The Working Musician
The Working Musician is a blog about making a living as a modern musician. We discuss both old and new ways of making money with your music as well as politics, musician news and how-to guides.
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Las canciones versionadas tienen un lugar interesante en el léxico musical. Canción versionada es un término que se originó en los primeros años de la era de la grabación, cuando la distribución
I think it’s easier to make money on music when it is bundled with something else.
To me, these are all examples of musicians who make money selling or playing music that accompanies some other activity or product:
The composer who writes music for film…
Continue Reading →If you haven’t yet heard of Spotify…, it’s a music streaming service that’s been making headlines in music industry blogs over the last year. Initially launched in select European countries in 2008, Spotify hit the US in July, 2011 and ever since has sparked
Continue Reading →OK, you’re ready to get out there and perform. You have the skills, you have a promotional kit and you can visualize yourself working five nights a week and making pretty good bread. Your plan is to network with other musicians at jam night and…
Continue Reading →I went to a dinner party the other night. At the table were a whole collection of fascinating people. One person had helped build Facebook, two worked at Goldman Sachs, one lady worked in environmental conservation at the Bronx Zoo.
There was one guy there…
Robert recently asked a very insightful question… in the forum. Essentially, he wonders what effect talent has on getting work as a musician in the real world.
For our purposes here, let’s define talent as a mix of natural aptitude, exhaustive training and years of
Musicians are always looking for ways to supplement their income and find new performance opportunities. If you have always wanted (and more so if you already are) to be a session musician, but didn’t have the right contacts or weren’t located in an active scene,…
Continue Reading →April 19th, 2011
It can be difficult, as a freelancer, to keep track of the income coming in from gigs. On an average week I might work for 5-8 different employers and clients – I’m sure you are the same. Very early in my career…
Your new album has just been released, or maybe you’ve just booked a huge show. Time to email everybody you know! Before you add your entire address book to the “To:” field of a new email, consider a few points of email list etiquette. By…
Continue Reading →An important part of teaching is creating a proper lesson plan for your students so that they can get the best out of each and every lesson they take with you. Of course, your lesson plan will be centered around each individual students needs and…
Continue Reading →We received an email from Adam this week with this question:
I was just wondering how you guys are getting people to post real jobs on your new feature. It’s really great I’ve been checking it everyday looking for things in OH and surrounding states.…
