Learn the Music Industry
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How the course works, what it costs, and how plans work for firms and the bodies that run the music business.

About the course

What is Learn the Music Industry?
Learn the Music Industry is an interactive course that teaches how the music industry's money actually works (royalties, deals, publishing, touring and tax) through worked examples and live simulators. It is built for working professionals: staff at labels, publishers, distributors and management companies, royalty and rights teams, and the accountants, analysts and lawyers who advise them. It is not for beginner artists.
Who is it for?
It is for professionals across the music business: label, publishing, distribution and management staff, royalty and rights teams, accountants and business managers, fund and catalogue analysts, and lawyers.
How is it taught?
Each lesson is interactive: you predict an answer, drag to allocate money, and run live simulators before the concept is confirmed and deepened. Every figure is sourced in the lesson's facts table and every simulator is a separately unit-tested formula, so the numbers do not drift.
How much does it cost?
One person pays £25 a month. Firms pay one flat price per firm by team size: £150 a month up to 5 people, £250 up to 10, £450 up to 20. Teams over 20 are priced bespoke. Annual billing gives two months free.

Pricing

How much does it cost to train a team on the music industry?
Firms pay one flat price per firm by team size, not per seat: £150 a month up to 5 people, £250 up to 10, £450 up to 20. Teams over 20 are priced bespoke. Annual billing gives two months free, and every firm plan starts with a free trial.
Is there a plan for one person?
Yes. The Individual plan is one seat at £25 a month and opens the whole library. Firm plans start at £150 a month for up to 5 people and add the cohort dashboard, ROI reporting and role tracks.
How does firm pricing work?
Firm pricing is one flat price for the whole firm, banded by team size: Micro covers up to 5 people at £150 a month, Small up to 10 at £250, Medium up to 20 at £450. There is no per-seat maths. You pick the band that fits your team.
Do you price for collecting societies and PROs?
Yes. Bespoke plans are for the bodies that run the music industry, including collecting societies, PROs, labels, publishers and distributors, and for any team over 20 people. Pricing is tailored to the organisation.
Does it count toward professional CPD?
Not yet as accredited hours: independent CPD accreditation is in progress, and the certificate carries no CPD hours until it is granted. Each learner does get a personal, verifiable record of the competencies completed, which can support a self-assessed professional CPD log.

For firms

How much does it cost to upskill a team on the music industry?
Firms pay one flat price per firm by team size, not per seat: £150 a month up to 5 people, £250 up to 10, £450 up to 20. Each band includes the 13-week programme, ROI reporting, custom role profiles and a cohort dashboard. Teams over 20 are priced bespoke. Annual billing gives two months free.
What does a firm plan include?
Every firm plan includes role-targeted tracks that get staff productive in hours rather than months. Someone moving into tour accounting or royalty ops can do a focused track and arrive days ahead of where they would be learning by osmosis. Plans also include the 13-week onboarding programme, cohort and ROI dashboards, and custom role profiles.
Does completing it earn CPD for our staff?
Not yet as accredited hours: independent CPD accreditation is in progress, and certificates carry no CPD hours until it is granted. Every learner gets a verifiable record of the competencies completed, which can support a self-assessed CPD log.
How does the 13-week programme work?
The 13-week programme is a structured, role-targeted track that ends in an assessed, verifiable credential. It works for someone already in the seat or someone moving into music for the first time. The cohort dashboard shows who is on track and where the gaps are, so senior time is spent where it counts.

For the industry

Do you have a plan for collecting societies and PROs?
Yes. The Bespoke plan is for the bodies that run the music industry, including collecting societies, PROs, labels, publishers and distributors, and for any team over 20 people. It is custom-priced to the organisation.
Can it upskill our existing teams as well as new hires?
Yes. The Bespoke plan upskills existing royalty, membership and distribution teams, with role tracks tailored to those functions. It is not limited to onboarding brand-new staff.
How is the Bespoke plan priced?
The Bespoke plan is custom-priced for teams over 20 people, tailored to your organisation. It covers collecting societies, PROs, labels, publishers and distributors, with guided rollout, invoice billing and a DPA.

Methodology & accuracy

How do you keep the numbers accurate?
Every money lesson is grounded in the named bodies a professional would consult themselves: the collecting societies, performance rights organisations, tax authorities and published industry guides that govern the topic, not anonymous claims. Those sources are derived from the lesson's place in our knowledge graph, so they can't drift out of sync with the content, and they appear in the Facts & sources panel of every episode.
What does "Verified" vs "Illustrative" mean?
Every figure lives in a structured facts table and carries one of two labels. Verified means a specific public figure tied to a named source and a date, checked by a human before the label is applied. Illustrative means a teaching example that demonstrates the mechanics (a representative split, a worked advance), useful for understanding but not for pricing your own deal. We would rather mark a number Illustrative than overstate its precision.
Is any of this financial, legal or tax advice?
No. Everything on Learn the Music Industry is for educational purposes only, and nothing here is legal, financial, tax, or accounting advice. We teach how the systems work, not what a client should do with their money, contracts or catalogue. For a decision specific to a client’s situation, consult the relevant body or a qualified professional. The full disclaimer is in our Terms.

CPD

Does the course count toward CPD?
Not yet as accredited hours. Independent CPD accreditation is in progress, expected in the second half of 2026, and the certificate carries no accredited CPD hours until a recognised body grants it. We will never self-accredit or imply hours we haven’t been granted. In the meantime the verifiable record of completed competencies can support a self-assessed CPD log.
What will CPD accreditation give me once it lands?
Once accredited, we expect the course to provide verifiable, structured hours (it is assessed rather than watched), hours that track the specific topics you covered, and a named, checkable verification page an employer or professional body can confirm. We are seeking accreditation that fits the main UK schemes under ICAEW, ACCA and the SRA. Final hour values and the accrediting body get published here when confirmed.
How long is the course?
The full syllabus is about 30 hours of structured learning: the authored module time you see on the syllabus, plus a modest allowance for the assessments. The figure is computed from the course itself, rounded down, and moves only when the syllabus does. A certificate quotes the learning time for its own scope, not the whole course. These are learning hours, not accredited CPD hours; that distinction holds until accreditation is granted.
How is the content kept current?
Every figure lives in a dated, sourced facts table and carries the date it was last reviewed; anything unverified is labelled as illustrative on the page. Content is reviewed on an annual cycle, corrections happen at source, and our complaints procedure feeds the same correction process, so a reader who spots an error triggers the same fix as our own checks.
Can I record the course on my CPD log today?
Yes. Most professional schemes let you self-assess and record relevant learning. The course gives you the evidence: a verifiable certificate tied to the competencies you cleared, a record of the time spent and topics covered, and active assessment rather than passive video. You self-assess relevance and record the hours against your own scheme's rules; accreditation, when it lands, removes that step for the hours it covers.

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