Mike Jones
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853235286
- eISBN:
- 9781846312717
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853235286.003.0012
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter examines academic courses in music industry education and the character they should take. It examines the views of the government and the industry itself and compares them with those of ...
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This chapter examines academic courses in music industry education and the character they should take. It examines the views of the government and the industry itself and compares them with those of higher education institutions. Drawing on George Michael's unsuccessful lawsuit brought against Sony Music as a cautionary tale, it argues that skills alone are not enough to become successful in the music industry. Students also need to approach the industry and its workings critically and clearly understand its multi-faceted complexity and contradictions. New Labour's enthusiasm for the music industry have had direct and indirect consequences for the rise of music industry education in Britain. In particular, the government has launched a national framework for instruction in music-industrial practices in the form of the ‘New Deal for Musicians’ (NDfM). This chapter also explores the tension between the methods and perspectives of Popular Music Studies and those of ‘Management Science’.Less
This chapter examines academic courses in music industry education and the character they should take. It examines the views of the government and the industry itself and compares them with those of higher education institutions. Drawing on George Michael's unsuccessful lawsuit brought against Sony Music as a cautionary tale, it argues that skills alone are not enough to become successful in the music industry. Students also need to approach the industry and its workings critically and clearly understand its multi-faceted complexity and contradictions. New Labour's enthusiasm for the music industry have had direct and indirect consequences for the rise of music industry education in Britain. In particular, the government has launched a national framework for instruction in music-industrial practices in the form of the ‘New Deal for Musicians’ (NDfM). This chapter also explores the tension between the methods and perspectives of Popular Music Studies and those of ‘Management Science’.
