The Ausmusic developed education and training programs cover the three main areas of the music industry. Performance, Technology & Business.
The curriculum and resources developed are adaptable to local situations and can be tailored for contemporary, jazz or classical music and musicians.
The broad range programs cover training for all levels from small individual industry modules through to National Qualifications from Certificate I to Advanced Diploma Level.
- Were developed by industry and educationalists, and can be applied to vocational training systems, traditional education and the leisure market.
- Work for everyone from 12 to 80 years.
- Caters for the beginner to the professional working in the industry, as well as the hobbyist.
The Australian music industry is a vital and energetic industry, which pervades the lives of most Australians. Chaotic, unregulated, creative, fragmented and diverse, the industry covers many different genres, with wide scale participation across Australia — from small and isolated communities to major metropolitan centres.
Music is both an industry and an art form, meeting cultural and recreational needs while also offering major employment opportunities across many sectors: recording, publishing, retail, music business, entertainment, radio, television, film, video, advertising, computer software, multimedia, teaching, and, of course, performance.
Work in the industry, particularly in performance, is primarily casual, contract, freelance and self-employed. Musicians must frequently generate their own work and juggle several jobs simultaneously.
The music industry is in a process of transformation. Artistic developments (such as cross-overs between genres) are influencing the industry’s future, along with changes to technology, to consumer buying patterns and to legislative frameworks.
Like many sectors of the cultural industries, the Australian music industry has been profoundly influenced by technological development in recent years, with the creation, performance and production of music all having altered, in some cases fundamentally. There have been changes to the nature of a recording ‘studio’ and its use; to live and studio recording and improved control of sound in public venues; and more opportunities for individuals to produce and release CDs at low cost.
This pathway leads to employment as a performing artist or composer, managing their career as a self-employee. Performers will build their careers through live and recorded music product and supplementing this with teaching. Composers will focus on diverse compositional skills in song writing, film and jingles.
This pathway leads to employment in the recording & multimedia industries, live & studio technician skills for the entertainment industry and in small business/retail management of sound/lighting studios and equipment hire. It also offers career opportunities as acousticians in the building industry.
This pathway leads to employment in the music recording & publishing industries, in the management of artists/events/venues, and in the promotion and marketing of events in the entertainment industries.
The music and entertainment industries generate significant income, but remember that performers are simply the tip of the iceberg. |
