Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

disc jockeytolyricist

A disc jockey already meets 34% of what the lyricist role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From disc jockey
34%
Overlap1
To lyricist
8 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
64 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64/ 100

1 Share of the lyricist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the disc jockey 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

Why this move works

A lyricist role treats 4 of its required skills as things a disc jockey already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • musical genres
  • musical notation
  • musical theory
  • study music

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A lyricist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a disc jockey background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held consult with sound editor communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held attend music recording sessions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held compose music communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held musical notation arts and humanities
  • already held study music information skills
  • already held record music communication, collaboration and creativity

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the lyricist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held create a rhyme scheme structure required
  • required, not held match lyrics to mood of melody required
  • required, not held write songs required
  • optional, not held adapt to artists' creative demands optional
  • optional, not held advise on music pedagogy optional
  • optional, not held create musical forms optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held transcribe ideas into musical notation optional
  • optional, not held transcribe musical compositions optional
  • optional, not held work with composers optional
  • optional, not held write musical scores optional
  • optional, not held practise singing optional
02 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held music literature required
  • optional, not held film music techniques optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held copyright legislation required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held study musical scores required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held write to a deadline required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a lyricist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held musical genres knowledge
  • already held musical notation knowledge
  • already held musical theory knowledge
  • already held study music skill
  • already held attend music recording sessions skill
  • already held compose music skill
  • already held consult with sound editor skill
  • already held record music skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adapt to artists' creative demands optional
  • optional, not held advise on music pedagogy optional
  • optional, not held create musical forms optional
  • optional, not held film music techniques optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held transcribe ideas into musical notation optional
  • optional, not held transcribe musical compositions optional
  • optional, not held work with composers optional
  • optional, not held write musical scores optional
  • optional, not held practise singing optional
31 held skills the lyricist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
  • not needed by the target role acoustics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess sound quality skill
  • not needed by the target role compose playlist skill
  • not needed by the target role connect music fragments skill
  • not needed by the target role design a music show skill
  • not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure the appropriate atmosphere skill
  • not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
  • not needed by the target role follow a brief skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with an audience skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain sound equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role mix multi-track recordings skill
  • not needed by the target role mix sound in a live situation skill
  • not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role musical instruments knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate an audio mixing console skill
  • not needed by the target role operate sound live skill
  • not needed by the target role participate in music studio recordings skill
  • not needed by the target role perform music solo skill
  • not needed by the target role perform soundchecks skill
  • not needed by the target role play musical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role record multi-track sound skill
  • not needed by the target role select music skill
  • not needed by the target role select music for performance skill
  • not needed by the target role select music for training skill
  • not needed by the target role set up a multi-track recording skill
  • not needed by the target role set up sound equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role specialise in a musical genre skill
  • not needed by the target role transpose music skill
  • not needed by the target role use audio reproduction software skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held music literature required
  • required, not held copyright legislation required
  • optional, not held film music techniques optional
Index

Other moves recorded from disc jockey

Full index of moves from disc jockey

Note

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.