CMU LECTURES



CMU MD Chris Cooke regularly guest lectures at colleges and universities, and for music industry organisations and events, providing engaging and interactive beginner guides to different aspects of the music business. There are a number of different lectures to choose from.

Universities, colleges and educational programmes at which Chris has lectured in recent years include: Berklee College Of Music, BIMM, Confetti Institute Of Creative Technologies, ICMP, Loughborough University, National Film & Theatre School, NEKO, Masterskaya MasterCamp, Music Business Summer School, Notting Hill Academy Of Music, Promus Publishing Academy, Royal Northern College Of Music, Tileyard Education and UD Incubator.

To discuss booking a lecture for your university, college or programme get in touch at chris@unlimitedmedia.co.uk



CURRENT LECTURES

MAKING MONEY FROM MUSIC
This lecture provides a concise overview of the different ways music-makers make money from their music making – and the different business partners they work with along the way.




MUSIC COPYRIGHT EXPLAINED
This lecture provides a beginner’s guide to music copyright, explaining how copyright law gives music-makers control over their songs and recordings, and how those controls can be utilised to generate income.




MUSIC STREAMING EXPLAINED
This lecture provides a beginner’s guide to the streaming business, explaining the deals streaming services do with the music industry and how streaming royalties are calculated each month.




THE STREAMING DEBATE EXPLAINED
This lecture reviews the big and ongoing debate around the economics of streaming, outlining some of the issues that have been raised within the wider music community and the solutions that have been proposed.




RECORD DEALS EXPLAINED
This lecture looks at how artists go about monetising their recordings, and at the role of music distributors and record labels, and the different kinds of deals artists can now do around their recorded music.




MAKING MONEY FROM LIVE MUSIC
This lecture looks at how artists make money from their live shows, how to get a live career started, and the key business partners artists work with in the live music sector.




BUILDING A FANBASE
This lecture looks at how early-career artists need to kick-start the fanbase building process themselves and what that involves, plus the marketing role a label may play as things start to gain momentum.




MUSIC DATA EXPLAINED
This lecture looks at all the kinds of music rights data that are essential to ensure music-makers get paid, and at all the kinds of fan data that can help an artist build a fanbase and grow their own artist business.