Music Business School
The ACM Music Business School is a market leader in delivering trained graduates into the heart of the Music and Media industries via it's two year accelerated degree program. New this year is a new higher diploma music business course - the perfect introduction to how business and the music industry operates... > more
ACM Business School @ Midem 2010
The ACM Music Business School went off to Cannes for Midem 2010 with 20 students off to network and make business. Click here.
Business School - Facilities
BUSINESS AND ARTIST DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (BDC)
The BDC helps students to analyse and develop their professional projects, bands and employment possibilities. Music business students can also seek work experience within the BDC as well as placements at companies within the music industry.
As well as auditions and A&R advice the BDC offers a professional demo review service, business mentoring sessions, student development, graduate programme application assistance, work experience placements and live performance opportunity. Check out more info on the BDC here.
MUSICWEEK LECTURE THEATRE
ACM’s largest lecture room has the capacity to seat 130 students at any one time. This room is utilised for popular lectures on both degree and all performance and production programmes. The lecture room is fitted with a large screen projector, plasma screens, PA system and cinema style seating.
Business School - Xtra...
Industry Link
A key event in our calendar, Industry Link is an informal networking arena where ACM artists have the opportunity to start to build their own network of contacts, give demo’s to top end A & R representatives, and spend time with the BDC team, other staff and students.
In 2007/2008 we had over 30 industry guests from companies including EMI Publishing, Parlophone Records, SonyBMG, Sony/ATV publishing, Polydor Records, Mercury Records, Helter Skelter booking agency, ASCAP, PRS, MAMA Group, Channelfly, XFM, BBC Introducing, The Agency Group, William Morris Agency, Peer Music Publishing, AIM and the BPI.
Work Experience
We have placed 40+ students into work placements @ Columbia Records, RCA, Poptones, The Agency Group, The Orchard, Stephen Budd Management, Stakeout Studios and many others.
Business Plan of the Year in Association with Coutts
Annual event open to all music business degree students.
A key event in our calendar, Industry Link is an informal networking arena where ACM artists have the opportunity to start to build their own network of contacts, give demo’s to top end A & R representatives, and spend time with the BDC team, other staff and students.
In 2007/2008 we had over 30 industry guests from companies including EMI Publishing, Parlophone Records, SonyBMG, Sony/ATV publishing, Polydor Records, Mercury Records, Helter Skelter booking agency, ASCAP, PRS, MAMA Group, Channelfly, XFM, BBC Introducing, The Agency Group, William Morris Agency, Peer Music Publishing, AIM and the BPI.
Work Experience
We have placed 40+ students into work placements @ Columbia Records, RCA, Poptones, The Agency Group, The Orchard, Stephen Budd Management, Stakeout Studios and many others.
Business Plan of the Year in Association with Coutts
Annual event open to all music business degree students.
Business School - Introduction
The in-house lecturing team of the ACM Music Business School draw on their extensive industry experience and their wide ranging networks provide a rich and diverse source of premier guest lecturers who deliver real world experience into the lecture room. Working closely with the Business Development Centre, the Business School provide students on our music business courses with first class opportunities to gain work placements and graduate positions in leading businesses.The first year of the accelerated degree program is underpinned by formal business tools and empowers the student to apply the knowledge they have gained in practical ways both through their assignments and through the opportunity of attending an international business sales conference; a unique addition to the music business course and an opportunity to advance the students integration into the UK and International market place as young business entrepreneurs or managers. The second year of the music business course increases in intensity and provides the student with effective marketing knowledge on all manner of industry projects and the understanding of how to apply such techniques to their own projects. The Law and Contracts module ensures a comprehensive understanding of contractual relationships, deal negotiations together with key areas of risk.
New for 2009 is our Higher Diploma music business course which has been specifically designed to introduce and develop your understanding of the Music Industry and its business relationships.
The Music Industry course cannot be viewed in isolation from other content providers and is now an integral part of a global communications phenomenon. The mobilisation of technology has forced extreme changes and attracted innovative entrepreneurial activity and investment in new business models. This changing landscape is constantly moving and the music business tutors, who are all industry professionals, provide a constant analysis of these changes as they occur and affect the development of the industry in which we work.
The Music Business School delivers business modules to all the music performance and music production courses to ensure that all creative talent leaving ACM has a good understanding of the industry, the opportunities available to them and a practical grasp of key organisations that can assist their future music industry career development.
Helen Gammons MBA - Music Business School Manager
Business School - Xtra
Music Business Opportunities
Top Industry Talent at ACM - The Business and Artist Development Centre’s twice yearly Industry Days give students the chance to come face to face with some of the best people working in the industry today. At the last Industry Day a wealth of top music industry professionals came to ACM including Jay Greenwood (A&R Manager - Mercury/UMG Records), Mark Hill (Producer & Entrepreneur - Artful Dodger, Craig David, Stix), Dan O’Neill (Groove Armada Manager, MD of Lovebox Weekender Festival), Natasha Bent (The Agency Group - Amy McDonald, Fionn Regan, Foals, Julian Velard), Flash Taylor (A&R Manager - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Razorlight, The Ting Tings).
