Careers in Music Business: Ch. 28

Question 1

What career choice touches: music performance contracts, intellectual property rights, copyright & trademark protection?

Accepted Answer

attorney

Question 2

Being a music editor is a fallback career for persons who start out in which positions?

Accepted Answer

arrangers and composers

Question 3

Lyricists trying to break into the big time may find their wordsmith skills are particularly suited to this field.

Accepted Answer

advertising

Question 4

Music therapists work in all except which setting?

Accepted Answer

concert halls

Question 5

The works of children’s music composers straddle the line between education and entertainment.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Music librarian jobs are found in traditional public and college libraries, as well as music production music libraries.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

There is a huge oversupply of amateur and semiprofessional guitarists who want to become full-time professionals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Because music supervisors do a lot of negotiating for music rights, which background is helpful for this line of work?

Accepted Answer

legal

Question 9

There is an abundance of instrument repair technicians in most communities.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Critics in pop and rock are the most likely to have formal music educations.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Which is NOT a skill required of a visual arts/graphics artist working in music?

Accepted Answer

mixing tracks

Question 12

Composers of show music ideally need to be modest and low-key in order to be convincing to skeptical financial backers.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

To qualify in the classical concert and symphonic field, how much education do instrumentalists usually need?

Accepted Answer

master’s or doctorate degree

Question 14

Music editors are sometimes called music cutters, referring to the days when an editor’s job included splicing tape.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Salaries for broadcast radio station program directors are largest at which station?

Accepted Answer

large cities

Question 16

Most songwriters do not hold traditional salaried positions but, rather, earn money based on their creative output.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

To have the best competitive edge, film and TV composers should have strong backgrounds in symphonic music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Nearly all arrangers are retained on regular salaries.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Which is NOT a typical side job for a classical music composer to make money?

Accepted Answer

jingle writer

Question 20

The consolidation of the radio business has put pressure on disc jockey employment.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

A musical director is typically NOT employed directly by which entity?

Accepted Answer

recording studios

Question 22

The proliferation of music synthesizers has reduced job opportunities for instrumentalists.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Unlike the featured artist on a recording, a record producer typically earns a straight salary and not royalties.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

Songwriting is such a competitive field that most starting out find it necessary to work another job for steady income.

Accepted Answer

True

Careers in Music Business: Ch. 28

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Careers in Music Business: Ch. 28

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