Professions in the music sector

Get an overview of the various actors in the music sector, and the organization of working relationships with these partners. Gain hands on experience and debate around the best way to develop a project in an evergrowing and ever changing industry.

Phase(s)

Pre-Production

Subject

Production of artistic projects

Target groups

Artists, Creative and Cultural Professions

Sectors

dance, media, performing arts

Level of experience

for all levels, Beginners, Intermediary, Experienced

Prerequisites

None

Description

This training provides you with an overview of the different actors of the music sector and of the organisation of the work relationships with these partners.

Content

Overview: The actors and roles at each stage of process
Creation: the actors and roles
The record: the actors and roles
On stage: the actors and roles
Organising a concert
How to define the costs of concert tickets?
Touring: how to make sure that all the costs are covered?
Overview of benefits on record and single sales

Method

Active methodology, putting the accent on the participants' inputs and giving them the possibility to exchange among peers.

Objectives

Have an overview of the different professional profiles of the music sector
Receive elements to determine your prices

Results

The trainee will have a broad overview of the actors of the music sector and their work relationships

Resources

Training script
Basic equipment (computer, video projector, flipchart, wifi)

Evaluations

Questionnaire to be filled out by the participants (given and collected at the end of the session)

Support material

Powerpoint for the trainer,A PDF containing information regarding the training's content is distributed to the participants

Duration

3 h

Participants

at least 8

Course language(s)

Français, English

Past track experience

since 2013

Trainer

Joseph Meersseman
Barbara Klepman

Personal curriculum

This Curriculum was developed with funding from the EU programme ERASMUS+ as Strategic Partnership in the field of Vocational Education and Training.

This curriculum reflects only the authors’ views; the European Commission and the ERASMUS+ national agencies are not responsible for any use that may be made of the informations it contains.

SMart is a non-profit organisation created in Belgium in 1998 which is developing itself in 8 European countries. SMart aims to simplify and support the professional paths of creative and cultural workers. Their principal goal is to help the self-employed to develop their own activities through a secure system.