Learn the Art of Song
Success mixes inspiration with hard work. Unlock your idea. Define your style. Identify your audience. Organize your beat, melody and lyrics. Perform and network in your community. Expand your social following.
Stay loose. Make music.
Whitesails Studio
We produce and support independent artists
We conduct one-on-one sessions with composers and songwriters. Services include arranging, coaching and production bringing their music to life. We work with artists to record and express the movement, feeling and message in their music. Post-production offers agency services for live performance, community networking, social outreach and audience expansion.
Creative Services
Multi-media creative support that builds and amplifies the musical voice and presence of artists in the local community, during live performance and on virtual platforms
Music and Sound
Arranging, composition, recording, mixing, mastering, coaching, radio station partnership (Musaic) and podcasts
Artist Agency
Community networking, live or social media performance showcase, festival, workshop, seminar, marketing and funding proposals
Video and Film
Musical scores, voice overs, mixed media, video production partnership, drone footage, streaming and screening
Our Expertise
Whitesails offers pre-production music development services face-to-face and remotely. The objective is improvement of your unique sound and style. Our staff helps you explore the Art of Song. It is a journey of discovery → the harmonic structure, sounds, instrument choices, melody and lyrical content hidden in your musical ideas and imagination.
Our music agency specializes in connecting artists to their local communities through live performance and digital outreach.
Randy Doherty
Trained in Fine Arts and Music at Concordia and McGill Universities (Montreal). Extensive private keyboard study in jazz idioms. Recording and production certification with Audio Masterclass (mixing, mastering, music production and sound engineering).
John Nicol
BSc Astronomy and Physics and MA Political Philosophy. Trained in hearing, electro-acoustics, signal processing and sound engineering. Information technologist and professional writer.
Randy Doherty
Extensive professional music career encompassing live solo keyboard performances, recordings, engagements with well-known jazz artists and event co-ordination. Venues include radio and television, jazz festivals, major hotels and resorts and cruise lines.
John Nicol
Extensive experience in proposal and grant writing for media and technology projects. Focus on community networking linking branding, event management, radio outreach and digital presence.
The Art of Song
Artist Feedback
In The Pocket
Analysis and commentary about best practices and emerging trends in the music industry
Art of Song — Community Network
Art of Song — Soundscape Decisions
