The logo for the Bandle music quiz app is shown on a smartphone. The logo is a red guitar against a maroon B, with a lighter tan background.

Bandle Creator Johann Levy on the Music Quiz 100K Daily Players Love

What started as one man’s side project is now a global daily ritual for more than 100,000 music fans. Bandle, the audio-based song-guessing game, thrives on its handmade feel and indie charm. Creator Johann Levy shares how machine learning, Reddit friends, and a loyal community helped the game grow.

Berklee Online instructor Jennifer Caraluzzi is pictured with Berklee Online Academic Advisors Alexander and Dylane.

Register for the Next Berklee Online Live Q&A

Have a question? Register for the next Berklee Online live Q&A, and meet the folks who advise, teach, and lead at the world’s largest online music college.

An animation of a piano keyboard is shown, with the solfege notes on each key representing a scale in the key of C.

Do Re Mi and You: Ear Training with Sol-Fa

What if hearing melodies was as natural as speaking your native language? Through the SolFa method, you can train your ears to understand music with clarity and confidence. Roberta Radley, author of Ear Training Fundamentals, breaks down this powerful technique and shows how singing with solfège helps you not only recognize notes, but feel the purpose behind them.

A recording microphone with an electronic keyboard and a computer monitor with a DAW program on the screen in the background.

Berklee Online Master’s Alumni Honored with 2025 Music Production Awards

For the fifth consecutive year, Enrique Gonzalez Müller has partnered with iZotope, Slate Digital, and Sweetwater Sound to award six outstanding alumni from Berklee Online’s master’s in music production program: Merrily James, Jerold Jerry, Canita Rogers, Todd Urban, Andrew Veres, and Dean Vitale. 

Vivian Aguiar-Buff sits cross-legged and looks directly at the camera in this portrait set against a gray background.

Vivian Aguiar-Buff on Hans Zimmer, DreamWorks, and Her Emmy Win

What do Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, and Gabby’s Dollhouse have in common? Emmy-winning music supervisor Vivian Aguiar-Buff helped shape their sound. In this deep-dive interview, the Music Supervision and Film Scoring instructor reflects on her path from law school dropout to Remote Control Productions, the secrets behind music supervision, and why being part of a creative team means leaving your ego at the door.

A teenage musician wears headphones and sits with a guitar in her lap in front of a computer with a MIDI keyboard.

Empowering Young Musicians: The New IBCP Partnership with Berklee Online

The International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP) is quietly transforming high school education worldwide by giving students a head start in their chosen careers—and now, thanks to a new partnership with Berklee Online, it’s poised to make waves in music education too.

A live sound engineer is pictured behind a mixing board in a lively rock club with orange spotlights shining on the stage, making sure every noise coming from the stage is properly amplified, and sounds good to the audience.

Live Sound Engineering: What You Need to Start

In this excerpt from Live Event Sound Engineering and Concert Production 101, Toby Francis explores how signal flow, speaker systems, and safety protocols all contribute to producing great sound at live events.

An artist manager helps their artist understand a tour itinerary or a music business contract.

Artist Manager at 20: How I Got Started in the Music Industry

By Ale Gil

Artist manager Ale Gil shares her experiences managing emerging pop artists, depicting struggles and accomplishments that have made her grow as an industry professional.

Mike Henderson (a.k.a. DJ ENDO) focuses on his console while DJing a club.

DJ ENDO: From Berklee to Ibiza and Back with Traktor

By Ale Gil

ENDO went from college radio to Ibiza’s biggest clubs, collaborating with legends and teaching his Learn to DJ with Traktor course along the way.

An MC raises a fist while rapping into a microphone during an onstage performance at a hip hop concert.

How Hip Hop Culture Became a Global Force in Black Creative Expression

Take an in-depth look at the rise of Hip Hop Culture—from Bronx block parties to global stages—as a powerful expression of Afro-Diasporic identity, resilience, and artistry in this lesson excerpt from Black Creative Expression.