Waiting Room Records
I found out about the option for my internship in my Introduction to Music Industry class in Fall 09. Jared Alcorn the owner of Waiting Room came into our class and spoke about what it was like to own a small business in the Music Industry. Jared explained how he runs his store and how he got into the music business, previously working for distributing companies. He explained that at times it was hard to run a small business because funds were short at times. I got the internship by approaching Jared at his store (before seeing the listing for it on this blog!). I told him because it was an internship I needed for credit towards my degree I did not need to be a paid. The trade off for my work would be the knowledge I gained from working for him. I'll admit I was nervous at first because the area of music business I want to go into is more classical. I primarily want to work for a concert hall but from feedback I've heard from multiple friends in many majors I realized that its ...