Research Guide for: Music

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Finding Information on Music Careers and the Music Business

Use the Online Catalog to find books describing careers in music and work in the music industry.

Do a subject search using the following subject headings:

Music -- Vocational guidance

Music trade

Music -- Economic aspects

Arts -- Management

Sound recording industry

Many books on these subjects are found under the classifications: ML 3790 - and - ML 3795, shelved in the Reference area and on the 3rd floor of the Library.

The Reference Dept. on the 1st floor has the following titles:

• Career Opportunities in the Music Industry / Shelley Field
  Location: Reference Stacks (Main Floor)
  Ref ML 3795 F497 1997

Other titles available in the circulating book stacks include:

• Careers and Music / edited by Malcolm E. Bessom and John T. Aquino
  Location: 3rd Floor Stacks
  ML3795 .C279

• Jobs in Arts and Media Management: What They Are and How to Get One / Stephen Langley & James Abruzzo
  Location: 3rd Floor Stacks
  NX765 .L36 1986

• Making it in the Music Business: A Business and Legal Guide for Songwriters and Performers / Lee Wilson
  Location: 3rd Floor Stacks
  ML3790 .W57 1995

• Music Business: Career Opportunities and Self-Defense / Dick Weissman
  Location: 3rd Floor Stacks
  ML3790 .W4 1997

• Music Business Handbook and Career Guide / David Baskerville
  Location: 3rd Floor Stacks
  ML3795 .B33 1982

• Music, Money, and Success: The Insider's Guide to the Music Industry / Jeffrey Brabec, Todd Brabec
  Location: 3rd Floor Stacks
  ML3790 .B72 1994

The following titles are available as E-Books through GALILEO:

• Choosing a Career in Music [computer file] / John Giacobello
  ML3790 .G515 1999 - Online Resource (netLibrary)

• Great Jobs for Music Majors [computer file] / Jan Goldberg
  ML3795 .G74 1998 - Online Resource (netLibrary)

• Opportunities in Entertainment Careers [computer file] / Jan Goldberg
  PN1580 .G5688 1999 - Online Resource (netLibrary)

In Addition:
Many music professional journals and magazines have job listings. In our library the music periodicals are shelved on the 1stfloor.

The Internet can also be a good source of information on music companies and job opportunities.