Yamaha Artist Relations
PROLOGUE: I'll explain Artist Relations in a following post this "Journal" is part of my internship at Yamaha. I'll define the key players and what I'm expected to do shortly. This is just the start.
(P.S. I already graduated this is just to show you how diverse Music Business really can be. Plus Rose is an awesome teacher and I enjoy sharing the knowledge she gave me. Oh also, sorry for any typos or grammar errors, I'm a musician not a writer. I talk better than I type.)
1-24-12
Lesson of the Day: Patience
The first day of any new job is always exciting and nerve racking. It was made a little easier here at Yamaha because of all the interaction I had via email and telephone with Jennifer and Christina. Everyone was incredibly patient and helpful which eased the tension of moving to a new city to start a job. I’m saying the lesson of the day is patience because there was a lot of things that happened in a what seemed to be a small span of time. For example there was a good stack of paperwork to fill out and send back to Buena Park before I could do or learn anything new. I had to sign my I-9 for taxes, a discrimination policy, a privacy policy, an official internship offer contract. The verbiage alone made the paperwork seem to take longer than it really did. After the stack was completed then I had to learn the basic function of each member of the Artist Relations team. The amount of information to obtain was incredibly daunting but everyone was very calm and patient realizing that I may not pick this all up in one day. So while John, Chris and Jennifer were being patient and helpful to me I also have to be very patient with myself which proves to be a more difficult task.
I enjoyed my one and one with John. We decided that my challenge/goal for the internship would be to learn how to “think better” for lack of a better term. He wants me to be able to take his initial idea and turn it into the makings of a completed project without having heavy amounts of directions. In plainer terms he wants to know what he’s thinking before he knows it. I’ve never been challenged like this before so I hope I’m up for the task. My other challenge is to learn how to be more organized in a way that makes me less dependent on pen and paper and use technology more often. This one I KNOW is going to be difficult. I’m an average organized person but using technology (a cloud) to keep myself on track is going to be challenging…I’m committed to avoiding post it notes. (We’ll see how long that lasts…)
I told John that I like reasonable goals. For example my goal isn’t going to be the next district manager for Yamaha. It’s to be a better thinker and more organized. These are reasonable and attainable goals that John is going to help me achieve through challenges that arise in everyday work here at Yamaha Artist Relations. I’m excited but I have to remember to be patient.
-Rosie
(P.S. I already graduated this is just to show you how diverse Music Business really can be. Plus Rose is an awesome teacher and I enjoy sharing the knowledge she gave me. Oh also, sorry for any typos or grammar errors, I'm a musician not a writer. I talk better than I type.)
1-24-12
Lesson of the Day: Patience
The first day of any new job is always exciting and nerve racking. It was made a little easier here at Yamaha because of all the interaction I had via email and telephone with Jennifer and Christina. Everyone was incredibly patient and helpful which eased the tension of moving to a new city to start a job. I’m saying the lesson of the day is patience because there was a lot of things that happened in a what seemed to be a small span of time. For example there was a good stack of paperwork to fill out and send back to Buena Park before I could do or learn anything new. I had to sign my I-9 for taxes, a discrimination policy, a privacy policy, an official internship offer contract. The verbiage alone made the paperwork seem to take longer than it really did. After the stack was completed then I had to learn the basic function of each member of the Artist Relations team. The amount of information to obtain was incredibly daunting but everyone was very calm and patient realizing that I may not pick this all up in one day. So while John, Chris and Jennifer were being patient and helpful to me I also have to be very patient with myself which proves to be a more difficult task.
I enjoyed my one and one with John. We decided that my challenge/goal for the internship would be to learn how to “think better” for lack of a better term. He wants me to be able to take his initial idea and turn it into the makings of a completed project without having heavy amounts of directions. In plainer terms he wants to know what he’s thinking before he knows it. I’ve never been challenged like this before so I hope I’m up for the task. My other challenge is to learn how to be more organized in a way that makes me less dependent on pen and paper and use technology more often. This one I KNOW is going to be difficult. I’m an average organized person but using technology (a cloud) to keep myself on track is going to be challenging…I’m committed to avoiding post it notes. (We’ll see how long that lasts…)
I told John that I like reasonable goals. For example my goal isn’t going to be the next district manager for Yamaha. It’s to be a better thinker and more organized. These are reasonable and attainable goals that John is going to help me achieve through challenges that arise in everyday work here at Yamaha Artist Relations. I’m excited but I have to remember to be patient.
-Rosie
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