In 2008, I wrote a book titled Road Warrior Without an Expense Account detailing my experiences as a freelance musician. This book was derived from a series of ten blog posts written in 2006 and 2007 and is in many ways a cautionary tale about the pitfalls that many classical musicians fall prey to after music school.

I also put together a Keynote presentation on the topics I covered in this book, and one of my long-neglected tasks (we’re talking over a year of procrastination here) has been to compile this information into a PDF booklet. I finally did this, and the result is available here:

Life After Music School (PDF)

Feel free to download this, pass it around, give it to students, and the like. It’s got some basic information and advice on “making it” as a musician post-college, and I hope that folks find it helpful.

You can also check out a video slideshow with narration of these topics here.

Bass News Right To Your Inbox!

Subscribe to get our weekly newsletter covering the double bass world.

Powered by ConvertKit