William Paterson University: Popular Music Studies: Popular Music ...

The music industry has radically changed. ?

There are new tools for marketing, distributing, discussing, recording, and selling music. Social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, YouTube, and MySpace are now the center of the music industry. Music-related professionals need a comprehensive understanding of how these portals function and how to use them in an effective way. The new music industry model has also changed the nature of contracts and intellectual property. What are the new legal considerations as they apply to digital downloads, sampling, mashups, and the like?

The Institute is a six-week program that includes: Music and Social Media, The Art of the Music Producer, Entrepreneurship for Musicians, Legal Issues of the New Millenium, Audio Production for Song Writers, and Arranging for Songwriters. ?Participants may register as many courses as they please. ?A certificate is awarded for participants completing all six weeks.

For the songwriter and performer.? Are you ready to better understand how to bring your songs, your recordings and your mixes to a higher and more professional level? Do you know how to run your love of music as a business? Once you have your lyrics and melody do you know how to best arrange for the rest of the band? Is it time to hone your skills to get the best recording possible?

Who is this institute for??

This program offers participants an in-depth immersion into the cutting edge of contemporary popular music by offering courses over 6 weeks to investigate current and future trends of the music and entertainment industries. These courses are taught by industry leaders and professionals.

Each class will contain 12 credit hours of "contact" time. Contact time will consist of a 3 hour initial in-person meeting with the class on the first day of the course. The remainder of the time will consist of online content and interaction.

Source: http://popmusicdegree.blogspot.com/2012/03/popular-music-summer-institute-at.html

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