Applicable Courses (Music Business)

-Studied and learned the in’s and outs of the role of artist manager
-Discussed how managers are paid
-Learned about contracts and specific contract examples
-Discussed how managers are paid
-Discovered what makes a good manager
-Went over artist scouting
-Practiced artist pitching
Studied how the music business in Nashville functions, how it is changing, and the history of Nashville.
-Press Release
-Artist Biography
-Red Capet Functions
-Album release related PR
-Short Bio
-Public Statements
-Crisis prevention
-Response strategies
Social and emotional intelligence, stress management, communication, and more within the realm of the entertainment industry.
The in’s and out’s of navigating managing or being an unsigned artist.
Learned about how radio works, different stations, and how songs get promoted,
Learned about publishing companies, contracts, sync, catalogs, etc
Learned about how musicians collaborate with brands and created a mock plan for a brand partnership.
Focsed on presentations, proper communication with employers, customers, and networking.
Talked about writing non-fiction such as news articles
Learned the basics and more complicated cases of copyright law.
Learned the basics of music business such as touring, basic copyright law, merchandise, and more.

Applicable Courses (Songwriting)

Focus on lyrics and how they fit into a song. Also studied imagery, rhyme scheme, etc.
Class was connected to a publishing company and submitted songs to them at the end of the semester that matched the prompts they were looking for. Heavy on co-writing.
Expanding on commercial songwriting I with more emphasis on individual writes instead of co-writing
Focused on demo recording.
Learned how to fully produce a song in a DAW of choice (I Focused on LogicPro X)
Learned about how music and literature have been connected. Also focused on writing different styles of poetry.
Focused on co-writing and individual writes to prompts given.