Finding a safe, viable career performing music is no easy task. While it might not be the first choice for every aspiring musician, one way to make a decent bit of money from gigging is to start your own wedding band.
It takes a bit…
I wanted to play keyboards on Broadway, but I didn’t know where to start. The first step I took was committing to the goal. This is part 1 of a 5 part series on becoming a Broadway musician.
For the full story, visit the series…
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 →Much has been written recently on the topic of networking, and as a freelance musician, I fully understand and appreciate the importance of constantly seeking new sources of work.
But what about keeping the gigs you already have? Assuming you have a handle on the…
One of the reasons we started MusicianWages.com was because of the huge reservoir of unqualified career advice that was being served to musicians online.
I usually keep quiet about the charlatanry tips I find online, but I just can’t pass this one up. It displays…
I came across a collection of videos tonight (thanks to The Collaborative Piano Blog and Tales from the Pit…) of Broadway music contractor John Miller discussing how to get a gig on Broadway.
A music contractor, sometimes called a music coordinator, is the person
T., a guitarist and soon-to-be music school grad, wrote us last week with this question:
I’m getting my degree soon, but I feel that I don’t really have a lot of actual work experience to flesh out my resume. How far do you think a…
It’s difficult to find anything other than a very general job description for a career as a freelance musician because there are as many ways to be a freelance musician as their are freelance musicians! However, one of the best ways to learn about the…
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Being a musician is awesome. It’s almost a crime that people are allowed to play music for a living. But like crime, music doesn’t usually pay. To get the gigs that pay, and keep getting them, musicians need to exude a
Copyright is a form of intellectual property law granting exclusive rights to the creators of intangible assets, such as music. Under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, which the US signed in 1989, copyright is granted the moment the intellectual…
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