.

.

.

.

Kingsford Music

.

.

.

Careers in Music
_____________________

The Music Industry ... Worth hundreds of billions of dollars, music is the fourth-largest industry in the United States behind only health, petroleum, and automotive.  In the world, it's the third largest industry.

Think about it.  Music is everywhere, pervades everything, is part of every other industry.  Consider a career in it.  You could likely make a very good living and find work in one or more of music's many fields.

The music industry almost certainly is not what you've learned about it to this point in your life -- mainly because most of the people in your life who might guide you to it and educate you about it know very little about it themselves.  And music is not only singing or playing.  Not by a long shot.  Singing and playing -- performance -- are the fractions of the industry around which the rest of the industry revolves.  Bet your guidance counselor never told you that.  The music industry is huge, vast, and varied.  Like other large industries, most of it is behind the scenes -- its reach and size never occur to you.

So do your homework about the music industry.  Learn about it -- the art, the craft, the science and technology, the business.  Approach people in any and all of the various areas of it.  Approach them directly.  And, if you like music, consider a healthy livelihood and a good life in the music industry.

.

.

- Music businessperson (corporate, big business)

- Music therapist/healthworker

- Radio-network singer

- Recording technician

- Rock singer

- Concert manager

- Guitar player

- Jazz roadie

- Talent/music/performers' agent

Top

- Music broadcaster/announcer

- Jazz singer

- Guitar maintenance and repair person

- Choreographer

- Music guidance counselor/consultant

- Concert/performance set builder

- Ancient-instrument maintenance and repair person

- PC (computer) musician

- Percussionist

- Music businessperson (small business)

Top

- Studio musician (rehearsal and recording)

- Music-recording entrepreneur

- Session musician (rehearsal and recording)

- Pop singer

- Talent/music/performers' promoter

- Studio guitarist (rehearsal and recording)

- Singer's elocution coach/tutor

- Substitute instrumentalist

- Substitute singer

- Arranger

Top

- Band organizer

- Orchestrator

- Concert producer

- Melodist

- Trumpet player

- Music publisher

- Advertising-jingles producer

- French (F) horn player

- Sporting-events singer

- Instrument manufacturer (corporate, big business)

Top

- Advertising-jingles performer

- Music website operator

- Sports-jingles producer

- Broadcasting-jingles producer

- Concert/performance impresario

- Video instrumentalist

- Drummer

- Movie-score instrumentalist

- Trombone player

- Religious choir(s) director

Top

- Stage-play/musical-theater instrumentalist

- Military musician (service bands)

- Stage-play/musical-theater singer

- Broadcasting-jingles writer

- Events-and-occasions singer

- Stage-play/musical-theater arranger

- Recording technician

- Stage-play/musical-theater orchestrator

- Talent/music/performers' manager

- Stage-play/musical-theater conductor

Top

- Piano accompanist

- Studio conductor (rehearsal and recording)

- Television-network singer

- Music marketer

- Television-network composer

- B-flat clarinet player

- Television-network arranger

- Cheerleading routine writer/producer

- Television-network orchestrator

- College vocal-music teacher

Top

- Upright bass player

- Television-network conductor

- Symphony-orchestra instrumentalist

- Specialty-band/ensemble instrumentalist

- Ringtone distributor

- Sporting-events instrumentalist

- Specialty-band/ensemble singer/vocalist

- Singing/performance coach

- TV-program instrumentalist

- Club singer

Top

- TV-program singer

- Opera roadie

- TV-program composer

- Sheet-music salesperson

- TV-program arranger

- Recording distributor

- TV-program orchestrator

- Keyboard player

- TV-program conductor

- Music-playback electronics (hardware) expert

Top

- Documentary instrumentalist

- Recording accompanist

- Documentary singer

- Violin player

- Documentary arranger

- Dance musician

- Documentary orchestrator

- Performance (live) producer

- Documentary conductor

- Funeral singer

Top

- Radio-program instrumentalist

- Musical-theater manager

- Radio-program singer

- Classical singer

- Radio-program composer

- Music-business advertiser

- Radio-program arranger

- Classical roadie

- Radio-program orchestrator

- Banjo player

Top

- Radio-program conductor

- Act booker

- Concert/performance stage/presentation designer

- Bass player

- Radio-network composer

- Tuba player

- Radio-network arranger

- Disc jockey / radio music announcer

- Radio-network orchestrator

- Website singer

Top

- Radio-network conductor

- Broadcasting-jingles performer

- Website instrumentalist

- Music retailer

- Website orchestrator

- Concert-theatrical-performance technician

- Website conductor

- Music-recording salesperson

- Flute player

- Instrument salesperson

Top

- Music lawyer

- Music-player (hardware and software) inventor/creator

- Wedding singer

- Music critic/essayist

- Folk/ethnic/coffeehouse singer/troubadour

- Musical-video producer/creator/director

- Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Top

- Blues roadie

- Opera singer

- Visual-art musician

- Organist / Organ player

- Music-business promoter

- Music-public-relations manager

- Musical-video performer

- Events-and-occasions instrumentalist

- Acoustics engineer

Top

- Recorder of musical events-and-occasions

- Musical stager

- Music-provider/booker for nonmusical activities, events

- Session singer (rehearsal and recording)

- Cornet player

- Country singer

- E-flat horn player

- Club instrumentalist

- Piccolo player

- Recording producer

Top

- E-flat clarinet player

- Instrument salesperson

- Music-programmer for radio stations/networks

- Music-tour operator/coordinator (musicians, audiences)

- B-flat bass clarinet player

- Accompanist (guitar, piano, keyboard, et al.)

- Bassoon player

- Recording-industry employee/executive

- Harp player

- Music programmer for websites and live streaming

Top

- Viola player

- Private music teacher/tutor

- Cello player / Violoncello player

- Music programmer for cable/satellite/broadcast TV

- Contrabass player / Double bass player

- Instrument trader

- Synthesizer player

- Music educator

- Harpsichord player

- Religious singer

Top

- Ukelele player

- Instrument collector

- Ethnic/cultural instrumentalist

- Eclectic singer

- Specialty instrumentalist

- Musical-instrument craftsperson

- Lute player

- Performance disc jockey

- Sitar player

- Instrument broker

Top

- Novelty and experimental instrumentalist

- Community-chorus(es) director

- Recording engineer

- Violin maker

- Musical visual artist

- Viola maker

- Cello maker

- Mandolin maker

- Lute maker

- Upright-bass maker

Top

- Instrumental maintenance and repair person

- Folk and specialty-instrument maker (e.g., dulcimer)

- Music programmer for stores, restaurants, etc.

- Folk, specialty-instrument maintenance/repair person

- Mandolin player

- Musical consultant

- Concert pianist

- College instrumental-music teacher

- Multimedia-presentation musician

- Music-playback electronics (software) expert

Top

- Wedding instrumentalist

- Studio singer (rehearsal and recording)

- Health-industry musician

- Electronics repair person

- Harmonica player

- Music-creation programmer (software)

- Music entrepreneur

- Composer

- Rock roadie

- Blues singer

Top

- Baritone saxophonist

- Sports-jingles performer

- Dance-music writer/producer

- Television-network instrumentalist

- Website composer

- Music archivist and/or librarian

- Accordion / Concertina (squeezebox) player

- Movie-score composer

- Advertising-jingles writer

- High-school vocal-music teacher

Top

- Cantor

- Sound-system operator

- High-school instrumental-music teacher

- Recording-studio owner/manager/operator

- Electronics musician

- Middle-school vocal-music teacher

- Tenor saxophonist

- Middle-school instrumental-music teacher

- Stage-play/musical-theater composer

- Elementary-school vocal-music teacher

Top

- Instrument assessor and appraiser

- Elementary-school instrumental-music teacher

- Website arranger

- Bagpipe player

- Pre-school vocal-music teacher

- Oboe player

- Pre-school instrumental-music teacher

- Folk roadie

- Documentary composer

- Private vocal/singing tutor

Top

- Video singer

- Music historian

- Lyricist (lyrics writer)

- Dulcimer player

- Movie-score singer

- Baritone/euphonium player

- Movie-score arranger

- Ringtone composer

- Movie-score orchestrator

- Funeral instrumentalist

Top

- Piano player / Pianist

- Movie-score conductor

- E-flat alto clarinet player

- Sports-jingles writer

- Alto saxophonist

- Concert/performance stage manager

- Radio-network instrumentalist

- Musical-performance photographer/cinematographer

- Studio-band singer/player

- Music-software inventor/creator

Top