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What kind of job do people who take Music or Art get after uni?

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Us musos can do so many things. There's all the performance-related stuff, arts admin, radio production, academia, journalism, law (after the conversion course), accountancy. Lots of stuff :smile:

Reply 2

writergirl

in most cases
extremely unpredictable ones
which have unstable pay but are jobs that you love
it can be said the same for writing i guess
but then theres always teaching?
being a pro musician is more or less impossible unless you are outstanding in your instrument. and art, you could become an artist but again the income is not alwyas going to be stable?
but music journlaism and art journalism is always an option or becoming someoen in the media who specialises in that?
do what you enjoy
if you love music and art and do a job with that
im sure youll love your job

:smile:

Reply 3

PurpleMonkeyDishwasher

Tesco sales assistant.

/joke.

It depends, it's up to you what you make out of the skills/knowledge you've gained. A degree doesn't necessarily determine your career.

Reply 4

Aiko

The term 'art' can comprise many separate disciplines, such as architecture or graphic design, both of which are solely vocational. For instance, a graphic design graduate would expect to work in either advertising, publishing, IT or media. This could be in a creative agency and/or studio, or somewhere much larger (many companies employ in house graphic designers). Likewise, an architect graduate would expect to apply to multiple firms and/or undergo freelance.

Presumably, you were referring to 'Fine Art'? The degree can lead to working with various agencies (the largest being Getty) and/or galleries after graduation. Moreover, a professionally trained artist could work in the film industry as a concept artist. Fine Art, more or less, is self-fulfilling, with less of an emphasis on finding work, or rather, doesn't possess a pre-determined career path, like any design-led profession. This is why many foundation students opt for a design-focused degree, because the route is clearer and the probability of finding work is considerably higher.