The Music Business

The music business is one of the first of many industries that will be fundamentally be changed by the Internet, especially with the advent of Web 2.0 open source and SOA. In my books, any industry that is dependent on take down orders, clumsy security protocols, lawyers and government lobbying for survival is a SELL. The music business is waiting for that new guy to come along to present the new business model. My advice is to take the bull by the horns and build your own empire, piece by piece. The music business is a multibillion-dollar industry, with the sales of musical products accounting for a large portion of the total. This degree gives the student a traditional musical background, the understanding of various instruments through specific classes, courses in the business of music, and studies in areas such as economics, accounting and small business management.

The music business is a cut throat industry and if your music isn't cutting it another producer is willing to take your spot, trust me I have seen it all. The music business is a very diverse industry. Great acts just don't appear out of thin air. The music business is a multi-billion dollar industry that touches people in every corner of the world. It all starts with the songwriters and composers, without whom there would be no music.

The music business is built around albums--publishing contracts (that means for songwriting) are for ten-song albums, you get paid less if you put out shorter EPs or singles or something. I put out the Panderers' Hotshot's Boy this year, as a five-song digital EP (iTunes and etc)--I put out the five tracks I liked the best, and figured that this was the direction our musical age was headed, and also that, ironically, one is more likely to listen, in one sitting (or commute to work), to a 20 minute, five song batch than a 60 minute, 14 song batch.