I'm a Music Secretary, Too

Steve Raybine:

Blog #69:

I'm a Music Secretary, Too

I'm a music performer; educator; clinician; composer; arranger; record company executive and yes, music secretary. On any given day, I do the following secretarial jobs: 1.) xeroxing/copying (extensive amounts); 2.) postal mailings; 3.) correspondence (letters, email and phone calls); 4.) purchasing business supplies; 5.) bookkeeping; 6.) scheduling appointments.

The above jobs are essential, yet rather mundane chores that help make a business run efficiently. If you fail to accomplish these tasks in a timely manner, your business will not only suffer, but it may possibly go out-of-business. Underestimating the importance of completing office duties is naive, so reevaluate your thought process regarding this situation.

You might ask, "Why don't you just hire a secretary to help you take care of your music business?" The reason that I don't have a secretary is quite simple--I can't afford one. I can't justify hiring a secretary (complete with salary, health benefits and pension plan) as part of my support staff. Therefore, the endless chores and communications that would be handled efficiently by my 'hypothetical' secretary are instead, handled by me--Steve Raybine; music secretary at large. Although I don't particularly enjoy assuming these duties for my music business, I've been forced to come to the realization that if I don't do them, they won't get done--that's the bottom line.

So, the next time you think that you can survive in the music business as only an independent musical artist; educator; composer/arranger; etc., I recommend that you brush-up on your secretarial skills--you'll need them.

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