Me
What is my name?
Angie Amato
Deals specifically with the production and subsequent promotion and distribution of music.
Recording Industry
Stages shows, tours, and festivals, runs venues, sells tickets, and works with frontline artists on monetizing their live performance.
Live Music and Touring Industry
Spends the majority of their time listening to music, scouring clubs, reading blogs, watching social media, and tracking industry buzz on the hunt for promising new musical artists.
A&R Representative or Talent Scout
Guide every aspect of their clients' careers, counseling them on professional decisions and opportunities, overseeing their day-to-day schedules and activities, and representing their interests within larger productions and teams.
Artist Manager or Talent Manager
Where do I go to school?
Berklee College of Music
Any media content, live or recorded, delivered to computers and mobile devices via the internet and played back in real time.
Streaming
Licensed use of copyrighted music. That music can then be combined with moving images through a synchronization license.
Licensing and Sync
Schedules appearances, lectures, or performances for musicians, speakers, or other public figures. Their job duties are to negotiate and review contracts for performances, arrange travel, and confirm appearances.
Booking Agent
Track and record incoming royalty payments and statements, review and analyze the data to ensure that no one is underpaying or overpaying, contact sources directly to resolve issues when they arise, and prepare and issue royalty statements to the copyright holders of the song or recording.
Royalty Coordinator
What semester am I in at Berklee?
My 6th!
The sharing or releasing of music to a collection of physical and online platforms and market places.
Digital Music Distribution Industry
The promotion and monetization of musical compositions, also working to generate opportunities for those compositions to be performed and reproduced.
Music Publishing Industry
Act as the liaison between an arts-related company and an artist, ensuring that all of the artist's needs are met. Might be closely involved in organizing the artist's marketing, promotion, media, management, publicity, and/or personnel, or could simply act as a direct line between the artist and the company, responsible for communicating feedback and decisions between the two groups and maintaining the artist's interest in the company
Artist Relations Manager
Take care of nearly every aspect of the lives of musicians and crew while on the road, providing organizational, administrative, and boots-on-the-ground support for the duration of a concert tour.
Tour Manager
What is my major and at least one of my minors at school?
Music Biz, Teaching Contemporary Voice and MT
Helps to shape client’s careers by helping the client book gigs, plan album projects, orchestrate record releases and tours, create marketing and merchandising strategies, and establish long-time career goals.
Artist Management
Companies or public service providers who are involved with broadcasting or ancillary services.
Radio
Works within the company to organize promotional and marketing efforts related to an artist's releases, finding new material for an artist to record, introducing an artist to potential musical collaborators and producers, overseeing an artist's management, or even planning and supervising entire records.
A&R Manager
Assist with tax planning and preparation, recordkeeping and bookkeeping, contract review, bill paying, and budgeting.
Arts and entertainment accountant
What are the names of my cats?
Sylvie and Toulouse
Legal aspects of the music industry ; the collection of statuatory regulations and rules that oversee musical works’ production, creation, allocation, and security.
Music Law
The contact and relationship between artists/musicians and their followers. The process of establishing a large and devoted fan following.
Audience & Fan Attraction
Assist with tax planning and preparation, recordkeeping and bookkeeping, contract review, bill paying, and budgeting.
Entertainment Attorney
Scout locations and bring in missing equipment; contract with vendors for food, bathrooms, and other necessities; hire all event staff, including security; create and post necessary signage; work through logistics concerning the site and weather; and oversee cleanup afterwards.
Event Operations Coordinator