I'm a Naperville, IL  parent and have a 13 year old daughter who loves music. She is very interested in music, plays piano and electric guitar (wants drums next) and spends considerable amount of creative energy on the Apple program Garage Band.

If you are familiar with it -- its a program that allows you to choose instruments, record lyrics and create your own music.

Because of this great passion she has, I was unable to find a structured outlet for her to gain the basic information of creating her own music. So I've taken my experience as a live event producer and created the platform.

www.rockandwrite.com

 It allows teens (ages 13-17) to hear from professional songwriting musicians how to take their ideas and thoughts and turn it into lyrics and music. Also, teaches them about creative expression and builds self confidence.

The first session is scheduled for September 19th and encourage parents with teens that have an interest in music to check out the website.

Also, there is a tremendous book out there called Rise of the Creative Class - that explains the importance of the growing need for the next generation to embrace their creativity if they want to have a success career and life. Music is a powerful enabler for this.