Career Opportunities in the Music Industry by Shelly Field

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Career Opportunities in the Music Industry is the most comprehensive and current guide ever published to this challenging and diverse industry. This fifth edition has been revised and completely updated for the 21st century. In one source you will find information on more than 80 jobs. For each job, the reader will find a detailed quick-reference Career Profile summarizing notable features of the job (duties, alternate titles, salary range, employment prospects, advancement prospects and prerequisites); a Career Ladder illustrating frequent routes to and from the position described; and a comprehensive text pointing out special skills, education, training, and various associations relevant to each job. Also included is an index for fast, easy reference; a bibliography including major trade periodicals and books; and recently updated appendixes with listings of trade organizations and associations and relevant educational institutions.

Library Journal

Even more useful than Josquin des Pres and Mark Landsman's Creative Careers in Music (LJ 8/00), this title emulates more traditional reference works in arrangement and content--quite successfully, as evidenced by its numerous editions. Organized into 12 general employment sections and covering over 80 jobs in the music field, this book offers standardized information on such diverse careers as orchestra manager, songwriter, tour coordinator, cantor, and karaoke singer (!). The headings within each entry include position description, salaries, employment prospects, advancement prospects, education and training, experience/skills/ personality traits, unions/associations, and tips for entry. In addition, Field, owner of a public relations and management firm and author of other "Career Opportunities" titles, provides a handy "career ladder" for each entry that shows how one's career may progress. Eleven appendixes also enable the interested user to find colleges, schools, workshops, and seminars. Books and periodicals are recommended for further research, and a handy glossary is included to help familiarize potential industry entrants with basic terminology. Well written and with no verbiage, this is the title to purchase if a library can only afford one career book in this area.--David M. Turkalo, Suffolk Univ. Law Sch. Lib., Boston Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\

Library Journal

In its third edition, this affordable guide to careers in the music industry provides updated information on 86 skilled and unskilled jobs for college, music school, and high school graduates. The jobs explored involve conducting, record producing, concert promoting, marketing, and disc jockeying, among other skills. Occupational titles within 12 thematic sections vary from music journalist, recording engineer, and business manager to tour coordinator and instrument repair and restoration specialist. The guide is organized along the lines of Barbara Sims-Bell's Career Opportunities in the Food and Beverage Industry (LJ 6/15/94), by the same publisher. Each two-page entry is introduced by a "career profile" and a "career ladder" containing ready-reference data with description; salary ranges; employment and advancement prospects; education and training; desirable experience, skills, and personality traits; best geographical location; unions and associations; and tips for entry. This work, which is arranged in no apparent order, would have been more accessible if alphabetized first by chapter and then by occupation. Useful appendixes include listings of college and university degree programs in music; related books and periodicals; and major industry players and organizations with names, addresses, and telephone numbers. For career collections.-Marilyn Rosenthal, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.

School Library Journal

YAWhile there are many excellent professional guides available such as the Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Dept. of Labor) and the Encyclopedia of Career and Vocational Guidance (Ferguson, 1993), they don't provide much information on music-related careers. This revised edition covers 86 of them divided into 12 categories. It offers two-page profiles similar to other career encyclopedias, covering position description, duties, salary range, employment and advancement prospects, best geographical location for position, prerequisites, unions/associations, tips for entry, etc. A useful and up-to-date starting point for anyone interested in exploring this field.

Booknews

This guide profiles careers in the music industry under categories including business, symphonies, education, recording, radio and television, retail and wholesale, publicity, church music, and instrument repair and design. Profiles describe positions and summarize duties and prerequisites, with information on salaries, employment and advancement, and education. Appendices list educational programs in the US, scholarships, associations, record companies, distributors, publishers, and publicity firms. Includes a glossary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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