Music Business Finance: How to Budget, Fund Projects, and Manage Money in the Music Industry

Music Business Finance covers everything from understanding financial calculations to interest rates to crowdfunding.

An electronic dance music (EDM) concert.

How to Make Electronic Dance Music (EDM)

Whether you already have a few tracks or are simply considering getting into the industry, here’s what you need to know to be an Electronic Music Producer.

Songwriting Inspiration: How to Become a Better Songwriter

If you’re suffering from songwriter’s block or can’t seem to find the motivation, here are some things you can do to help kickstart your creativity.

Man playing guitar in his bedroom and learning how to cover a song on YouTube.

How to Cover a Song on YouTube

Before you launch your own cover music channel, here are 5 tips to help you connect with YouTube’s nearly 2 billion monthly users!

A music producer in a recording studio.

Top 10 Music Production Jobs

If your passion is the intersection of cutting-edge technology and musical artistry, then one of the many fascinating careers available in the field of music production may be perfect for you.

‘We Shall Overcome’: E. Michael Harrington on Freeing a Civil Rights Song to Public Domain

High profile copyright expert E. Michael Harrington tells the tale of bringing the Civil Rights-era anthem, “We Shall Overcome” into the public domain.

Combat Rock: Berklee Online Student Fights Military PTSD One Track at a Time with Vet-Traxx Project

Eric Lewis, a 20-year veteran of the United States Navy, has faced the sort of difficulties through his life and career which might be unfathomable to a civilian. But music was there with him.

Prince Charles Alexander on Hip-Hop and Recording the Notorious B.I.G.

Prince Charles Alexander may have engineered some of the most iconic rap recordings of the ’90s, but it wasn’t until he listened to the Notorious B.I.G. that he realized how much it mattered.

You Already Have Everything You Need to Make Music

Although brand new gear has occasionally accelerated my work, I’m usually left realizing its addition wasn’t as magical as I had hoped.

Susan Rogers on Recording with Prince

Susan Rogers—who teaches the graduate course Psychoacoustics in Music Production for Berklee Online—worked as Prince’s staff engineer from 1983-1987. She discusses an average day with Prince.