21st-Century Musician Initiative — Blog — The Entrepreneurial Musician

Below is a link to a must-read article by Mark Rabideau, Director of the 21st-Century Musician Initiative. Here is a money quote from the article:

"Musicians, by design, are built to be creative agents of change, yet, somehow we have fallen victim to a narrowly defined set of professional standards focused on memorizing and mastering set repertoire and a list of career options that hasn’t expanded much since the Middle Ages, particularly if you are a classical musician. Not only does this not align with the opportunities that exist in today’s marketplace, it does not align with what most people, especially today’s under-30 generation, want out of a career – a life of means, the ability to provide for those whom they love most, a life of meaning, doing good work and making an impact within their community and a chance to give back. Rather than fearing the trends of shrinking traditional career paths, we must embrace a willingness to invent our own most promising futures and craft an excitedly uncertain future for our music."

If that doesn't get you fired up I'm not sure what you're doing reading this blog. The entire article is a must read.

Entrepreneurship and The Artist-Revolutionary by Mark Rabideau