The obvious places for people who want to get into music are NYC and L.A., but there are also a handful of other cities that are booming in the music industry and can give you high chances of landing a gig in the biz. In terms of concentration of music industry jobs, Nashville is tops with 7.8 per 1,000 residents, according to EMSI data in the report. Los Angeles is a distant second with 2.8. Austin is third with 2.6. At 2.0, New York actually falls beneath the 2.1 of Charlotte, N.C. It should come as no surprise that the cities with the three highest concentrations of music industry jobs also have the best-paying ones. Los Angeles tops all markets in average music job earnings with 175% of the country’s average salary. Nashville is second at 156%, and New York is third at 147%. Music jobs pay less than the national average in Charlotte (99%), Austin (94%), Atlanta (85%), Memphis (79%) and New Orleans (73%).
(Photos) Blast From The Past: 15 Things From The 90’s We Still Wish Were Around!
Born in the middle of ’87, I grew up a total child of the 90s, as did many of my friends and peers. Throwback Thursday always has me reminiscing about the days way back when, and as I sit here watching reruns of Keeping Up With The Kardashians on this flight to L.A., it got me thinking about the classic shows and toys we had then, which seem so much better than some of the junk today! Throw it back with 15 of my favorite 90s items in the gallery!
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 10/27/13 … Congrats To DJ Khaled On A Top 10 Debut!
Congrats to our homie DJ Khaled, whose latest album Suffering From Success debuted in the top 10 on Billboard this week, moving 27k units in the first week out to secure the number 7 spot! Get the rest of the top 10 below.
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 10/20/13 … Pearl Jam Nabs Their Fifth #1 Album
Legendary rockers Pearl Jam scored their fifth number one album this week with Lightning Bolt, moving 166k copies in its first week out. Their first number one was way back in ’92, so it’s awesome to see they still have it, over 20 years later! Get the rest of the top 10 below.
