The professional musician
Subtitle: the music, the business, the career, the life
By: Wendell Clay Kelly ; foreword by Tony Lujan ; edited by Helen Delany
Contributors: Lujan, Tony, writer of foreward; Delany, Helen, editor
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 887
ISBN-13: 9781504905169; 9781496961334
Subjects: Music; Vocational guidance; Musicians; Employment; Sound recording industry
Description: "The Professional Musician (The Music - The Business - The Career - The Life), the books' goal is to give a musician invaluable information, application and "real-life" knowledge about the Music Business. It will guide a beginning career and inspire one in progress. It focuses on a career and the day-to-day concerns in the life of a professional musician from picking a school, how to market oneself, pick the proper equipment to get started and set up office to booking jobs which includes setting oneself up as a business understanding the legal aspects. It covers the mental and physical parts of performing including survival on the road. It explains the purpose of being in the Musicians Union, how to work with people and the importance of legislature, and funding the arts"--Author's Facebook page.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 884-887).
Table of contents: title: The value of education; title: Goals & abilities; title: Personal contacts; title: Marketing; title: Setting up the office; title: Booking jobs; title: Unions; title: Residuals; title: The freelance musician; title: Performance; title: Audio; title: The recording studio; title: The mental & physical; title: Personal subjects; title: The road; title: Composing & arranging; title: The business; title: Jobs & professions; title: People & personalities; title: Internal resonance; title: The coda.