The Musician's Guide To Cruise Ship Life is a book written for musicians, by musicians. It is your one-stop resource for all the steps necessary to book yourself on a cruise ship sailing the seven seas. Using this book you, as a solo musician/sideman or as a lounge act can find yourseleves a new career making music on the world's cruise liners with just a few emails and phone calls. Having this book will also allow you to know what to expect -- from professional aspects, such as staging, repertoire, schedules, pay to the lifestyle aspects such as recreation, traveling and more.

In its almost 60 pages the book contains guides to:

• The basics of cruise ship life
• Full job descriptions for Showband musicians, Solo Acts and Lounge entertainers including professional requirements, basic schedules, pay expectations and more
• A Pros and Cons look at cruise ship life -- whether its right for you
• What to expect once you're onboard (your cabin, the mess, the ports)
• In Port Recommendations
• A recommended listening section -- an invaluable repertoire resource for Showband musicians, Solo and Lounge Acts
• Sight reading excerpts from actual cruise line shows

And most importantly -- Contact information for some of the world's leading cruise lines and both hiring and booking agents to get you started.

Using the Musician's Guide To Cruise Ship Life you can book your own gig -- and be out there in no time!

Have a look at some examples from the book below: (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader -- available for free at www.adobe.com)

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