Melissa Ferrick(I)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
- Music Artist
Melissa Ferrick is a performing songwriter and producer signed with the venerable Kill Rock Stars Records. Ferrick is also the founder of Drive Music Agency. Melissa is regarded in the industry and by their peers as one of the most prolific and hardworking artists in the business. She has shared the stage with Morrissey, Joan Armatrading, Weezer, Tegan and Sara, Mark Cohen, Paul Westerberg, Bob Dylan, John Hiatt, Ani DiFranco, k.d. Lang, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and many others. As a Professor of the Practice at Northeastern University, they teach courses on songwriting focusing on lyric, melody, and intent, creative entrepreneurship, music business, demo recording and production, and the psychology of creativity. Melissa's released eighteen albums over the last thirty years and has won numerous songwriting, production, and performance awards. From 2013 - to 2019, Melissa was an Associate Professor of Songwriting at Berklee College of Music. She holds an Ed.M from Harvard University.