Biography

Jeremy Peters, FRSA, MBA (Cantab), is an Assistant Professor of Music Business and is an afilliate faculty member of Labor@Wayne and the Entrepreneurship Department of the Mike Illich School of Business.  He maintains an active teaching, performing, researching, and publishing practice and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Jeremy's scholarly work centers on arts entrepreneurship, music sociology, organization theory, the creative and cultural industries, and pedagogy. Jeremy is particularly interested in qualitative and mixed-methods research that incorporates aspects of oral history, ethnography, and archival research.

Before his turn toward academia, he was the Director of Music Publishing for Ghostly International, having built the division at the company. At Ghostly, he worked on projects for film, television, advertising, and video games with brands such as Nike, Microsoft, HUMMER, Apple, Lincoln, Motorola, Ford, Adult Swim, major television networks, and Sony PlayStation. As well, he was the music supervisor for the EMMY Award-winning documentary film, “MEDORA.” He is a practicing entrepreneur as a partner and co-founder of the record label Quite Scientific Records.

Jeremy previously held lecturing positions with the University of Michigan Law School and School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, teaching coursework on copyright, problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and the music industry. He has presented papers at numerous scholarly conferences including Social Theory, Politics, and Arts, and conferences for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US, International Music Business Research Associationm, the Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts Conference, the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education, the International Association of Arts and Cultural Management, IUPUI-NEA Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Lab, and the Creativity, Knowledge, Cities conference. Additionally, he spoke at music industry conferences such as Iceland Airwaves, Reeperbahn Festival, by:Larm, South by Southwest, CMJ, A2IM Indie Week, Billboard Film & TV Summit, Future of Music Summit, and the Michigan Ross School of Business’ Entrepalooza Conference.

Jeremy graduated with an MBA (concentrating in Strategy with courses in Creative, Arts and Media Management) from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. He is a life member of Clare Hall College, where he was the recipient of the Culture, Arts, and Media, Boak Research, Clare Hall, and Mellon Bursaries to support studies of the intersection of culture and business practice. He holds an undergraduate degree with dual concentrations in Music and Political Science from the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts.

He is a member of The Recording Academy (the GRAMMYs) as well as many scholarly associations, including the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education, Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association, Academy of Management, the US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US, Society for Ethnomusicology, and American Musicological Society. He currently serves as an advisor to the Detroit Sound Conservancy and as Treasurer of the Board of Directors for Detroit’s professional choral ensemble, Audivi. Previously, he held positions with the American Association of Independent Music (Governmental Relations Committee), 826michigan (Vice-President of the Board of Directors), and Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors).

 

Academic Interests

• Arts entrepreneurship, music sociology, organization theory, the creative and cultural industries, and pedagogy.
• Qualitative and mixed-methods research that incorporates aspects of oral history, ethnography, and archival research

Area of Expertise

•  Creative and Cultural Industries

Awards and Honors

• Fellow, Royal Society of the Arts

Degrees and Certifications

• MBA, University of Cambridge
• BA, University of Michigan

Courses taught by Jeremy Peters

Winter Term 2025 (future)

• MUA2400 - Survey of the Music Business and Labor
• MUA4000 - Marketing and Artist Management in Music
• MUA6550 - Marketing and Artist Management in Music

Fall Term 2024

• MUA3500 - Music IP and Stakeholders
• MUA5800 - Strategy and Organization in Music
• MUA5900 - Music Industry Seminar
• MUA6500 - Music IP and Stakeholders
• MUA7080 - Strategy and Organization in Music

Winter Term 2024

• MUA2400 - Survey of the Music Business and Labor
• MUA4000 - Marketing and Artist Management in Music
• MUA5900 - Music Industry Seminar
• MUA6550 - Marketing and Artist Management in Music
• MUA6570 - Music Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Fall Term 2023

• MUH1351 - History and Styles of Rock and Roll
• MUA3500 - Music IP and Stakeholders
• MUA5800 - Strategy and Organization in Music
• MUA5900 - Music Industry Seminar
• MUA6500 - Music IP and Stakeholders
• MUA7080 - Strategy and Organization in Music

Winter Term 2023

• MUA2400 - Survey of the Music Business
• MUA4000 - Marketing and Artist Management in Music
• MUA4500 - Music Entrepreneurship and Leadership
• MUA5900 - Music Industry Seminar
• MUA6550 - Marketing and Artist Management in Music
• MUA6570 - Music Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Fall Term 2022

• MUA3500 - Music IP and Stakeholders
• MUA5800 - Strategy and Organization in Music
• MUA5900 - Music Industry Seminar
• MUA6500 - Music IP and Stakeholders
• MUA7080 - Strategy and Organization in Music

Winter Term 2022

• MUA2400 - Survey of the Music Business
• MUA4500 - Music Entrepreneurship and Leadership
• MUA5900 - Music Industry Seminar
• MUA6570 - Music Entrepreneurship and Leadership

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