Carla DeSantis Black

Specialties

Music industry coaching, career coaching, life coaching, mentor, creative blocks, going from part-​time to full-​time musician, inner band dynamics, creating a budget for music projects, female musicians

History

Established in 2010.

I published a music magazine for 10 years and realized, after interviewing hundreds of musicians in that capacity, what the ones who «made it» all had in common.

When the magazine closed and I was in a transition I worked with a coach and found the experience very powerful. I received certification in 2010 and have been watching my clients’ music careers blossom ever since.

Meet the Business Owner

Carla B.

Business Owner

Carla DeSantiis Black is a certified life and career coach specializing in female musicians and the founder of MEOW (Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women).

A former musician and music industry veteran, Carla rose to prominence as the founder, publisher and editor-​in-​chief of the ground-​breaking and award-​winning ROCKRGRL (1994 – 2005), the only national publication for female musicians.

Carla also created and produced two highly successful, critically-​acclaimed music conferences which took place in Seattle in 2000 and 2005, as well as ROCKRGRL Day at Musicians’ Institute in Los Angeles in 2003.

Speakers and performers at these conferences included Patti Smith, Courtney Love, Bonnie Raitt, Heart, The Gossip, Johnette Napolitano, Bonnie Raitt, Amy Ray, Ronnie Spector, Exene Cervenka, Kathy Valentine, Meredith Brooks and hundreds more.

Carla’s next conference — MEOW Con — will take place October 24 – 26 2013 in Austin, featuring Keynote Speaker, bass player, Suzi Quatro.