Nov 8, 2023
In today’s episode,Tara chats about an alternate way
of educating yourself to become a professional musician that
doesn’t include the college route of a music degree. Tara herself,
having a Music degree and yet being in the music biz for over 30
years, gives the listener her take on why college might not be the
best way in today’s world of music performing.
- The costs of a college degree is super high
compared to what you might make as a musician seeking your own gigs
or teaching studio. It can take time to build your own business as
a performer and that means not a salaried income coming in.
- The pursuit of a college degree is time consuming.
You can’t put extra time into learning about many things of the
music biz, from networking to producing your own music and
shows.
- The music industry has many changing features,
including technology and social media that may not be covered in
college.
- You may not be able to pursue different genres of
music where you would study that specific history and get training
in folk, jazz, country, etc
- You might want to do something more out of the box
like opening your own music studio or publishing and selling music
and you won’t get much help through a college degree.
- Marketing yourself, learning how to get albums out,
creating a website, learning how to book yourself
and more are not usually learned at college.
- Time management for a music performing biz is hard
to do with keeping up with studies, paying for that education and
then actually trying to create a music career.
- College can have a political agenda instead of
having an educational foundation. They are often more interested in
promoting a political ideology instead of focusing on what your
major is.
What you can do:
Partake of free podcasts, free challenges and
bootcamps on social media and getting fans to an email list, read
books on the different subjects. Seek out mentors in the music
biz—coaches who help you in biz, coaches who help you learn your
instrument, coaches who teach you how to be a great performer.
Purchases online courses for marketing, writing, songwriting,
booking gigs, auditioning, podcasting, how to do social media, and
how to find other music producing income, and more.
If you want further help, please reach out to me for
a Zoom meeting through Premier Performer VIP. Link here:
https://tarab.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/22
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