How Do I Start In The Music Business? -

Im Not Talkin about Performing or making music, YEt..im talking about making a radio station, or something like that, something in music..please help me out, its something i wanna do and once i start going to college, i will sing up for music classes, so ur help is apprecitated..P E A C E!

Hey Fawk,Generally speaking I can recommend against trying to build a radio station as there are so many huge players in that arena and getting the rights to broadcast are nightmarish. That said - you should absolutely run to the local college radio station as soon as you get to college and volunteer to work there if that s what you want to do. Radio is a difficult business but then again so is everything else in this economy. If your highschool has a student adviser you should hit this person up to see if you can t get an internship or a part time job even doing low end work for a local venue, club, radio station, promoter, booking agent whatever. If that doesn t work- find some band with promise and start managing them - you will get to know how hard it is first hand to break a band starting out at the local level and the understanding of that problem will give you a huge advantage over people who just take classes.If there is a big local band or group you like - ask to be there intern, drag their gear around in exchange for free tickets to their shows and introductions to the music business people they know. It s all who you know man...don t wait, go find a way to be involved - be willing to trade your time and hard work for a real business education by working in the field at the ground level.Be professional, network, get business cards from anyone and everyone you can (make your own too) and see what kind of hustle you can put together. Finding a bunch of musicians to manage isn t hard- finding a good group of musicians...well, that s another story but anything you do is experience you can twist and put on a resume.Good luck to you,Rick