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In this episode of Mentoring for the Modern Musician the Scharff Brothers are thrilled to connect with Keith Hatschek author of \u201cHow to Get a Job in the Music Industry\u201d!!! After fourteen formative years of musical performing, recording and songwriting, Keith built his own commercial recording studio, Bayshore Studios.\xa0Four years later, he joined one of the leading recording studios in the U.S., Music Annex, Inc.\n\xa0\nDuring his twelve-year stint with Music Annex, Hatschek worked as recording engineer, producer, project manager, Director of Client Services, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He also produced albums, soundtracks for film and television, and the soundtrack for Apple Computer\u2019s first CD-ROM. He led Music Annex\u2019s diversification efforts from traditional recording services into duplication and digital audio post production. During this same time, Music Annex grew from 10 to 75 employees and into multi-million dollar annual revenues.\n\xa0\nFrom 1995 to 2001, he headed Keith Hatschek & Associates, a San Francisco Bay Area-based marketing and public relations firm serving the entertainment and media technology industries.\n\xa0\nHatschek accepted a full time appointment in 2001 as Director of the Music Management program at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. He has led many music industry career workshops and continues to consult with a number of music industry companies. He is the author of the book \u201cHow to Get a Job in the Music Industry,\u201d now in its third edition from Berklee Press, a reference text in many music programs. \xa0His second book,\xa0\u201cThe Golden Moment: Recording Secrets from the Pros\u201d\xa0is a compendium of insightful conversations with more than 30 leading recording engineers and producers covering the technical and aesthetic facets of record-making.\n\xa0\nHe has taught online classes at\xa0Berkleemusic.com\xa0in music industry public relations and career development, and for the past twenty-two years has written a recurring music business or technology column for\xa0Pro Studio Edition,\xa0now available as part of the Discmakers music blog.\xa0His service includes previous San Francisco chapter Vice President of the Recording Academy and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA). Professor Hatschek holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Graduate Certificate in Marketing, awarded with Distinction, from the same institution. His main areas of research focus on the intersection of jazz and civil rights, sound recording, arts entrepreneurship, and entertainment career development. He is currently working on two new books, the first a music industry reference work and the other a new book on Dave Brubeck. He resides in Livermore, CA with his family.\n\xa0\n\nAs always, reach out to us with suggestions for show topics, comments, questions, or just to say hello! Head over to:\nhttps://m3artist.com/contact\nMake sure to share this or any episode with all of your music loving friends!\nYou got this, we got your back!