Response to John Snyder Presentation

I felt that this presentation was very helpful. I like how John Snyder gave us the advice of running our music career like a small business because that is exactly what it is. If you do not treat your career as a business you will most likely not succeed as well as someone who does. As a musician you need discipline, you need to make your own opportunities, and you need to learn how to do multiple tasks such as marketing, publishing, and budgeting to name a few. The most important thing I got out of the presentation is instead of having other people do these things for you, it is in your best interest to do as many of these things yourself. 

On a more general note, what an interesting person John Snyder is. It is incredible some of the experiences he has had. We only heard a few stories, I'm sure he has many more stories to tell. What I also found interesting is that the beginning of his career started exactly the way I am planning to start mine. I will be finishing my degree in trumpet performance and most likely continue on to law school. I also found it interesting that at the end of law school, John decided that he didn't even want to pursue law, but got a job because of the law degree. This gives me hope that with a law degree I will be open to more opportunities other than entertainment law.