Music Business
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- Entertainment and technology attorney
- Experience advising music artists, record labels, managers, publishers, and producers, as well as Internet search providers and content distribution and technology companies
- Coauthor of the book Music Law in the Digital Age, as well as several articles on copyright
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- Ph.D. in strategic management with the thesis “Business Model Change: The Case of the Majors in the Phonographic Industry (1998–2008)”
- 2012 Award for the Best Thesis Dissertation in Strategic Management
- 2008 Award for the Best Poster Presentation, Business Model Workshop, Cass Business School
- Cofounder of Business Model Community
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- Former international and local product manager, BMG Music Spain
- Former world music channel manager, Eresmas Interactiva – Wanadoo
- Former label manager of WorldMUXXIC and director of Other Music Division, MUXXIC Records
- Founder, Fireyellow
- Degree in business management, University of Barcelona
- M.B.A. in music industries, Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool
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- Primary specialty: private international law, copyright, and personal image rights
- Law degree, University of Barcelona
- Practicing lawyer in Barcelona since 1980, currently with Enrich Advocats
- Former chairman of the Copyright and Image Rights Committee of the Barcelona Bar Association and of the Committee of Copyright and Entertainment Law of the International Bar Association
- Arbitrator of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Independent Film and Television Alliance
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- Founder, Objetiv@rte, a company dedicated to research support services
- Founder, La Crème Records, a Creative Commons–driven record label
- Conference manager, midem music festival
- Produced more than 50 albums for a wide variety of artists
- Master’s degree in anthropology and sociology
- Postgraduate degree in economy and business management
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- Primary specialty: concert promotion and venue management
- Former marketing director, Sony
- Former international marketing director, Virgin
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"Having worked in the music industry as long as I have, I don't want to necessarily just bring war stories. You've got to back it up with some good science and theory. One of the challenges is with new media. The tools are new. So I try to balance those with some real time-tested marketing strategies. You begin to realize that it's all sort of been done before, but now we have an opportunity to recontextualize things. I do try to find a balance of things, but the music business is changing every second."
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Darla Hanley, Dean
DEPARTMENT : Professional Education Division"The Professional Education Division at Berklee College of Music includes five departments: music business/management, music education, music therapy, professional music, and the liberal arts. Our students are in all corners of the music industry as entrepreneurs, teachers, therapists, performers, managers, promoters, and more."
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"I teach computer applications in the music industry, web design and management, web development for e-business, and a few others. It's about developing ways of getting your information out there. Having those technology skills will allow you to build your business, whether it's yourself, if you're a solo artist, or you're working for a company that's promoting artists. It also teaches attention to detail and aesthetics. It's a different generation. You need to have those skills now."
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