New technologies create totally new standards in the music business. Contemporary musicians need to be informed and educated in order to exploit new tools such as YouTube and the wide range of income potential it brings, Spotify, online marketing tools for concerts and album promotion and new ways to make money in the music industry.

But it is also vital for musicians in order to be successful in the music business to have a good knowledge of all publishing and copyright principles, how intellectual property works, how it generates money, when and where they need to register the works and so much more.

This guide to music business uses the concept of questions and answers (either multiple choice or multiple selection). Each question has a brief explanation in order to provide the necessary information to cover the topic using bite-sized answers.

If you want to test your knowledge of the music business, copyrights and new technologies around the music industry, start the practice test!

The course has been created by Yannis Kirimiridis, music industry professional and founder of 2 platforms in the music licensing industry. Yannis has worked for over 20 years in the music business and is also a jazz / classical pianist performing next to internationally known artists.