Many thanks to the Herald for printing the article above. To clarify – there are almost 20 case studies in the book itself. These will be augmented by full transcripts of as many case study interviews as we can get permission to release, starting in January on this website. In this way we intend to make the site a companion resource to the book by publishing additional material for thise interested in this subject area. AD.
Gayle and myself really enjoyed speaking with Janice (and guests) this aft at the BBC. Hopefully this will introduce the book to a broader audience and help more young people find their way into professional music.
Think we might be on the Janice Forsyth show on BBC Scotland next Tuesday afternoon. More details shortly but Gayle and myself are expecting to be talking about the book and discussing some of the key themes. Hope you can listen in.
Tune in via: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rlrlq
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Print copy of the book just arrived. Looks great – many thanks to Anna and all at Bloomsbury for all the work they’ve put into this. More visual / video content to come as we build up to the release date next week. A.
One of the key debates in the book is whether entrepreneurship should be taught within music programmes. Many voices (including myself) believe that it should. This opens the wider debate of what can or cannot be taught. Having run project management and entrepreneurship classes within music programmes for about twenty years I consider it to be critical but many music courses don’t include it.
Can you teach people to be entrepreneurs ?
Can you encourage and support them ?, direct them to support, funding, other entrepreneurs ?, can you get them to understand that failure is part of the learning curve and that it may be necessary to perfect the product / service ? The model T was exactly that – Henry Ford went through every previous letter of the alphabet naming predecessors until he got what he wanted. T is the 20th letter. . . .
Are entrepreneurs made ? born that way ? a blend of both ? What is your experience ?
The cover for Music Entrepreneurship – published 17th Dec.
A widget will be available shortly which will allow users access to the first 25 pages of the book.
Music Entrepreneurship (Allan Dumbreck & Gayle McPherson) will be published by Bloomsbury on 17th Dec. Case studies and debate on entrepreneurship from every theatre of music. The objective of this site is to publish additional research material, link to relevant associated narratives and stimulate commercial and academic debate on this subject. All informed, thought-provoking perspective welcome.
Allan Dumbreck 