Personal Statement Music Industry

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Personal Statement
Yuan Ge

Truth to be told, I didn’t have much of an idea of what I wanted to do in the music industry when I declared the Music Business/Management major at Berklee. My sole reasoning behind my move was that the major combined my two favorite subjects--Music and Management.
However, as I started taking classes such as Current Issues in the Music Industry and Record Company Operations, I became more and more aware of the glaring issues present in the music industry. For instance, the current royalties payment infrastructure--especially those of large music labels--is extremely broken. The problems range from musicians not having enough awareness to properly register their work, to the lack of an efficient payment system to …show more content…

I want to help create a better infrastructure (quite possibly with the help of blockchain technology) that labels can adopt so that musicians can get paid more easily and accurately. I want to provide resources for aspiring artists so that they can focus more on the process of creating music, as opposed to constantly worrying about what bills are due next week. Being from China, I also want to help create a more regulated, well-structured music industry for my home country.
I knew I needed to learn more about the ins and outs of the music industry, and that is why I’ve decided to apply to attend graduate school at Northeastern. Many Courses in the Music Industry Leadership program, such as Intellectual Property for Music Management and Advanced Licensing Techniques for Music Management, will be very helpful in achieving my professional goals. By continuing to pursue a master’s degree, I will also gain more precious hands-on experience under the guidance of the wonderful professors at your school. In fact, I am planning on conducting a research on how to create an infrastructure to better serve independent musicians during my time at Northeastern, a school located in a city that lives and breathes

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