I am graduating from Lindenwood University with a BA in dance and a minor in biology. I decided that I wanted to get my masters in journalism because I love music and everytime I talk about it I analyze it. I have family in the music business and i know many local artist that would let me practice my writing on them. I know many musicans. I wanted to know what ideas could haelp me change my career to being a op artist music critic
2007-01-17 08:26:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Write for your school newspaper and any local paper that you can. In college, I wrote for my college paper, the local paper and I was a stringer for another paper in a nearby town. Consider doing radio and television work at your college as well.
Go to every performance you can, take notes, and write the reviews. Think about imagery and description to take the reader there. Do not tell the reader everything but provide an accurate portrait that allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions.
Read the reviews of movies, cds, art shows, etc., etc. that you have experienced and determine how you feel about that writer's views. If you don't agree, re-write them.
Keep copies of everything you write, particularly anything that gets published, so that you can build your portfolio.
Have someone edit your work. Everyone needs a good editor.
2007-01-19 16:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by Pamela B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your problem in making it a career is the small number of people involved in doing it, usually only one per newspaper or magazine per city. So New York has like 5-8 and Dallas has 2.
Further, depending on what you like in music, there may be no market - the reviews (not critiques which are more formal) of local bands and new music that is not classical/symphonic are regularly reviled by people who think they know best.
Talk to people who are doing the job about their background and the path to their job. When I was doing theater reviewing, I was seeing 3-4 plays as week and writing about 1. Movie reviewers see 8-10 per week, including all the bad ones, and write about half of them. Most of the music scene is at night.
2007-01-17 09:11:56 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
apply to music magazine and/or newspaper.
This should work, I have friend that use to be one, even thou He doesn't play music, but e apreciate music well...
Hope this help
Bless You
2007-01-20 01:49:10 · answer #3 · answered by N-Rue 7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds interesting and boring at the same time. Will Donald and Rosie ever make up?
2007-01-17 08:34:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋