Sylvia Massy on Her Career in Music Production
Known for her playful style and fearless approach to recording, Sylvia Massy is a seminal figure in music production. In this Q&A, she discusses her career path.
Berklee Online CEO Debbie Cavalier Wins Awards for Children’s Books Celebrating Lifelong Learning
Berklee Online CEO Debbie Cavalier’s two new children’s books—”My Mom is Going Back to School” and “My Dad is Going Back to School”—recently won won National Parenting Product Awards.
Music Therapy Techniques for Challenging Times
Joy Allen and Suzanne Hanser of Berklee’s Music Therapy department share five music therapy techniques to help you cope during challenging times.
10 Online Teaching Tips
Erin Barra teaches music production for Berklee Online and at the Berklee College of Music campus in Boston. She has been helping her fellow faculty members get up to speed with online learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Her 10 tips for making online teaching engaging extend beyond music and production and are helpful to anyone teaching an online course.
Dr. Krystal Prime Banfield on Teaching Popular Music in the Classroom
Dr. Krystal Prime Banfield doesn’t just want to teach popular music, she wants to inspire others to teach it as well.
Commercial Music: Writing Jingles and Music for Advertising
Peter Bell has written countless jingles for brands like Nike, RC Cola, Converse, and the American Red Cross, so he knows a thing or two about writing music for advertising.
3 Lessons Eric Church’s ‘Some of It’ Can Teach us about Songwriting
Eric Church’s Grammy-nominated song “Some of It” is a great example of the personal and universal “slice of life” that makes this type of writing tick.
High Fidelity Music Streaming: Can You Tell the Difference?
First there was TIDAL, and now there’s Amazon Music HD, another mainstream high-fidelity streaming service. Berklee Online instructors Jonathan Wyner, Erin Barra, Prince Charles Alexander, and Sean Slade share their thoughts on music streaming quality and whether it matters to music industry professionals like themselves, the average listener, and the audiophile.
Splice Studio Makes Remote Music Production Collaboration Easier
Berklee Online music production instructor Erik Hawkins teamed up with his students to test out the remote collaboration program, Splice Sounds.
Forensic Musicologists Need to Know These 5 Things
When Dr. Joe Bennett is not acting in his position as a vice president for Berklee College of Music, he investigates copyright infringement in the music industry as a forensic musicologist.



