Career opportunities in the music industry / [print]
Shelly Field.
- sixth edition.ition.
- New York : Ferguson, (c)2010.
- xxi, 369 pages -- 24 cm.
- Career opportunities .
- Facts on File's career opportunities series. .
Pbk. binding published by Checkmark Books.
Recording and the record business -- A and R coordinator -- A and R administrator -- Promotion manager -- Promotion staffer -- Director of publicity -- Staff publicist -- Artist relations and development representative -- Marketing representative -- Consumer researcher -- Advertising account executive -- Regional sales manager -- Salesperson -- Field merchandiser -- Intern -- Campus representative -- Arranger -- Record producer -- Recording engineer -- Recording studio set-up worker -- Orchestrator -- Copyist -- Webmaster -- Web site marketing manager -- Web site content producer -- Radio and television -- Program director -- Music director -- Disc jockey -- Video jockey -- On the road -- Tour coordinator -- Road manager -- Tour publicist -- Sound technician -- Advance person -- Music retailing and wholesaling -- Music shop manager -- Music shop salesperson -- Record store (or department) manager -- Record store clerk -- Instrument sales representative -- Rack jobber -- The business end of the industry -- Personal manager -- Booking agent -- Concert promoter -- Music publisher -- Professional manager -- Business manager -- Attorney, Music Industry -- Executive director, Music Industry Trade Association -- Instrument repair, restoration, and design -- Musical instrument builder Instrument repair and restoration specialist -- Piano tuner-technician -- Bow rehairer and restorer -- Publicity and advertising -- Public relations counselor -- Public relations trainee -- Publicist -- Assistant publicist -- Music journalist -- Advertising account executive, music-oriented publication -- Advertising account executive, music-oriented web site -- Support services for recording artists -- Recording artist web site content producer -- Personal assistant to recording artist -- Celebrity bodyguard -- Symphonies, orchestras, operas, et cetera -- Conductor -- Concertmaster Section leader -- Section member -- Opera singer -- Managing director -- Orchestra manager -- Business manager -- Director of development -- Director of public relations -- Subscriptions and ticket service director -- Director of educational activities -- Personnel director -- Orchestral music librarian -- Arenas, facilities, halls, and clubs -- Concert hall manager -- Concert hall marketing director -- Stage manager -- Resident sound technician -- Nightclub manager -- Education -- Music supervisor -- College, conservatory, or university music educator -- Secondary school music teacher -- Elementary school music teacher -- Private instrument teacher -- Music therapist -- Music librarian -- Talent and writing -- Recording group -- Floor show group -- Dance band -- Session musician -- Background vocalist -- Songwriter -- Church music -- Choir director -- Cantor -- Organist -- Appendixes : I. Degree and nondegree programs -- Four-year colleges and universities offering majors related to the music industry -- Two-year colleges offering degrees in Music Management -- Colleges and universities that offer degrees in Arts Management and Administration -- Colleges and universities that offer degrees in Music Therapy -- Colleges and universities offering degrees in Music Education -- Colleges and universities offering majors in Public Relations -- II. Trade associations, unions, and other organizations -- III. Record companies -- IV. Record distributors -- V. Booking agencies -- Virgin Islands Music publishers -- Virgin IslandsI. Rights societies -- Recording rights societies -- Performing rights societies -- Virgin IslandsII. Public relations and publicity firms -- IX. Entertainment industry attorneys and law firms -- X. Music-related websites -- XI. Career and job web sites -- XII. Workshops, seminars, conferences, and conventions. designer -- concertmistress --
Provides instruction and advice on cultivating a career in the music industry, focusing on networking, self-marketing and promotion, and interview techniques.