Music Journalist

Job Description
If you have a passion for music, its genres,  a thirst for understanding the industry with an ability to write creatively,  than a career in music journalism  may be ideal for you. Music journalists attend events, listen to music, investigate new acts and obtain inside information in order to write articles, reports on music events, albums, writers and musicians. A music journalist needs to inform, intelligently critic and entertain the reader. They need to do background research on a band, work hard at networking, gaining interviews. 

General information
Becoming a magazine journalist

Articles on developing skills in music journalism and routes into employment.
http://www.journalism.co.uk/skills/how-to-get-into-music-journalism/s7/a552475/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nowplaying/2011/09/six-tips-to-get-into-music-jou.shtml
http://careers.theguardian.com/music-journalism-best-of
http://www.mediauk.com/article/33328/how-to-get-into-music-journalism

Music industry