During my time in Entertainment Media Publishing and
Distribution, there were many takeaways from what I learned about the
development of business models within my industry and those related. At the
beginning of the course, I had the opportunity to delve into the history of
publishing books, music, and films and how the arrangements were made in order
for these products to be seen and bought by consumers through marketing
tactics. I have been given an idea of how things worked back then, how they
work now, and how they might change in the future according to economics and
strategies. Aside from this, I got to spend time develop my content even
further. With that said, I discovered useful tools for self-publishing and
distribution along with how to obtain such arrangement should I go that route.
Through my peers I learned about new software for uploading your own content to
be seen or heard by others. In addition, even ways to create revenue streams to
be an independent entrepreneur. Through our collaboration google document
assignment, I was able to learn about trends in the music industry (such as
apple music and tidal) and even find out what my fellow classmates have
interests in. The course assignments themselves were focused on developing our
creation and how to make it receivable to audiences and the “gatekeepers” of
the entertainment business. I feel I have a new perspective on what I can, and
cannot, do with as far as marketing, creating documents (like pitch letters and
one sheets), and being able to publish my content for release to my consumer.
Based off research done for this class, I can begin to start creating my entity
and introduce it to the people who would be willing to hear the story behind it
and be part of it.
