Finding a job in the music industry is...

Difficult!

Looking through vast postings on craigslist.com or any music career site you will sift through scams, underpaid jobs, and jobs that are only listed for legal reasons when they’re not even hiring! You consider entrepreneurship, but at what cost? You can go to Minnesota’s Secretary of State to submit your forms and all together with trademarks, your DBA forms (which include a fee to put your business in newspapers), copyrights, websites and more this could cost well over a couple hundred dollars before the investments into the actual business itself.

Either passage you take, this music industry is not a cake walk. You can not sit in your moms basement, record on pro tools, and just let your music sit in space. So you love graphic design or video? There are many postings for freelance work with restaurants and other places of business. Its just a matter of taking action. Even the most proactive people find looking for jobs difficult, but when something opens up they are the first to get it.

So in terms of waiting or entrepreneurship, my message to everybody is just don’t ever give up. Live your dream and if you can’t do it alone… find people close to help you out. Form a family in the music world like The Roots (I’ve never really seen them apart) or any group in these present economic times. DIY means "Do It Yourself" and it does not have to mean "Do It by Yourself".

When doors open, opportunities arise. Its just a matter of taking that step through the door to capture what should be yours.

From the mind of

Keveeno Reeverts
Career Services Coordinator
The Institute of Production and Recording

Finding a job in the music industry is...

Elevation Releases "Razoreyes" Music Video (9/9/09)

Elevation will release their video for "Razoreyes" starring Kimberly Stewart on 9/9/09 (Weds).

Live in the Atlanta area? Make sure to attend a special pre-release screening and concert this Friday the 21st at the Hard Rock Velvet Underground. Doors @ 8pm.
Performances by:
•Elevation
•Hotspur
•Harrison Hudson
•Mike Lasage and the Stumbling Troubadors

(See the post below for more info)

Not in the Atlanta area? You can subscribe to Elevation's YouTube channel and still be one of the first to check the video out.

Elevation Releases "Razoreyes" Music Video (9/9/09)

Elevation Show and Video Prescreening at the Hard Rock Cafe this Friday, August 21st.

This Friday August 21st, the band Elevation will be playing at the Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta at 8pm. This show will be the first in Atlanta since the band came back from their tour of the Middle East and they will be premiering their music video for their single, Razoreyes which features Kimberly Stewart. Elevation is really excited about sharing the experiences of Middle East with their fans, and also debuting their music video. This all ages show will also be featuring Dear Savannah, Hot Spur, and Mike LaSage & the Stumbling Troubadours. It is looking to be a really great show, so if you are in Atlanta and can check it out, you definitely should!

Elevation Show and Video Prescreening at the Hard Rock Cafe this Friday, August 21st.

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Did you know that if you click on the dot in the exclamation point on the Yahoo logo on the main page it sings the "Yahooooooo" song? do it. do it now!

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If there was any question about Britney's talent level...

please listen to this fantastic video displaying her singing capabilities.

If there was any question about Britney's talent level...

Warped Tour 2009 Blog from the Pit

I attended Warped Tour in Milwaukee on Thursday July 30th along with the date here in Minneapolis on Sunday August 2nd. Both days were equally great. The good thing about going to two different dates is that if some of your bands overlap at one date you can make them your priority the next time you go.

Comparing the two different dates, I enjoyed the venue in Milwaukee much more than the venue here in Minneapolis. I've attended the Minneapolis date for many years and always thought that it was a pretty good venue (Canterbury Park parking lot), but I guess I just did not know what it was like in places that had an actual fest grounds for tours like Warped. In Milwaukee it was held at the Summerfest Grounds. Two stages were located in the amphitheater that played back-to-back and all the other stages and tents were spread out throughout the grounds. The best thing about this was that there was no congestion when trying to walk from place to place, you couldn't hear the music at other stages when trying to catch another set, and there was a place to take cover from the little rain we did have inside the amphitheater. Minneapolis' date didn't have any of these amenities but I dealt with what was given because it was worth it.

In all, I caught about 15 bands including There For Tomorrow, The White Tie Affair, The Maine, All Time Low, Valencia, Hit The Lights, Forever The Sickest Kids, Every Avenue, NeverShoutNever, You Me And Everyone We Know, and 3OH!3. Many of these bands I got to see twice between the two days and it was really interesting seeing the difference in how crowds react in the two different towns. The biggest difference to me was the crowd for Valencia in Milwaukee and Minneapolis. The crowd in Minneapolis was way bigger and way more nuts for them. I thought about it a lot trying to figure out why it would be crazier here considering Valencia has hardly ever stopped here on any of their tours. It's still a mystery to me. Another general thing that I did notice is that people in Minneapolis crowd surf a lot more than Milwaukee.

While waiting for other bands to start I got to catch bits and pieces of other bands that were either interesting, a good discovery, or someone I have heard a lot about before but had never seen. I got to catch Gallows for about two songs. Most interesting thing I have ever seen. The entire band but the drummer was down in the pit with everyone crowded around them like one huge circle pit. It was nuts. I also got to catch The Devil Wears Prada and Escape The Fate, which are in a genre of music that I do not particularly enjoy but it is cool to see that side of the scene on Warped which is completely different from what I'm interested in. Streetlight Manifesto played on the stage next to one I was waiting for. They were really cool with lots of brass instruments incorporated. A completely different sound from anything I've heard and I am definitely going to check them out further when I get the chance.


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-Hannah

Warped Tour 2009 Blog from the Pit