Q&A: Best Programs/schools for music management and/or music business?

Question by Searbear91: Best Programs/schools for music management and/or music business?
I am looking to pursue a career in music. I would like to be some sort of tour/band manager or work in the music business in a recording studio or own a venue. As you can prob tell I am interested in music production and concerts. Any schools that offer good courses (but reasonably priced?) I know that getting your connections is the #1 priority but a education is ALWAYS helpful and allows something to fall back on! Thank for the advice 🙂

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Answer by Music Consultant
The school of hard knocks, the school of life… No formal education will replace those things. It is much more important that you have experience than you have a formal music business education and experience is how you get connections. Go manage a local band. Go get an internship at a studio or a music management company but don’t expect that a music business eduction will be anything to fall back on. If you want to have something to fall back on go to school for business or marketing and apply that to the music business.

Schools that offer music business programs that I know of – Berklee college of music in Boston. Steinhardt School at NYU , Drexel University’s music business program in Philadelphia. Those three are supposed to be good.

I see full sail advertise everywhere but know nothing about them except that they pay a ton of money in online advertising.

Hope that helps,

R

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