Music Career Project

Name:
Checklist to Complete Assignment
Read the article
Complete From the Source Section #1
Complete In Your Own Words Section #2
Complete Your Final Job Description Section #3
Complete Best Fact to Share Section #4
Complete Think About It Section #5
Complete the Career Jump Activity Section #6
Is my work neat, in complete sentences, and each
section is completed.

Period: ( example: 6A5)

Music Career Jump Grading

_____Individual Participation During Project
3 on task, involved all the time
2 on task, involved most of the time
1 off task, wasting time, teacher reminders to
work needed/not on task, ignores teacher
reminders

_____Completed Project
3 all tasks complete, in detail, neat, and
thoughtful
2 all tasks complete, satisfactory answers, and
legible, most tasks complete, answers are brief
and not detailed, work is sloppy
1 few tasks complete, answers are incomplete,
and little effort is shown

his information based on the information on the M

usic Careers Website. Dont use other sources!

#1 From the Source

#2 In Your Own Words

Job Title: Sound Technician

Job Title: Sound Technician

Career Overview:

Sets up and uses

soundboard and other sound
equipment during concerts
or performances, ensuring
that levels are correct and
the sound mix is right.

Career Overview: Uses sound board and other

sound equipment making sure the sound is
correct and sounds good.

About
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Description)
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About
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1 they should also be responsible enough to deal with

long hours and late nights.

1. Being a sound technician means you have to stay for

a long time and stay late at night.

2. Sound Technicians use the soundboard and other

audio equipment to ensure sound levels are correct
and the sound is mixed well.

2. A sound technician uses a soundboard and other

equipment to make sure the sound is right.

3. Their work is the finishing touch on the artists

performance.

3. The work is fixing the artists performance and

making it sound better.

4. In some cases they also assist with lighting and

special effects.

4. A sound technician sometimes interacts with the

lights.

5. They work with the Club General Manager, Talent

Booker, Production Technicians, Maintenance Team,
the acts Tour Manager and the musicians themselves.

5. They work with the Club General Manager, Talent

Booker, Production Technicians, Maintenance Team,
the acts Tour Manager and the musicians.

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Salary

Salary

1. Freelance Sound Technicians are paid per event.

1. Freelance Sound Technicians are paid every event

2. Sound Technicians who work regularly at a venue

are salaried.

2. Sound Technicians who work often at venue are

salaried.

Employment

Employment

1. After learning the necessary technical skills to work

the soundboard, how do you get a job? Go out and
talk to people who are currently working sound, and
build those relationships.

1. If you know how to work on a soundboard to get a

job talk to people who are working on sound and build
on those relationships.

2. Ask the questions they dont get asked all

the time, and show an interest in learning
on the job.

2. Ask questions that dont often get asked. Show your

interest in learning on the job.

Advancement

Advancement

1. Advancement can also mean getting hired to work

at a more prestigious venue.

1. Advancement can also mean working at a higher

level place.

2. if youre in-house somewhere then its usually

salaried with advancement taking place as you
progress in your role or take on management duties.

2. If youre in house, it is like any other job you get

paid for your skills and responsibilities.

Education and Training

Education and Training

1. Many aspiring Sound Techs start off by essentially

apprenticing themselves to working Sound
Technicians

1. Apprenticing is working for someone with lots of

experience

2. Hands-on experience is essential for learning, so any

program youre interested in should have internship or
work opportunities.

2. Hands on experience is required for a good

education.

Experience, Skills, and Personality

Experience, Skills, and Personality

1 The only way to get the necessary experience and

skills to work as a paid Sound Technician is to get out
into a nightclub environment and learn on the job.

1. The only way to get experience and skills as a sound

technician is is to get out into a nightclub
environment and learn on the job.

2. Having people skills is also important in a business

that depends so much on whether people want to
spend late nights working with and relying on you.

2. Having social skills is important in business that

depends so much on whether people want to spend
late nights working and relying on you..

3. Similarly, the job is actually very little about

knowing which buttons to press, or even technically
doing the right thing.

3. The job is basically knowing which buttons to press

or even technically doing the right thing.

Unions and Associations

Unions and Associations

1. There isnt a specific union for Sound Technicians at

nightclubs and concert venues.

1. There's not a certain union for Sound Technicians at

nightclubs and concert venues.

2. if you download manuals and free software from

manufacturers websites you can learn how most

2. You can learn how lighting consuls work by using

the internet to download software and manuals from

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lighting and sound consoles work.

the manufactchers site.

Suggestions for Getting Started

Suggestions for Getting Started

1. Be helpful when the situation demands it, invisible

when you need to be, and bring some good chat

1.be hlpful when asked, dont be in the way, and be a

good person to work with.

2. youll probably be working some long hours, so it

cant all be about noise and lights.

2. Noise and lights are what you get paid to do, but
know what else is going on in your industry.

#3 Your Final Job Description: Convince someone this is the best job in the music

industry! Write in complete thoughts and sentences IYOW. When you read this out loud, it
should be about 30 seconds.
This is the best job because it is different from other jobs. You can do anything with your
work and you can get a lot of money. You can become famous and get respect. This is a fun
job because it is playing around with music and meeting famous people.

#4 Best Fact to Share: Write one sentence summarizing and highlighting the best part
about this job.

Playing with the sounds and lights is not just fun but can be a career.

#5 Think About It
-List 3 school subjects that would be useful to know to perform this job.
1. Science
2. Music
3. Math
-Would this job be a good fit for you? Why or why not? Support your opinion in complete
sentences.
This would be a good job for me because I like to create music on my computer. I like the
combination of technology and art.

(THIS SECTION IS AN IN-CLASS ACTIVITY! DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THIS YET!)

#6 Career Jump Activity: Quickly write down the job title and one interesting thing
about each job as you rotate through the career jump.
1. Simons Marketing coudnarer markeding music
2. Andrew Nightclub owning a lot of money
3. Annabelle Person manager get to work with a lot of people
4. Booking manager making money
5. Carly Choreo For dance for famous people
6. Jamie Zinman Signage to travel all over the world

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7. Joseph Marshall Nightclub dj playing songs
8. Katy Music photographer taking pictures
9. Reese Berke record producer working with famous people
10. rachel lyricilist makes demos
11. Adam tour bus driver meeting famous people
12. Owen lighting making lights perform
13. Daniel Friedman business manager meet with famous people
14. Skylar Dance/Cover Band perform in front of people
15. Skylar Music Publisher meet famous artists
16. Jordan Music Producer make mixes
17. Ben videogame composer make music for video games
18. Dax rockstar perform music
19. Kyle song writer writing songs
20. Leah music journalist
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Best Job:
Worst Job: