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Getting Started
Posted by Angel in Education, Entertainment on 11 20th, 2007 | 2 responses>

5 Easy Steps To Get Started In The Music Industry:

5. Make sure you attend college:

  • Although it’s not necessary to have a college degree in the music industry, having a degree will put you ahead of everyone else.
  • Besides it’s much easier to obtain an internship while attending college, most music based companies will not accept applicants who are not in college. (Note: they don’t want to pay you so they will offer you school credit as an incentive).

4. College Education:

  • Having a strong background in the subjects below will put ahead of the competition.
  • Take classes in: communications, new media, marketing, public relations, business, computer basic.
  • Make sure you realize where the music industry is heading and be prepare to adapt to the changes.

3. Research the field of the music industry you want to enter:

  • Realize the music industry contains many different departments: radio promotions, A&R, video department, marketing, publishing, finance, sales, distribution, legal…
  • When applying for an internship, you should have a clear understanding of the department you want to intern for and what is required from you as an intern.
  • Interning in one department does not necessarily mean that’s the department you want to ultimately work for, after your semester is completed explore other departments and network.

2. Strong Resume:

  • This pretty much speaks for itself.

1. Don’t Give Up:

  • If you don’t succeed the 1st time, continue to apply.

GOOD LUCK! And remember this information is not limited to the music industry.

If you have any questions please reach out to me at angel@angeljmartinez.com

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