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Introduction
Introduction
Within the music industry their is a variety of job roles that are required, for the performers, marketing companies, production comapnies etc. The music industry offers a variety of roles. The music industry is large and requires indiviuals with different talents in order to put on events and advertise to further audiences. Jobs include events manager, graphic design for a bands merch logo; within the educational system, becoming a music teacher requires certain qualifications.
Music industry Jobs
Music industry Jobs
Sound Engineer
Sound Engineer
Within the music industry, for a live performance, the musician and performer need to have a good relationship with the sound engineer. The engineer's job responsibility includes assembling, operating, and maintaining the technical equipment used for recording sessions and live performances.
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/audio-engineer-skills
This website is really helpful with the requirements to become a sound engineer. It includes the individual knowing their way around production and hardware management "You might use a control box that contains different keys to monitor audio volume or shift between devices". If the engineer is directly looking at working within the music industry, would need some basic level of music theory for example "meter describes a composition's rhythmic pattern and tempo indicates its overall speed in mathematical terms. If you can determine the meter and tempo of a piece you're recording or mixing, you can adjust sound frequencies or add special effects more efficiently".
Salary: Within 2024, the average base pay for a live sound engineer would be £25k to £40k per year.
Education Courses: Within 2024 there are many courses available to aspiring sound engineers, that will equip them with professional lessons. Some of the courses expand across different countries, for example, this website specializes in helping people find the right course.
The courses include working with professionals and being shown around studios and workspaces. As well as using software, Recording Connection Audio School is located across the world and they offer "one-on-one training in audio engineering and music production with a seasoned professional, the next step is to become certified in Pro Tools™. We are proud and excited to offer this opportunity through the Recording Connection's Pro Tools™ Certification Programs. This tells the industry that you are no longer a student, but a certified professional, ready to tackle any project".
Therefore many courses will provide high-quality education for aspiring sound technicians
https://www.academiccourse.co.uk/courses/audio-engineering
Music Journalist
Music Journalist
Music journalists cover the world of music for print publications, online journals, magazines, and broadcast media outlets. In magazines such as The Rolling Stone and NME or in newspapers such as The Guardian, journalists review live performances and new releases from artists, as well as interview about someone's work and their inspirations. This job has always fascinated me, as it can take you around the world and discover new and world musicians. Having the confidence to organize interviews with set questions and talk with musicians about their work.
The requirements and skills needed to make it as a music journalistIt go without saying that developing writing etiquette, journalistic style, and research skills are highly relevant. Some universities even have specialized music journalism courses. Aspiring journalists must have some knowledge of music.
BBC reporter Mark Savage wrote an article in 2018 about what it takes to be a music journalist, "Music journalism is a notoriously hard industry to break into - and, with magazine circulations in a downward spiral, an even harder one to make a living out of.
But there's still hope... As part of the BBC Music's Biggest Weekend Fringe, 6 Music's Elizabeth Alker hosted a debate on the future of music journalism, while offering tips on how to get a foothold in the industry".
The article it included the use of the media and sharing reviews on platforms, "Twitter is really important at the minute," says Brian Coney, who has written for Dazed & Confused and The Line Of Best Fit. "I see editors from Bandcamp and Pitchfork and Dazed putting out tweets daily saying, 'We want ideas'".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44224091
Salary: In 2024 the average pay base for music journalists comes at £24K - £40K per year.
Education Courses: There are a variety of courses that are occupied with Music Journalism, as it's not essential to have a degree.
For example, Universities such as BIMM are located in Bristol, Brighton, Manchester, and London. The uni offers a three-year course on music marketing, media, and communication. "You’ll learn about the rapidly growing fields of digital content creation, writing, storytelling skills, journalistic writing, audience engagement, marketing, and public relations. The course also introduces you to being a creative entrepreneur in the fast-paced technology and arts economy".
https://www.bimm.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-music-marketing-media-communication/
Salary: Within 2024, the going salary rate for a graphic designer in the music industry would be £36,000 to £53,000 per year in the UK.
Courses: There are many are university and apprenticeship courses that specialise in graphic design.
University locations such as UCA (Univeristy of Creative Arts) offer a highly professional course "we introduce you to a broad range of professional-level tools and facilities-all in small class sizes that allow plenty of time with your tutors". London College of Creative Arts provides "top-of-the-range software, our extensive industry connectins and studio spaces, you'll bild a powerful skillset that will prepare you to convey your ideas and to operate in a buisness-like fashion.
Graphic Design
Graphic Design
The importance of Graphic design complements a musician’s work. Providing a visual representation that defines the artist's brand. This includes album covers and website design to social media and merchandise, graphic design elements are everywhere and work as an extension of the artist’s creativity.
This website explains the importance of graphic design in the music industry, visual media is a great way to establish the genre of music and the feelings you’re looking to convey. For example, "When you see an album color that’s black and red, you may think of rock and roll. Pastel colors might remind you of indie or alternative music. These small choices can help bring an artist’s vision to life, establish the brand, and accurately represent the music". It enhances the importance of selling your band and music, and advertising to audiences. Especially An eye-catching logo design to merch, that will attract and sell your brand to a particular audience.
An example of a graphic designer in the industry would be Peter Saville. He is a famous graphic designer "known for his role in spreading graphic design across mediums and closer to pop culture.
He co-founded Factory Records in 1978 with Alan Erasmus and Tony Wilson, and they went on to create hundreds of album covers. Apart from designing for cult bands like Joy Division and New Order, he has created album covers for David Byrne, Pulp, Brian Eno, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and many others".
https://www.manypixels.co/blog/graphic-design/famous-designers#:~:text=Peter%20Saville,-From%20the%20Burberry&text=He%20co%2Dfounded%20Factory%20Records,Peter%20Gabriel%20and%20many%20others.
Music industries
Music industries
Recording Industry
Recording Industry
The recording industry is very important in music, artists and musicians want to share their music on platforms, and they require high-quality recording equipment to professionally record their songs. The recording industry is noted by Berklee College of Music is that its a "vibrant business community formed around those who make a living through the creation, recording, and distribution of songs and albums".
An example of record companies, some of the largest names follow "As of 2023, Sony Music Entertainment is the second largest of the "Big Three" record companies, behind Universal Music Group and followed by Warner Music Group. Its music publishing division Sony Music Publishing (formerly Sony/ATV) is the largest music publisher in the world".
internships and voluntary work are excellent ways to develop your knowledge and skills, learn about the industry, and make useful contacts. Including it on your CV shows employers that you're passionate, committed, and able to use your initiative.
Being a part of music production involves you having experience working in a studio, so that you get use to working in a busy environment with professionals.
How to get involved in the Recording Industry?
The recording industry is huge and requires a lot of specialists to be involved in producing and releasing musicians songs and albums.
https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/starting-new-job/how-to-become-a-music-producer
Indeed is a really helpful website for definitions of the job you want to aim for and it helps to break down the requirements. A producer involves leadership roles and intense decison making. Thats why its a difficult job to be involved in and requires "They also need to focus on creating habits and routines which focus on consistency over intensity in order to achieve results within the whole team. "
Social Media
Social Media
Social media is expanding every year with opportunities to get involved in the music career. Platforms such as Instagram, Youtube and TikTok are areas where people can release their own music to an online audinece to watch. For example the discovery of Justin Bieber, was that as a child he uploaded cover videos to Youtube when a talent manager spotted him in 2008.
A popular period for new and upcoming artists, would defiantly be during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, where people were forced to isolate. This led to a lot of people angry and frustrated that their freedoms were limited. "Social media allows artists opportunities to market their work and, indeed, their skills. They can use it to sell their artwork, brand themselves, attract clients and commissions, teach their craft to aspiring artists, and inspire other artists to create. Its definitely down to what audiences find interesting and appealing to watch, in order to creators to gain popularity and followers.
" TikTok has become the most popular platform to use in contemporary society, as of 2023 1.7 billion people are TikTok users. Its the place to find anything and mostly anyone. Within the covid period, people had to find a way of entertaining themselves and creative artists took that upon themselves to release music in order to entertain other users. An example of this would be the pop star singer Caity Baser who is upcoming, she was scouted on TikTok during the covid period and has performed major music festivals and currently on her own tour. The app is heavily dependent on youths who are known to use it far more than elders, due to the increase in technology and younger people growing up with different ways to have a career.
BBC introducing
BBC introducing
The BBC introducing platform helps to find new talent up and down the country. The process starts with undiscovered artists and musicians registering onto the BBC introducing website. Then you will need to fill out information such as the artist name and postcode, and then they can upload their tracks.
Those uploaded tracks get sent to the BBC's local radio shows where they get listened to by a team of local presenters and producers. If they like them the tracks could get broadcast on those local stations and even propelled onto wider national stations such as BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, 6 Music, Radio 3, Asian Network and World Service.
Artist have been given opportunities to perform in large festivals such as Glastonbury, which is televised for a wider audience. Famous people that have come out of BBC introducing include Florence and The Machine, Ed Sheeran and Wolf Alice etc who have gone on to win further awards and pro in popularity.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5lvdZfbkPG7lbdRvDgtpwB7/what-is-bbc-music-introducing
The process encourages young inspiring musicians who passionately want to be a part of the music industry. This video below breaks down the opportunities that are given to those who wow the BBC.
There are roughly There are more than 190,000 registered artists and nearly 1 million (950,000+) tracks uploaded to the BBC Music Introducing website, who get played weekly
Career Plan
Career Plan
Lauryn Hill is an American rapper and one of the gretatest artists of all time. Hill's musicial sound is fascinating, "Hill's sound, often categorized as “neo-soul,” bridged hip-hop and mainstream popular music. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was also notable for its deeply personal lyrics, which addressed such themes as the meaning of self, family, and community". She is a very influential artists and I love her sound combining her ancestral African roots with the modernisation of the 1990s. She has achieved major success within The Fugees and her solo career
Musical upbringing
Musical upbringing
Lauryn Hill paved the way for modern R&B musicians, beginning in the 1990s along with the Hip-Hop movement. Her Baptist family moved to New York for a short period before settling in South Orange. Hill has said of her musically oriented family: "There were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played the piano, my father sang, and we were always surrounded by music."
Being surrounded by music at a young age inspired her to take it on as a career. "She spent hours on end listening to records in her room, absorbing the classic soul music of the ’60s and ’70s. She performed at every opportunity; at age 13 she appeared as a contestant on Showtime at the Apollo. With the support of her parents, she pursued singing and acting professionally in her early teens, appearing on local television and auditioning for film roles in nearby New York City".
The group released two albums within the 90s decade. Their first being 'Blunted on Reality was released in 1994 and was the band's debut.
Then later in the decade their second album 'The Score' was their most popular album, featuring cover songs 'No Woman No Cry' and 'Killing Me Softly'. The track Killing Me Softly, as the band took a track that was released in the 1970s and modernised it into a Hip-Hop classic.
Bands and Collaborations
Bands and Collaborations
Famously, Hill was a part of the Hip Hop group The Fugees, who were popular in the 1990s. Lauryn Hill and Pras first met at Columbia High School, in Maplewood, New Jersey. Pras, Lauryn, and a mutual friend Marcy Harriell formed a musical trio called Tyme; Pras' cousin, Wyclef Jean, joined the line-up and Marcy left soon afterward, in 1990.
The following video goes into detail about the band's successes but it also what pulled them apart.
Awards and Successes
Awards and Successes
Lauryn Hill was a high achieving young artists who paved a way for neo-sould artists.
Hill has achieved many awards for her one album 'The MissEducation of Lauryn Hill' in 1999, these include:
Grammy Award for Album of The Year
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album
Grammy for Best New Artist
Grammy Award for Bet R&B
MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
Soul/R&B New Artist
Influences and inspirations
Influences and inspirations
Lauryn Hill's inspirations included the reggae icon Bob Marley, "Marley was featured on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. This collaboration completely changed Hill’s direction with her music. She became a beacon of hope and truth for young people. She continued Marley’s mission, teaching youth the importance of love and harmony".
Hill's influence has inspired artists in the 2000s decade onwards, such as Amy Winehouse, Adele, Beyonce, H.E.R etc. This video demonstrates the effect Lauryn Hill's effect on 21st-century artists.
"A chameleonic album, it incorporates Hill’s powerful rap lyricism with her sultry soulful singing. From the massive bops of ‘Lost Ones’ and ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’, all the way through the more meditative ‘To Zion’, Hill is operating on a higher level than ever before. Inspired by the same themes of universality her partner’s father's (Bob Marley) philosophy, Hill’s songs also bring a perspective on motherhood".
This article demonstrates the impact Hill's single "Doo-wop" had on women, as the track was about not following male accusations that a woman can't be a mum and have a successful career. In the music video, I like how this idea is portrayed in the opening image and the contrast between the decades of the 60s and 90s. How the expectations of women have changed as well for independence.
My Career Path
My Career Path
Introduction
Introduction
Within this blog, I will be going through the possible career paths, that I could follow after college and university. My instrument is the bass guitar and I would like my path to include working and collaborating with people around the world and building wider connections. I am not certain where my career may take me, but I know that music will be a part of it whether I end up with my future career. As previously shown in my blog, there are many job opportunities within the music industry that people can be a part of, I will be going through what career paths I would additionally like to go down.
Career Number 1
Career Number 1
Professional Musician
Professional Musician
Becoming a professional musician is a job I aspire to. The idea of performing in front of large amounts of people at festivals and concerts, I've always loved going and seeing musicians perform and it has always inspired me to hopefully do the same thing. Being a part of a band that becomes your musical family is important, creating and releasing music with them and then on a tour around the world. My path as follows, with being a part of the UAL course in Music Performance and Production. I am currently studying on this 2 year course, which is my first time studying music at a high level. My next path after college would involve going to university, and have already started looking at courses involving music and another subject, even though it is not essential to have a degree to be a professional musician. I really wnat to go to university for the connections that i will make with other musicians and being in a city broadening my knowlege in the music subject. I think its important to get the course correct, as as much as I want to learn the theoretical side of music as its highly important, I want to play amongst others. Most music universities will need you to perform an audition tape so that they can see your essential skills on your instrument, I have put together two videos of me playing a song and then a video on my alpeggios and scales on the bass.
Preparation and training
Preparation and training
Preparation and further training to become a professional musician is dedication and commitment. Therefore in my own training I will practise daily and use online teaching rescourses to remind or help me with placing and scales. The link I have used helps to break down ways to become a professional musician. There are many ways to become a musician and spreading your music around fr others to like and repost. Being amongst other people is crucial and a part of music societies and clubs at university and elsewhere. Networking is vital as opportunities are often discovered via word of mouth, and personal recommendations can sometimes lead to auditions. Its important to take any opportunity that arises to gain experience - by doing so, you'll build your confidence and professional network and extend your repertoire. Being a part of this course has been a starting platform for my future career. Within this couse we delve into spreading our music out to an audinece, we have created online social media accounts to share our origianl work. I find listening to professional musicians or someone I look up too's advice online about how they got into the industry and what tehniques and preparation they had or were given.
https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/how-to-become-musician
Skills and Experience
Skills and Experience
People join the music industry because it is their passion to achieve and work creatively. Building a network of musicians, like I said ealrier about building connetions is highly important and joining social groups to meet other aspiring artists. Communication is important skill to adapt when working with other people, being reliabily and available to events and gigs that may occur. I believe I definately have the skills of communication wit other people and makes sure that the group is not one-sided and all of us lead rehearsals. My relaibility involves me knowing my theory and songs i need to practise, this includes regularly practising my scales and adapt to playing different genres. I know I am a hardworking person and will try my best with whatever comes at me as a challenge
I can gain additional experience by volunteering and working amongst other people in the music industry, such as music producers to see how they professionally mix music. In my career pathway I would like to have experience in other parts of the industry that come together as building blocks to creating music and a future album. I think its important to have patience and allow time to learn new material, as well as having patience for other people who you may be working with, as writing and creating music takes time and can be a long process. Being ready and organised about what you need to do is vital, you can't be unready and slowing anyone else down. Working on time managing is also really important for me and so far at the start of my career I'm always working hard upon these skills and gaining further experience.
Music Journalist
Music Journalist
This is another job that I find fascinating, and would like to include in a potential career path. Music journalists must possess exceptional focus, discipline, and time management skills in order to craft quality prose while the clock is ticking. Being a music journalist involves you working with magazines, online publications and broadcast media outlets. This career is far different from wanting to be a professional musician, as being a journalist is working manly on your own and finding information then rather playing and being the subject written about.
Preparation and Training
Preparation and Training
My preparation for becoming a music journalist would be defiantly researching and doing extra reading on past articles such as Rolling Stones and NWE. Picking about what music journalists have said about particular artists upcoming album or live performance.
You do not necessarily need a degree to become a music journalist, but having a good understanding with English and that's why it may be important to have an A level or degree in English.
This video attached, gives examples of how people got into the music journalist business. For some of them, it was simply just starting to write a blog online about their favorite records and what they thought of them. It is empowering from a female point of view what inspired them to create their journalism path and how simple it can be. I found this definition of music journalism, which tells exactly what the job involves "Music journalists cover the world of music for print publications, online journals, magazines, and broadcast media outlets. They review concerts and new releases, report on the business of music, write artist profiles and feature stories, conduct interviews, and break music-related news".
I find myself liking to work with other people as part of a team. Most journalism involves working on your own to find sources. I enjoy that work involves going to see live music to tell your audience your views. I would begin my music jouralist by writing up a blog on the live music I watched last year, and talk about the bands perfromance and why i enjoy their music.
Skills and Experience
Skills and Experience
The skills you need to become a music journalist vary, one of the main skills would be researching and having patience. I find it important that researchers take time to look at different articles and build an opinion on what has been said by another journalist.
A website listed what it means to be a music journalist and what skills are needed "Music journalists must possess exceptional focus, discipline, and time management skills in order to craft quality prose while the clock is ticking. Those who conduct interviews as part of their job should cultivate a personable demeanor, as success often hinges on putting the subject at ease".
A way to achieve a music journalist position would be "Submitting reviews, entries, and letters to magazines, websites, and open-submission platforms is a great way of making your writing visible online and in print". Therefore for me to reach this job role I would contact companies such as the BBC for experience. Being shown around the studios and what involves creating a review.
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