MUSB-1305-01 - Survey Music Business
Lamar State College - Port Arthur
House Bill 2504
Spring 2018 Course Syllabus
Faculty Information | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Semester | Spring 2018 | ||||||||||||
Instructor | Turner, Kenneth Q | ||||||||||||
Phone | (409) 984-6547 | ||||||||||||
turnerkq@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||||||
Department |
|
||||||||||||
Office |
|
||||||||||||
MyLamarPA | Be sure to check your campus E-mail and Course Homepage using MyLamarPA campus web portal (My.LamarPA.edu). When you’ve logged in, click the email icon in the upper right-hand corner to check email, or click on the “My Courses” tab to get to your Course Homepage. Click the link to your course and review the information presented. It is important that you check your email and Course Homepage regularly. You can also access your grades, transcripts, and determine who your academic advisor is by using MyLamarPA. | ||||||||||||
Course Information | |||||||||||||
Course Number | 11014 | ||||||||||||
Course Description | An overview of the music industry including songwriting, live performance, the record industry, music merchandising, contracts and licenses, and career opportunities. | ||||||||||||
Course Prerequisites | None. | ||||||||||||
Required Textbooks |
Take Care of Your Music Business, John Kellogg (2nd Edition) All You Need To Know About The Music Business: Donald Passman (8th Edition). Hard Copy or Digital Edition |
||||||||||||
Attendance Policy | You get one free absence before your lates/absences start to count against your grade in the attendance category. After that, each absence deducts 7.5% of your attendance grade for the class. Three lates/early departures equal one absence. | ||||||||||||
Course Grading Scale | 90 - 100=A 80 - 89=B 70 - 79=C 60 - 69=D Below 59 = F | ||||||||||||
Determination of Final Grade |
Assignments 25% Quizzes 25% Midterm/ Final 25% Attendance 25% |
||||||||||||
Final Exam Date | May 7, 2018 - 1:30 PM Through May 7, 2018 - 2:45 PM | ||||||||||||
Major Assignments |
Week 1: Class Intro, Syllabus, Pretest, Overview of Terms and Concepts Week 2: Terms and Concepts contd, First Steps, How To Pick A Team Week 3: Personal Managers, Business Managers Week 4: Intro to Performance Contracts and Riders, Agents Week 5: Attorneys Week 6: Broad Strokes Overview of the Record Business Week 7: Advances and Recoupment, Midterm Review Week 8: Midterm Exam, Local Market Analysis and Discussion SPRING BREAK (March 12th - 18th) Week 9: Local Market Analysis and Discussion contd, Real Life Numbers Week 10: Resume Writing, Ch. 10 Other Major Deal Points, Intro to Producers Week 11: Producer and Mixer Deals, Distribution, Intro to Copyright Week 12: Copyright Basics Week 13: Songwriting and Publishing Week 14: Touring and Merchandising, Discuss music for new media Week 15: Final Exam Review Guest Speakers TBA, based on availability. Note: All Topics "Subject to Change", based on class needs. |
||||||||||||
Calendar of Lecture Topics and Major Assignment Due Dates |
1st Draft Cover Letter/ Final Draft Cover Letter Due, TBA 1st Draft Resume Due/ Final Draft Resume Due, TBA EPK/ Website, TBA Midterm Exam on March 7th Final Exam on May 7th Note: All Topics and specific dates "Subject to Change", based on class needs. |
||||||||||||
General Education/Core Curriculum Student Learning Outcomes |
|
||||||||||||
Program Student Learning Outcomes |
1. PSLO ALPHA: Reading skills - Demonstrates comprehension of content-area reading material. Identifies all main ideas, supporting details, and vocabulary in reading material; demonstrates a full understanding of the reading. 2. Apply commercial music sound technology to their professional practice. 3. Apply commercial music performance skill to support sound engineering practice. 4. Applies basic music industry principles to professional practice. 5. Demonstrates professional behavior as characterized by a commitment to the profession. |
||||||||||||
Course Student Learning Outcomes |
1. Explain basic music industry principles including copyright, publishing and performance rights (PSLO 3, 4) (PSLO 1) 2. Explain the business of live performance to include artist management, unions, guilds, entertainment agencies, venues, and concessions (PSLO 3,4) (PSLO 1,3) 3. Identify the record industry systems from record producers, recording studios, manufacturing production, and distribution companies (PSLO 3,4) 4. Identify those aspects of music relating to wholesale and retail merchandising and promotion of music products (PSLO 3) 5. Summarize the use of contracts and licenses within the music industry (PSLO 3) 6. Discuss career opportunities in the music industry (PSLO 3)(PSLO 3) 7. Identify all main ideas, supporting details, and vocabulary in reading material; demonstrate a full understanding of the reading (PSLO Alpha) |
||||||||||||
Academic Honesty | Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty. | ||||||||||||
Facility Policies |
|
||||||||||||
Additional Information | I will not discuss your grades over the phone or by email. If you want to discuss your grades, you must come to my office, in person. | ||||||||||||
Important Information | |||||||||||||
ADA Considerations | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Special Populations Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241. | ||||||||||||
Copyright Violations |
Some material in this course may be copyrighted. They may be used only for instructional purposes this semester,
by students enrolled in this course. These materials are being used fairly and legally.
No one may distribute or share these copyrighted materials in any medium or format with anyone outside this class,
including publishing essays with copyrighted material, uploading copyrighted material to Facebook or YouTube, or
painting or performing copyrighted material for public display.
Copyright violation is not the same thing as plagiarism. Plagiarism is intellectual dishonesty. Offenses of plagiarism result in lower grades or failing scores, and professors and the college strictly enforce plagiarism rules. There is never any acceptable use of plagiarism. Copyright violation is a legal offense, punishable by large fines and penalties. Copyrighted material can be used if permission from the material’s creator is obtained, or if its use meets the standards of fair use in an educational setting. For example, a student can quote a line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a report without violating copyright but still be guilty of plagiarism if the quotation is not properly documented. If you are in doubt about what material can be freely used, ask your professor or contact the Dean of Library Services, at (409) 984-6216. |
||||||||||||
Assessment Statement |
Assessment is a process by which LSCPA can help you learn better and gauge the level of progress you have made to
attain knowledge, skills, beliefs, and values. It also helps your professors understand how to improve teaching
and testing methods in your classes, and it helps each department understand and improve degree and certificate
programs.
Periodically LSC-PA will collect assessment data for research and reporting purposes, including statistical data and sometimes copies of your work. Be assured that all material the college uses for assessment purposes will be kept confidential. To ensure anonymity, your name will be removed from any material we use for assessment purposes, including video-recorded performances, speeches, and projects. If you object to allowing LSC-PA to use your material for assessment purposes, submit a letter stating so to your professor by the 12th class day. You will still be required to participate in whatever assessments are being done; we just won’t use your data. What’s the difference between assessment and grades? The grades you get on papers, projects, speeches, and assignments are specific types of focused assessment. LSC-PA’s assessment efforts include class grades, surveys, standardized tests, and other tools. |
||||||||||||
Privacy Notice |
Federal privacy laws apply to college students. This means that college employees, including instructors, cannot
divulge information to third parties, including parents and legal guardians of students. Even if the students are
minors, information about their college work cannot be shared with anyone except in very limited circumstances.
Anyone requesting information about a student should be referred to the Registrar. Instructors will be notified in writing by that Office about what information may be released and to whom. Please remember that releasing private information about a student, however innocuous it may seem, can be a violation of federal law, with very serious consequences. Circumstances under which information may be released:
An adult student may submit, to the Registrar, a handwritten, signed note granting permission for release of
information. The note must specify what information may be divulged, and it must specify the name of the person
to whom the information may be given.
The Registrar’s office is located in the Student Center room 303B, and can be reached at (409) 984-6165. |
||||||||||||
College-Level Perspectives |
This course helps add to the students’ overall collegiate experience in the following ways:
|
||||||||||||
Degree Plan Evaluation |
A Degree Plan Evaluation will help you determine which classes you need to complete your program.
All of the classes that you have taken that apply to your declared major will be listed on the right. If you have a class that still needs to be completed, a “NO” will be listed on the right next to the required class. |
||||||||||||
HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSC-PA’s efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. | ||||||||||||
|