Music Records

So at the moment I’m a sophomore in college and my major is music business. What kind of jobs are there in that field? I’m really into classical music so definitely want to shoot for something that deals with that. I was thinking something awesome would be to work for a recording company like Naxos or EMI. I want to do something like going over terms and conditions of a composers contract. like research them and meet with them and do things like that. Any Ideas?

I’m writing from the UK, where I have more than 30 years’ experience in the music business, so forgive me if some of my suggestions might not be spot on for the USA (which is where I presume you are writing from). Here are some of my suggestions:

Music Publisher (composer representative)
ASCAP (the principal performing rights organisation in the States, I think)
Artist Agency (a few (but not many) composers are represented by artist agencies as well as publishers)
Musicians’ Union
Record Company (Artists and Repertoire section)
An ensemble or orchestra specialising in contemporary music (where you would be rubbing shoulders with and commissioning music from living composers. And also investigating other contemporary music not performed as often as it should be)

These are just a few to give you food for thought.

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1. del_icious_manager Says:
   June 15th, 2010 at 6:13 am

   I’m writing from the UK, where I have more than 30 years’ experience in the music business, so forgive me if some of my suggestions might not be spot on for the USA (which is where I presume you are writing from). Here are some of my suggestions:

   Music Publisher (composer representative)
   ASCAP (the principal performing rights organisation in the States, I think)
   Artist Agency (a few (but not many) composers are represented by artist agencies as well as publishers)
   Musicians’ Union
   Record Company (Artists and Repertoire section)
   An ensemble or orchestra specialising in contemporary music (where you would be rubbing shoulders with and commissioning music from living composers. And also investigating other contemporary music not performed as often as it should be)

   These are just a few to give you food for thought.
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