Starting Your Career As A Musician

Part-time schedules—typically at night and on weekends—intermittent unemployment, and rejection when auditioning for work are c ...

Musicians, singers, and related workers held about 240,000 jobs in 2008, of which 186,400 were held by musicians and singers; 5 ...

It is rare for musicians and singers to have guaranteed employment that exceeds 3 to 6 months. Because they may not work steadi ...

find you’d rather do battle with the PlayStation® rather than practice and rehearse, it might be time to think of a different ca ...

Don’t leave this to chance. If you’re in a band, talk to your mates. Agree on what to say and be consistent. Painful? Sure. Some ...

The Importance of Developing a Plan I’ve mentioned planning a lot so far. But what should your plan include and how do you put o ...

Executive Summary–This is an overview of the entire plan. Think of it as the high- lights and major points. Goals–As mentioned, ...

love sure beats living in a cardboard box along some forgotten alley. Some revenue sources include original music; live shows; d ...

money at once. A percentage of show fees and other revenue sources can be put aside to fund your efforts over time. Beyond this, ...

Chapter 2: Your Musical Education It should come as no surprise that a musical education starts early for most. For some, it’s a ...

My son began his musical education in the fifth grade, playing trumpet. We were for- tunate to live in a school district that va ...

A dream came true!” Opahle, Anderson and company toured Europe and the United States with a full orchestra, the Neue Philharmoni ...

These days, musicians have the benefit of learning tunes, techniques and more via YouTube videos. Many well-known artists freely ...

Natalia’s dedication to learn her new found instrument has opened the door for sev- eral other opportunities and activities. She ...

and dependant upon the wisdom of the school administration. As mentioned, my son was fortunate to not only attend a school syste ...

Our group of about twenty-five or so were joined by another twenty-five or thirty folks as the performance began. All of us seat ...

added, “When I started writing my own music, after college, I taught myself how to play acoustic guitar, which is what I’ve used ...

Attitudes and Perspectives of Secondary School Non-Music Teachers, Dr. John L. Vitale found the forty-one participants, each non ...

counterparts often didn’t have that same sense of creative expression playing someone else’s compositions. That’s not to say for ...

head; Pink Floyd and Coldplay all trace their roots to a college, as do the Talking Heads at the Rhode Island School of Design, ...