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Job Title: Ethnomusicologist
AKA: Cultural Anthropologist, musicologists, cultural analysts, folklorists
What is an Ethnomusicologist?
Ethno, the prefix of the word Ethnomusicology, comes from the Greek word “Ethnos”, or “nation”, and refers to ethnicity or ethnocentric. Musicology is the study of music as an academic subject, as opposed to training in music performance or composition. Put them together and [...]

Okay, this will not be one of my usual profiles because I’m writing this during my 10 minute break.  I am attending a reasonably interesting workshop on second language acquisition through task-based language teaching (translation: What’s the best way to teach kids a second language?).  The workshop is actually for teachers, but I like to [...]

Job Title:    Music Librarian
What is it?
A music librarian is a librarian that specializes in maintaining music collections.
What does a Music Librarian do?
Music librarians do essentially the same things as traditional librarians–organizing, cataloging, and maintaining collections; providing instruction in use of the library; answering reference inquiries; selecting music, books, journals, recordings, microforms, manuscripts and other rare [...]

Job Title: Affiliate Marketer
AKA: Publisher, Affiliate Marketing Manager, Manager of Affiliate Strategy, Online Marketing Manager
What is it?
An Affiliate Marketer, usually a freelancer or small business owner, markets the products/services of other companies in exchange for a commission or fee.
What does an Affiliate Marketing Manager do?
An [...]