THE APPL!CAT!ON

OCCUPATIONS

There may be some confusion as to what I mean by "occupations". The occupations differ based on your character, obviously. It's whatever your character does; on the label, in the band, outside of the label/band. For example PETE WENTZ has many occupations. For one, he is FALL OUT BOY'S BASSIST. He is also THE OWNER OF DECAYDANCE RECORDS, an A&R FOR DECAYDANCE RECORDS, and he HAS HIS OWN CLOTHING LINE.

Now let's try a fictional character. I'll make up a random name. Right now, on the spot. SARAH GOLDBERG is on the FUELED BY RAMEN STREET TEAM and as a second job, she is a WAITRESS.

Now obviously, you wouldn't put it like that in you application. It would just say 'waitress' or 'street team - fueled by ramen'.

Here's a list of all the label-based occupations your characters can have (you can have no more than two of these occupations):

[/B] ;; in charge of hyping up new bands and letting everyone know about upcoming albums and EPs.
CUSTOMER SERVICE ;; takes care of letters sent to the label and phone calls from listeners.
PRODUCT MANAGER ;; oversees the selling and stock of the music, the merch and anything that makes the label and the band money - in essence, the treasurer
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ;; pretty much the boss of everyone.
STREET TEAM ;; gets all the news out to the public. you know those annoying people at the gates of warped tour and bamboozle that shove all those stickers and advertisements for shows at you? yeah, that's the street team.
GENERAL MANAGER ;; generally manages.
A&R ;; in charge of giving all the incoming demos a listen and letting the hopeful bands know if they made the cut or not. signs bands to the label.
MERCHANDISING ;; designs and oversees any and all merchandise. differs from the product manager because anyone with this occupation does not deal with money.
(Please state which label your character works for.)[/ul]

Here's a list of all the in-band occupations (you may have more than one):

[/B] ;; usually the frontman/woman of the band. sings.
GUITARIST ;; rhythm or lead
BASSIST ;; self-explanatory
DRUMMER ;; self-explanatory
KEYTARIST ;; self-explanatory
PIANIST ;; self-explanatory
LYRICIST ;; writes the lyrics for the songs. for example, pete wentz of fall out boy and ryan ross of panic at the disco.
OTHER-IST ;; any other instrument you can think of. for example, patrick stump plays the trumpet in some fall out boy songs.
EVERYTHING ;; only applies to one man bands, such as forgive durden.
(Please state which band your character is in.)[/ul]

Here's a list of all the other occupations, outside of the label and band (you may have more than one):

[/B] ;; buys the merch and CDs, attend the concert, meets the band members. this is you.
INTERNET PERSONALITY ;; someone along the lines of Perez Hilton. blogs about the band member scandals.
VENDOR ;; sells the merch at shows and gigs. especially prominent at festivals, such as warped tour, bamboozle and lollapalooza.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, there's the every day, average joe job. waiter/waitress, retail, student, etc.[/ul][/font]