Music Careers Lesson 3 PDF

FInal Look at Music Careers! Let’s Review! 2  Review Questions: 1. What can a sound tech also be AUDIO ENGINEER called? A CATCHY SLOGAN TO 2. What is a jingle? ADVERTISE A PRODUCT 3. How long is a cruise musician usually awa...

FInal Look at Music Careers! Let’s Review! 2  Review Questions: 1. What can a sound tech also be AUDIO ENGINEER called? A CATCHY SLOGAN TO 2. What is a jingle? ADVERTISE A PRODUCT 3. How long is a cruise musician usually away from home? 4-6 MONTHS 4. Do entertainers lawyers deal YES THEY DO! with copyright issues? 3  “ WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST INTERESTING CAREER WE HAVE DISCUSSED SO FAR AND WHY? 4 LET’S TAKE another LOOK AT MUSIC CAREERS! Talent Agent Salary: $50k Let’s Learn the job life of a talent Agent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSwQIDOWhJA 6  What does it mean to be a talent agent? ⩥ A talent agent is a person who finds jobs for actors, musicians and others in the entertainment industry. ⩥ Talent agencies typically work in groups in an agency taking on multiple clients at a time. ⩥ Talent agents typically take a multitude of clients to keep their schedules busy and maintain a good salary. 7  TALENT AGENT CONTINUED: ⩥ A talent agent has to have superior communication skills and skills at persuasion. ⩥ They help build an image for a client ⩥ They also screen jobs for whether or not they would be truly beneficial for the client. 8 Talent Scout Salary: $35k 9  Talent scout ⩥ A talent scout is a person whose job is to search for talented performers who can be employed or promoted. ⩥ Think of a scout for sports, but for musicians. ⩥ Average salary $54,000 a year. ⩥ Many talent scouts have to have some experience in the music industry. Several are retired musicians or musicians who couldn’t make it in the industry successfully. ⩥ Talent scouts typically are hired by record labels. 10  Where do scouts find talent? ❖ SOCIAL MEDIA ❖ HOSTS AUDITIONS ❖ EMPLOYMENT WEBSITES ❖ ARTISTS WILL REACH OUT TO THEM! 11  Let’s watch the video on the basics of what a DJ actually does! https://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=O- pdaMnOJBQ DJ Salary: $32k 12  Dj- Disc Jockey! ❖ DJ stands for Disc Jockey ❖ A DJ is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. ❖ A DJ takes the existing sound and manipulates it, adds effect and more to fit the atmosphere of where they are performing. ❖ The most common types of DJs include: radio DJs, club DJs, mobile Dj 13  THE Types of dj’s RADIO DJ: CLUB DJ: MOBILE DJ: ⩥ Plays music for ⩥ Hired to work Tour with the radio exclusively at a portable sound, broadcast club lighting and ⩥ Interacts with ⩥ Create video systems. listeners different set Play at various ⩥ Interviews lists for events while artists different days of the weeks travelling like ⩥ Will occasionally weddings, create podcasts that periodically school dances, become birthday updated parties, etc. 14  VIDEO GAME COMPOSER Salary: $30,000-$75,000+ Let’s watch this video on what it means to be a video game composer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ZrSEXpZFQ 15  BEING A VIDEO GAME COMPOSER ⩥ Video game composers create the score for video games ⩥ Needs a formal music education degree. ⩥ Often these composer have been nominated for and at times even won grammys. ⩥ Often have to work more than 40 hours a week, But is a fun and rewarding job! 16 Thank You! 17