Music business courses can help you learn contract negotiation, marketing strategies, copyright law, and financial management. You can build skills in audience engagement, digital distribution, and brand development. Many courses introduce tools like social media analytics, music distribution platforms, and project management software that are essential for navigating the industry and executing effective promotional campaigns.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Asset Management, Intellectual Property, Data Quality, Information Management, Digital Assets, Business Valuation, Management Information Systems, Information Assurance, Information Architecture, Data Governance, Legal Risk, Business Metrics, Organizational Effectiveness, Accounting, Organizational Structure, Innovation, Enterprise Architecture, Data Analysis, Big Data
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Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Invoicing, Animations, LinkedIn, Client Services, Autodesk Maya, Marketing, Price Negotiation, Sales Presentation, Professional Networking, Goal Setting, Business Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Berklee
Skills you'll gain: Musical Composition, Music, Music Theory, Music Performance, Media Production, Peer Review, Post-Production, Timelines, Digital Publishing, Editing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Berklee
Skills you'll gain: Music Theory, Music, Musical Composition, Media Production, Post-Production, Creativity, Peer Review
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Journals, Music Theory, Instrumental Music, Music, Music Performance, Creativity, Coordination
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Rochester
Skills you'll gain: Music History, Music, World History, Instrumental Music, Music Theory, Electronic Media
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Glasgow
Skills you'll gain: Musical Composition, Instrumental Music, Music Theory, Music, Classical Music, Creativity
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The University of Edinburgh
Skills you'll gain: Music Theory, Music, Classical Music, Musical Composition
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Yale University
Skills you'll gain: Classical Music, Music History, Music, Music Theory, Instrumental Music, Musical Composition, Art History
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Music, World Music, Culture, Psychology, Neurology, Anatomy, Science and Research
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Rochester
Skills you'll gain: Music History, World Music, Music, World History, Performing Arts, Media Production
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Music Theory, Music, Musical Composition, Classical Music
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks