Former Boy Band Members Reunite to Raise a Younger Generation of Pop Stars

No one knows the recording industry better than those who have been around it for years. An exclusive recording arts school based out of Orlando, Florida is scheduled to open up to the public, and while this school has all the traditional classes recording production schools have it offers one unique thing – boy band teachers.

Every member of the faculty was at some point a member of a boy band. Boy bands rose to stardom in the early 90s, where groups like N*Sync, Backstreet Boys, and O-Town ruled the Billboard charts. In the early 2000s, their popularity diminished and many groups disbanded. Now the members of various groups come together again for a reunion of sorts.

“What better way to learn about the recording arts then from someone who practically grew up in the recording arts industry”, said school founder, James Canary. “These find teachers started in the professional recording industry at the age of 12, and have a lot of information to share with these young students.”

The school offers a two year training course in the performing arts industry. Classes range from how to operate the complex equipment, how to create and record catchy songs, and how to give public interviews. Each class is taught by a member of some boy band that dated back from the early 80s to today.

“Some boy band members are destined for stardom”, said Tristan Cook, a former member of a short lived boy band We’ve Got the Funk. “Look at Justin Timberlake; he was a boy band member. However, not everyone is as lucky as Justin, and those that can’t do teach, which is what we are doing now.”

The former boy band faculty has even proposed to school administrators the idea of opening up a boy band school as part of the recording arts industry. The school would teach future students who wish to become boy band stars how to break into the industry.

“Right now the classes focus on recording the music”, said Canary. “What I want to do is offer students who want to be the musicians an option. We could teach them to dance, sing, and change their physical appearance so it is more “teeny-bopper” friendly.”

The recording arts school is scheduled to open up at the end of summer. It currently has a total of 100 students signed up for its various classes. It hopes to have a total of 250 by the new school year.