-       Schools combine operations to add value to existing courses

-       New standalone courses announced covering social media marketing, publishing and sync, live business

-       Students can now study individual units from MBS’s MMBE Diploma

-       Top line-up of industry experts to speak

Music Business School has entered into partnership with the London School of Sound (LSS). The deal sees the two schools amalgamate back-office and marketing functions and create a variety of new courses.

Already operating out of the LSS campus in Clapham Common, MBS will merge its London operations with the sound engineering school in a value-added partnership, which will see students from both schools interact and collaborate. In addition, the organisations will jointly offer three six week courses starting in September, respectively covering social media marketing, publishing/sync and the live business.

Further to the partnership, MBS is now an approved NCFE (Northern Council for Further Education) centre, able to deliver the 16 week Managing a Music Business Enterprise (MMBE) Diploma. In a move to offer greater flexibility, MBS will also enable students to study individual units from the MMBE Diploma such as those on management deals and publishing, with completed units counting towards a full Diploma should they wish to finish them all.

Amongst a line-up of industry professionals contributing to MBS courses in 2014 are MMF’s Chief Executive Jon Webster, Radio 1 producer James Bursey (Zane Lowe), digital media and music lawyer and Sheridans partner Tahir Basheer, PPL’s Director of Performer Affairs Keith Harris, Henley Business School’s MBA for Music & Creative Industries Programme Director Helen Gammons, owner of Absolute Marketing and Distribution Henry Semmence and Eric Longley, Director of Taxation at Prager and Fenton.

MBS Director and head tutor Steve Melhuish said: “This partnership is all about two dynamic educators joining together to improve to what they’re offering in their separate courses. LSS has been our landlord for a while, so it seems only natural that we should cosy up. Together, we’re offering a comprehensive and flexible approach to training the next generation of successful artists and music executives.”

Federico Bersano Begey, course director at LSS added: “I had been looking at Steve Melhuish’s Music Business School for a few years, and I always thought their approach to real-world education was far superior to what I could see from other universities and colleges. Finally we can make these courses available to a wider audience and increase their value even further with the services and facilities that LSS already offers to the students of its Music Production Certificates.”

About Music Business School

Music Business School (MBS) was established in 2010 by industry veteran Steve Melhuish. In association with the London School of Sound (LSS), it offers a 16 week Managing a Music Business Enterprise (MMBE) Diploma, comprising units on copyright, management deals, record labels, physical and digital distribution, recording contracts, publishing, mobile, business plans, touring, sponsorship, producers and radio.

The course also offers additional benefits including guest lectures from leading figures in the industry, networking events, lectures based on real projects, internship programs and the chance to start working relationships with Music Production students from LSS.

MSB is an accredited NCFE centre, and operates out the LSS campus in Clapham Common.

http://www.musicbusinessschool.co.uk

About London School of Sound

London School of Sound is non-profit organisation dedicated to raising the standard of education in the music industry.

Having been one of the first schools to recognise that education should be for the ‘whole package’ rather than just one abstract discipline, its courses in ‘Music Production’ have always provided artists and producers with significant insight on business and marketing.

http://www.londonschoolofsound.co.uk