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Comment on How to Get a Cruise Ship Musician Job by Nick Rosaci

Nick Rosaci — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:01:10 +0000

Settle down, brotha!

From my experience, and likely many others’ who have done the audition, you won’t be asked to play anything prepared. They don’t care how incredible your chops may be. They just care about your sightreading, and that you are able to play satisfactorily with very little prep time.

My auditions were like this:

Play a blues
Play a rhythm changes
Play a standard
Read 3-4 charts that were emailed about an hour prior.

That’s what you should see, too.

Comment on 15 Guitar Tips for Non-Guitarists by Mark

Mark — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:12:47 +0000

Ive been playing for 16 years now and the number one piece of advice I give everyone is always play the music you enjoy. It can be easy to become disheartened when learning so keep it fun. When first learning guitar the eureka moments come thick and fast sometimes sleeping on stuff your learning can really help. Remember it’s ment to be fun. (0;

Comment on The DIY Musician’s Pre-Release Checklist by Album release checklist for the DIY musician – success plan! « Make It In Music Daily

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:47:38 +0000

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Comment on How to Get a Cruise Ship Musician Job by kris

kris — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:18:59 +0000

I am interested in trying to secure an orchestra/big band gig…will classical guitar etudes work?

Comment on How to Get a Cruise Ship Musician Job by kris

kris — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:14:10 +0000

please excuse my lack of manners! i was just so excited and started freaking about “what should i play?!” these auditions mean very much to me!

please and thank you! :D

Comment on How to Get a Cruise Ship Musician Job by kris

kris — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:00:25 +0000

Quick! what should i use for an “etude” of “fairly technical” qualities? Something from the 3rd Berklee Book or maybe something from the 7th book of Mel Bay? Please help!!

Comment on How To Become a Musical Theatre Music Director by Brad Bietry

Brad Bietry — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:52:42 +0000

I would suggest to everyone wanting to get jobs as MDs is to try to get as many opppurtunity playing in rehearsal big bands, and get as much commercial music skills as possible. I think Berklee College of Music is a great place for musicians to study. They even have courses in Musical Director classes and they even started a musical theater composition/arranging course. I finished my degree at Berklee after 2 years at a state university (CCM). I also recommend getting sumner jobs on cruise ships where you are playing every night and playing all sorts of shows. I worked for Carnival, Princess, and Norwegian. Just don’t make a career of it!!!

Comment on How To Effectively Promote and Sell Your Music on iTunes by Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:16:40 +0000

I’d get a lawyer to draft up a letter to itunes asking for all details about the crimes the label has committed. Then I’d forward it to the police. Then I’d sue the label and itunes for as much as you can.

Comment on Recording, Releasing, and Performing Cover Songs by bombillas led

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Comment on Preparing for the Recording Studio by Gregory Perkins

Gregory Perkins — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:21:37 +0000

$6.00 was the only cost that was mentioned. These are some of the cost variables that you may want to consider:
1. hourly, or daily studio time cost
2. engineering cost
3. mastering costs
4. mixing costs
5. Quality of the work
6. Is the work flow efficient between you and the engineer or producer

There is a cost for everything so try to get them bundled together to reduce your budget.