Jeremy Peters (fe4937)

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).

• 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

•  Creative and Cultural Industries

• Fellow, Royal Society of the Arts

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

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Jeremy Peters, FRSA, MBA (Cantab), is a lecturer in Music Business in the Department of Music at Wayne State University and a co-founder of Quite Scientific Records, while maintaining an active teaching, performing, researching, and publishing practice. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

He previously 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, was the music supervisor for the EMMY Award winning documentary film, “MEDORA.”

Jeremy has previously held lecturing positions for the University of Michigan Law School and School of Music, Theatre, and Dance’s Department of Entrepreneurship and Leadership, teaching coursework on copyright, problem solving, entrepreneurship, and the music industry. In addition, as both an educator and musician he has been asked to speak or present papers at numerous conferences such as South by Southwest, A2IM Summit, Billboard Film & TV, the Future of Music Summit, Michigan Ross’ Entrepalooza, and the UWE Bristol Creativity, Knowledge, Cities conference.

Jeremy has an MBA with a concentration in Strategy from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and is a life-member of Clare Hall, where he was recipient of the Culture, Arts, and Media, Boak Research, Clare Hall and Mellon Bursaries to support his study of the intersection of culture and business practice. He holds an undergraduate degree in Music and Political Science from the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts.

He is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the GRAMMYs), the Society of Arts Entrepreneurship Educators, the Association for Arts Administration Education, Americans for the Artis, and the US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He was previously a member of the Governmental Relations Committee of the American Association of Independent Music, the Vice-President of the Board of Directors of a K-12 creative writing non-profit, and the Board of Directors of the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce.

 B.A. University of Michigan, M.B.A. University of Cambridge Judge Business School

 Creative and Cultural Industries

 Arts Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education & Pedagogy, Organizational Ethnography, Management in the Creative and Cultural Industries

 1328 Old Main

Jeremy Peters, FRSA, MBA (Cantab), is a lecturer in Music Business in the Department of Music at Wayne State University and a co-founder of Quite Scientific Records, while maintaining an active teaching, performing, researching, and publishing practice. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

He previously 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, was the music supervisor for the EMMY Award winning documentary film, “MEDORA.”

Jeremy has previously held lecturing positions for the University of Michigan Law School and School of Music, Theatre, and Dance’s Department of Entrepreneurship and Leadership, teaching coursework on copyright, problem solving, entrepreneurship, and the music industry. In addition, as both an educator and musician he has been asked to speak or present papers at numerous conferences such as South by Southwest, A2IM Summit, Billboard Film & TV, the Future of Music Summit, Michigan Ross’ Entrepalooza, and the UWE Bristol Creativity, Knowledge, Cities conference.

Jeremy has an MBA with a concentration in Strategy from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and is a life-member of Clare Hall, where he was recipient of the Culture, Arts, and Media, Boak Research, Clare Hall and Mellon Bursaries to support his study of the intersection of culture and business practice. He holds an undergraduate degree in Music and Political Science from the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts.

He is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the GRAMMYs), the Society of Arts Entrepreneurship Educators, the Association for Arts Administration Education, Americans for the Artis, and the US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He was previously a member of the Governmental Relations Committee of the American Association of Independent Music, the Vice-President of the Board of Directors of a K-12 creative writing non-profit, and the Board of Directors of the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce.

 B.A. University of Michigan, M.B.A. University of Cambridge Judge Business School

 Creative and Cultural Industries

 Arts Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education & Pedagogy, Organizational Ethnography, Management in the Creative and Cultural Industries