One of the firm's clients was a record producer.
Seeing an opportunity to learn
more, Skoff began handling the business aspects
of recording, and coordinated the
project for the producer. Before long, she was
earning extra money doing the same
for other clients. Never one to admit that she
didn't know how to do something,
when Skoff was asked if she had completed the
AFM contracts, she lied and said,
"`Sure!' Then I walked up to my desk and got on
the phone with a friend of mine
who was a bass player and said, `Help.' He came
over with a stack of AFM contracts
and showed me how to do them."
When heavyweight management firm Fitzgerald
Hartley Company was created,
Skoff came in as administrative assistant,
handled all the company's paperwork and
continued to coordinate projects for clients.
After six years, she felt that she had
reached her potential with the company and was
looking for a new challenge. She
came up with the title of Production Project
Coordinator, had business cards and let-
terhead printed, and set up her own
business.
With referrals from her previous employer and
those from record companies,
Skoff 's client roster quickly grew by word of
mouth. Over the years, her resume grew
to include work with artist/producers like Baby
Face, Michael Jackson, Kenny
Loggins, Madonna, Manhattan Transfer, Randy
Newman, Lionel Richie, TLC, and
many more. Skoff also worked on the soundtracks
for Waiting to Exhale, Cold
Mountain, and The Ladykillers, and served as
the music contractor for Dreamgirls.
MUSICIANS
MUSICIAN · SINGER
JOB OVERVIEW
Session musicians are hired to create the music
that is recorded.
SPECIAL SKILLS
Tammy Rogers says important skills are, "Having
a lot of experience improvising
and being able to play by ear; to hear things
once and turn around and play them
back. Being very technically proficient on your
instrument. For me, also being able to
play mandolin has helped. Being able to bring a
couple of different things [instru-
ments] to the table has been a definite asset.
I think having a particular style helps. I
also think it helps to have a pretty easygoing
personality that doesn't make people
uptight or worried. When I show up, they know
I'm going to be able to cover my
part."
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