Berklee graduates are helped guided for careers as entrepreneurs in the fast changing music business. Entrepreneurialism is fast paced and is the most valuable asset for students to enhance in the competitive music environment Recently Berklee has launched a project that will help foster the creation of a new service/project/business that will help some the major issue revolving around the music industry today.
Music licensing is one of the biggest issues pressing the music industry today. BerkleeICE has recently started an unprecedented partnership, dubbed the Open Music Initiative (OMI). OMI will pair the academy (Berklee, the MIT Media Lab) and consultants (IDEO) with record labels and music services. Some of the services involved with the collaboration include; Universal, Sony, BMG, Warner, Spotify, Pandora, and Soundcloud, and many others. Their goal is to change the way music creators and rights owners are identified and compensated. BerkleeICE wants to solve the music licensing issue through this partnership.
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All I knew was that the problem that they are finding a solution for, I have thought about myself in the past. Most interviews last about 15 minutes and you find out in a few weeks. As innovative as BerkleeICE is, their interviews definitely reflect on their character in a very positive way. You 're outcome was no based on a quick 15 minute interview. You are given an entire 8 hour day to show your personality and character. This allowed the IDEO team and Berkele Faculty to really understand how you work with others. Anyone in an interview can say they work well with other people but puting those words into actions is a different