The artist's compass : the complete guide to building a life and a living in the performing arts

An inspiring, real world guide for artists that shows how to build a successful, stable career in the performing arts, from the President and CEO of The Music Center in Los Angeles. While performing artists have many educational opportunities to perfect their craft, they are often on their own when it comes to learning the business skills necessary to launch their careers.

In The Artist's Compass, Rachel Moore shares how to make life as a performer more successful, secure, and sustainable by approaching a career in the arts like an entrepreneur.

She teaches aspiring performers how to take charge of their own careers and how to create their own brand and marketing platform to achieve personal and professional success. Moore combines her artistic and corporate experience to address the finer points of building a career in a challenging industry.

The Artist's Compass is the essential success guide for aspiring artists, driving home the point that honing professional skills beyond the stage is not forsaking one's art, but for the sake of one's art.