The following websites are suggested by the CME Staff to assist with students' and alums' career and professional development.
Audition & Job Listings
Career Advice
Employment Statistics for Musicians
International Listings
Legal Advice for Musicians
Music Teacher Resources
Orchestral Musicians
Promotion/Marketing
Tax and Bookkeeping Tips for Musicians
Audition & Job Listings
Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection
Job listings from NEC. Free for current MSM students! Alumni can subscribe for $55 per year.
BackstageJobs.com & Backstage.com
Jobs in musical theater and theme parks.
College Music Society
Promotes music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction. (members only).
HigherEdJobs.com, InsideHigherEd.com & Chronicle of Higher Ed
Resources for college, university, and conservatory music teaching job listings.
League of American Orchestras
Primarily arts admin jobs
Membership required
Musical Chairs
Jobs and directories for classical musicians.
MusicianJobs.org
Search job sites, company career pages, and associations for jobs.
MyAuditions.com
Listings for orchestral musicians, music educators, and arts administrators.
Registration required.
MyMusicJob.com
Provides assistance to those who make their living in the day to day, not always glamorous but usually fulfilling, music industry
National Association of Pastoral Musicians
U.S. jobs for church musicians
New York Foundation for the Arts
Diverse arts jobs & internships, mostly in NY
ProShip Entertainment & Oceanbound Entertainment
Performance staffing for the cruise industry.
U.S. Military Music Organizations
Courtesy of RileyGuide.com
YapTracker
"Track 1000s of opera auditions"
Useful new resource for singers
Career Advice
Artists House Music
Helps musicians and music entrepreneurs create sustainable careers.
Articles, videos, advice, tips.
FracturedAtlas.org
Helps artists and arts organizations function more effectively as businesses by providing access to funding, healthcare, education
Guide to Careers in Music
Comprehensive look at more than 150 music-oriented career tracks from performance and teaching to production and therapy
How to Play in Someone Else's Band
Practical and easy-to-read advice from banjo player Danny Barnes: professional behavior, etiquette, rules of thumb, and general advice
Hypebot.com
Tech-savvy website with up-to-date information and articles on current hot topics in the music business scene
KnowtheMusicBiz.com
Resource for independent musicians to help make available the information needed to build a sustainable career in the rapidly changing music industry
Music Career Juice
Articles, advice, and tips from Peter Spellman
MusicianWages.com
Insight into being a sideman, Broadway musician, cruise ship musician, army band musician, as well that self-releasing and album and finding jobs
Employment Statistics for Musicians
Facts and Figures Concerning Music and Higher Education in the United States
From the College Music Society; revised January, 2011
Occupational Employment and Wages: Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
From the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. May, 2010
Occupational Outlook for Musicians, Singers, and Related Workers
2010-11 Edition, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
“During the 2008–18 decade, most new wage-and-salary jobs for musicians will arise in religious organizations.
International Listings
International Musician
Orchestral and other union job openings.
Online access requires AFM union membership, print edition available in most music libraries
Music Council of Australia
Employment e-bulletin that provides a comprehensive weekly guide to Australian employment opportunities, by category
Orchestras Canada Job Board
Furthering, enriching and celebrating the work of Canadian orchestras through programs and services in both official languages
Legal Advice for Musicians
Art-loving attorneys
Courtesy of Self Employment in the Arts
Copyright information and links
From the National Association for Music Ed.
Copyright Made Simple
A basic introduction from the IMSLP
Fair use evaluator
Valuable insights into the U.S. Copyright Code.
Music-Law.com
Articles and advice
MusicLegalForms.com
Visit the Contract Package for Bands & Working Musicians
The Teacher's Guide to Music, Media, and Copyright Law
By James Frankel (Hal Leonard, 2009)
Preview available, purchase from AbeBooks.com
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Resources, links, and directories to legal services in the U.S., Canada & Australia
Music Teacher Resources
Association Européenne des Conservatoires
European cultural and educational network for the advancement of European Higher Music Education
The Association of Teaching Artists
Information and links
Eric Booth
Mr. Booth describes the work of teaching artists in brief videos on the Weill Music Institute site
College Music Society
Promotes music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction.
Members only
HigherEdJobs.com, InsideHigherEd.com & Chronicle of Higher Ed
Resources for college, university, and conservatory music teaching job listings
MusicAcademySuccess.com
Marty Fort's comprehensive system. Learn how to run a successful music academy.
MusicTeachersHelper.com
"Your music studio manager" Create a website, handle scheduling, accept credit card payments, and more.
Orchestral Musicians
League of American Orchestras
Primarily arts admin jobs
Membership required
Musical Chairs
Jobs and directories for classical musicians
MyAuditions.com
Listings for orchestral musicians, music educators, and arts administrators.
Registration required
Polyphonic.org
An orchestra musician forum
Pros and Cons to a Career in Orchestral Music" & “How to Pursue a Career in Orchestral Music”
By Douglas Yeo, Bass Trombonist with the Boston Symphony
Promotion/Marketing
CyberPR
Subscribe to an online newsletter and video segments with marketing tips and guidance by Ariel Hyatt, digital PR guru
DIY Musician Blog
From CDBaby: guidance on promotion, marketing, etc.
Fans, Friends, and Followers
Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age. Free 35-page preview of the 188-page book by Scott Kirsner (2009)
How to Call Attention to Your Music
Free 70-page ebook by Derek Sivers
MusicThinkTank.com
“Where the music industry thinks out-loud.” Online marketing, career-building, public relations.
Sign-up required
Why do you need a bio?
Useful for both beginner and seasoned professionals by Dan Kimpel, recognized music media expert
Tax and Bookkeeping Tips for Musicians
Accounting and tax resources
Collected by Self Employment in the Arts
Bookkeeping for Artists
By Maggie Kruser
Tax Issues for Musicians
(U.S. & Canada) Courtesy of Howland Tax Service