“The opportunity to work side-by-side with Grammy-recognized artists and to get the sort of hands-on experience our son received was invaluable. This wasn’t a classroom experience – this was the real deal. Best of all, the family environment that Pajama Studios placed our son in allowed him to grow not only as a musician and as a professional, but as a person as well.”
– Bob and Gina Comes, parents of student Tyler Comes (shown at right with Kenny G, a former mentee of James Gardiner)
“Our son, Chris, has been in James Gardiner’s mentoring program for eight months [at this writing]. His experience, the individual daily attention he gets from James and his growth as a potential musician have been extraordinary. Chris, who plays the electric guitar and piano, began with raw talent and a passion for all music, especially heavy metal. With James’ guidance, that passion has not only grown but Chris’ musical interests have expanded to include becoming a professional composer.
About three weeks ago, Chris presented us with his first digital symphony composition. True to his interest in heavy metal music, it is called ‘Birth and Death.’ It took four months to write every note, runs for 17 minutes and involves over 30 instruments. His parents could not have been prouder. Thank you for nurturing our son’s passion.”
– Jim and Janice Meeder, parents of student Chris Meeder (right)
“It’s difficult to express how thankful we are to have our son Justin working side by side with a musical genius like James Gardiner. Being that Justin has already received valuable instruction as a young, gifted classical guitarist, it is exciting to see his natural evolution as a musician under the tutelage and leadership of someone with James’ knowledge, experience and musical insight. Justin looks forward to his weekly scheduled appointments at Pajama Studios and never hesitates to remind me of his studio days.Amazingly, he is currently producing, composing and so much more, with James as his primary guide. We are all humbled by the opportunity and have great hopes for this truly valuable investment into our son’s future! We give many thanks to James for realizing the importance of giving back!.”
– David and Tomiko Hawkins, parents of Justin Hawkins (right)
Gardiner Music Mentoring is listed on http://www.educationbug.org/private-schools.
Randy Spendlove, President of Motion Picture Music for Paramount Pictures
“As President of Motion Picture Music at Paramount Pictures I’ve been privileged to work with great composers. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing James Gardiner for 19 years and consider James a brilliant
composer in the same class of our industry.
I highly recommend the Gardiner Music Mentoring program in furthering the development of young film composers.”
President of Motion Picture Music for Paramount Pictures Randy Spendlove is also a record
producer and Grammy Award winner. He supervised
the music and co-produced the soundtrack album
for Dreamgirls, which was nominated for three Best Song Academy Awards and sold over 2.5 million copies. Recent projects include Transformers:
Dark Of The Moon, Super 8, and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Spendlove also is deeply involved with the Society of Young Composers.
Donald K. Wilson, Jr., Music, Film, Television and Sports Entertainment Attorney
“I have known Jim for many years. In addition to being an extremely gifted
and talented person in all aspects of
the music industry, he has a tremendous work ethic and is truly devoted to educating, nurturing and developing young talent. He has an uncanny knack for bringing the best out of an individual.”
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