ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the music business as a context that may facilitate Career Duality (CD). It considers the impact of CD on the entertainment industry itself, including the global industry outside the United States. The CD dilemma involves a keen awareness of one’s artistic yet analytical proclivities, and feeling compelled to discern whether to vocationally pursue expression of the artistic self, versus the analytical self, or to somehow express both selves in the context of the entertainment industry. The biblical scriptures described a phenomenon that is pertinent not only for spiritual inquiry, but one that also helps illustrate the CD dilemma. However, the question of creative career authenticity through CD is a much broader one, relevant to every career interest and inquiry. Just as the creative industries expand around the globe, the concept of CD expands across creative industries, and across cultures.
