Finding Your Career in the Modern Audio Industry

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Part 1 - Planning
• Part 1 helps the reader define their personal preferences, challenges and barriers and how that can affect the direction of a career path. These chapters teach the fundamentals of networking, business relationships, marketing, sales, and finding opportuni
• Industry Introduction
• Defining Your Dream & Goals
• Defining Your Barriers
• Networking
• Business Relationships
• Preparing to Seek Out Opportunities
• The Search for Work
• Marketing & Sales (How to Land the Gig)
• What Makes You Stand Out?
• Part 2 - Operations
• Part 2 addresses the logistics of operating a business, whether doing an occasional freelance gig or making a living off of freelance work. These chapters help readers with common business concerns: learning how to set rates, create an invoice, offers and
• Rates and Knowing Your Worth
• Offers, Bids & Contracts
• Accounting & Financial Planning for Your Business
• Part 3 - Career Paths
• Part 3 takes the principles and ideas of the earlier chapters and puts them into practice. Each chapter addresses the needs specific or unique to these industries. These chapters are largely based on quotes, interviews, stories, and case studies. What bus
• Live Sound & Theater
• Music Production
• Interactive Media (Game Audio)
• Sound for Picture (Broadcast, Production & Post-Production)
• Spoken Word Audio
• Beyond Entertainment
• Part 4The Audio Industry Around the World
• Q&A
• Moving Forward
• Appendix: Bios of interviewees
• Supplemental material available online
• Recommendations, sample contracts, other resources
• Index