If you get busy and would like to shift your enrollment to a later day, we’ll happily make that happen. 

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It's Your Choice...

If you hired the musicians and techs needed for your dream show on the road, it could easily cost over $1,000 per person per week.


For a fraction of that cost, you can join the Perfect Performance Bootcamp and have the skills to pull it off yourself through the power of playback and Ableton Live.


Just imagine what it will feel like to step on stage and perform the perfect show you've always envisioned. To hear your full arrangements played back flawlessly. To perform alongside perfectly synced lighting and visuals crafted just for your songs.


To sound better than ever thanks to playback and vocal processing.


All of this is within your reach. The only thing holding you back is knowledge and support. And the Perfect Performance Bootcamp provides the step-by-step training you need to make it happen, and the support you need along the way to integrate it all.


Don't wait to start bringing your vision to life on stage. Enroll in the Perfect Performance Bootcamp today.

What If The Program Isn't For Me?

Within the first 14 days of this program, if you sign up and realize it’s not for you, you can request a full refund, and we’ll get it to you. After those 14 days you’re free to cancel and drop out of the program and you won’t be charged for any remaining months. If you get busy and would like to shift your enrollment to a later day, we’ll happily make that happen.