Music Business

Learn more about Music Business

Ten Week Music Business Lesson Plan
Helpful Material (optional): “All You Need to Know About the Music Business, Eighth Edition” by Donald S.Passman

Week One: Introductions/Positions in the Music Industry

Introduce myself and allow students time to introduce themselves.
– Get to know what each student’s wants to get out of this course and where they are at in their own music/music business journey
The Many Sides of the Music Industry
– What it means to be on the musician end and what it means to be on the business side
– Options/ pros and cons of doing both
Positions in the Industry
– How to hire a team or be a part of one
– Personal manager
– Tour Manager
– Attorney
– Financial Advisor
– Agency
– Record Label
– Musicians/Artists

Week Two: Marketing and Promotion

Week Three: Live and Touring

Week Four: Record Deals

Week Five: Songwriting and Publishing

Week Six: Creative Team and Tour Set Up

Week Seven: Project Week!!

During week seven we are going to introduce a project to help us really understand the things we’ve spent six weeks learning. We will each use ourselves, our band, a friend, or a famous person and created a press release kit/music resume. We will spend class reviewing examples of what a press release, EPK, and Music Resume may look like. We will go through what promotors and record companies are looking for. Then they will pick who they want to do their project on and which version they want to tackle.

Week Eight: Project Presentations

Week Nine: Decision Making in the Music Industry

Week Ten: Conclusion/What’s Next?