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    How to Get a Job in the Music Industry
    How to Get a Job in the Music Industry
    How to Get a Job in the Music Industry
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    How to Get a Job in the Music Industry

    By Keith Hatschek and Breanne Beseda

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    (Berklee Press). If you dream about a career in the music industry, this book is for you. These practical strategies will help you to prepare for and land your dream job in the music business. Thousands of readers have used this book to educate and empower themselves and jumpstart successful music industry careers. You can, too! The third edition includes a new career tool kit and social media strategy. Inside you'll find: details on booming job prospects in digital music distribution and music licensing; interviews with nine music industry professionals under 35 who discuss how they got their starts, plus what skills today's leading job candidates must possess; a resource directory of industry related job websites as well as U.S. and Canadian trade associations; step-by-step guidance for developing a first rate resume and acing your interviews; workshops to help you assess and develop your own personalized career tool kit; strategies for industry networking, finding a mentor, and how to effectively use social media.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHal Leonard LLC
    Release dateDec 1, 2014
    ISBN9781495013232
    How to Get a Job in the Music Industry
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    Keith Hatschek

    Keith Hatschek is author of three other books on the music industry and has directed the music management program at University of the Pacific for twenty years. Prior to becoming an educator, he spent twenty-five years in the music business as a musician, producer, studio owner, and marketing executive.

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