The Savvy Musician: Building a Career, Earning a Living, and Making a Difference

The Savvy Musician: Building a Career, Earning a Living, and Making a Difference

by David Cutler
The Savvy Musician: Building a Career, Earning a Living, and Making a Difference

The Savvy Musician: Building a Career, Earning a Living, and Making a Difference

by David Cutler

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Overview

So you’re talented, well trained, and passionate about music. What next? The professional marketplace is flooded with outstanding musicians, forced to compete for a shrinking number of "traditional" opportunities. The Savvy Musician helps balance three overriding aspects of your professional musical life: (1) building a career, (2) earning a living, and (3) making a difference. Filled with clearly articulated concepts, detailed strategies, and 165 vignettes about actual musicians working to create a meaningful and prosperous career, this book examines critical elements often overlooked or misunderstood by musicians, and helps you take control of your career. Discover how to build an immediately recognizable "brand," capitalize on technology—from Internet tools to the new recording paradigm, expand your network, and raise money to fund your dreams. The Savvy Musician is an invaluable resource for performers, composers, educators, students, administrators, industry employees, and others interested in a thriving musical future.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780982307502
Publisher: Helius Press
Publication date: 10/26/2009
Pages: 350
Product dimensions: 6.06(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.92(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

David Cutler balances a varied career as a jazz and classical composer, pianist, educator, arranger, conductor, collaborator, concert producer, author, blogger, consultant, speaker, advocate, and entrepreneur. In all these pursuits, he works to push boundaries while connecting with new audiences. A multidimensional composer who listens to a colossal range of styles, his eclectic output reflects this musical world. His music regularly features interdisciplinary components, and his playing is as wide-ranging as his composing, stretching what it means to be a pianist. Performances regularly incorporate improvisation, humor, audience interaction, choreography, technology, costuming, unique collaborations, and secondary instruments.

What People are Saying About This

Jeffrey Zeigler

Hands down, the most valuable resource available for aspiring musicians! (Jeffrey Zeigler, cellist, Kronos Quartet)

Greg Sandow

An inspiring book, with an education on every page. The case studies alone are worth the price! (Greg Sandow, veteran critic for the Wall Street Journal)

Tayloe Harding

Cutler deals beautifully with every dimension of a musical career visioning, missioning, marketing, financing, and most importantly, musicing weaving them together in a well-presented mosaic. {Tayloe Harding, president, College Music Society (2005-07)}

Evelyn Glennie

The Savvy Musician makes it quite clear that it s YOUR business and YOUR career. My advice: Not reading this book is an enormous risk. (Dame Evelyn Glennie, solo percussionist, Grammy Award Winner)

Jeff Nelsen

In an age when many say the arts are dying, Cutler writes to musicians with authentic and accurate optimism. If you've ever wondered why someone else succeeds instead of you, read this book. Much more importantly, you will discover countless ways to make sure it's you that people are wondering about the next time! (Jeff Nelsen, hornist, Canadian Brass)

Gary Beckman

The beauty of The Savvy Musician is its broad approach. Cutler paints a holistic picture of what it takes to prosper as a contemporary artist. His insistence that musicians look both inward and outward is progressive and needed. (Gary Beckman, founder, Arts Entrepreneurship Educator's Network)

Ranaan Meyer

The Savvy Musician unveils a vision for a healthy musical future, articulating 99% of what we need to do. The missing percentage is YOU, the reader. (Ranaan Meyer, bassist and composer, Time for Three)

Kim Nazarian

As I read The Savvy Musician, I kept nodding my head "yes," and saying "that's right." I've been in this business for over 20 years, and each chapter affirmed my past, confirmed my present, and inspired my future. (Kim Nazarian, jazz vocalist, New York Voices, Grammy Award Winner)

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