MU3S29 - Music in the Global Marketplace 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: MU3S29
Module Title: Music in the Global Marketplace
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Music and Drama
Faculty Sub Group: Music
Module Leader: Esyllt George
Module Team: Lucy Squire, David Coker, Rob Locke
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100643 - music and arts management
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2020
Valid To 31 Aug 2026

Module Aims

To create awareness of the global environment in terms of the complex and unpredictable variables and contexts important to the music industry and help students to analyse and react to changes to those variables and contexts. This module will engage with a range of ideas relating to the development of global music perspectives and cultures and will refer to a key set of theoretical, cultural and commercial perspectives.

Content Summary

This module explores the music industries of some of the major international territories, looking at the differences of how they operate in comparison to the UK. Students will gain knowledge of the impact that politics can have on the music industry, exploring some of the major events that have shaped it. The module will allow international students to contribute their own knowledge of local markets to the rest of the class. Students will be introduced to some of the World’s emerging music markets and helped to develop an understanding of why they are growing. The module will give students a practical knowledge on music consumption patterns across the World and explore why differences in consumption occur.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 12
Seminar 14
Practical classes and workshops 10
Independent Study 92
Directed Study 68
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 2
Formative Assessment - Independent 2
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically evaluate key factors in the development of contemporary global cultures and markets.
LO2 Analyse a range of diverse concepts relating to the production and exchange of cultural artefacts and form coherent arguments and conclusions.
LO3 Discuss and present their ideas in written, oral and audio-visual contexts, which actively evaluates the content and format of their work.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Presentation (Asynchronous) 1 A presentation providing a critical appraisal of strategies the entrepreneur/enterprise could utilise to react to the changing global environment. 15 N/A 40 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Case study 1 Develop a case study report that suggests the implementation plan for executing a global strategy for the music artist or label. 0 3500 60 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3
Presentation (Asynchronous) 1
Case study 1

Reading List

Baskerville, D. and Baskerville, T. (2020). Music business handbook and career guide. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, Inc.
Hill, C.W.L. (2018). INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS?: competing in the global marketplace. S.L.: Mcgraw-Hill Education.
De, K. (2019). Global marketing and advertising?: understanding cultural paradoxes. Los Angeles: Sage.
IFPI: Global Music Report (2019)
Collin, M. (2018). Rave on?: global adventures in electronic dance music. London: Serpent’s Tail.
Liebersohn, H. (2019). Music and the new global culture?: from the great exhibitions to the jazz age. Chicago?; London: The University Of Chicago Press.
Chalmers, D., Matthews, R. and Hyslop, A. (2019). Blockchain as an external enabler of new venture ideas: Digital entrepreneurs and the disintermediation of the global music industry. Journal of Business Research.
Brown, A., O’Connor, J. and Cohen, S. (2000). Local music policies within a global music industry: cultural quarters in Manchester and Sheffield. Geoforum, 31(4), pp.437–451.
Li, Y., Rui, X., Li, S. and Pu, F. (2014). Investigation of global and local network properties of music perception with culturally different styles of music. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 54, pp.37–43.