25 Music Jobs That Most People Don t Know About

Y ou may have heard that           writes songs for the artists       music jobs are almost           signed by the label.               impossible to find,                                                especially if you're young and        A Freelance Songwriter writes and  just starting out. While it may       markets his or her own songs.      be true that few aspiring             Your hours are your own, but       musicians will reach the top of       you'll have to work a lot of them  the charts, there are hundreds of     to get your songs heard.           thousands of music jobs                                                  available. Some are for               A Lyricist writes just the words   performers, some for teachers,        to songs. He may team up with a    and some for support staff for        composer, or be teamed up with     musicians and performers.             one by a music production          Musicians and others in the music     company.                           industry may work in production,                                         performance, promotion, and           A Jingle Writer writes those       education - even medicine. I          catchy ads that you hear on the    promised you 25 music jobs that       television and radio - you know,   most people don't know about -        the ones that get stuck in your    but that's not technically true.      head for days. A jingle writer     Many of these are jobs that           may not become a famous household  people know about - but don't         name - but he or she will always   consider when they think of           find work.                         'music jobs'. Ready for the list?                                        Here we go:                           Music Jobs in Publishing:                                                                                   Music Jobs for Songwriters:           A Music Publisher finds and                                              acquires the copyrights to songs   A Staff Songwriter works for a        with the intent of licensing or    record or media company and           selling them to record companies   and musicians.                        Public Relations music jobs range                                        from assistant publicist to        A Copyright/Licensing                 director of public relations. The  Administrator ($20,000 - $60,000)     PR department is responsible for   manages the licensing and             getting the names of the artists   copyrights for a music publishing     on a record company label out in   company.                              front of the public often. Pay                                           ranges from nothing for an intern  A Music Editor ($20,000 -             to three figures for highly        $60,000) works closely with the       experienced public relations       composer to document, organize        managers.                          and time cues for the musicians                                          in a project.                         An Artist's Relations                                                    Representative is responsible for  A Notesetter ($15,000 - $50,000)      maintaining communication and      transcribes music from audio to       cooperation between the record     the page.                             company and an artist or band.                                                                              Music Jobs in the Record Business     A Promotional staffer works with                                         radio stations and video stations  An A&R Coordinator (artist and        to get airplay for a label's       repertoire) finds talent for a        records.                           record company to sign. His boss                                         is the A&R Administrator, a           Campus representatives are         position that includes planning       promotional agents - but they      budgets for artists, managing         work directly to promote a record  reps and coordinators and             label's products to college        monitoring the expenses on            students and music retailers.      production.                           Working as a campus                                                      representative is a great way to   get your foot in the door at a        student performances and           record label.                         organizing and directing a band                                          or choir.                          Music Jobs in Education                                                                                        A Music Director or Supervisor is  A music teacher teaches music to      responsible for managing and       classes from pre-school through       setting policy for music           college, with duties varying          instructors hired by the school    depending on the age of the           department.                        classes. In the elementary                                               grades, the music teacher may         Music Jobs in the Ministry may     concentrate on teaching music         include part time work as an       appreciation and theory, with         organist to full time work         some teaching of instruments and      directing a professional choir     performance theory. By high           and the entire music worship for   school, the job duties are more       a parish or citywide.              varied, and may include directing      About the Author: Rita Henry is a contributing editor for Jobs In Music, the leading job and resource site for the Music Industry. Interested in receiving only the hottest Music job listings weekly for free? To learn more visit Jobs In Music. Read more articles by: Rita Henry This article is distributed by: www.iSnare.com