Career News

7 Ways Most Non-Famous Musicians Make a Living

Source: HypeBot
March 8, 2011

When we think about what it means to make a living as a musician many people still conjure up ideas of selling plastic discs and endlessly touring the country. Well, that's perhaps how things work at the top, but what about near the middle? Suzanne Lainson of BrandsPlusMusic has written a short overview of the more traditional ways that musicians make money and the paradox of taking such sources of income. Lainson writes: “Here are the ways most non-famous full-time ...

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How to Actually Make $50,000 a Year as a Musician

Source: MusicianWages.com
March 8, 2011

One of the reasons we started MusicianWages.com was because of the huge reservoir of unqualified career advice that was being served to musicians online.

I usually keep quiet about the charlatanry tips I find online, but I just can't pass this one up. It displays the characteristics of bad career advice so acutely that I just have to point it out.

This article dropped onto my reading list this past weekend.

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Dr. Steve Anderson Announces Retirement from Brubeck Institute

Source: Patrick Giblin
March 3, 2011

Steve Anderson, the former dean of the Conservatory of Music and current director of the Brubeck Institute, will retire this summer. During his nearly four-decade career in higher education, he has performed in numerous countries, collaborated with some of the biggest names in the music and film industry and expanded the scope of jazz education. A reception will be held for Anderson at 5 p.m. April 11 with the location to be determined at a later date. The reception will ...

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Dedication - To Get a Music Biz Job You'll Need It

Source: HypeBot
March 1, 2011

Lately we've been talking quite a bit about how to get a job in the music industry and the realities of the current job market. Some of our readers have been kind enough to share their stories of how they started their careers in this climate and what they sacrificed to get them. Today, I wanted to share the story of Yvanna. When she was 19, she landed her first music industry job. How did she get it? Dedication. Yvanna ...

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Foolish and Crazy - Getting a Job in the Music Industry

Source: HypeBot
February 15, 2011

The job market in the music industry is the most unforgiving one in the world. If you want to get a job here, either you have connections or your work ethic is unparalleled. And even then, you might fail. I remember being 16 or 17 when I started to think about getting a job in the music industry. What a fool I was. I wanted to fly in jets. Discover artists. Work at a label. Mind you, this was 2005. ...

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Auditions for Jazz St. Louis All-Stars, Jazzu Scheduled for June

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 10, 2011

Student musicians, music teachers and band directors in the St. Louis area, take note: Jazz St. Louis has announced that auditions for the 2011-2012 JazzU and Jazz St. Louis All-Star programs will take place on Monday, June 13 and Monday, June 20, with a third date to be added if necessary. The application deadline for both programs is Friday, May 13, and you'll find details and downloadable applications at the links above. For more information, contact Jazz St. Louis director ...

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KoSA Arts Centre (Montreal, Quebec) announces appointment of Jeri Brown as Events/Program Director & Artistic Consultant

Source: Vivo Musique Internationale
February 9, 2011

Montreal, Quebec, CANADA- KoSA Arts Centre proudly announces the appointment of Jeri Brown as Events/Program Director & Artistic Consultant. Ms. Brown arrives at the KoSA Arts Centre in addition to her career as a music performer, recording artist, artistic director and educator as Associate Professor in the Faculty of Music at Montreal's Concordia University, specializing in jazz, vocal studies, fine arts management and world music history. Jeri Brown will invigorate the recently opened KoSA Arts Centre with coordination of seasonal ...

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The Death of the Non-Technical CEO...

Source: Digital Music News
February 1, 2011

Can a non-technical CEO lead a successful music company these days? Of course, everyone has a patchwork of different experiences and skills, but many of the big, rising stars haveserious technical prowess. That certainly includes guys like Ian Rogers (TopSpin), Daniel Ek (Spotify), Eric Garland (BigChampagne), and Michael Doernberg (ReverbNation), all of whom are leading front-running digital music companies. Then, there are the absolute monsters of disruption who attacked from the outside. Like Shawn Fanning, Janus Friis, Sean Parker, Mark ...

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