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About the Course

This course has been developed to provide students with the latest instruction on the best way for creators, consumers, and facilitators to navigate the resurgence of one of the world’s most exciting industries: the music business. Three things are clear about today’s music industry: The consumption of music is expanding at the greatest rate in history and from the most portals ever imagined, the cost of producing music is decreasing, and the number of artists creating and seeking to expose their work and develop careers through the Internet has increased dramatically. Whether you’re a music creator, consumer, or facilitator of this process, you’ll want to understand the history, underpinnings, and basics of the music business. Course author John Kellogg—administrator, educator, entertainment lawyer, performer, and radio and television personality—offers students the opportunity to learn the fundamental principles of the developing new music business, for now and into the future. What you'll learn: -- The basic history of the music industry and today's business trends -- How recording agreements are formulated -- The basics of copyright law as it pertains to the music business -- The role of agents, managers, attorneys, and specific business entities...

Top reviews

BD

Oct 22, 2017

This course was very useful and important to me, I plan on venturing in the music world very soon and knowing/ equipping myself with all of these will come in pretty handy for me. Thank you immensely.

FS

Apr 15, 2021

It`s an excellent course to get into the basics and foundations of the music business, getting to know the different player of the game and wich role each play on this huge and amazing world of music.

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By Elysia S

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Dec 8, 2015

A very informative introductory course, providing basic knowledge and overview of practices in the music business. Particularly useful for artists who want to be educated on the financial and legal aspects in managing music career.

By Melissa L

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May 2, 2020

VERY informative and extremely useful. It's slightly outdated in that it's a few years old and we're currently in the middle of a huge shift within the industry itself. The Do It "OUR"selves info is extremely important to know.

By Zachary M

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Oct 19, 2016

This course is very informative about the financial aspects of the music industry. It's sometimes hard to keep my eyes open during the videos, but I think that has more to do with the subject matter than John's presentation.

By Shubham C

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May 10, 2020

The course is super informative and will give you great Insights about the industry but the syllabus are very old. Probably from 2013-2014 and the industry has grown exponentially after that and it doesn't cover that.

By Nouri

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Feb 10, 2023

Great professor and I learn a lot. I hoped to have more lessons on collaboration contracts and how to write them when working with fellow musicians. The only contract covered is with a recording label.

By Leonardo R

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Oct 13, 2020

Thank you for this great course. John is such a great Instructor! and I think I received great info. The only things that I would suggest to include are: more tools in this digital era to be succesful.

By Olga S

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Jun 12, 2017

The course is good. But I would like to hear something about rights in digital music, rights for cover versions. Is it possible to add this information to the course? Would be great.

Thank you

By EMILIO N

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Nov 21, 2020

Excelente metodologia de enseñansa y la informacion es inaluable, pero deben poner subtitulos en español, se supone que este curso se adapta al idioma español, por eso lo habia tomado

By Rufina P

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Aug 2, 2020

overall there's a lot of valuable knowledge being shared, but it seems like the curriculum could use an update so that it's more up-to-date for the global music industry in 2020.

By Tanushka T

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Aug 25, 2024

Please add updated information about the industry in the course, as a lot of changes and advancements have occurred in music industry since this course was published.

By Jimmy P T

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Nov 3, 2016

Very complete for artists, a little less adapted for professionals from outside US but gives you solid understanding of the industry.

By Maribel D

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Jul 3, 2021

Deberia estar mas actualizado ya que la industria musical ha cambiado en estos ultimos años y de eso no se menciona mucho

By Mia H

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Nov 8, 2017

The information provided in this course is very straight forward and easy to understand. Having the text on-hand has been

By Alejandro K

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Jan 30, 2022

Great course! I highly recommended. I would suggest adding more material adpated to this 20's decade of the XXI century

By Henrique P

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Mar 13, 2018

A good presentation of fundamental topics of how the music business is by a cool and experienced lecturer, Mr. Kellog.

By George B

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Jan 2, 2021

A bit focused on American regulations, however all in all a solid course about Music Business as a whole.

By Yann B

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Oct 9, 2020

Might go a bit more in depth, but as an intro course, has the essentials and practical tips, really good.

By Natalie S

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May 4, 2021

The course must give a global perspective on the music business & not limit it just to the united states

By LEONARDO S

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Jun 23, 2017

se necesita traducción al español por cierta terminología que hace mas difícil el aprendizaje

By Troy Z C

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Jan 9, 2016

Very intellectually stimulating, practical yet easy to understand for beginners in this area.

By Aditya P

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Feb 20, 2020

The course taught me a lot about Music and the business that goes around in producing it.

By Rebekah C

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Oct 8, 2015

It is a very good course so far. Thank you so much for the opportunity to take it. (:

By Benjamin M

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Jul 11, 2021

Very intuitive and in-depth focusing a lot on the legal side of the music business.

By Sarah

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Aug 10, 2022

Wonderful course!! Wouldve loved it to be a bit more relevant to 2022 but great!

By Yulian F

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Jul 9, 2024

Good, but not very relevant for what's happening in the music industry in 2024.