Undergraduate - UnitATS3094 - The music business: How to be successful in the music industry

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Jordan Murray

Synopsis

This unit is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of business practices related to the music industry. The course focuses on skills necessary for beginning and maintaining a professional career in the music industry. It examines the role of music management including an introduction to self-management, copyright, record companies and the recording process.
Attention is paid to the music industry in the select overseas countries to provide a comparison to the Australian context.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will :

be familiar with the main music business strategies in Australia including the record industry, live performance and copyright
understand the main methodologies of music management in Australia
critically evaluate the similarities and differences in music industry practices nationally and internationally.
be able to articulate a personal method of music self management.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Jordan Murray

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Music