The Center For Music and Arts Entrepuenership

John Paul interviews John Williamson of Music Dealers, one of the fastest growing music publishing companies.

Tim Westegren talks to Loyola University New Orleans Students about legal issues concering digital music distribution and playback.

Tim Westegren talks to Loyola University New Orleans Students about Pandora's development and its role in the music industry.

Jeff and Todd Brabec talk about their careers and their book, "Music Money & Success : The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Business"

In this forum recorded at Loyola University, New Orleans, music supervisor Joel C. High discusses the ins and outs of his career and his experiences starting his own company. He goes into detail about the licensing and creative issues that a music supervisor deals with daily, how to work with directors and navigate the politics of a big-budget production, and how to use your professional contacts and reputation to build a lasting career in the music industry.

Joel C. High, a music supervisor based in Los Angeles, CA, discusses with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans the relative financial and creative advantages of using original music versus licensing existing music for use in film soundtracks and scores.

Joel C. High, a music supervisor based in Los Angeles, CA, discusses the process behind organizing and clearing the licenses for existing works of music that are used in a film or television project, and why if his job isnt done exactly right, production on a $100M film can come grinding to a halt.

Joel C. High, a music supervisor based in Los Angeles, CA, discusses the licensing issues involved in altering an existing recording for use in a film or television project.

Joel C. High, a music supervisor based in Los Angeles, CA, discusses with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans the various ways that music supervisors use songs and music in the films they work on for example, how a hit song is used versus how a song written on a work-for-hire basis by a songwriter is used versus how a film is scored and what factors come into play when making these decisions.

Russell Rains, Director of the MBA Program in Digital Media Management Program at St. Edwards College in Austin TX, discusses how copyright and licensing works in the context of the video game industry.