May 8th, 20085 Careers in Music you didn’t know existed!
Discover five careers in music in which nearly everyone can do… if they have the passion for it!
A street team is usually a group of people who promote a band/event. Most concerts come into a town and awareness of the concert is promoted by fliers, ads, or even free C.Ds of the artists. The people you see distributing these are more likely than not part of a street team. Every artist needs a good street team in order to make strong ticket sales when they come into your town.
Try to recruit people of an age that appeal to your audience!
Do you have strong event planning skills? Do you enjoy the end result of a project? Do you simply just strive to have a successful outcome? Interested in the music industry? Perhaps consider the job of a street team organizer. Organize one artist that you admire to start out with, then move on to hold a handful of artists who you organize events for? Who knows where this could take you?
Every band/artist needs an album if they want to get their name out there. If you were an artist wouldn’t you want something with hand made quality? Think about it? Physical Compact Disc sales have been dropping exponentially for the past decade. What is one of the incentives you can give the customer to purchase your C.D? Custom artwork in your album! You can’t download that and print it off the internet, it would look pretty crumby.
Many new albums (such as the Smoosh album cover for She Like Electric above ) are putting in incentives that drive consumers to purchase the physical C.D. These incentives include giveaways with a Proof of Purchase code, or a limited edition band sticker/pin. Custom Artwork is just one of the many great incentives that consumers want!
Like taking pictures of bands? Do you always tell your friends about the concert you went to last weekend?
This guy right here has a good idea for a career… but I think many people could probably do a better job without sounding so drunken and creepy. Aside from that a concert reviewer can make any amount of money depending on how strong of a drive to succeed you have. Do you want to have your article featured in the town paper for free? Or maybe start an online blog? If you really want you could start your own column in your state’s newspaper?… it can be done.
Many of us strive to express ourselves to show our individuality on a daily basis. Personally I show mine by my MySpace Profile Song, my blogs and even what shirt I put on in the morning. Are you one of those people who think about becoming an interior designer? Like designing sets for school performances? Need some practice before you step out into the real world? A great way to start is to design and/or decorate venues to prepare for the nights concert.
If you REALLY get good you could end up designing sets for the Flaming Lips! They are on The Rolling Stones’ top 50 bands to see before you die!
This could include the tech side (Lights, Sounds, Cameras, etc.) , the decorations (Fliers, Ribbon, gift bags?) , and even the set itself. Going about getting a job like this has much to with networking and being fearless when it comes to rejection. A great way to start is to use your MySpace account and start talking to a handful of small local bands and see when their next show is. Ask how you can help out and gradually step up from there. Experience is key in this field and you can get it pretty easily.
Who doesn’t love ranting on about how Blink - 182 should have stayed together and how Minus The Bears’ guitarist is way to good for the band, etc. I am pretty confident that most everyone loves ranting on about their personal subject of interest. With some videos shot by your phone/camera posted on YouTube, a WordPress account and maybe some simple HTML knowledge you can soar to be the best!
Many music related blogs are focused around a particular topic (MSbands.com is focused around free MP3s and MySpace in general). Free mp3 blogs usually do quite well (Who likes paying for music these days anyways?). As do most blogs reviewing concerts and bands. The number one way to drive traffic to your site when it relates to reviews is to post the actual review on the Band’s MySpace. If it is a good review then more than likely the band will end up posting it on their MySpace page! Boom! Instant success to your site!
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May 9th, 2008 at 12:38 am
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May 14th, 2008 at 1:05 am
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July 13th, 2008 at 4:53 am
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