The Alignment Room — Puget Sound Music
The Alignment Room · Live · Three months

Write and develop your next EP.

Bring your songs, demos, and unfinished ideas into three months of live artist development. Write and refine the songs for your next EP, connect them through a clear sound and story, and build a practical release roadmap.

The transformation

From capable—but unresolved—to clear, cohesive, and ready to move.

You enter with

Songs and demos with real potential, but no clear thread connecting the sound, story, visuals, and release. Decisions keep reopening because you are not yet sure which direction is truly yours.

→

You leave with

A developed EP song collection: written and refined songs or working demos, a clear sonic and visual direction, a proposed tracklist and lead single, and a written 90-day release roadmap. Recording, mixing, and mastering are separate next steps.

What you build

Songs, direction, and a plan for your next EP.

A defined sonic identity

A clear understanding of what connects your strongest songs, influences, instincts, and sonic choices—so you can communicate the work more effectively.

A cohesive artist direction

A story, position, and visual language that emerge from the music instead of feeling manufactured around a campaign.

An EP tracklist and lead single

A proposed collection of songs that belong together, a lead single chosen with intention, and a clear understanding of what each song needs before recording.

A written 90-day strategy

A practical release roadmap that turns artistic direction into production, visual, content, and rollout decisions you can execute.

The PSM Method

Direction first. Momentum follows.

MONTH 01

Sonic identity

Bring your existing songs, demos, influences, and unfinished ideas into the Room. Identify the patterns connecting your strongest work and begin defining what belongs in your sound.

MONTH 02

Artist direction

Write and refine your EP songs with live feedback. Use the direction emerging from the music to shape a cohesive story, positioning, and visual language.

MONTH 03

Release strategy

Shape your proposed EP tracklist, choose a lead single, and map the next steps for recording, visuals, content, and release in a written 90-day plan.

Inside the Room

Bring the work. Build the direction.

Two live artist-development sessions each month
Sonic and creative-direction exercises
Brand positioning and visual direction
Live song and artist hot-seat feedback
A written 90-day release strategy
Artist Vault tools and templates
Community accountability and peer perspective
Curated opportunities when relevant to your work
Founding cohort · Limited enrollment

Three months to develop your next EP.

$2,091

Pay in full for the three-month program

Pay-in-full bonus

Artist Content Studio + personalized setup session

Turn your EP’s story into content that sounds like you. Get access to the Artist Content Studio toolkit/plugin, plus one private 45-minute setup session with Michele. Together, define your EP content pillars, set your artist voice and visual direction, and build a starter 30-day content plan.

The personalized setup session is exclusive to pay-in-full enrollment. Includes one 45-minute session and toolkit/plugin access; ongoing content management and done-for-you content are not included.

Prefer installments?
$697 per month for three months ($2,091 total) for the core Alignment Room program. Pay in full to receive Artist Content Studio access plus the exclusive 45-minute personalized setup session.

Applications ensure the Room is a strong fit for the artist and the group. No placement, stream or revenue outcome is guaranteed.

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The experience behind the Room

Built from hands-on artist development.

The PSM Method draws on Michele’s private artist-development work and her own songwriting and releases. The Alignment Room brings that approach into a founding group cohort.

Brittany Crystal

A private 1:1 artist-development engagement exploring artistic identity, creative direction, and the decisions shaping her next chapter.

The case study is in progress; artist reflections and the full story are coming soon.

Explore Artist Stories

How the work happens

Bring songs and working demos into live feedback. Use sonic-identity exercises to recognize what connects them, refine the work, and translate that direction into your EP and release roadmap.

This is the founding cohort. Published EP outcomes from the group are not yet available.

Recording project result
“I just received the final version of the song Michele recorded and produced for me—and I love it. The entire experience was seamless. She made the recording process feel natural and inspiring. The final product exceeded my expectations and was delivered quickly. I’ll absolutely record with her again.”
Scott Marlow · Musician

Scott worked with Michele through a private recording and production project. The Alignment Room is a new group cohort; this testimonial is not presented as a cohort result.

Questions

Know before you apply.

Will I leave with a fully produced EP?

The program focuses on writing and developing your EP songs or working demos, defining the project’s direction, and planning its release. Studio recording, production, mixing, and mastering are not included. Your progress depends on your starting material and the work you put in between sessions.

Is this a songwriting course?

Songwriting and song development are part of the work. This is a live artist-development program for singer-songwriters with existing material, using your songs and unfinished ideas to develop a cohesive EP, artist direction, and release plan.

Will PSM produce my songs?

No. Music production is not included in the group cohort. The Room helps you strengthen direction and prepare the work for its next step.

Is this the first cohort?

Yes. This is the founding group edition of a process developed through Michele’s private artist work and her own releases.

Are industry placements guaranteed?

No. Relevant opportunities may be shared, but every curator, programmer and partner makes decisions independently.

Your next era needs direction

Enter your next era with clarity.

The Alignment Room
$697.00
For 3 months

A 3-month artist-development intensive for independent artists ready to connect their sound, brand, and release strategy. Develop your sonic identity, clarify your visual direction, build a 90-day release plan, and prepare to pitch radio, sync, playlists, press, and other relevant opportunities. Founding cohort: 30 artists. Three monthly payments of $697.


✓ Two live artist-development workshops monthly
✓ Sonic development and creative direction
✓ Brand positioning and visual direction
✓ Written 90-day release and opportunity strategy
✓ Artist Vault access and live hot-seat coaching