Career Transition Tips: Moving From The Financial Industry To The Music Industry

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Do you work in the financial industry and want to transition into the music industry? From time to time I receive messages from friends or strangers who work outside of the music industry but looking to make a career change. Recently, folks in the financial industry have been contacting me and want to know how/where their skill sets and experiences translate.

Generally speaking, with the industry being the Big Data industry that it has become, I feel that many of you how have experience with financial data modeling, forecasting, and other “financial/number people skills” could be a viable asset to numerous music companies.

Here are a few companies who specifically exist at the intersection of music and money, which could be a good transitional outlet for the right candidates:

And the publishing administration departments/divisions of every music distributor could use good number people (e.g. TuneCore Music Publishing AdministrationCD Baby Publishing, and Songtrust).

Good luck!

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About Dae Bogan

Dae Bogan is a music rights executive, serial entrepreneur, and educator with over fifteen years of experience in the music industry. Currently, he is the Head of Third-Party Partnerships at the Mechanical Licensing Collective and Lecturer at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

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