Well hello everybody! Josh here, I thought I would take a sec to give some background information about myself so y'all know who you're reading about. I am a guitar performance major in my junior year at McNally Smith College of music, I'm also working on a minor in composition. I moved to LA two weeks ago to take part in this falls McNally Smith internship program. The company that I am interning at is The Pangaea Entertainment Group, which is located in Beverly Hills CA.
This week was my first week working at Pangaea, an international company that specializes in music and the global market place through its world class companies, which include A&R Worldwide, MUSEXPO, hush hush ATTACK, Passport Approved, and Rebel Synch. I am really blessed to have this opportunity to be working with these guys. They collectivly have a wealth of knowledge and insight into the music industry, that is absolutely priceless to a person such as myself who has for as long as I can remember have wanted to work in and around music.
My dream has always been to be a performer this might make you think,"hmmmm why are you interning in an office that does business?!" Well the answer is actually quite simple. In this day in age to be a succesful artist it is a very challenging task, and you need to know the business end of things. So far I've gained a lot of insight as to just how challenging of a task the up and coming artists of our day are facing. I've also begun to gain a whole new world of respect for the work that goes on behind the scenes of every band and singer you here on the radio, and see on t.v.
I was a little worried at first about my lack of business education, but so far not only have I been able to get done the tasks my mentors assign to me, but I've really enjoyed the work. It is a great sense of accomplishment to be contributing to the world of music, and at the end of the day thats all I could really ask for. I look forward to the weeks ahead, learning the tricks of the trade, and growing my newly ackquired passion for the business side of music.
Well thats all I've got for y'all now, but be sure to check back next week and see whats going on in this exciting new chapter of my life!
Peace & Love,
Josh
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment