Music business courses can help you learn contract negotiation, marketing strategies, copyright law, and financial management. You can build skills in audience engagement, digital distribution, and brand development. Many courses introduce tools like social media analytics, music distribution platforms, and project management software that are essential for navigating the industry and executing effective promotional campaigns.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Presentations, Canva (Software), Sales Presentation, Data Visualization, Graphic Design, Content Creation
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Financial Statement Analysis, Balance Sheet, Financial Analysis, Financial Accounting, Budgeting, Financial Management, Financial Planning, Health Care Administration, Performance Analysis, Capital Markets
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Risk Analysis, Risk Control, Cyber Risk, Persuasive Communication, Tableau Software, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Data Literacy, Cybersecurity, Empathy, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Communication, Heat Maps, Stakeholder Analysis, Algorithms
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Customer Engagement, Customer experience improvement, Persona Development, Customer Insights, Market Opportunities, Market Research, Marketing Strategies, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Consumer Behaviour, Data Analysis, Business Development, Business Ethics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Huddersfield
Skills you'll gain: Virtual Teams, Leadership, Public Speaking, Verbal Communication Skills, Team Leadership, Business Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Leadership and Management, Leadership Development, Communication, Strategic Communication, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Communication Strategies, Intercultural Competence, Cultural Diversity, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Culture, Collaboration, Diversity and Inclusion
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Video Editing, Video Production, Marketing Materials, Content Creation, Marketing Design, Marketing, Storytelling, Multimedia, Branding, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling, Responsible AI, AI Security, Generative AI, Policy Development, AI Enablement, Data Ethics, Labor Relations, Automation, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Workforce Management, Journalism, Artificial Intelligence, Regulatory Requirements, Information Privacy, Risk Analysis, Education and Training, Job Analysis, Business Ethics
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Skills you'll gain: Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma Methodology, Lean Methodologies, Statistical Process Controls, Quality Improvement, Process Improvement, Process Analysis, Continuous Improvement Process, Customer Analysis, Waste Minimization, Quality Management, Return On Investment, Process Mapping, Project Management, Cost Benefit Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Survey Creation, User Feedback, Customer experience improvement, Customer Insights, User Accounts, Marketing, Business
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
Kennesaw State University
Skills you'll gain: Trustworthiness, Brand Loyalty, Customer Retention, Customer Relationship Building, Consultative Approaches, Honesty, Strategic Partnership, B2B Sales, Business Relationship Management, Personal Attributes, Automation, Digital Transformation, Collaboration, Adaptability
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Claude Code, Prompt Engineering, Multimodal Prompts, Version Control, AI Workflows, Generative AI Agents, Git (Version Control System), AI Orchestration, Quality Assurance, Generative AI, Software Quality Assurance, Software Development, Software Documentation, Artificial Intelligence, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Automation, Software Testing, Software Design, Software Development Methodologies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

HubSpot Academy
Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, HubSpot CRM, Dashboard, Business Reporting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Performance Reporting, Forecasting, Sales Pipelines, Business Metrics, Sales Enablement, Performance Metric, Sales, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Customer Service, Customer Data Management, Customer Success Management, Goal Setting
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks