![]() ![]() There are guys without any formal training who are doing great. The bad thing is if you are not good enough most likely you are not going to survive! The good thing in this industry is there is not much focus on what kind of education or degree you have. All you need is a strong desire and a clear goal. There are tons of video tutorials available for mixing and mastering your song. There are online course which help in getting a good understanding of the Western orchestration. Remember the end goal, whatever is required, learn it. However, if you don’t have any, you can still enroll for some online classes and get things moving. That is must.īesides, any kind of formal classical training is a big plus. To become a composer you need to have a good ear for music. Job Skills & Qualifications for Music careers Sessions are usually required to get into the zone of composing. My weekend night-outs are generally for music, as long In a typical day, I used to work till 6.00 PM – 7.00 PM for office work and the same laptop would turn into my musical instrument by 8.00 PM for composing music. take out the best part of their singing from multiple takes) and then re-arrange, mix and master the track. They send back their vocals (multiple takes) after singing songs and I do the vocal comping (i.e. I send them the karaoke/minus track as well. I send them the reference track (which is my singing and basic arrangement for the composition to give them the idea of what they need to sing) through email. It was appreciated well and I started getting connected to music circle.Īll my music which I compose is done through internet collaboration and I have never seen the faces of my singers who might be sitting in India while the lyricist is in Singapore. I composed my fist song for which I wrote the lyrics, made the tunes & arrangements and recorded them. I bought some basic musical gear there during the Thanksgiving sale and started implementing all my knowledge. Meanwhile I shifted to US for an IT assignment. It took some 2 years for the whole process to complete. ![]() In fact in my initial days whatever I was able to find out I read, and read it all. I started learning different processes that go behind recording & composing music and the technologies associated with them (different music software / VST plugins / A/D cards ( Audio-to-Digital). I always felt there is so much parallel original music which can be created and decided to learn and persue this hobby on my own. It didn’t work out as expected due to the mismatch in wavelengths. The first thing I did after getting my maiden job was to get myself associated with different kinds of bands. Some of them are still popular.īut coming from a non-musical background, I knew that it would be really a daunting task to enter into the music field. These are Indian bands and were very popular in the 90s. Making music always inspired me back then, may be because I grew up listening to Euphoria, Parikarma, Indian Ocean. I started learning to play the flute and got some basic Hindustani Classical training. It all started when I bought my first flute at the age of 10. I had worked in US for more than 5 years for Healthcare Industries helping them to build their Data warehouses from scratch and providing consulting. I am a B.E (IT Architect) and been in IT industry for than 9 years. Jobs and Careers in the Music Industry by Vijay Krishna (Music Composer / Arranger / Producer) Vijay covers his musical journey and shares tips on how you can break into the music industry, the qualifications needed, the investment in software/hardware (if you decide to take up the freelancing route), the salary you can expect and more. He carved his own career path and took up various music jobs as a composer, arranger and producer. He yearned to get his fingers tapping on a different type of keyboard. As a loyal soldier of his tech employer, he also served his time in USA.īut along the way, he realised that his real passion was in the music industry. Jobs like music composer, arranger and producer can be creative and rewarding.Īfter completing his engineering degree in Computer Science, like a good, obedient IT professional, Vijay Krishna worked in software jobs for close to a decade. In our ongoing attempts to uncover and present unconventional jobs and careers, this time we focus on careers in the music industry.
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