What Degree Should I persure if I want to open a music venue?
My parents say that they will disown me if I don’t persure a college degree, and it is about time for me to pick a major. My main goal in life is to open a music venue. My counselor has been absolutely no help saying that I am just being foolish. What would be the wisest degree to persue?
Let’s tackle the goal in life first, then come back to the degree question.
While you’re still early in your college years, get a job at a music venue - preferably one you like, but anyone that will hire you - and start learning from the inside.
Even if you’re just a dishwasher, do a good job, show interest in the business, impress the owner and ask everybody lots of good questions. Take initiative when you see something that needs to be done, something they overlooked, a good idea they missed, and make sure you get credit for it. You’ll start to move up and get more access ("Wait…why do we have you washing dishes? You should be working in the office…")
Not only will you learn a lot and get a feel for what it’s like, but you’ll start making connections with people in the industry that you’re interested in. With a few connections, you can leap-frog ahead toward your goal.
Keep in mind that you’ll either confirm that this is your goal in life, or you’ll discover it’s not as interesting as you thought and that your REAL goal in life is something else totally different that you had never considered.
When it comes to majors, just study the subject that interests you the most…the subject that you have the most opinions about, the one that feels like it comes naturally to you, the one that you feel passionate about, the one that when you talk about it you end up monopolizing the conversation. If you’re not genuinely interested in your major, you’ll hate college and may drop out.
I studied what I thought would be the safest and what my parents approved of, but didn’t interest me at all. And when I eventually flunked out, I believed them when they said I was lazy and stupid. HOWEVER! I went back years later and studied what I loved and was interested in, became an A-student and got my degree. The skills you learn as a successful student will carry you far, no matter what your major.
Get a degree in music with a business minor.
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A well rounded liberal arts degree will help provide you with the thinking skills to succeed in any career. College is not as much about preparing for a specific career as it is about preparing for life. Take some philosophy, literature and history courses. That said, obviously music and business courses as part of that curriculum would be important. "Open a music venue" is a bit vague. I assume you mean some type of an entertainment club. Or you may mean a music store. Courses in creative writing will help you with writing press releases. Courses in pop culture would be good as well. Determination is the most important thing if you plan to go into business. Success is not always achieved by those with the most knowledge, but by those with the most determination. Enjoy your college years. College is a right of passage as much as it is preparation for a career. Do some networking. Talk with owners of the type of business you want to run. Find out how they got started, what the business is like and how much investment is required to get started. … My advice comes from experience as a former college instructor and former concert promoter. Now I am a journalists. …. Be well
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life expeience
Business Management would never hurt and if you decide ti later go in a different direction it will always come in handy.
Knowledge is GOLDEN, that is why your parents are so concerned. I think also you should request a different academic counselor. Go to wwww.poetry.com and enter in the search window don tietig and read my poem Wisdom Cries. Keep up the GOOD WORK! dontietig@yahoo.com
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Let’s tackle the goal in life first, then come back to the degree question.
While you’re still early in your college years, get a job at a music venue - preferably one you like, but anyone that will hire you - and start learning from the inside.
Even if you’re just a dishwasher, do a good job, show interest in the business, impress the owner and ask everybody lots of good questions. Take initiative when you see something that needs to be done, something they overlooked, a good idea they missed, and make sure you get credit for it. You’ll start to move up and get more access ("Wait…why do we have you washing dishes? You should be working in the office…")
Not only will you learn a lot and get a feel for what it’s like, but you’ll start making connections with people in the industry that you’re interested in. With a few connections, you can leap-frog ahead toward your goal.
Keep in mind that you’ll either confirm that this is your goal in life, or you’ll discover it’s not as interesting as you thought and that your REAL goal in life is something else totally different that you had never considered.
When it comes to majors, just study the subject that interests you the most…the subject that you have the most opinions about, the one that feels like it comes naturally to you, the one that you feel passionate about, the one that when you talk about it you end up monopolizing the conversation. If you’re not genuinely interested in your major, you’ll hate college and may drop out.
I studied what I thought would be the safest and what my parents approved of, but didn’t interest me at all. And when I eventually flunked out, I believed them when they said I was lazy and stupid. HOWEVER! I went back years later and studied what I loved and was interested in, became an A-student and got my degree. The skills you learn as a successful student will carry you far, no matter what your major.
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Personal experience