Full Description
Based on parallels drawn between fundamental areas of music performance and their counterparts in the business world, Living The Dream...The Morning After Music School - a DIY guide to the music business offers insights and tools to help current or former music majors navigate life as highly capable musicians trying to put together a living from a variety of income streams. It also exposes them to creative ways of considering their career options that may give them much more hope than they thought possible. In this way, a world that is foreign and overwhelming to many aspiring professional musicians is brought easily and clearly into their comfort zone, equipping them for their quest to build a life doing what they love.
Brian Horner draws from the experience of his nearly twenty-year, dual career as a renowned saxophonist/professor and a businessman. Brian Horner's career as a saxophonist has included recitals at Carnegie Hall, a cover feature in Saxophone Journal, and saxophone and reed endorsements with Conn-
Selmer and D'Addario, and his music business career has included everything from non-profit orchestra management to major label country and comedy marketing and publicity, and his current work heading his own company and working with a diverse roster of world-class artists across all genres.
Newly expanded to include reflective essay questions at the conclusion of each chapter, and the sweeping ""Recital & Album Project (RAP)."" The RAP is designed to be an indispensable tool for music majors and takes the student through the process of presenting a fictional (or perhaps real-life) recital and resulting live album and tour. The author offers examples of each task that is asked, and leads students through the creation of a comprehensive portfolio of materials that can be used in real life as they embark upon their careers.
21CM ""Doing Good"" Award Winners
Contents
Foreword from Jeff Coffin
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1 Warm Up—An Introduction
Chapter 2 Intonation—Playing Well With Others
Chapter 3 Rhythm—The Daily Grind
Chapter 4 Stage Presence—The Face of the ""Company""
Chapter 5 Tone & Musicality—Finding Your Voice
Chapter 6 Articulation—Attention to Detail
Chapter 7 Scales—The Building Blocks of the Business
Chapter 8 Repertoire—Programming the Concert of Life
Recital & Album Project—Introduction
Recital & Album Project—Part I: The Concert
Recital & Album Project—Part II: The Album
Recital & Album Project—Part III: The Tour
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