<p>Jump-start your career in music with this helpful career resource.</p><p><strong>Praise for the previous hardcover edition:</strong><strong><br /></strong>"...a practical and concise guide...a valuable resource...recommended."—<strong>American Reference Books Annual</strong></p><p>"...organized, comprehensive, and easy to use...Highly recommended."—<strong>Choice</strong></p><p>From making and selling records to managing the technology that helps record companies and musicians create and distribute music, the music industry offers a wide variety of exciting career options. <em>Career Opportunities in the Music Industry, Sixth Edition</em> provides current information on more than 90 specific jobs, including job duties, salary ranges, skill and education requirements, helpful organizations, tips for entry, and much more. A valuable starting point for career research, this book offers important information about positions of interest to job seekers. Each profile features a special Career Ladder charting the path for advancement.</p><p>This new edition includes updated salary ranges and employment opportunities, as well as comprehensive, updated appendixes of organizations, periodicals, associations, schools, and resources. Along with recent statistics and data, <em>Career Opportunities in the Music Industry, Sixth Edition</em> also contains a new appendix listing music career Web sites.</p><p><strong>New and updated career profiles include:</strong></p><ul class="unIndentedList"><li>A & R coordinator</li><li>Booking agent</li><li>Business manager</li><li>Music journalist</li><li>Publicist</li><li>Record producer</li><li>Recording artist</li><li>Session musician</li><li>Sound technician</li><li>Stage manager</li><li>Songwriter</li><li>Tour coordinator</li><li>and more.</li></ul>