Music business courses can help you learn contract negotiation, marketing strategies, copyright law, and financial management. You can build skills in audience engagement, digital distribution, and brand development. Many courses introduce tools like social media analytics, music distribution platforms, and project management software that are essential for navigating the industry and executing effective promotional campaigns.

Skills you'll gain: Blogs, Content Creation, HubSpot CRM, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Automation, Customer Engagement, Email Marketing, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing, AI Enablement, Artificial Intelligence
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Grant Writing, Fundraising, Digital Media Strategy, Proposal Writing, Campaign Management, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Brand Marketing, Content Strategy, Content Creation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Design, Design Elements And Principles, Graphic and Visual Design, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Developing Training Materials, Color Theory, Journals, Digital Publishing, Marketing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Return On Investment, Google Ads, Marketing Strategies, MarTech, Content Management Systems, WordPress, Facebook, Software Installation, Data Collection
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Timelines, Database Management, Databases, Project Schedules, Data Visualization, Calendar Management, Workflow Management, Information Architecture, Kanban Principles, Collaborative Software, Content Development and Management
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Peer Review, Social Sciences, Art History, Pedagogy, Liberal Arts, Social Impact, Public Policies, Community Development, Sociology, Creativity, Culture, Case Studies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Skills you'll gain: Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Supplier Management, Supply Chain, Supplier Performance Management, Supply Management, Supply Chain Management, Benchmarking, Competitive Analysis, Business Analytics, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Financial Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Social Media, Social Media Management, Drive Engagement, Social Media Marketing, People Management, Marketing Analytics, Content Performance Analysis, Rapport Building, Growth Strategies, Organizational Skills
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Operations, Operations Management, Technical Management, Marketing Management, Media Planning, Marketing Strategies, Customer Relationship Management, Sales Management, Marketing and Public Relations, Verbal Communication Skills, Supply Chain Management, Branding, Marketing Budgets, Supply Chain, Loyalty Programs, Business Operations, Presentations, Financial Forecasting, Brand Management, Forecasting
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: AI Personalization, Customer Insights, Marketing Analytics, Generative AI, Target Audience, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Effectiveness, Social Media Campaigns, Prompt Engineering, Customer Engagement, Content Creation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Analysis, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Skills you'll gain: Credit Risk, Loans, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Bank Regulations, Risk Management, Derivatives, Financial Analysis, Risk Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Investment Management, Financial Market, Portfolio Management, Financial Modeling, Compliance Management, Business Valuation, Economics, Business Modeling, Structural Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Video Editing, TikTok, Storytelling, Animations, Timelines, Post-Production, Content Creation, Multimedia, Video Production, Editing, Productivity, Color Theory, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Typography
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months