Music
Business Resources
See also: Employment
The Savvy Musician - is both a web site and a book by Dr. David Cutler about how a musician can build a career and make a living, including discussions of topics such as entrepreneurship, product development, marketing, networking, new recording techniques, personal finance, branding, funding, freelancing, promotion, and more; in otherwise, everything you didn't learn in music school. Free email newsletter.
VistaPrint - free business cards (also free websites, rubber stamps, pens, logo design, checks, car door magnets, email marketing, 800 number). Design your own business card (basic - free; bells & whistles - moderate fee) online. Inexpensive printing.
"Sing a New Tune" - article on insidehighered.com about the "new" concept of musicians as entrepreneurs. "In addition to performing, most musicians dabble in teaching, administration and business. Instead of leaving their graduates to cobble these skills together into a functional career, some music schools are now embedding entrepreneurship in their traditional curriculums in an effort to make their students more business savvy."
Music Business Solutions - includes articles, newsletter, lists of books and resources, resource directory, consultation services. Aimed primarily at pop music, but there is still information on the music business here that could benefit a classical player.
Wondering where to find that tune requested at your last wedding gig? Check out the Fake Book Index - a list of legal fake books.
This Business of Music: The Definitive Guide to the Music Industry, 9th ed. by M. William Krasilovsky, Sidney Shemet, and John M. Gross
QUADRE's TuesdayAt2 - some interesting discussions of operating and marketing a chamber music group.
"Musicians add second careers to their repertoires," article in the L.A. Times.
Musical America - news of artists, managers, contests, and the music industry
Foundation for Entrepreneuralism in the Arts
Entrepreneurship Center for Music
Seth Grodin's Blog - important marketing voice