Published 16 June, 2021

VMDO & Music Victoria present a free, interactive workshop, exploring strategies for portfolio careers and freelancing within the music industry.

Whether you're thriving or just surviving in your career, it's always the right time to evaluate where you're going and why you're going there.

Portfolio careers and freelancing are a way of life in the music industry, however this career model can be reactive, unpredictable and highly dependent on external forces. Equally, a portfolio career model can allow for greater freedom and flexibility, which interviewees discussed in VMDO & RMIT's report: Career Paths: The Victorian Music Business Career Life Cycle. As we navigate post-COVID and COVID-normal, we have an opportunity to evaluate our involvement in the industry and how that meets our needs.

This workshop will step you through a framework to build control, make proactive choices and implement a strategy for financial and creative sustainability.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the value and purpose of strategy over a reactive model for career planning

• Articulate individual needs and preferences for a career model in order to make strategic choices for career planning

• Articulate detailed next steps in researching or actively pursuing changes to career models

Facilitator: Susan Eldridge

Susan Eldridge creates innovative programs that challenge musicians of all genres to Think Again and Change Their Tune. She is a a coach, speaker, mentor, teacher and learning designer for musicians and music organisations across the globe. Susan is committed to placing human experience at the centre of her solutions. She plays the French Horn professionally, and manages a couple of classical music "bands" in her spare time!

This workshop will be presented at Networking Breakfasts, brought to you by Music Victoria & VMDO. On the day, join us from 9.00am sharp, as the workshop will begin straight away.

Come for coffee, breakfast and idea sharing.

Note: Networking Breakfasts are targeted towards professionals, currently working in the music industry.

Please ensure you register in order to secure your spot as places will be limited, due to COVID restrictions. Registrants will be notified of final directives for attending the event a few days out (e.g mask wearing requirements etc). If you can no longer make the event for any reason, we'd appreciate if you could cancel your ticket within Eventbrite so we have an accurate indication of numbers.

Access: If you have any access requirements, please email info@vmdo.com.au

Demographics & Identity questions: For more information about our demographics and identity questions in the registration process, please head to: musicvictoria.com.au/demographics-and-identity