Entrepreneurship questionnaire.

Fernando Martínez Cueto.

Orchestral conducting Bachelor

Question 1. What are the ways you would like to make an income for music? So: what activities.
Name at least 3. And tell shortly why you are interested in them and why you think you can do
them.

Conducting concerts(festivals, venues, private events): I am interested in this because I am a

performing artist, I like to conduct every repertoire, small and big orchestras, new music from
new composers and I am studying to get the best of the people into music.

Teaching: I really like to teach, I started teaching in my community in Mexico when I was 12
years old, for me it is one of the best things to do as a human being and hopefully every person
has something to teach.

Composing and arranging: To create and arrange, for me every musician who has academical
skills and a little amount of creativity can do it.

Question 2 For these income sources, how will you get the money? Via invoice, salary, cash or else?
Explain briefly per activity.

Conducting: If I get invited as a guest conductor I need to make an invoice depending on the
project. If I get invited as an artistic conductor for a period of time (commonly from 2 to 5 years)
I will have to sign a contract of salary.

Teaching: For an institution I need to sign a contract of salary, for private lessons cash is an easy
way to do it, I just need to have a good self administration.

Composition and arranging: for this an invoice for the person or ensamble that needs my services
could be the best option.

Question 3 About VAT (or BTW): give an example of some service you are offering (teaching or
concert) and how you would calculate VAT over it. Show a calculation.

Arrange 10 public domain medieval songs for an album of string quartet and piano, I will ask for
1060 euro with VAT. It is 1000 euro without VAT, VAT=6%. I calculate it by multiplying 1000 x
1.06 and I get 60 euros of VAT so 1060 the full price.

Question 4 What kind of intermediates in music business will be important for you? Why? Mention
at least 2. And give also in total 2 names per intermediate. (Example: I will need a publisher, and
I’m interested in XYZ Publishing and Jump Music Publishing)

A good agent for calling the promotor and a publisher, firstly I am interested in Mexican
Orchestras that are big institutions (they do all the promotion) like:
OFUNAM (Orquesta filarmónica de la Universidad autónoma de México)
OSN (Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional)
Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México
OSSLA (Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes)
 Question 5 How can music rights be important for you? Zoom in on authoring rights, neighbouring
rights and maybe more. Explain why it’s important for the plans you described above.

Authoring rights are really important for me as a composer and arranger, and neighbouring rights
are also for me significant as a conductor because I will perform all kinds of repertoire from
medieval to contemporary. Rights for recording my music, arrangements or interpretation are
crucial.

Question 6 Make a profit and loss account for your own activities. Include some (fake) entries in
both revenues and costs.

Invoices out to Concerning Date Amount Ex. Amount with Finished deal
VAT VAT

OFUNAM Mozart clarinet 20/07/2018 2000 euros 2120 euros

concerto and
Mahler 4th
symphony

Sinfónica Le sacre du 24/01/2021 1700 euros 1802 euros

Nacional printemps of
Stravinsky with
the national
Ballet

LSO London Beethoven 12/04/2021 5000 euros 5300 euros

Symphony Missa solemnis
Orchestra and 4th
symphony of
Mendelsohn

Mozarteum Conducting 15/05/2021 700 euros 742 euros

master class

Jordi Savall Arranging 14/09/2022 1500 euros 1590 euros

medieval latin
american
baroque music
Invoices in Concerning Date Amount ex. Amount with Finished deal
from VAT VAT

Barenreiter Beethoven misa 27/03/2021 80 euros 84,8 euros

solemnis
orchestral score

Barenreiter Le sacre du 12/01/2021 120 euros 127,2 euros

printemps
orchestral score

Finale Sheet music 13/05/2022 600 euros 636 euros

program

Aeromexico Airplane tickets 15/01/2022 890 euros 943,4 euros

Question 7 Make a costing for a project you could do. Also tell how it’s linked to your activities
from question 1

MAKE IT ORCHESTRAL ALBUM AND CONCERT PROJECT COSTINGS. Young composers

orchestrations of public domain world music hits.

Concerning Costing with VAT

10 arrangers commission for the orchestration. 1060 euros

Orchestral rehearsals (80% for the orchestra 2120 euros

20% for the conductor)

Concert costings 3180 euros

Recording sessions 1060 euros

Album art work 212 euros

Marketing and publishing 3180 euros

TOTAL 10,812 euros

This is linked because I can work as the conductor and arranger.

Dank je wel.
Fernando Martínez Cueto.