Posts Tagged ‘career’

Music Industry Career Profile: Booking Agent

Posted on February 28th, 2013 by in Career profile

A Booking Agent, or Artist Booker will work with music venues and promoters to schedule gigs for an artist or number of artists under their roster. Although often confused, this is different than the role of an Artist Manager.

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Music Industry Career Profile: PR Manager

Posted on January 17th, 2013 by in Career profile

A job as PR Manager may involve elements of radio plugging and artist liaison, but it mostly covers the promoting of an event or product with the aim to earn radio airplay, favorable press, or media coverage for a band or brand.

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Anti-Resolutions for the Aspiring Musician

Posted on January 3rd, 2013 by in Advice & Tips

January. Too much Christmas ale, too many processed foods, and failing miserably at new-year’s resolutions. This year, I am striking one of these from my yearly staples, and with the cunning plan of not making any resolutions at all.

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Music Industry Career Profile: Marketing Manager / Assistant

Posted on July 25th, 2012 by in Advice & Tips

Marketing Managers or Marketing Assistants are responsible for designing and implementing proposals to further the reach and popularity of an artist or music brand.

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Music Industry Career Profile: Artist Liaison

Posted on May 31st, 2012 by in Advice & Tips

Image by cjoel on Flickr (Creative Commons License) Looking for a career in the Green Room? The perks of listening to incredible music and meeting amazing artists are a big draw for an Artist Liaison job. Read on for more information about the daily tasks and skills required to get the attention of an employer [...]

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Music Industry Career Profile: Sound Designer

Posted on April 25th, 2012 by in Advice & Tips

Image by Vancouver Film School on Flickr (Creative Commons License) Designing, Sculpting, Composing and Melding A Sound Designer will create sound effects for a film, TV or video project, or perhaps even a theater production, and often includes both lifelike noises and abstract sounds in order to enhance the drama or on-screen feeling. These ‘soundscapes’ [...]

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Music Industry Career Profile: Composer

Posted on March 2nd, 2012 by in Career profile

Image via Horia Varlan on Flickr (Creative Commons License) Delve into the highly competitive industry of Music Composition. Composing is the creation of original music work, traditionally in the form of musical notation. Composers may write pieces for commercial release, film scores, stage productions or syncing of television programs. Another popular area of the industry [...]

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Music Industry Career Profile: Audio Engineer

Posted on January 27th, 2012 by in Advice & Tips

All the necessary skills and possible opportunities in the field of Sound and Audio Engineering. The job of an Audio Engineer can crop up in a variety of industries, from dubbing for foreign films, to music for TV shows, to working in recording studios with singers and musicians. The job titles may differ slightly (Audio [...]

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Berklee Career Development Center Creates Music Industry Salaries Resource

Posted on December 8th, 2010 by in Music Industry News

Music institution, Berklee, has created a comprehensive resource for the music industry regarding wages for music industry jobs: the Salary Ranges for U.S. Music Positions in Performance, Writing, Business, Audio Technology, Education, and Music Therapy pdf documents a variety of music-linked careers and their respective salary ranges, including orchestra positions, choir director, film score composer, [...]

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Music Jobs AudioNowcast Feature

Posted on October 14th, 2010 by in Advice & Tips, US Music Jobs

Tammy Romaniuk of Media Match and Tara Duffy of US Music Jobs were invited to be guests for episode 92 of AudioNowcast, first broadcast on 27th September 2010. AudioNowcast is a regular podcast of audio professionals talking about the industry. Topics included: the rundown on their respective websites; if Craigslist is any good for finding [...]

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