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| Module Availability |
| Semester 2 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
Coursework: An essay exploring the key issues - 50%
Exam: A written exam covering all aspects of the module - 50%
If this module is core for your programme, you will need to achieve a minimum of 40% for each Unit of Assessment. If the module is not core, you will need a weighted aggregate mark of 40%.
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| Module Overview |
| This module gives an introduction to the business of music, the careers available, the industry bodies and regulatory authorities who manage it and an overview of contractual and payment issues. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| None |
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| Module Aims |
• To create awareness of the diversity of the roles and work available in the music industries.
• To develop an understanding of the relationship between the many bodies who influence and manage the music business.
• To explore contractual issues and aspects of intellectual property for recorded and live music.
• To explore contractual issues and aspects of intellectual property for composition.
• To prepare you for a career as a musician or as one who works with musicians.
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| Learning Outcomes |
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
• Describe how the music industry works, including roles and responsibilities.
• Give an outline of careers not directly involved in performance and composition.
• Give an overview of contract law and intellectual property for compositions.
• Explain the nature of contracts for performing, management and recording.
• Write an effective CV, biography and press release.
Transferable Skills:
• Writing a CV.
• Writing a press release.
• Career planning.
• Structured thinking.
• Writing skills.
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| Module Content |
• Careers in music.
• The industry structures for classical and popular musics.
• Industry issues relating to recorded and live music.
• Copyright, law and intellectual property.
• Preparing yourself for working in the music business.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
• Lectures.
• Workshops.
• Guided reading.
• Significant input from practising industry specialists.
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Compulsory Reading:
Harrison, A, 2008: Music: The Business (London: Virgin Books)
Passman, D, 2002: All You Need to Know About the Music Business (Harmondsworth: Penguin)
Recommended Reading:
Bowdin, G. et al, 2007 Events Management (London: Butterworth-Heinemann)
Frasconga, X., and Lee Hetherington, H, 2005: This Business of Artist Management (New York: Billboard Books)
Gordon, S., 2005: The Future of the Music Business: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution (London: Backbeat Books)
Negus, K., 1999: Music Genres and Corporate Cultures (London: Routledge)
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| Last Updated |
| PM 31/10/10 |
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