Career roadmap
How to become Musicians and Singers
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Musicians and Singers, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Perform music for the public.
- Study details of musical compositions.
- Conduct research to inform art, designs, or other work.
- Train others on performance techniques.
- Audition for roles.
- Practice athletic or artistic skills.
- Promote products, activities, or organizations.
- Perform for recordings.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Speaking3.4/5
- Active Listening3.3/5
- Monitoring3.3/5
- Reading Comprehension3.1/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.1/5
- Critical Thinking3.0/5
- Coordination3.0/5
- Service Orientation2.9/5
- Time Management2.9/5
- Writing2.8/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Musicians and Singers — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Artistic6.7/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Enterprising3.4/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Social3.4/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Realistic2.9/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Conventional2.2/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Investigative1.5/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
