Metro Nashville Public Schools

This year, a select group of Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School students received a real-world look into the music industry business as a part of the inaugural Bonus Tracks Program with Capitol CMG. Nashville is only the second city to be invited to implement this unique program. The class recruited 20 dedicated 10th through 12th graders, teacher Dr. MarQo Patton, and music executive EJ Gaines, who serves as co-executive director and Motown Gospel/Vice President of Marketing with Capitol CMG.

“As we prepared to expand the Bonus Tracks program from Los Angeles to Nashville, I had a profound sense that we were embarking on something that would be impactful for the students and for the music community,” Gaines said. “But I had no idea how personally impacted I would be.”