MA Music Business (Online Blended)

The MA Music Business (Online Blended) is a one year, practical and industry-focused Master of Arts Degree, delivered via a combination of online interactive media and face-to-face delivery. It is designed for the creative industry experienced, aspiring or established music entrepreneurs seeking a flexible approach to study alongside their professional lifestyle and work commitments.

The online blended programme features:

• Live classes that are recorded for access at any time
• 1-2-1 academic and pastoral tutorials
• 1-2-1 industry mentoring sessions
• Songwriting camps with live commercial briefs (for those who write or produce)
• Regular playbacks and A&R surgeries, and
• An optional 10-day creative business camp at Tileyard London

All students are matched with a professional music practitioner for 1-2-1 mentoring sessions during their second and final terms, ensuring continued professional feedback and strengthening of pathways to employment. Alumni also receive regular live commercial briefs, and discounts on products and events, and can annually pitch any commercial projects to the Tileyard Investment Fund.

Tileyard is home to more than 110 professional recording studios and 250 music and entertainment businesses including Spitfire Audio, Arturia, Apple Music, A&G Songs, Believe Digital, Electric Pineapple, Focusrite, Pioneer DJ, Ella Eyre, Joel Corry, Good Soldier, The Prodigy, Pendulum, Noel Gallagher, Martyn Ware, Goetz Botzenhardt, Jon Kelly, Paul Whalley, Tom Fuller, Dru Masters and many more.

Tileyard Education is a Higher Education business based at Tileyard, the largest independent music community in the world, home to 110 professional recording studios and 250 entertainment businesses including Apple Music, Beats One, Spitfire Audio, Focusrite, Pioneer DJ, Good Soldier, Believe Digital, The Prodigy, Dru Masters and more.

We combine validated, full-time Master of Arts and BA Entry (Level 6) programmes with exclusive industry connectivity, access to professional recording studios, weekly live commercial music briefs and the inside track on best practice, career progression and wellness.

Students build the skills, knowledge and networks needed to navigate the music and entertainment industries. There they not only meet their best friends, but also future employers, mentors, collaborators, sponsors and business partners.

At Tileyard Education professional practitioners provide tutoring, mentoring, guest lectures, professional songwriting camps and masterclasses. Some of these companies also provide bursaries and scholarships, including a full scholarship from Spitfire Audio.

Tileyard is expanding and as a student you have access to each location connected to Tileyard Education. So it doesn't matter if you are studying online, in London or Wakefield, you are welcome to visit both Tileyard London and North.