Best Job Ever: Preview

The following is a guest post by Best Job Ever committee member Brian Coulter.

This year has just flown by! We in SLC have been planning Best Job Ever since September, and it’s hard to believe that the big day is this close. Though BJE is just a year old, we are really hoping to turn the event into something that the Curb College can build itself around. It’s a young idea, but it has the potential to become something more than just a conference; BJE could become a Belmont tradition. If you were not lucky enough to make it to the event last year, let me tell you a little more about what we are trying to do.

First and foremost, the thing you need to know is that BJE is not just another Insider’s View or Belmont lecture. As students, we knew that we wanted to offer something different, something truly relatable and personable. This is why we’ve decided to limit the attendance at BJE. In larger groups it is easy to blend in with your peers and surrender to insecurities.  At BJE, we keep the panels and workshops to small groups. This way the professionals in the panels are able to learn your name and really get to know you. In our opinion, getting to personally know a professional is a huge advantage, especially in as small and competitive an industry as music.

Throughout the day, students will be able to attend four different panels, with a Music Business seminar credit awarded for every two panels attended, thus resulting in two possible seminar credits for the day’s activities. Our goal when deciding the panels was to offer students several different panels, all concerning different aspects and fields of the music industry. For example, we have a panel for those interested in a career in music journalism, as well as several other areas such as new media, touring, music supervision, artist management, songwriting and many, many more. You also have the ability to link the panels together. Those who are interested in production can attend not only the panel with professional producers, but also the hands-on production workshop in Studio A as well as the first-listen opportunity presented exclusively at BJE.

Speaking as a former attendee of BJE, believe me when I tell you that it is a truly rewarding experience. If you are new to Belmont, or even if you are near graduation, you need to understand that you get out of Belmont what you put into it. Networking, relationships, and experience are essential, and I don’t know of a better place to gain all three of these advantages than at BJE.

If you haven’t registered yet, it’s not too late. We will be doing registration  the day of the event, this Saturday, March 21. The event will be held on the 4th floor of the Inman Health Sciences Builing. Arrive at 8:30 AM if you would like to register. Catered lunch will be served for those who registered before Wednesday, March 18. Come out and be a part of a growing Belmont tradition. I guarantee you will not regret it.