Your Child’s Career in Music and Entertainment: The Prudent Parent’s Guide from Start to Stardom

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In today competitive society, parents face great pressure to encourage their children to follow their dreams and strive for excellence. Organized in a practical question-and-answer format, Your Child Career in Music and Entertainment: The Prudent Parent Guide raises and addresses many of the issues parents encounter when seeking to turn their children creative passion and talent into a sustainable career in entertainment. Topics include: •Knowing which professionals to consult and when •Finding and preparing for auditions •Dealing with the financial aspects •Understanding statutory and regulatory legal protections for children •Creating balance for the whole family Most importantly, maintaining a child health and happiness is underlined throughout. Drawing on author Steven Beer extensive contacts in the industry, the book quotes the personal experiences of industry players, stars and their parents, and veteran sources. This indispensable guide will help parents ensure that their children are instilled with morals and values that will make them not just good performers, but good people, capable of becoming responsible adults who will run their own careers someday. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don’t aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

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