The Center For Music and Arts Entrepuenership

Producer and musician George Howard describes in detail how publishing fees are generated, collected, and disbursed to all interested parties. He also offers advice to people who are seeking to cut out the middleman and self-publish their music.

Sheryl Northrop talks about the different ways to get internships and jobs.

Producer John Snyder talks about working with Scrapomatic and explains his vision for the Artists House label.

In this section, you can watch a video from the making of Jason Crosby's album, Four Chords and Seven Notes Ago. In this particular clip, John Snyder is interviewed about the making of the album and gives his thoughts on working with Jason Crosby.

Sanford Hinderlie, Professor of Music and Director of the Music Technology Center at Loyola University, talks about his background in the music industry.

Mark Davis is a Copyright and Law Professor in the Music Business department at Loyola University.

Music Attorney Dina LaPolt talks frankly about the need for artists to understand the music industry as a whole, and their own business strategy in particular, in order to have a truly successful career. She also shares secrets about how to make sure the record deal you get is one thats going to be to your advantage.

Michael Ricciardone from NYU talks about the life of a professional singer and how important it is to maintain proper vocal health. He explains that it's easy to develop bad vocal habits. He discusses how he helps students rehabilitate their voice when they're doing a show. He believes a student can only change a habit by changing the way they think about it. Yelling, singing too high for too long, and carrying the chest voice too high are all examples that can lead to vocal damage.