Working In The Music Business

The music business includes all the people and companies involved in getting songs and music from the rehearsal room and studio to consumers.

It includes musical jobs (the people who write and play the music), production jobs (the people who work in studios or backstage at concerts), artist management jobs (the people who discover and manage artists), business jobs (the people who work out how to make money from music), legal jobs (the people who oversee copyright and contract issues) and marketing and publicity jobs (the people who try to get us to buy records or gig tickets).

Lots of young people like music, and are therefore attracted to the idea of working in it. But many do not really know what kinds of jobs are actually available in the music business, what they involve and how much they can expect to earn. And that’s where the unicornjobs.com Guide To Working In The Music Business comes in – find out if the music business is for you and, if so, how to go about finding that first job.

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