Taking Charge of your Performance Career 2020

Taking Charge of your Performance Career 2020
Watch our series of free online professional development courses for musicians delivered by leading industry experts.

Music Network presented two series of online training sessions aimed to help musicians from all genres to develop the skills necessary to respond to the music industry’s shifting demands.

Initially streamed Live on Facebook in April and May of 2020, the first course offers relevant and up-to-date advice in the areas of sharing music in a digital environment, navigating the music publishing industry, self-management for artists and preparing for an audio recording.

The second instalment of Music Network’s Taking Charge of your Performance Career series, which was streamed live on Zoom in December 2020, consisted of four webinars and one panel discussion, aimed to help musicians develop important skills for showcasing their work online. Delivered by international industry professionals, the course offered relevant and up-to-date advice in the areas of planning online performances, optimising your audio and video output, choosing the right platform, and extending your online practice.

You can watch both series of online training sessions below.

Taking Charge of your Performance Career 2020
Series 1: Music in the Digital Environment with Nick Roth Session 1: Making Music | Music in the Digital Environment with Nick Roth Session 2: Sharing Music | Publishing: The Fuel that Powers the Music Industry with Steve Lindsey Part 1 | Publishing: The Fuel that Powers the Music Industry with Steve Lindsey Part 2 | Managing Yourself and Managing Your Workflow with Frances Mitchell: Part 1 | Managing Yourself and Managing Your Workflow with Frances Mitchell: Part 2 | Preparing for an Audio Recording with Laoise O’Brien Session 1: Advance Preparation | Preparing for an Audio Recording with Laoise O’Brien Session 2: During and After a Recording
Taking Charge of your Performance Career 2020: Performing Online
Series 2: Performing Online: An Overview with Lisa Occhino | Optimising your Audio with Mairéad O’Reilly | Optimising your Video with Simon Peter King | Choosing Your Platform with David Taylor | Extending your Practice Online with Liz Doherty, Xenia Pestova Bennett and Gwendolyn Masin