• FORMAT

    Self-paced

  • ACTIVITIES

    5

  • STATUS

    Active

    Music Business Administration Foundations

    A practical foundation for artists, producers, DJs, songwriters, managers, and independent music entrepreneurs who want to understand how the music business is organized, how rights and money move, and how to make informed professional decisions.
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    course contents

    What's included?

    Music Business System

    Follow a song from creation through ownership, distribution, reporting, collection, and payment while learning what information must be documented at each stage.

    Roles and Authority

    Identify creators, performers, representatives, advisors, companies, and service providers while separating each participant’s role, authority, ownership, and accountability.

    Rights, Revenue and Decisions

    Separate composition and sound-recording rights, trace metadata and revenue, evaluate risk, and verify results before treating work as complete.
    Meet the instructor

    Byron E. Burke
    Professionally known as Popâ Ur-Mää™

    Byron E. Burke, professionally known as Popâ Ur-Mää™, is a recording artist, songwriter, producer, musician, DJ, publisher, and entrepreneur with decades of firsthand experience in the music and entertainment industries. A co-founder and former member of the Grammy-nominated group Ten City, Burke’s career spans recording, songwriting, music production, publishing, rights administration, catalog management, and independent enterprise.

    His professional experience informs the Music Business Administration curriculum at Cataloghaus™, where creators learn practical systems for metadata, rights, royalties, licensing, documentation, catalog administration, and long-term music-business infrastructure.

    Burke’s approach connects the creative side of music with the administrative systems required to understand how music, rights, information, and revenue move through the industry—helping creators develop stronger control, documentation, and understanding of their catalogs and music businesses.

    Credentials

    Recording Artist • Songwriter • Producer • Musician • DJ • Publisher • Entrepreneur • Co-Founder & Former Member of Grammy-Nominated Ten City


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