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A singer already meets 74% of what the musician role asks for. Every required skill of the target role is already in the profile.
74%
35.5/ 100
1 Share of the musician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the singer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A musician role treats 16 of its required skills as things a singer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse own performance
- attend rehearsals
- collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions
- cope with stage fright
- follow directions of the artistic director
- follow time cues
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 38 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A musician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a singer background worth leading with.
- already held legal environment in music business, administration and law
- already held organise a repertoire management skills
- already held design a music show communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cope with stage fright management skills
- already held perform music in ensemble communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held specialise in a musical genre communication, collaboration and creativity
All 38 carried skills, including the 16 the musician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- optional, not held advise on music pedagogy optional
- optional, not held collaborate with music librarians optional
- optional, not held complete final musical scores optional
- optional, not held create musical forms optional
- optional, not held develop musical ideas optional
- optional, not held draw up artistic project proposals optional
- optional, not held evaluate musical ideas optional
- optional, not held orchestrate music optional
- optional, not held play the piano optional
- optional, not held promote music optional
- optional, not held rewrite musical scores optional
- optional, not held transcribe ideas into musical notation optional
- optional, not held transcribe musical compositions optional
- optional, not held write musical scores optional
- optional, not held link between dance and music style optional
- optional, not held music literature optional
- optional, not held musical instruments optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held manage musical staff optional
- optional, not held plan musical performances optional
- optional, not held select musical performers optional
- optional, not held study music optional
- optional, not held study musical scores optional
- optional, not held perform musical improvisations in therapy optional
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 38 skills that carry over
- already held analyse own performance skill
- already held attend rehearsals skill
- already held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
- already held cope with stage fright skill
- already held follow directions of the artistic director skill
- already held follow time cues skill
- already held interact with an audience skill
- already held interact with fellow actors skill
- already held legal environment in music knowledge
- already held manage feedback skill
- already held organise a repertoire skill
- already held perform live skill
- already held study roles from scripts skill
- already held work independently as an artist skill
- already held work with an artistic team skill
- already held work with composers skill
- already held act for an audience skill
- already held compose music skill
- already held design a music show skill
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held improvise music skill
- already held manage artistic career skill
- already held manage artistic project skill
- already held musical theory knowledge
- already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
- already held participate in music studio recordings skill
- already held perform for young audiences skill
- already held perform music in ensemble skill
- already held perform music solo skill
- already held play musical instruments skill
- already held read musical score skill
- already held record music skill
- already held select music for performance skill
- already held sing skill
- already held specialise in a musical genre skill
- already held supervise music groups skill
- already held transpose music skill
- already held work within communities skill
24 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on music pedagogy optional
- optional, not held collaborate with music librarians optional
- optional, not held complete final musical scores optional
- optional, not held create musical forms optional
- optional, not held develop musical ideas optional
- optional, not held draw up artistic project proposals optional
- optional, not held evaluate musical ideas optional
- optional, not held link between dance and music style optional
- optional, not held manage musical staff optional
- optional, not held music literature optional
- optional, not held musical instruments optional
- optional, not held orchestrate music optional
- optional, not held plan musical performances optional
- optional, not held play the piano optional
- optional, not held promote music optional
- optional, not held rewrite musical scores optional
- optional, not held select musical performers optional
- optional, not held study music optional
- optional, not held study musical scores optional
- optional, not held transcribe ideas into musical notation optional
- optional, not held transcribe musical compositions optional
- optional, not held write musical scores optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held perform musical improvisations in therapy optional
5 held skills the musician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role engage the audience emotionally skill
- not needed by the target role perform dances skill
- not needed by the target role practise singing skill
- not needed by the target role use declaiming techniques skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held link between dance and music style optional
- optional, not held music literature optional
- optional, not held musical instruments optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.