When I was first employed on cruise ships, I worked on an international ship in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. There were a lot of advantages to this job.
Our cruise itinerary was incredible. We sailed through Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, all of the…
Continue Reading →If you are a band or musician designing a website, you must first decide what the objective of the website is. There’s no sense making a content driven website portal with a thousand links if you are just trying to present yourself and your music.…
Continue Reading →The cruise director often gets on the intercom and talks about the upcoming events. When they do there’s a calming “ding-dong” over the speakers in the hallway. But when its a announcement that needs to be heard by everyone – go to lifeboat drill, for…
Continue Reading →I’m not sure what that means either, to be honest. This is all I know: the cruise ship that I’m working on in Hawaii requires workers to join the merchant marine if they are planning on staying on the ship longer than 28 days –…
Continue Reading →I’m leaving next week to work as a guest performer on a cruise ship in Hawaii. Rehearsals for the show began this week in New York. So far, so good, the job seems satisfying and the other performers seem like they’ll be very nice to…
Continue Reading →In musical theatre, where I primarily work, the music director is the person that teaches the music to the performers, rehearses the band, and usually conducts the performers during the show.
Management Position
The music director of a symphony orchestra is usually the highest, or…
I received an email this week from a concerned parent of a Berklee student:
My son is a junior at Berklee and is considering taking a job for 6 months on a well known cruise line. He is on course to graduate on time and…
I’m currently home in Illinois visiting family & friends and packing my bags in preparation for the start of a guest performer gig on a ship in Hawaii. I fly to New York on Wednesday to start rehearsals on Friday. Rehearsals will last a week,…
Continue Reading →When I first started freelancing full-time as a musician, I found that I was quickly losing track of my income, and I was frustrated with the freelance accounting software that I found. I tried Quickbooks and several others, but I felt they were over-complicated with…
Continue Reading →There is a long, international list of cruise ship talents agents at redbirdstudio.com. This is definitely the most extensive list I’ve seen.
Also, read our guide on How To Get a Cruise Ship Musician Job….
I received an email this week from a reader who wanted to know how good a musician you should be to play on a cruise ship. He asks:
I’m comfortable playing with a jazz (definitely pop/rock) band once I know the tunes, but wouldn’t be…
