Today’s Music Industry

Today’s Music Industry

Instructor: Darko Velichkovski

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

126 reviews

2 weeks to complete

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Learn at your own pace

98%

Most learners liked this course

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This course provides an engaging and methodical insight into the past and present cultural and commercial music industry developments, directions, and trends. It will equip the students with the knowledge and skills necessary to appreciate, understand and more productively participate in today’s music industry field.

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10 videos2 readings1 assignment

10 videosTotal 120 minutes

Introduction14 minutes
Roots: Music Publishing and Copyright (Part 1)8 minutes
Roots: Music Publishing and Copyright (Part 2)10 minutes
Roots: Music Publishing and Copyright (Part 3)11 minutes
Regulations 1: Music Copyright Fundamentals - © and Ⓟ20 minutes
Regulations 2: Musical Works Licensing11 minutes
Regulations 3: Musical Works Licensing (continued)9 minutes
Methods and Practices 1: Music Publishing (Part 1)17 minutes
Methods and Practices 1: Music Publishing (Part 2)11 minutes
Methods and Practices 1: Music Publishing (Part 3)10 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Syllabus10 minutes
Part One Guide10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 130 minutes

What's included

7 videos1 reading1 assignment

7 videosTotal 73 minutes

Roots: Live Music Industry (Part 1)8 minutes
Roots: Live Music Industry (Part 2)10 minutes
Roots: Live Music Industry (Part 3)8 minutes
Regulations: Sound Recording Licensing (Part 1)11 minutes
Methods and Practices: Concert Promotion (Part 1)12 minutes
Methods and Practices: Concert Promotion (Part 2)12 minutes
Methods and Practices: Concert Promotion (Part 3)10 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Part Two Guide10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 230 minutes

What's included

10 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review

10 videosTotal 108 minutes

Roots: Recording Industry (Part 1)14 minutes
Roots: Recording Industry (Part 2)15 minutes
Roots: Recording Industry (Part 3)17 minutes
Regulations: Sound Recording Licensing14 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 1: Recording Industry (Part 1)5 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 1: Recording Industry (Part 2)8 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 1: Recording Industry (Part 3)10 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Standard Recording Agreements (Part 1)9 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Standard Recording Agreements (Part 2)7 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Standard Recording Agreements (Part 3)9 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Part Three Guide10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 330 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

First Peer Graded Essay120 minutes

What's included

9 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review

9 videosTotal 84 minutes

Roots: Magnetic Recording and Multitracks (Part 1)12 minutes
Roots: Magnetic Recording and Multitracks (Part 2)8 minutes
Roots: Magnetic Recording and Multitracks (Part 3)6 minutes
Roots: Magnetic Recording and Multitracks (Part 4)6 minutes
Regulations: Digital Recording, Reproduction, and Transmission (Part 1)8 minutes
Regulations: Digital Recording, Reproduction, and Transmission (Part 2)8 minutes
Regulations: Digital Recording, Reproduction, and Transmission (Part 3)11 minutes
Methods and Practices : Recording Production Planning (Part 1)16 minutes
Methods and Practices: Recording Production Planning (Part 2)9 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Part Four Guide10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 430 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Second Peer Graded Essay120 minutes

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19 videos1 reading1 assignment

19 videosTotal 171 minutes

Roots: CD, MP3, and Online Marketplace (Part 1 of 4)13 minutes
Roots: CD, MP3, and Online Marketplace (Part 2 of 4)12 minutes
Roots: CD, MP3, and Online Marketplace (Part 3 of 4)11 minutes
Roots: CD, MP3, and Online Marketplace (Part 4 of 4)8 minutes
Regulations: Fair Use Doctrine, Sampling, and Creative Commons (Part 1 of 5)9 minutes
Regulations: Fair Use Doctrine, Sampling, and Creative Commons (Part 2 of 5)10 minutes
Regulations: Fair Use Doctrine, Sampling, and Creative Commons (Part 3 of 5)7 minutes
Regulations: Fair Use Doctrine, Sampling, and Creative Commons (Part 4 of 5)6 minutes
Regulations: Fair Use Doctrine, Sampling, and Creative Commons (Part 5 of 5)7 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 1: Recording Agreements for Today’s Industry (Part 1 of 3)12 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 1: Recording Agreements for Today’s Industry (Part 2 of 3)8 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 1: Recording Agreements for Today’s Industry (Part 3 of 3)9 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Music Promotion, Distribution and Sales (Part 1 of 7)10 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Music Promotion, Distribution and Sales (Part 2 of 7)9 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Music Promotion, Distribution and Sales (Part 3 of 7)8 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Music Promotion, Distribution and Sales (Part 4 of 7)7 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Music Promotion, Distribution and Sales (Part 5 of 7)12 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Music Promotion, Distribution and Sales (Part 6 of 7)10 minutes
Methods and Practices Part 2: Music Promotion, Distribution and Sales (Part 7 of 7)6 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Part Five Guide10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 530 minutes

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Darko Velichkovski

West Virginia University

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Reviewed on Aug 24, 2017

Highly recommend the class: Darko's entertaining narrative of the music industry is highly illustrative and practical. History meets business meets art with a spice of humor in each class.

Reviewed on Oct 16, 2016

fantastic information with outstanding detail and comprehension- Thank you Professor Velichkovski and West Virginia University!

Reviewed on Sep 17, 2020

great overview of today's music industry and how we go here including how technology, copyright laws, and marketing had an impact on its growth

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