BREAKING THROUGH WITH EMMET COHEN

6 weeks. Deepen your artistry.

Build your life in music.

May 19th - June 23rd 2026

A 6-week live course meeting every Tuesday, 12PM ET - two hours with Emmet focused on artistry, creativity and entrepreneurship.

Learn how to be creative in the business of music.

Take control of your career!

Over the six weeks, we'll work together on answering your most important questions.

What music school won't teach you

People ask me all the time: 

is a jazz degree worth $40,000 a year?

Honestly? It’s complicated! School can be extraordinary. It sharpens your ears, deepens your knowledge, and surrounds you with serious musicians. I'm extremely grateful for my education.

But there are certain things no curriculum can fully teach you.

How to develop your own voice. How to move your musical life forward. How to build an audience that shows up for you, not just once, but over time. How to turn what you love into something meaningful, generous, and sustainable.

WHAT WE'LL ANSWER TOGETHER

The questions musicians rarely get to ask.

 How do you discover and cultivate your true audience — the people who will support you not just once, but over a lifetime?

How do you bring your album, project or tour to life? How do you reach out to venues and actually get them to respond?

How do you create a life where your artistry and your livelihood are aligned, sustainable, and deeply fulfilling?

THE THREE PILLARS

What this course is built on.

ARTISTRY

We study the masters — not just how they played, but how their lives and sounds evolved over time. How did Miles Davis change across decades? How did Wayne Shorter keep growing? We begin with imitation, but the goal is something deeper: developing taste, and a voice that becomes unmistakably your own.

CREATIVITY & PURPOSE

Creativity extends beyond the instrument. What are you actually trying to contribute? We'll work toward building something real — a project, a platform, a body of work — rooted in your values and connected to something larger than yourself.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

We look at the practical side of building a life in music. How to get gigs, route tours, reach out to venues, and build real relationships over time. We'll talk about presenting your music in different ways, growing an audience, and the systems behind projects like Emmet's Place and Masters Legacy Series.

THE CURRICULUM

Six sessions. One arc.

Week 1: Who Are You? A Spiritual Assessment

We begin with an honest look at where you stand, how to identify your strengths and weaknesses, and how to use that information to your advantage in growing and developing your artistry, your career and your brand. You will gain a clear understanding of your own personal mission in music, what success looks like for you, and what your next steps are to get there.

Week 2: Finding Your Own Sound

From there, we turn to the music itself – how you listen, what you respond to, and how taste develops. This is where identity starts to take shape through sound. We will analyze how some of the greats were able to find their own sound and identify ways that you can find your own sound too.

Week 3: Choosing and Developing Your Next Project

This is where things get practical. Albums, series, concerts, podcasts, weekly gigs – the through line is the same: make something someone can point to and say, "go check that out." We'll walk through how to conceive and fund a personal project, how to align it with a sense of contribution to the world, and how to bring it from an idea into something that exists for people to experience. We’re going to get very specific.

Week 4: Growing Your Career: Getting Your Band on the Road

This week we’ll turn something daunting – building a tour from scratch – into something totally attainable. We’ll learn proper etiquette for how to reach out to venues, and how to actually get them to respond. This isn’t just about getting your band on the road once – it’s about how to build a sustainable touring model that will grow your fanbase and have venues invite you to return. 

Week 5: Community, Mentorship & Leadership

A career in music is built through people – mentors, collaborators, audiences, and the communities you become part of over time. We'll talk about learning from the masters, finding mentors, developing meaningful relationships, and surrounding yourself with the right team as your work grows. This is also where your identity begins to connect with something larger than yourself.

Week 6: Building a Career That Lasts

This is where the practical and the philosophical come together. We'll talk about how to grow and evolve alongside the real-world side of things: income streams, saving, retirement, and building a sustainable life in music. In many ways, it's all the things I wish I had learned in music school. We’ll also open things up and work directly with what you're building – your ideas, your projects, your next steps.

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE

A real connection to the music.

Perform on Emmet's Place

Three students will be selected, based on their work throughout the course, to sit in at Emmet's Place and perform live with Emmet in New York City.

Your ticket to Emmet's Place

Every enrolled student receives one ticket to attend a live taping of Emmet's Place in New York City. It never expires — use it whenever you visit the city.

Everything included.

6 live weekly sessions with Emmet

Full curriculum and weekly assignments

Guest musicians and industry professionals

Access to the student community

Recordings of all sessions

One ticket to Emmet's Place taping in NYC - never expires

Opportunity to be selected to perform on Emmet's Place

ENROLLMENT

Choose your experience

Enrollment capped at 50 seats. Class begins May 19th, 2026.

CORE

$1,250 $997

Payment plan options available.

  • 6 live weekly sessions with Emmet

  • Full curriculum & assignments

  • Guest musician sessions

  • Private student community

  • Session recordings

  • One ticket to Emmet's Place taping

  • Performance opportunity consideration

VIP

$2,500 $1,997

VIP spots are limited.

  • Everything in Core

  • One private 1-on-1 hour session with Emmet

  • Private WhatsApp study group with Emmet

  • Direct access for ideas, music, questions, and reflection

  • Smaller, more focused group experience

Enroll: VIP

SPONSOR A STUDENT

Give a seat to a musician who's ready.

Know a musician who would benefit from Breaking Through™ but can't make the investment right now?

You can purchase an enrollment as a gift.

If you have someone in mind, we'll reach out to them. If not, we'll match your gift with a student from our waiting list.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked.

Who is this for?

This course is for serious musicians at a crossroads — students who sense that school isn't giving them everything, and working players ready to build something of their own. You don't have to be a professional. You can be starting out or have years behind you — the course is designed to meet you where you are. It's also available to gift to a student or musician you believe in. If you're asking whether it applies to you: it probably does.

What if I miss a session?

No problem. All of the sessions will be recorded, and you'll have access to them afterward. You can go back and watch anything you missed, or revisit parts that you want to spend more time with.

What's the time commitment?

The live sessions are two hours each week. There will also be some recommended assignments along the way. They're not required, but they're there if you want to go deeper and really apply what we're working on. If you enroll in VIP, you'll also be able to chat with Emmet throughout the week.

Do I need to be advanced?

Not at all. You can be just starting out, or you can have years of experience — the course is designed to meet you where you are. A lot of what we'll be doing is self-assessment and working through how to move from your current position to the next stage in a thoughtful way.

Is this instrument-specific?

No — and that's intentional. We'll be talking about music, artistry, and building a life around it, so the ideas apply regardless of what instrument you play (or even if you don't play one at all). Everyone should be able to take something meaningful from it.

How interactive is it?

It's meant to be very interactive. You'll have opportunities to ask questions, share what you're working on, and be part of the conversation. Especially in the later sessions, we'll spend time workshopping ideas and projects together.

ENROLLMENT IS OPEN

Ready to break through?

VIP is limited to 20 participants

We begin May 19th, 2026

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