Full Description
As traditional music career paths become increasingly scarce, 21st-century musicians must reach out to new and diverse audiences to ensure career success and sustainability. Many universities and conservatories now offer entrepreneurship courses for their students, but musicians already in the working world must also learn to build relationships with their communities, jumpstart and fund new initiatives, engage new audiences, and ultimately create successful and meaningful careers.
Creating the Revolutionary Artist challenges performers to build increased audiences through creative action and community involvement. Mark Rabideau helps jumpstart the careers of musicians and artists in all styles and at all levels as it lays out business and project management acumen within a talent-driven spirit of civic-mindfulness.
Drawing together the real-world wisdom of world-class musicians and educators, the book includes strength identification and idea creation exercises, inspiring case studies, and a toolkit of how-to guides to lead the reader through a successful community-based project and on to a rewarding career in the arts.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
How to Use this Book
Background
To Be a 21st-Cetury MusicianExploring Curiosity: Finding Opportunities to Make a Community ImpactAssessing Your Strengths: Tenacity and the SuperpowersThinking about Creativity: Fueling the ImaginationBuilding a Team: Collaboration and NetworkingProblem Solving: Developing Solutions that Work for YouDiversity and inclusivity: Abandoning Bias and Listening to Voices Unlike Our OwnThe Business Side: Laying the Groundwork for a Successful ProjectFrom Inspiration to Action: Your Project Takes FlightGetting the Word Out: Storytelling, Marketing, and Communications StrategyFinding the Funds: Donations, Grants, and Finance ManagementFrom Single Project to Rewarding Career: Continuing the RevolutionEpilogue
Toolkit
Index
About the Author
