Music Business Lab
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Where the Industry Meets the Academy

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The research is done. The materials are ready. You bring the expertise. Below is a working preview of Music Business Lab's curriculum, ready for your review.

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3
Modules Ready for Review
25
Years, Banking & Music Industry
2
Curriculum Tracks
Jill Lorie, founder of Music Business Lab
Why This Curriculum Is Different

The full music business, not just the vocabulary.

Music Business Lab was built on the premise that music business education should give students the whole picture: who the players actually are, how deals and rights really move between them, what the numbers look like once a deal closes, and the administrative discipline that protects an independent artist's income.

That holistic view comes from a rare dual vantage point: 25 years inside institutional banking and finance, combined with hands-on experience inside the music industry itself, seeing both how the majors operate and how independent artists navigate the same landscape without that infrastructure behind them.

Every module is built around a verifiable, real-world case study, not a hypothetical, so students learn how the business actually works by tracing exactly what happened.

Preview the Curriculum

Three modules and four case studies, ready to review today.

Each module below is fully built: lecture content, interactive exams, and instructor answer keys. The case study previews are shorter standalone examples of Track A content. Click any live module to open the full student experience.

Track A · Case Study Modules
Live Module

Welcome to the Jungle

An in-depth study of five real-world licensing scenarios built around one song: streaming, a Super Bowl commercial, a viral social clip, a video game placement, and a live orchestral performance, tracing how rights, royalties, and revenue actually move. (The band's ASCAP dispute shows up only as a brief footnote.)

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Case Study Previews Within Track A
Case Study
Yesterday
The Beatles

The Northern Songs catalog sale, and what it teaches about owning your own copyrights.

 Case Study
Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Verve

A sample clearance dispute and a work-for-hire lesson that cost the band its own songwriting royalties.

 Case Study
Old Town Road
Lil Nas X

A viral sampling chain and a masterclass in how modern hits clear their source material.

 Case Study
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd

Streaming-era chart mechanics and the royalty math behind one of the best-performing songs in chart history.
Track B · Mechanics Modules
Live Module

The Independent Songwriter

A legal and administrative playbook built around a 14-step release roadmap, anchored by a real independent release used as the case study throughout.

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Type Beats & Leases

The producer's legal framework: metadata, plugin licensing risk, lease terms, indemnification, and the Content ID traps independent producers run into first.

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Coming Soon

Touring & Merch

How live performance and merchandising became the primary income source for most working artists, and the deal terms that determine who actually gets paid.

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Introductory Rates for Review

Licensing, once you're ready.

These are founding-institution rates for early adopters, licensed per class, per semester. Updates to existing modules are included at no additional cost for the life of the license.

Single Module
$495
per module, per class, per semester
License any one module individually for a single class. Ideal for testing one course before expanding further.
Bundle (3–5 Modules)
$375
per module, per class, per semester
License three to five modules together for a single class, at a reduced per-module rate.
Full Library
$2,400
flat rate, per semester
Every current and future module, for a single class, for one flat per-semester fee.

All tiers include: lecture content, interactive student exams, instructor answer keys, and every future update to licensed modules for as long as the license is active. Multi-class or department-wide licensing is available on request.

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Jill Lorie
Founder, Music Business Lab