The course I am choosing to study at university is Music Business. The reason I have specifically chosen this course is because I want to develop the skills to pursue a music career in the industry, this could be as a: manager, A&R, marketing and many more options. Even though I also want to have a successful career as a singer/songwriter, I am taking into consideration that becoming a successful musician is not guaranteed and that I need to think outside the box and study something that can help me as a musician and help other people too. This course will most definitely help me because I will learn how to make my music become noticed and also to be able to help upcoming musicians.
During my time outside of college, I have been part of projects with people with have worked in the industry. This involves performing to A&R's and also taking part in competitions. Recently, I have thought about what makes a musician stand out and what a singer/songwriter needs to go through in order to be successful. Therefore, as I have been part of many things in the industry, I have started to be able to imagine myself in a position where I search for talented people or even work for a record company.
My UAL course (Level 3 music performance) relates to my chosen course at university because it covers the foundation of music business, song writing, performance etc... However, since it is a performance course, it involves a lot of performance aspects in terms of live shows, song writing and vocal progression. Regardless of it being a performance course, it helps to discover myself as an artist and know what I want to achieve, therefore, choosing to do music business will continue my goal of trying to promote myself as an artist and most evidently have a career in music. However, I also studied employability in the UAL course which involves setting up a tour which involves money and knowing how to travel and much more. Therefore, this is something that relates to the business side of music. In this course I also wrote my own portfolio which helps me discover myself as an artist and know what I want to achieve. In this year of college I am also fortunate to be invited to perform and the London Skills event at the Excel which will be a fantastic experience for me and build up my confidence as an artist.
When it comes to releasing music outside college I produce and release my own music which requires a bit of knowledge in terms of promoting the music. When I released my music video for one of my songs I used promotion on Youtube for my song to appear on adverts before someone would click on a music related video. I also put the song on different music platforms such as iTunes, Spotify and apple music. I have worked with many musicians outside college which gives me a greater perspective of the talent that exists. Normally we focus on ourselves as individuals, however I have realised that as you help other artists you learn things from them and you use that as inspiration and motivation for your own career path. I have helped artists with artwork and given important advice on how to release their and how to make themselves stand out. This includes putting their songs on social media platforms and advice on promotion on those specific platforms such as: YouTube and Facebook. My dream is to become a successful artist and sell music around the world, however, as I have a lot of experience in terms of helping other people with their own work and I am going to study music music business, I know for sure that I will have a great career in music business.
My plan for next year is to successfully get through the year of the music business course whilst simultaneously working on my own music and earning money at the same time by having a part time job. Specifically with the course, my goal is to gain a different perspective of music in the business side of it and learn how to grow other artists as well as my self in the industry.
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