UWB Student Music Club

Those of you interested in the music club may contact Rob Christmas at Rob.Xmas@gmail.com or Joe Crotty at crottykid@hotmail.com Both Rob and Joe are passionate about music as a business. Rob has been singing and producing in the local area. A couple people have described Rob as similar to Stevie Wonder.

Rob says this about himself: I've been playing music since I was old enough to stand on my own two reasonably clean feet. My family moved to Seattle when I was four. In High school, I played all the talent shows, sang in choir and acted in a play or two. During my first year of college, I focused on nothing but my songwriting until I met producer/composer Roger Smith,("Tower of Power" keyboarist who topped the smooth jazz charts with his #1 hit "Off The Hook"), and we decided to make an EP. Along the way, I've been able to meet my hero's like Stevie Wonder, Peter Frampton, and Ramsey Lewis.

Online Class Materials

You will find many of the class readings at the online reserves. You'll need a UW NetID to access the articles. If you don't have one, you should read the instructions here. If you want to talk to someone in person for your NetID, visit the computer lab in UW1-102

Course Online Reserves

Syllabus (Updated version always posted here)

First Lecture

Second Lecture (Sept 30, 2008)

HW Writing Style (Oct 6)

Writing Tip: Wordiness (Oct 21)

Response Paper Tips (Oct 23)

Business Models 101: Pitching - Revised Slides (Oct 23)

Editing Checklist (Oct 26)

Creative Destruction and the Future (Oct 28)

Business Models and the Sabre Case (Oct 28)

Final Project Requirements (Nov 4)

Sample Peer Review (Nov 24)

A few of you have asked for some material on business dynamics. Alan will address this topic in a future lecture. You may peruse last year's handout on writing business plans. In it, he defines how to construct a business model ("The sacred 5 elements").