The Music Shoppe

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I have been working at The Music Shoppe in Normal this semester. I worked with the Print Music Manager, Bill Anderson. This past summer I went to the Music Shoppe with a letter for one of the store owners. My letter talked a little about my background, my major, and my desire to do an internship at the store.

The store owner is always really busy, so I dropped off my letter for him, and ended up working with other two managers to set the internship up. I worked a few hours each week over the entire semester.

I have performed several different jobs over the semester. Some have been: checking the print music inventory to see what needs to be ordered, ordering music from publishers, helping customers find specially requested books, and balancing the amount of stock ordered vs. the average amount of books we are able to sell, based on the past five years sales. This particular job was really interesting to me, because you need to know how many of each specific book you will be able to sell in a 3 month period; you need to know whether or not you will have sold it in time to make payments with the publishers.

This internship was a really great experience. There are a lot of different jobs that are required when running a retail store such as the Music Shoppe, and I was able to learn “inside” information about many areas while work there. I would encourage anyone interested in any type of Music Business to get some experience on the retail side of things; it will help you no matter where you end up working!! If you are interested in doing an internship at the Music Shoppe my manager there, Bill Anderson would love to talk with you. If anyone would like more in-depth information please let me know!
-Kailey

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Rose Marshack said…
Kailey - thank you for a great post! I hope this helps some future students find an internship, and I'm glad you enjoyed your time at the Music Shoppe!
December 14, 2008 at 1:38 AM
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