ComposerBy Cal Mirowitz

I am interested in learning more about this career

because…• All my life, I have been very interested in and

involved in writing music• Writing music could be a potential career or

occupation for me• I’m actually fairly talented when working with music• My dad is a film score composer, further expanding

my interest in the career

Being a Compos

er Means…

• Creating musical rhythms, melodies, harmonies, and more, writing them down, and/or recording them in a recording booth or studio, such as this one• Making original musical pieces that are either listened to alone or that match up with films, plays, etc.

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• You need to have gone to high school• You need to have had some sort of major

musical training (through private instruction, colleges, etc.)

• Education in college – 4 years

Required Education and Training

http://collegemoneymakingideas.com/how-much-money-does-a-person-make-with-a-college-degree/2009/

Sample Career Path Salaries Included

Level 1 – Beginning Composer/InternUnpaid to $750 a project

Level 2 – Composer/Producer$5,000 to $80,000 a year

Level 3 – Established Composer/Studio Owner$50,000 to $200,000 a year or more

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Working Conditions

• Composers work for advertising

agencies, movie producers, and other types of

companies

• Composers must sometimes work overtime to meet

deadlines for certain projects

• Some composers work full time, while

others work part time, and have another job as

well

• Composers write their music

when most inspired, whether they’re sitting in a recording studio, or sitting at the

kitchen table

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Minimum WagesMA - $8

dollars per hour

WA - &8.67 per hour

OH - $7.40 per hour

http://geology.com/state-map/ohio.shtml

http://www.sos.wa.gov/acp/

http://www.masscharterschools.org/schools/schools.html

•14 and 15 year old cannot work more than 5 hours a day on school days

•14 and 15 year olds can only work between 7 AM and 7 PM, except for June first through Labor Day, when they can work until 9 PM

CHILD LABOR

LAWS

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/31/gop-loves-child-labor/

Apple

Competitors:-Hewlett-Packard-Dell-Xerox

Main Headquarters Location:1 Infinite LoopCupertino, CA 95014

http://topnews.us/aggregator/sources/18?page=2

Unfortunately, there are no available jobs in the U.S. for composers such as myself. I’ll have to find a job in a different country.

Resources

Career Cruising

Department of Labor

Youth Rules

CNN Money

Monster