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Part 1: Committing to the Goal
I wanted to play keyboards on Broadway, but I didn't know where to start. The first step I took was committing to the goal. This is part 1 of a 5 part series on becoming a Broadway musician. For the full story, visit the series: How I Became a Broadway Musician Background First off, I’ve always ...
Introduction: How I Became a Broadway Musician
This is the introduction to a 5-part series on becoming a Broadway musician. For the full story, visit the series home page: How I Became a Broadway Musician I played keyboards on my first Broadway show a few weeks ago. For me, this is a milestone in my career and marks the achievement of a major ...
Music Degrees, $50,000 and the Military Band
I've been checking out some of the recent blogs here at MusicianWages, in particular, How to Actually Make $50,000 a Year and How Do I Get A Job After Music School and felt something really should be said about the military musician, since many of us have music degrees and make over $50,000 a year. First ...
Musician Email List Etiquette
By Cameron Mizell Your new album has just been released, or maybe you've just booked a huge show. Time to email everybody you know! Before you add your entire address book to the “To:" field of a new email, consider a few points of email list etiquette. By respecting the recipients of your mass emails, you'll ...
5 Tips to Keep Your Gig
Much has been written recently on the topic of networking, and as a freelance musician, I fully understand and appreciate the importance of constantly seeking new sources of work. But what about keeping the gigs you already have? Assuming you have a handle on the most commonly discussed factors like punctuality, reliability, playing in tune, keeping ...
Have You Worked on a Cruise Ship?
David Cashman, a former showband pianist, is finishing his doctorate at Southern Cross University. His doctoral thesis is on the way music is used on cruise ships and the lives of musicians who work those jobs. Obviously this fits in very well with the Chronicles of a Cruise Ship Musician, the section of our site that ...
How to Actually Make $50,000 a Year as a Musician
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 ...
What's Your Make-up Lesson Policy and How Strictly Do You Enforce It?
When I first started out as a musician I spent a few years teaching lessons. One of the most frustrating parts was establishing and enforcing a re-scheduling policy. It felt like scheduling the lessons sometimes took longer than actually teaching the lessons! It was difficult to be tough with the parents because, first, tough isn't really ...
Advice for New Music School Graduates
T., a guitarist and soon-to-be music school grad, wrote us last week with this question: I'm getting my degree soon, but I feel that I don't really have a lot of actual work experience to flesh out my resume. How far do you think a degree can take me and where would be the best ...
Interview with New York Music Director David J. Hahn
David J. Hahn is a music director and pianist in New York City. He toured as the conductor of Leonard Bernstein's Wonderful Town (2007 revival, North American tour) and has music directed regionally throughout the United States. He has music directed new works and readings at Playwrights Horizons, New Dramatists and the Laurie Beechman Theater and ...
