ABSTRACT

The music industry offers the opportunity to pursue a career as either a creative (artist, producer, songwriter, etc.) or as a music business "logician" (artist manager, agent, entertainment attorney, venue manager, etc.). Though both vocational paths are integral to the industry’s success, the work of calling songs into existence or entertaining an audience differs from the administrative aspects of the business, such as operating an entertainment company. And while the daily activities of creatives may differ from those of the music business logician, the music industry careerist may sense a call to Career Duality, to work on both sides of the industry as a Career Dualist, a concept this book introduces, defines, and explores in the context of the music industry.

This new volume speaks to the dilemma experienced by those struggling with career decisions involving whether to work in the industry using their analytical abilities, or to work as a creative, or to do both. The potential financial challenges encountered in working in the industry as an emerging artist may necessitate maintaining a second and simultaneous occupation (possibly outside the industry) that offers economic survival. However, this is not Career Duality. Likewise, attending to the business affairs that impact all creatives is not Career Duality. Rather, Career Duality involves the deliberate pursuit of a dual career as both a music industry creative and music business logician, which is stimulated by the drive to express dual proclivities that are simultaneously artistic and analytical.

By offering a Career Duality model and other constructs, examining research on careers, calling, authenticity and related concepts, and providing profiles of music industry dualists, this book takes readers on a journey of self-exploration and offers insights and recommendations for charting an authentic career path. This is a practical examination for not only music industry professionals and the entertainment industry, but for individuals interested in expressing both the analytical and artistic self in the context of career.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part I|2 pages

Understanding Career Duality

chapter 1|7 pages

The Career Duality Dilemma

An Early Tale

chapter 2|28 pages

Defining Career Duality

chapter 3|35 pages

Telling Other Tales

part II|2 pages

The Impetus for Career Duality

chapter 4|21 pages

Vocational Calling

The Directional Axis of Vocation

chapter 5|19 pages

The Case for Contextual Calling

chapter 6|16 pages

Call and Response

part III|2 pages

The Impact of Career Duality: Synthesizing Possibility

chapter 7|17 pages

Authenticity

chapter 8|25 pages

Writing Your Own Tale

Charting Your Authentic Career

chapter 9|16 pages

A Community of Dualists

part IV|2 pages

Empowering Others and Living Empowered

chapter 10|12 pages

Teaching and Advising for Duality

chapter |2 pages

Epilogue

Living Empowered