Timmons, Jill - The Musician's Journey

    Catalogue No: 9780197578520
    Crafting your Career Vision and Plan

    Product FormatBook
    AuthorTimmons, Jill
    £19.99
    Typically dispatched in 3-4 working days
    Pages232
    Publication Date18 January 2024
    ISBN9780197578520 (0197578527)
    EAN9780197578520

      Offers a strategic combination of creating a vision and then formulating a plan to help guide musicians in successfully developing a thriving career
    • Includes diverse true-life stories of music professionals who have used the process successfully
    • Focuses on entrepreneurship as a means for career development
    • Conversational tone with accessible narrative
    • Suggests general tips on grant writing and financial development
    • Guidelines for teaching entrepreneurship

    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.

    Contents

    1. About the Companion Website
    2. Foreword
    3. Preface
    4. Acknowledgments
    5. 1 A CAREER IN MUSIC
    6. Musicians and Their World
    7. The World of Music: Where We Are Today
    8. A Thriving Career in Music: The New Normal
    9. 2 NEWS FROM THE FRONT
    10. Client Questionnaire
    11. The Accidental Entrepreneur
    12. A Call to Change
    13. 3 MUSICIANS AND THE PATH OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
    14. Preparing Today's Music Entrepreneurs
    15. The Benefits of Entrepreneurship
    16. 4 PREPARING FOR CHANGE
    17. Brain Neuroplasticity: A Personal Story
    18. Definitions
    19. Harnessing the Power of the Neuroplastic Brain
    20. Brain Health and Higher-Level Creativity
    21. Desire as the Genesis for Change
    22. 5 CREATING YOUR VISION
    23. The Quest for a Vision
    24. Discover Inspiration: Inviting the Muse
    25. Knowing and Facing Your Fears
    26. Ten Showstoppers
    27. 6 FROM VISION TO PLAN
    28. Music Professionals in Today's Market Place: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
    29. Vision and Plan: The Intersection of Heaven and Earth
    30. Creating the Plan: The Pathway to a Dynamic Career
    31. The Plan versus Income
    32. Sources of Income
    33. Jobs: Is It a Jay-Oh-Be or Part of Your Career Path?
    34. Internships and Volunteerism: The Fast Track to Professional Experience
    35. Grant Writing and the World of Philanthropy
    36. Your Plan: The Devil Is in the Details
    37. Troika of Success
    38. Survive or Thrive
    39. Mentors for Your Vision-Plan
    40. Road Blocks to the Planning Process
    41. 7 YOUR PLAN: TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
    42. Mission Statement
    43. Legal Identity
    44. Goods and Services
    45. Financial Plan
    46. Marketing
    47. Marketing Starter Kit
    48. Management Team
    49. Other Members of Your Management Team
    50. Timelines
    51. Financing Your Plan
    52. Business Plan Checklist
    53. 8. GRANT WRITING: THE MONEY SAFARI
    54. Overview
    55. Persuasive Writing: No Term Papers Here!
    56. Budgets: The Numbers Make It Real
    57. Phantoms That Derail Your Proposals
    58. Moving Forward
    59. 9. BUILDING YOUR CONSORTIUM OF SUPPORT
    60. Overview
    61. Guerilla Fundraising
    62. Grant Writing, One Musician's Story
    63. Lessons Learned
    64. 10. MUSIC JOBS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
    65. Entering the World of Higher Education: The Price of Admission
    66. Academia: The Ideal
    67. What Price Glory?
    68. Tenure Assessment Competencies
    69. Survival of the Fittest
    70. 11. EDUCATING THE EMERGING ENTERPRENEUR
    71. 12. TRUE-LIFE STORIES
    72. 13.EPILOGUE
    73. Notes
    74. Selected Bibliography
    75. Index
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