Tuition for all courses is $399 and text books are included.

Music Business
09/16/10-11/04/10
TH 07:00PM - 09:00PM

Textbook: All You Need to Know About the Music Business

Course Description:

Whether you want to be the manager of a band, make extra income as a booking agent or do both for yourself as an artist, this course will give you the skills to navigate through the complicated world of the music business.

Student sample:

Check out this final project from Music Business student Jim Scurry. The project is a powerpoint of his final presentation and includes his business plan for his production company. All students in the Music Business course complete a business plan for their final project. It gives them great direction on how to take their career to the next level after the course is over.

Class Syllabus:

Class 1. Introduction, discussion of students goals. Overview of program. Different ways of making money in the music business. Book: Broad-Strokes Overview of the Record Business pages 61-78. What’s A Producer 116-126 Workshop: Making a career path.

Class 2. Booking. How to book shows, negotiate contracts, understand contracts, press kits. Book: Touring pages 329-346 Workshop: Making a press kit.

Class 3. Publicity. How to get press, create press releases, make contacts and the ins and outs of Public Relations. Test Review for pages 61-78, 116-126, 329-346.Workshop: Making a press release.

Class 4. Record Companies. Royalties, publishing, submitting to labels, copyrights. Book: Advances and Recoupment pages 80-83, Real Life Numbers pages 85-97. Copyright Basics 193-197.Workshop: Submitting material to a record label.

Class 5. Advertising and Marketing. How to get the most out of advertising, press, radio, flyers, street teams. Book: Publishing Companies and Major Income Sources:pages 201-219. Music and New Technologies pages 371-375. Workshop: Designing flyers and a street campaign.

Class 6. Management. Artist management, event management. Book: Personal Managers: pages 27-38 Business Managers 41-47.Workshop: Design a management plan and contract.

Class 7. Final exam review. Forming an LLC Projects presentations.

Class 8. Summary. Including question and answer to wrap up any unaddressed topics. A FINAL EXAM will be administered to complete the course.

Take the first step in your audio career today!

For information on classes e-mail info@midlandsaudioinstitute.com
or call 803-782-6910

To register for classes call Midlands Technical College Continuing Education
at 803-732-0432 or register on-line at www.mtctraining.com