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| Author | : Mark W. Curran |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2004-08 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0970677316 |
A comprehensive guide to finding the best paying gigs for musicians and singers, from their local area to the international stage. A music business veteran gives the inside track to creating a profitable career in the performing arts, from local bars to cruise ships. Includes interviews with successful musicians and enter-tainment directors who share their secrets in landing the best paying gigs. Also includes directories of resources for further research.
| Author | : Shelly Field |
| Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Performing arts |
| ISBN | : 0816053545 |
Presents a guide for those interested in pursuing a career in the performing arts, with advice and tips on assessing interests and skills, setting goals, planning career actions, searching for a job, networking, and pursuing success in the workplace.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 488 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Jazz |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Brian M. Jackson |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 686 |
| Release | : 2018-03-09 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1315519755 |
A music-career book like no other, The Music Producer’s Survival Guide offers a wide-ranging, exploratory, yet refreshing down-to-earth take on living the life of the independent electronic music producer. If you are an intellectually curious musician/producer eager to make your mark in today’s technologically advanced music business, you’re in for a treat. This new edition includes industry and technological updates, additional interviews, and tips about personal finances, income, and budgets. In this friendly, philosophical take on the art and science of music production, veteran producer, engineer, and teacher Brian Jackson shares clear, practical advice about shaping your own career in today’s computer-centric "home-studio" music world. You’ll cover music technology, philosophy of music production, career planning, networking, craft and creativity, the DIY ethos, lifestyle considerations, and much more. Brian’s thoughtful approach will teach you to integrate your creative passion, your lifestyle, and your technical know-how. The Music Producer’s Survival Guide is the first music-production book to consider the influence of complexity studies and chaos theory on music-making and career development. It focuses on practicality while traversing a wide spectrum of topics, including essential creative process techniques, the TR-808, the proliferation of presets, the butterfly effect, granular synthesis, harmonic ratios, altered states, fractal patterns, the dynamics of genre evolution, and much more. Carving out your niche in music today is an invigorating challenge that will test all your skills and capacities. Learn to survive—and thrive—as a creative-technical professional in today’s music business, with the help of Brian Jackson and The Music Producer’s Survival Guide!
| Author | : Michael Kushner |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2023-02-10 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1000804402 |
How to Be a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business empowers theatre professionals to take hold of their own career and become successful ‘multi-hyphenates’– artists with multiple proficiencies, often cross-pollinating each other to help flourish professional capabilities. Discussing self-identity, networking, workflow, failure, passion, purpose, socially responsible artistry, social media, and the effects of COVID-19, Michael Kushner, award-winning theatre multi-hyphenate artist, sets the stage for artists of all disciplines and backgrounds to find personalized success in the theatre industry. Complete with informative and lively exercises and excerpts from Kushner’s popular podcast and workshop, Dear Multi-Hyphenate, this book addresses questions such as: How do we recover from a pandemic? How do we give more access to marginalized theatre creators? and What goes into producing our own projects? Featuring exclusive information from a myriad of theatre makers such as agents, managers, designers, actors, press representatives, producers, comedians, social media stars, writers, executive directors, CEOs, and lawyers, this book promotes the dismantling of gatekeeping and provides a specialized, hands-on experience to an innovative and lucrative approach to theatre making. How to Be a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business is an invaluable resource for theatre artists at any level in their careers, whether they are undergraduates, graduate students, professors, award-winning members of the theatre and film community, working professionals, high school students, or entrepreneurs.
| Author | : Randy Chertkow |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2008-08-05 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1250018137 |
The Indie Band Survival Guide (2008 edition) is a tremendous resource for musicians looking to record, distribute, market, and sell their music for less than most rock stars spend on green M&M's. Musicians and web gurus Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan cover every step of the process. With nothing but creative talent and the Web, they've gotten tens of thousands of fans for their band, in addition to being hired to write music for film, television, theater, and other media.
| Author | : Angela Myles Beeching |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 577 |
| Release | : 2010-10-18 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 019979894X |
This second edition of Beyond Talent provides user-friendly real-life advice, examples, and perspectives on how to further a career in music. Understanding the unique talents and training of musicians, veteran music career counselor Angela Myles Beeching presents a wealth of creative solutions for career advancement in the highly competitive music industry. Step-by-step instructions detail how to design promotional materials, book performances, network and access resources and assistance, jump start a stalled career, and expand your employment opportunities while remaining true to your music. Beeching untangles artist management and the recording industry, explains how to find and create performance opportunities, and provides guidance on grant writing and fundraising, day jobs, freelancing, and how to manage money, time, and stress. The companion website puts numerous up-to-date and useful internet resources at your fingertips. This essential handbook goes beyond the usual "how-to," helping musicians tackle the core questions about career goals, and create a meaningful life as a professional musician. Beyond Talent is the ideal companion for students and professionals, emerging musicians and mid-career artists.
| Author | : Derek Sivers |
| Publisher | : Hit Media |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2022-05 |
| Genre | : Advertising |
| ISBN | : 9781988575148 |
a philosophy of getting your work to the world by being creative, considerate, resourceful, and connected
| Author | : Garr Reynolds |
| Publisher | : Pearson Education |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2009-04-15 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0321601890 |
FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.
| Author | : Pete Sweeney |
| Publisher | : Alfred Music Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 2001-07 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780739011300 |
Covering everything from technique and effective practice to passing an audition and how to make it as a freelance drummer, this comprehensive guide is the ultimate reference for any aspiring professional drummer looking for advice on playing the drums and surviving in the music business. 96 pages.
