Music Industry Learning: Free or Low Cost Classes
As you move along the path of your learning journey in the music industry, there are several career development resources that you may find helpful. The MCC Music Business program encourages students to explore personal areas of interest and further develop industry knowledge.
Free & Low Cost Classes
There are a number of free and low cost classes online to help you advance your career and learn more skills.
Some of the best and most reliable are listed below:
- MasterClass Links to an external site.- there is a cost associated with membership, but the instructors include Timbaland, Armin Van Buuren, Usher, deadmau and more
- CreativeLive Links to an external site.- they offer courses for a fee, but every day there are free, live courses you can attend as well
- MusicAlly Links to an external site.
- SoundFly Links to an external site.
- EdX Links to an external site.- from some of the top universities in the world
- Kadenze Links to an external site.
- ALISON Links to an external site.
- LinkedIn Learning/Lynda Links to an external site.- Some local libraries may offer free access
- Coursera Links to an external site.-offered in partnership with major universities with options to earn degrees. The focus is on Technology, Engineering and Business, but they offer some creative courses, as well. Cost structure can include some free access, but it is a paid subscription model. Berklee College of Music offers some courses via Coursera.
- MIT- Open Courseware: Free courses in a range of college level subjects from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-380-music-and-technology-recording-techniques-and-audio-production-fall-2016/Links to an external site. Links to an external site.
Beyond cost structure, the most important aspect of deciding on these courses is how recently they have been developed or updated. Some of the classes are older and may not have relevant content when it comes to new platforms, techniques and strategies in the rapidly changing music industry.
Be sure to visit the Credit For Prior Learning page to learn how you can apply learning from these free courses to your degree.