Cole Williams

Music Business

FEE: $50/hr

QUALIFICATIONS: I have been a musician since age 4, trained as a classical pianist playing recitals at Carnegie Hall and singing in church. Over the last 20 years I have been a professional in the music industry starting off as a songwriter/session singer in NYC, singing backing vocals and playing percussion live and in the studio, to leading my own solo project. As a record producer and owner of my record label I discovered a passion for getting things done, but realized that many artists are unaware of the business side of the business. Change doesn’t happen overnight, however, I am driven my knowing that my time here is spent empowering, teaching and learning all the ways we can use humanity and collective agreements as our guide.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

ABOUT: Brooklyn-born, New Orleans resident, Cole Williams is a recording artist, record producer, radio DJ, and organizer.

Cole shines when she’s breaking genre conventions—melding gospel, soul, R&B, reggae, and blues. Over the course of her career, Cole has provided vocals and percussion for Joey Bada$$, Chiddy Bang, Mo B. Dick, Aloe Blacc, DJ Nickodemus, Little Jackie, Diane Birch, Somi, Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam, Kaissa, Dana Fuchs, Pimps Of Joytime, original lead singer of People’s Champs, and commercial/tv recordings for CoverGirl, JCPenney, Suave, to name a few.

Williams vocal performances have been featured on Conan, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Good Morning America, The Wendy Williams Show, The Jools Holland Show, WWL4 Morning Show, Live With Kelly & Michael, 90210, and The Today Show, and publications as Rolling Stone Magazine, Huffington Post, Glide Magazine, Wax Poetics, NME, AfroPunk, Offbeat Magazine, and New Orleans Magazine. Cole has appeared on NCIS New Orleans and been nominated for Best Female Vocalist by Offbeat Magazine.

Live performance highlights include The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Joshua Tree Music Festival, French Quarter Festival, Blue Note NYC, BAM Cafe Live, The Mint, Martyr’s, Tipitina's, World Cafe Live, Prime Example, House Of Blues, and Cervantes.