"Peter is a rare breed: talented, successful and very generous. These workshops are educational, entertaining and inspiring. Mentors like him hold the keys."
--Tim Westergren, Founder of Pandora radio
"I was inspired like I've never been inspired before. A truly eye opening experience. I'm re-energized!"
-- Scott Mitchell, Group Executive Producer – Draftfcb Chicago
"Peter Himmelman is not only a uniquely gifted composer and musician, writer, and poet. He's one of the most fun people you'll ever meet. His ability to connect with people through his art and his magnetic personality radiates truth, humor and compassion..."
--Sharon Waxman, The New York Times /The Wrap News.com
"I would ecstatically recommend his program to any executive that wants to inject a major dose of spirit and camaraderie into their company's veins.
--Chuck Silber, COO Newtek
"Our son, Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl, was a huge fan of Peter Himmelman and considered him to be among his favorite songwriters."
--Ruth Pearl, The Daniel Pearl Foundation
"In August 2011, I was jolted from my own concretized habits of academic writing style by an incredibly talented artist, Peter Himmelman. I met Peter in person when I participated in a Creativity Workshop he led in Santa Monica with some artists at my husband's studio last month, but I had known 'of him' for years because I've been listening to and admiring his music and lyrics for a long time on DVD's & on the radio. In addition to being an accomplished singer, songwriter, poet, musician, and performer, I found out that Peter is an inspiring mentor, guide, and muse as well."
--Professor MarySue Heilemann, Associate Professor, UCLA School of Nursing
"His ability to improvise is jaw-dropping. I am pretty jaded when it comes to "motivational speakers". However, he's really got something there. I hate to use the cliché but it was quite empowering, and I really mean that. I am about to embark on writing a book, and his little tricks have given me a lot more confidence in being able to do it".
--Tim Jenison, inventor and founder of Newtek Corporation
"Peter Himmelman is an amazing story teller whose world view ranges from curious to furious, heartbreaking to heartening. Using concrete images and diaphanous sounds, his songs engage all the right senses and ask all the right questions, and the right answer is yes."
--Barbara Hall, writer and creator of the hit television series Judging Amy and Joan Of Arcadia
"If you're looking to challenge and expand the outer limits of your creative potential, Peter Himmelman is the man to take you there!!! I've observed Peter many times at and have seen him light a spark in people -- encouraging and allowing them to tear down the walls that emancipate the true gifts inside them."
--Brendan Okrent, ASCAP, Senior Director
"Taking a Big Muse workshop with Peter is like getting cycling lessons from Lance Armstrong."
--Lou Carlozo, Chicago Tribune
There's something about Peter that always grabs you from unexpected places."
--Robert Kraft, President 20th Century Fox Music
"Himmelman is a singer-songwriter's singer-songwriter. I know: That's sort of a cliché and a term thrown around all too freely. But for Peter, it's a truth. He's an experienced troubadour who has managed to successfully cross the digital bridge to the great new media divide by expanding in all areas of his imagination and creativity."
--Bruce Warren, Program Director of WXPN/ Philadelphia
"Simply put, he knows what he's doing."
--Larry Klein, bassist/producer of Grammy record of the year
Get as close to him as you can."
--Chris Douridas, Creator of Los Angeles's KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic
"This counts as one of those 'wouldn't it be cool if you could do this'? kind of moments. Like something you never think would happen. You're in a room with an amazing talent, telling you "you can do this". Really. Everything, okay, almost everything he says makes sense, and when it doesn't, it doesn't need to. You figure that out and that's part of what you learn. Peter has the ability to encourage and erase some of the fear we all have about putting it out there. Let the judgement begin, who cares!? Just keep going. Finish it, start again.
He does this all with his own sense of humility mixed with confidence. You get the feeling he doesn't take any of this for granted. Listening to Peter "make up" lyrics to a song on the fly is an experience you will not soon forget"
--Jeff Drooger, VP Executive Producer, Energy BBDO, Chicago
"Peter Himmelman? That guy who manages to walk the thin line between art and commerce, somehow managing to connect the two with inspiration rather than cynicism? Who convinces even the most self-doubting desk-jockey that a creative impulse resides under layers of spread-sheets? Who conjures a song from the dark depths of a COO's soul? Never heard of him."
- Richard Abramowitz, Founder of Abramorama
-Time Magazine exclaims: "Himmelman writes songs with the same urgency that compelled the Lost Generation to write novels."
-USA Today calls Peter Himmelman, "Rock's most imaginative performer."
-The San Francisco Chronicle says, "He probes all the passions, from anguish to lust, to depths few writers can even imagine."