Artist Spotlight

Dre Haney

I started The Salon Professional Academy in  November  2007, the second class to ever enter Nashville's TSPA. I have always known that I wanted to do hair since I was little, so I was super excited my first day! The salon floor is huge, and portrays a "high end" salon, which makes it fun. My class only had five of us, for a more intimate learning experience, and everyone gets close really fast. I really liked that aspect of the school. Soon after the excitement leaves though, school is school. Being a person that was never a fan of school, and definitely not a morning person.. it did get hard to make myself go after a while.

The best testimony, and advice I can give to all future TSPA students, is that it is definitely worth it in the end. GIVE 100%, BE ON TIME, LOOK YOUR BEST EVERYDAY (AND BE ON TIME!!!!). If I could go back I would take full advantage of every penny I spent to attend this school, and not let any knowledge slip away that I may have missed. TSPA offers great oppurtunities of listening to amazing Redken artists/business professionals, and Mr. Chip and Mrs. Wanda are two amazing people that always push you to excel, and they root for you until you reach the top. It took me about a year after I graduated to get licensed and in a salon, but I am now working at Tangles in Mt. Juliet.

My first WEEK on the floor, I made a little over 300$, and that's nothing compared to the vets here. It is such a great, and fun career, its so easy for me to come to work everyday because I'm doing something that I love to do. And just to let you in on a little secret, TSPA students come out FEARLESS and one step ahead of a person who came out of any other school. I would definitely recommend this school to any aspiring hairstylist.