Date: Thu, 21. May 2009 21:14:04

When you are about to take the biggest gamble of your career, where do you head? To a casino, of course.

Date: Thu, 5. August 2010 13:02:06

AP - Seantrel Henderson's career at Miami has started.

Date: Fri, 20. March 2009 14:55:01

Like many companies, wowOwow.com has a bunch of interns running around the office, working for free for the opportunity to learn about the business. What makes these interns different is that they?re accomplished professionals in their 40s and 50s.

Date: Sun, 17. January 2010 04:02:11

pA music career might not exactly fall into the luxury item category, but when you're trying to get started, it sure seems to cost as much as one. So, what is a poor, struggling musician or budding label owner/manager/agent/PR company/etc to do? There are two things you need to concern yourself with: finding the money and spending it wisely./p pIn terms of finding the money, unless you have a wealthy benefactor, you have a few options - the more traditional day job (or day job + night job) method of saving up the money you need, relying on credit or seeking investment or grants. Let's take the credit first. Try to avoid it. It seems so easy to just swipe your card - over and over again - but building a music career is a long and risky project. Using credit to fund it amounts to borrowing money at a very high rate of interest for a very high risk gamble. Plus, once the bills start rolling in, you may end up having to sacrifice future investment to cover them - which could stand in the way of promoting and selling what you put on your card in the first place. And that is assuming you can keep up with the bill at all. If you think you resent that big box of unsold merch in your spare room now, just wait until it stops you from getting a loan for a new car or forces you to pay a huge deposit to get a cell phone./p pSo now, working. Working full time while trying to build another career in your spare time is, well, hard work. If you can find a job doing something music related, that helps, but it isn't always possible. Paying for your music career this way requires lots of sacrifice - working long hours, giving up nights out to work and to save money to invest in your music goals, and don't forget sleep deprivation.  On the upside, you remain in control of your own destiny and debt free. Grants are great if you can them, but we don't all live in a place where arts grants are on the table. The trick with investors is to find someone who can bring lots of valuable knowledge to the table but who doesn't want to get overly involved with your creative vision. That's not as easy as it sounds./p pConfused yet? Learn more about your funding options in a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://musicians.about.com/od/musicindustryfunding/tp/funding101.htmMusic Career Funding 101/a. Be sure to stop by tomorrow so we can get into the whole now that I've got it, how do I spend it question./pp style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hczu=http://musicians.about.com/b/2010/01/06/paying-for-your-music-career.htm"Paying for Your Music Career/a originally appeared on a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hczu=http://musicians.about.com/"About.com Music Careers/a on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 08:56:55./ppa href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hczu=http://musicians.about.com/b/2010/01/06/paying-for-your-music-career.htm"Permalink/a | a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hczu=http://musicians.about.com/b/2010/01/06/paying-for-your-music-career.htm#gB3"Comment/a | a href="http://musicians.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://musicians.about.com/b/2010/01/06/paying-for-your-music-career.htmzItl=Paying for Your Music Career"Email this/a/p

Date: Fri, 7. August 2009 00:49:42

AP - Highlights from John Hughes' film career as a director:

Date: Tue, 30. June 2009 23:08:29

Job insecurity sparks 'Plan B' career hunts

Date: Sun, 30. May 2010 03:09:26

AP - Highlights from Dennis Hopper's career as a movie actor:

Date: Fri, 18. April 2008 22:19:26

What do you do when the timing of motherhood clashes with the upward trajectory of your career?

Date: Wed, 18. November 2009 12:25:53

New ITV chairman Archie Norman's colourful career

Date: Tue, 17. November 2009 22:40:19

AP - Larry Johnson might have his career up-and-running sooner than expected.