I guess we're all the same...
Check out this interesting, if slightly baffling, MSN.com article on careers with fast-growing salaries. According to these statistics, salaries of "music directors and composers" are growing by 5.6% every year. Which is all fine and well (hey, we're doing better than film and video editors!).
What I'm a little baffled about is the combination of music director and composer - it seems positively...18th or 19th century. I can't think of very many people who fit this bill these days (Boulez? ) unless we're talking more about the entertainment industry. Or maybe composers and conductors are so difficult to differentiate for the non-classical fan that it makes sense to lump us all into one category (and conductors are just serving the composers' visions anyway, right?).
What I'm a little baffled about is the combination of music director and composer - it seems positively...18th or 19th century. I can't think of very many people who fit this bill these days (Boulez? ) unless we're talking more about the entertainment industry. Or maybe composers and conductors are so difficult to differentiate for the non-classical fan that it makes sense to lump us all into one category (and conductors are just serving the composers' visions anyway, right?).
Labels: composers, conductors and conducting, the business of music
posted by Sarah at
12:51 PM
5 Comments:
The article was done by Careerbuilder.com, a job search site, and I suspect that the pairing is arbitrary and does not refer to one person as both conductor and composer. It's interesting to click on the highlighted subhead which takes you to the listing for music jobs on Careerbuilder.com. They write from those statistics I suspect. Both music director and composer have each apparently increased 5.6% for salary. So, you can relax! Their statistics are probably not a reflection of how the two are perceived or what they should be in order to get that 5.6% increase....(smile) Or that now all music directors also need to be composers in order to get the money...doesn't Osmo compose?
Perhaps the authors of the study decided to combine the jobs based on the fact that both are frequently made fun of behind their backs by musicians?
Just a thought...
you makin' fun of me?
Oh. Sorry. Was I not clear?
Yes.
Sam, please be nice. Who makes fun of musicians, eh? As they say, every dog gets his day....
I gotta tell both you and Sarah, I love this blog! I find the posts both interesting and helpful in understanding what your professional lives are like. As a novelist writing about conductors and musicians, it's especially helpful. So, thank you, gracias, danke, spaciba, merci, and sorry I don't know it in Japanese or Finnish.... cinda
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