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I teach a basic Music Tech class at a local university. These students are mostly music majors, mostly sophomores and juniors, and come with LOTS of questions about the business side of things.
This is in Macon, GA – small public University, relatively new degree program – a BA in Contemporary Musicianship. I’m an adjunct instructor.
[They are also often clueless on how much MORE practicing they should be doing….!]
What snippets of advice would you give them?
I’ll collate them and use in class…. with a copious advertisement for MLR, of course!
What snippets of advice would you give them?
have at least 2 “Fall back” skills, or an actual work/trade/profession that you can do while you are doing music business.
it will keep you far less desperate, and less likely to fall into situations where You are ready to work/do deals that are not in the best interest of doing music as a career.
Hopefully that made sense, because I have noticed that “If I would have prepared a LOT better for this industry”, and not been so “Needy” to have something going. I would not have had to go thru all these extra steps to “Clean up ALL of the BAD Deals/Contracts that I hastily signed!!”
What snippets of advice would you give them?
Hi TomRule,
Here’s a good place to start https://musiclibraryreport.com/blog/newbie-info/.
Also, the forum is free and has a lot of great information.
Of course there is also our book https://musiclibraryreport.com/blog/make-music-make-money/. 🙂
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