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Music Business Training
If music is your passion make it your career by taking Music Business courses at AACC. As the sixth largest employer in the United States, the multi-billion dollar music and entertainment media industry continues to grow. The entertainment industry is global, and behind that microphone are countless teams of professionals writing the songs, mixing the sound, promoting the artist, booking venues, signing new talent and crafting every aspect of what you hear and see as well as what you don’t.
Effective August 21, 2011 all programs held in partnership with Music Industry Educators will no longer be offered. AACC and Music Industry Educators will continue to support all current students until their coursework is complete.
AACC is proud and honored to offer a new range of Music Business courses. Please see our offerings listed below.
Josh Urban is a professional musician, entertainer, teacher, and writer. He recently recorded a new CD, Signalman, and is gigging extensively to support its release. Founder and owner of Rock God Music, LLC, he provides instruction to 35 private students every week, and is a contributing author for websites Ultimate Guitar and Dotted Music. Josh is also a DJ for WDCE 90.1 FM Richmond, and maintains a music blog called The Doghouse. He’s been playing guitar since he was 13 and absolutely loves music and entertainment. Influenced by guitar heroes such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Eddie Van Halen, Josh also draws much inspiration from the classical and jazz genres.
Gary Joynes holds a Bachelor of Music degree with an emphasis in Jazz Studies and Saxophone from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA, with Distinction in Performance. He also holds a Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory with an emphasis in Jazz Studies and Composition, with Distinction in Performance and Academic Distinction.
As a Professor of Jazz Studies, Jazz Ensemble, and Saxophone, he served on the faculty of New England Conservatory, both the College and Extension Division; Boston College; the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA; and the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA., among other schools.
As a songwriter, Gary won the Gold Winner and Double Finalist of the 25th Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (2009). Additional awards include the MASC and the Songwriters Association of Washington and several Billboard Song Contest awards, including a Top 500 Song Award in 2010.
BIS-508 Strategic Marketing for Independent Musicians
BIS-509 Applied Music Theory for Modern Musicians
BIS-522 Songwriting for the Music Professional
How do I enroll in noncredit programs of study?
For more information please contact Meribeth Allman in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at 410-777-2911 or meallman@aacc.edu.
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