Course Overview Artist & Repertoire – The Business of Recognising Talent The Lowdown In this course we will be looking at how A&R and talent spotting are very much an essential part of the music & entertainment structure. Everybody wanting…
Course Overview Music Industry General Knowledge – Part 1 – The How, When, Why & What of the Music Industry. The Lowdown The purpose of this course is to help you better understand (or at least give you glimpse into)…
Course Overview Artist Management – What It Takes To Build Careers The Lowdown In this course, we will help you understand the role of that all important character in the music/entertainment industry: the Artist Manager. We will look at the many…
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With over 30 years of music industry experience, Ben Steer and the Continuous Music team will provide you with the right tools to start or further your music career. Continuous Music aims to provide you with all the necessary skills to give you a great introduction and understanding of the music business, as well as interviews with music industry contemporaries and lessons covering all aspects of the music industry, to provide you with sound music industry knowledge.
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Course Outline Copyright – Why I Need to Understand It The Lowdown When we talk about copyright we are really talking about the essential cornerstone of the music industry. This course will provide you with an understanding of how copyright…
Course Outline Collection Societies The Lowdown What’s a collection society and why do we have them? The key players – who collects the income from the copyrights in songs? Which is the collection society that administers and collects the mechanical…
Course Overview Artist Management – What It Takes To Build Careers The Lowdown In this course, we will help you understand the role of that all important character in the music/entertainment industry: the Artist Manager. We will look at the many…
Course Overview Promotions – How To Make Some Noise and Get Heard The Lowdown Firstly, we’ll discuss what ‘promotion’ is, then we’re going to dive on in and pull apart some of its key elements: publicity public relations advertising We’ll…
"I've known Ben for many years now through different bands that I've played in. Ben's background has been working with the great record companies and in various departments. For instance; promotion, A&R and publicity. He has a great love of music from both as a fan and from a commercial point of view. I would like to mention Ben's particular ability to connect with any band on any level. He has a great rapport with every band he's worked with. I wish him all the best with Continuous Music - it's such a great idea".
“In 2015, at the ripe old age of 36, I made the decision to go back to school to further my education in the Entertainment Industry. Filled with many emotions – predominantly fear and self-doubt – I walked in to my very first lecture. I was fortunate enough to have Ben running that class and I was made to feel instantly at ease.
His incredibly warm, open and humorous persona was only superseded by his wealth of experience and knowledge of the Music Industry. His authentic passion for both the industry and education was infectious and I sincerely enjoyed every class I had with him. Ben made an extraordinary effort with me personally to make me feel supported at a time when I was feeling quite doubtful that emerging in to an industry at my age was a sound choice.
More recently I have graduated from that educational facility and have gone on to create my own successful business. It was having lecturers like Ben Steer that instilled in me not only the education and tools required to create my own dream job but more importantly the self-belief and how to think creatively.
Ben was truly the best teacher I have had. I couldn’t recommend him more.”
