Musician''s Journey - Crafting Your Career Vision and Plan

The Musician's Journey is a resource guide for musicians looking to develop their careers. From the process to all the practical details that must be part of an effective career strategy, any musician can embrace the vast array of resources provided in this helpful and accessible publication. The new edition incorporates current brain research, recent job trends in higher education, insights from the COVID-19 pandemic, and new true-life stories from a diverse group of musicians, as well as an expanded bibliography and a new chapter on grant writing.

Table des matières

• About the Companion Website


• Foreword


• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• 1 A CAREER IN MUSIC


• Musicians and Their World


• The World of Music: Where We Are Today


• A Thriving Career in Music: The New Normal


• 2 NEWS FROM THE FRONT


• Client Questionnaire


• The Accidental Entrepreneur


• A Call to Change


• 3 MUSICIANS AND THE PATH OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP


• Preparing Today's Music Entrepreneurs


• The Benefits of Entrepreneurship


• 4 PREPARING FOR CHANGE


• Brain Neuroplasticity: A Personal Story


• Definitions


• Harnessing the Power of the Neuroplastic Brain


• Brain Health and Higher-Level Creativity


• Desire as the Genesis for Change


• 5 CREATING YOUR VISION


• The Quest for a Vision


• Discover Inspiration: Inviting the Muse


• Knowing and Facing Your Fears


• Ten Showstoppers


• 6 FROM VISION TO PLAN


• Music Professionals in Today's Market Place: The Dynamic Entrepreneur


• Vision and Plan: The Intersection of Heaven and Earth


• Creating the Plan: The Pathway to a Dynamic Career


• The Plan versus Income


• Sources of Income


• Jobs: Is It a Jay-Oh-Be or Part of Your Career Path?


• Internships and Volunteerism: The Fast Track to Professional Experience


• Grant Writing and the World of Philanthropy


• Your Plan: The Devil Is in the Details


• Troika of Success


• Survive or Thrive


• Mentors for Your Vision-Plan


• Road Blocks to the Planning Process


• 7 YOUR PLAN: TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS


• Mission Statement


• Legal Identity


• Goods and Services


• Financial Plan


• Marketing


• Marketing Starter Kit


• Management Team


• Other Members of Your Management Team


• Timelines


• Financing Your Plan


• Business Plan Checklist


• 8. GRANT WRITING: THE MONEY SAFARI


• Overview


• Persuasive Writing: No Term Papers Here!


• Budgets: The Numbers Make It Real


• Phantoms That Derail Your Proposals


• Moving Forward


• 9. BUILDING YOUR CONSORTIUM OF SUPPORT


• Overview


• Guerilla Fundraising


• Grant Writing, One Musician's Story


• Lessons Learned


• 10. MUSIC JOBS IN HIGHER EDUCATION


• Entering the World of Higher Education: The Price of Admission


• Academia: The Ideal


• What Price Glory?


• Tenure Assessment Competencies


• Survival of the Fittest


• 11. EDUCATING THE EMERGING ENTERPRENEUR


• 12. TRUE-LIFE STORIES


• 13.EPILOGUE


• Notes


• Selected Bibliography


• Index

A propos de l'auteur

Jill Timmons is known to international audiences and educators as a leading consultant in arts management. Her consulting firm, Artsmentor LLC, has helped countless music organizations and individual artists meet the challenge of today's marketplace. Timmons has performed as a pianist under the auspices of the NEA, the USIA, and has been featured on NPR, with concert tours throughout the US, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, and Chile. Timmons is a recipient of the Wilk International Literary Prize from the University of Southern California, a recording fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and most recently, a Visiting Fellowship at Yale University

Résumé

The Musician's Journey escorts musicians, performing artists, music teachers, and advanced music students along the road toward a successful career, offering a vast array of resources to guide them from envisioning the process to achieving the practical details. Jill Timmons provides key tools throughout the journey, from sources as diverse as the world of myth to current brain research, which illuminate compelling real-world examples of music entrepreneurs who forged their own paths to success.

In addition to chapters on careers in higher education, guidance in how to develop a dynamic business plan, and effective time management, this expanded second edition includes up-to-date strategies for meeting the challenges of today's current marketplace, including a greatly expanded section on grant writing and financial development. The new edition also offers a new collection of diverse and inspiring stories taken from interviews with a range of successful musicians, along with personal narrative from the author's work as a professional musician and consultant. There is also an extensive bibliography of additional resources, and the companion website offers downloadable worksheets and questionnaires to assist the reader in igniting their own thriving musician's journey.

Texte suppl.

The Musician's Journey by Jill Timmons is an essential read for both emerging and established professional musicians; it offers a guide to remembering the visionary, expansive nature of art while attending to the realities of "paying the bills."

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Timmons, Jill Timmons, Jill (Pianist and Founder Timmons, Timmons Jill
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9780197578513
• ISBN: 978-0-19-757851-3
• Pages: 232
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Psychologie, quotidien > Développement personnel; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, MUSIC / Business Aspects, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Exercises, Music Industry, Musical Instruments, Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles