MUSIC BUSINESS DEGREE PROGR AM DETAILS The music business major develops knowledge and skills to secure careers in a variety of areas such as record company operations, music publishing, artist management, music marketing, public relations, merchandising, social media, concert promotion and entertainment law. The major combines traditional business courses, such as accounting, finance, management and economics, with music business core classes such as survey of music business, copyright law, music publishing and survey of recording technology. Choose from an emphasis area in business, legal studies, live event management, international music business or music production.
FACULTY CREDENTIALS GRADUATE PROFILE:
Our instructors are academic scholars and industry professionals, and our facilities on Music Row put you in direct contact with the same music industry leaders you will work
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with when you graduate.
STUDENT BENEFITS Enhance Your Knowledge: The major combines traditional business courses (accounting, business law, finance, management and economics) with specialized music business courses (publishing, copyright law, artist management, public relations, concert promotion and marketing). Expand Your Opportunities: Access to music row sets Belmont apart. We host over 80 industry guests on campus for seminars and workshops each semester. We also work with more than 360 companies in the United States to provide students with internship opportunities. Companies include: Sony, Curb Records, CAA, WME, CMT, The WB Network, Ellen DeGeneres Show, Fox, MTV, VH1, Radio City Music Hall and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Maintain Your Lifestyle: Enjoy the flexibility and convenience of our 8-week evening courses, where you attend class one night a week and complete the rest of the coursework online, or our 15-week courses, which are offered in the day and evening.
CAREER IMPACT The Music Business major develops the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a range of careers such as record company operations, music publishing, artist management, publicity, concert promotion and booking.
“Working alongside the Head of Sony/ATV Nashville and co-founder of THiS Music, Rusty Gaston, we focus on managing our roster of songwriters from booking their calendars to strategically positioning them and their songs for success. If it weren’t for a paper I had to write for my Survey of Music Business class, I may have never met Rusty. I interviewed him for a final paper that semester, which turned into an internship, which turned into my position here at THiS today!”