Want a Job In The Music Industry
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The music industry is undoubtedly one of the ‘sexiest’ fields in which to work, according to a recent survey by the editors of Time magazine. There are music industry jobs that require nearly any skill set that you can bring to the job, and the training required varies with each of the music industry jobs that may interest you. Here are some general guidelines for finding work in music industry jobs.
Love Music.
It’s not a prerequisite for music industry jobs, but loving music of any kind is a definite step in the right direction. While loving music may not be important in a record company accountant’s position, it’s practically required for anyone who works with artists or in promotion.
Check the qualifications for the job.
In general, most jobs in the music industry require at least a two year college degree – with the exception of performers who can get by without a degree if they have talent. Expect that the more involved the job, the higher your level of education and/or experience will need to be. A record promoter may need to demonstrate networking skills or developed contacts in the local music scene, for instance, and a contracts lawyer will obviously require a law degree. Music teachers working for the schools will need to have a teaching license as well as the demonstrated ability to play an instrument.
The best training is on the job training.
For positions like band manager, road work, publicists and promoters, the best training is through an internship or through your own work promoting and/or managing a band on your own. Some publicists and promoters come to the job from their own fanzines, or have developed a network of contacts in radio and advertising through their college or teen year extracurricular activities.
A degree in music is respected in many music industry jobs.
Colleges that specialize in music education like the Berklee School for the Performing Arts offer training in many different aspects of the music industry. You can study music and performance law, accounting for the music industry, and business management for music companies as well as composition, performance and other music-specific jobs.
Join the band.
One of the best training grounds for a career in orchestral music is your school or college band. If you’re already beyond the school years, take advantage of county and city music societies to both train your ear and keep in the practice of playing with others.
Music ministry jobs often require special certifications.
If you have a calling to a job in music ministry, you’ll find that many churches and synagogues require that their full time music minister have pastoral training as well as musical training. The American Guild of Organists and the National Council of Pastoral Musicians offer professional certifications at a number of levels.
Music therapists require a bachelor’s degree in music therapy from one of the approved universities that teach music therapy.
In addition to regular studies, the bachelors in music therapy requires 1200 hours of clinical practice.
The requirements for training for music industry jobs are varied, but this is a brief overview of the training required for some of the major careers in the music industry.
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Question by chloe-jayne: What other jobs are there in the music industry?
I know when I leave school I want to be in the music industry.
I just know it’s a really hard industry to get into.
I would love to be in a band, but then again, who doesn’t? =D
Does anyone know any other career paths in the music industry?
Best answer:
Answer by alamsa
A&R
HMV
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Zombywoof91 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@PeterParkerisded actually women loved the beatles and same with the rest of the world, being man or woman has nothing to do with it, the problem is that music is strictly a business now, and only good looking artists make mainstream. Therefore, mainstream blows and underground is awesome. And I wouldn’t want it any other way
80sOGRE | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@90sandealy00srule1 I agree but the good old days of real music are gone because today’s kids have been brought up in this fake digital age. no way for kids today to fathom what it feels like to live in an organic age. this being said, every generation of artist only reflects his or her own time in history. many of today’s bands have tried ( and suceeded in their own eyes ) at producing real music. problem is something of today’s fakeness always seem to make it into the mix . mainstream i mean.
80sOGRE | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
once upon a time as a child in the 70s, you played outside if you were bored cause you didn’t have a computer / console for instant satisfaction. we’d go to the movies and savour every scene cause we didn’t have video shops until 82 and certainly no internet. the babylon that is now our western world has perverted 3 decades of youth slowly. today’s kids are the rotten fruit of democracy and are unable ( for the most part ) to value something if the reward isn’t instant. not their fault.
c4662 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
mid 90′s is were music turned to shit
supermariogalaxian | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
I remember back in the 90′s was about guitars and pianos like Marc Anthony and Savage Garden, those two were okay. These days, the adult singers like Owl City and 30 seconds to Mars sound like 10 year old kids singing with electro pianos and fake guitars. I bet in 2015, there would be no such thing as electric guitars and acoustic guitars.
DarkGuitarKid | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@HighOnHerb They’re the only good band left in the mainstream. I meant mainstream as in Radios
X7OO | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@PeterParkerisded
It was actually The Spice Girls who started it in the mid 90′s. They were EVERYWHERE, and their main motto was “girl power”
apnixlover900 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
You guys are totally right.
HighOnHerb | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@AccurateEstimateftw Avenged Sevenfold? you’ve got to be kidding me…
shizzleproducer | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@waftv especially at 6:05
shizzleproducer | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
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ImHugeInJapan93 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@AccurateEstimateftw But thats the beauty of REAL hip hop(not the kind that gets heavy airplay). they dont play instruments usually the mc has to rely strictly on lyrical prowess. Artists like common, lupe fiasco, j cole,talib kweli, blu, and mos def all paint vivid pictures with their lyrics. Oh and since im assuming that rock band w. a rapper thing was ratm, you should check out immortal technique. they write about alot of the same stuff, injustice, politics and such.
AccurateEstimateftw | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@ImHugeInJapan93 well I think in that case I’m half an idiot..because unless there is no guitar, bass, drummer involved in a song I don’t consider it to be music…I’m speaking about rap beats made with a computer…if there is a band involved that plays with a rapper no problem but artificial in that sense just doesn’t meet my taste for music..and I’m not saying that for everyone cause that’s the beauty of music..everyone has their own taste
sorry If I came over as abrupt or naive
ImHugeInJapan93 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@AccurateEstimateftw You are an idiot if you think that only rock is music. BTW real music has always been underground, especially hip hop
AccurateEstimateftw | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@Luke77313 uhm no? I just said that hip hop and rap is bullshit never said anything about taht someone “has” to listen to the music I just mentioned???
DoveBabbitOfficial | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
The music industry beyond sucks today. I don’t understand how so many people (especially teenagers) can become so disillusioned with the lack of real talent and artistic integrity. It’s all about making money these days. We get trite crap pushed down our throats by “artists” who are totally fake. Did you hear about how Fergie is being paid $4 million by a shoe company to incorporate their shoes into lyrics for her next album? It’s all about the almighty dollar nowadays.
Luke77313 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@AccurateEstimateftw Well now YOU are the arbiter who tells everyone what to listen to.
Luke77313 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@AccurateEstimateftw Well now YOU are the arbiter who tells everyone what to listen to.
Hfsm33 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
The Beatles, Radiohead, The Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys, Kraftwerk, Blur, Nirvana, Queen, Gorillaz, Muse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Libertines, The Strokes, The National, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley, Black Sabbath, Joy Division, AC/DC, Mettalica, The Last Shadow Puppets, Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Oasis, The Kinks, Beck, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Wings, Guns n’ Roses, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Rage Against The Machine, The White Stripes, The Clash
BRm2008 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@NBAXXX yes we play crap on our radio just like no doubt they do in other countrys.
UK, USA, CAN, european countrys all play bullshit from the last 10 years
BRm2008 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@YoungKnoccOut no they all suck
BRm2008 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
@RamonesSkater4life no MTV’s hay day was the 80s
BRm2008 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
shoot the shareholders.
BRm2008 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
disney singers suck too
BRm2008 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
boy bands suck. boys suck. annoying songtresses suck, annoying groups suck. synthetic music sucks
Lindsey | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
songwriter (like, for other bands)
punderr | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
music producer, song writer…
hmmm… other than being an artists, i cant think of any others.
nowalls43 | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
i go to school for that shit, you should prolly know about music and how to play an insrument, but im goin for audio production, like how to be a producer, but u have to really know how,l its tough
mariowars | Jan 27, 2011 | Reply
Music teacher.
AudioScars | Jan 28, 2011 | Reply
the only one i can think of right now is…
You can join a recording studio, and record the bands making their albums, but that also takes a lot of knowledge of your equipment and music in general.
siava101 | Jan 28, 2011 | Reply
producer
sound director
sales
back-up
editor
conductor
roadie
rogers_cheerleader | Jan 28, 2011 | Reply
music producer
record label manager
judge on american idol
piano teacher
elementary school music teacher
middle school music teacher
high school music teacher
the list goes on and on and on and on….
Abbs | Jan 28, 2011 | Reply
hmmm
DJ
Manager of a band
ZomgCamPwns! | Jan 28, 2011 | Reply
Well, you’ve got:
Sound engineer
Producer
Open up a recording studio
Band manager
Band guy
Song Writer
Open up a music venue
Open up a music store
Work the PA at a venue
Learn to play guitar
Go skiing
Build a treehouse
Become vegan
And Skip School