The Music Export Business

Stephen Chen is Professor of International Management at Newcastle University, UK. Previously he held academic positions in the UK (at Manchester Business School and City University), USA (at UCLA) and Australia (at the Australian National University, Macquarie University and the University of Newcastle). Associate Professor Shane Homan teaches media and cultural studies at Monash University, Melbourne. Tracy Redhead is a composer, researcher, producer and lecturer of Electronic Music and Sound Design at the University of Western Australia. Richard Vella is a composer and academic. From 2007 to 2019, Vella was Professorial Chair of Music at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music.

1 Introduction

2 The economics of music exports

3 Music entrepreneurs and export readiness

4 Networking at music industry export events

5 Case study: Australia

6 National case studies, export schemes and policy

7 Born global?

Appendix 1: Interview list

Appendix 2: Australian Music Industry Exports Survey

Appendix 3: Music export snapshots