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The “Funding-First” Grant Cycle

The “Funding-First” Grant Cycle

by Gerald Klickstein | Jan 26, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, music careers

If you’re keen to impact more people through your music, and perhaps increase your earnings, too, then grant funding and partnerships with non-profit organizations can make both possible. If you have experience with professional grants, my article, Resources for...
Becoming a ‘Go-To’ Musician

Becoming a ‘Go-To’ Musician

by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 14, 2019 | creativity, Entrepreneurship, music careers

“Forward-thinking students uncover multiple career avenues that they would enjoy.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 301 Peter Spellman’s article, 5 Essentials of Music Career Success, gives the following sage advice: “Your goal, to use marketing lingo, is to ‘position’...
6 Keys to Music School Survival

6 Keys to Music School Survival

by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 9, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, music careers, music education, Music Higher Education, music performance, The Musician's Way

From 2026-2031, the college-age population in the U.S. will decline sharply, about 15%, due to the reduced birth rate during the great recession.* Combine that with competition from online learning, and numerous brick-and-mortar colleges are expected to shut down...
Equipping Music Graduates to Succeed

Equipping Music Graduates to Succeed

by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 27, 2019 | creativity, Entrepreneurship, music education, Music Higher Education, music performance

“Don’t give up the dream, but build your competencies so you can pursue many dreams.” -Gerald Klickstein On March 18, 2019, I was pleased to record an interview in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with pianist Kai Talim for his outstanding “Skip the...
Yamaha Interviews Gerald Klickstein

Yamaha Interviews Gerald Klickstein

by Gerald Klickstein | Feb 18, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, music careers, music education, Music Higher Education, The Musician's Way

“I recognized a gap between what we musicians typically learn during our schooling and what we actually need to know.” -Gerald Klickstein In September 2018, Yamaha Music Media published a Japanese translation of The Musician’s Way, which rocketed to the top of its...
The 5 C’s of Concert Planning and Production

The 5 C’s of Concert Planning and Production

by Gerald Klickstein | Apr 5, 2018 | Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance

“Memorable concerts don’t merely deliver what’s expected; they also take audiences beyond what they can envision.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 211 Although we musicians devote years to refining our artistic and technical abilities, few of us study the...
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