Twentysomething in the Music Biz

Every morning I spend a solid 15- 30 minutes catching up on my RSS feed.  When I see a headline that catches me eye, I read more, so when “Music Power Network” was the title to the new Indie Music Tech (run by the fine folks at Band Metrics) blog post, I got intrigued and read more.

It turns out Dave Kusek from Berklee College of Music started MPN to, “provide online music business lessons, exclusive video interviews, career guides, business plans and resources designed to help you understand what is happening in the new music industry, and provide the tools, expertise and guidance to help you advance your music career.“  For a small sum of $495 (usually $995), you can have access to all of the resources, experience, insight, and knowledge Kusek has accumulated throughout the years,  It’s a hell of a lot cheaper than going to music school.

Hold on a second…that reminds me a whole lot like Artists House Music, a NON-PROFIT aimed at, “helping artists and music entrepreneurs create sustainable careers.” For free you can have access to videos and articles as well as the ability to tap into industry professionals such as myself for advice.

Also, Kusek started Berklee’s online music school.  Wouldn’t MPN somewhat conflict with that?  Or does he think that this is the economy version of music school?  In which case, is it really worth it?

One thing is for certain:  you can’t ignore the similarities.  It’s up to you to decide whether the $495 is money well spent by weighing the opportunity costs of being able to apply that chunk of money towards merch, recording, gear, promotions, publicity, touring…