Music Industry Tour Managers
I want to work in the music industry?
Hey guys, I’m 13 and I’m starting to think about my future, I want to work in the music industry. I want to either tour with a band as I play the guitar and the bass guitar, or work as a music producer. (I think its called a “Music Producer”) Is a music producer where you record other artist’s music then sell it. I would also enjoy being a band manager. If you guys could just give me some guide lines, tips or tell me what i would need to study or have a degree’s in, I would really appreciate it. Any link’s will also be appreciated. Thanks guy’s, this means allot!
Production is a hard job. The producer is the person who oversees the recording of the album. Most producers are VERY involved, from picking songs to choosing additional musicians to even helping with arrangements. That’s a very hard area to break into, simply because the record’s existence is in the hands of the producer. He/she makes a mistake and the record company has lost a lot of money and the band has lost a lot of time.
Another studio job is engineer, the person who turns the knobs and does all the technical things. That’s more of a technology job (especially now with all the digital recording) than music, but one still needs to have a good ear for music. Alan Parsons was an engineer before he started the Alan Parsons Project.
Still another angle is studio musician. My field of expertise is country, but I know that there are people who made a very, VERY good living doing nothing but studio work. There are a few of them in the Country Music Hall of Fame (Harold Bradley, Charlie McCoy). The “side men” are in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, too. People who have a unique sound (think of Chet Atkins’ sound, it’s instantly identifiable) become in-demand studio musicians.
If you want the business end, I’d recommend majoring in business administration. I think there are probably courses that have music-specific courses, or at the least entertainment industry focuses.
And, before you go another step, the one thing I would STRONGLY recommend is that you read about the music business. It’s a racket nowadays, sad to say, and if you read what people have had to go through you just might change your mind. There are enough biographies and autobiographies out there that’ll give you a picture of the industry from the people who’ve been there. That’ll give you the information you need to see if you’re ready to put up with that, and it’ll help you go in with your eyes wide open.
Depending on where you live, you may want to find a smaller recording studio and see if you can hook up with someone who, if nothing else, will be willing to talk with you about their job and what is necessary. If you live near a bigger city or a music hub (like Chicago, Memphis, or Memphis) this wouldn’t be much of a problem. If you’re able to do this ask the people to be brutally honest with you about EVERYTHING. The more you know, the better off you’ll be in the long run. I see people walking around Nashville with that silly misguided notion that they can waltz into town with a guitar in their hand and in three weeks be #1 on the charts. It ain’t gonna work that way, not in country, and not in rock & roll.
Good luck.
Average day for a tour manager? — Andy Reynolds
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