Also called: Music Royalty Investment Analyst, Music Rights Acquisition Analyst
Values songwriters' and artists' song catalogs so investment funds can buy them, predicting how much royalty money the songs will earn for decades.
A 1990s rock band's catalog is for sale, and you dig into 15 years of royalty statements, Spotify streams, TikTok trends and movie licensing deals. You forecast how fast streams will fade and build a price. If a song goes viral again, your fund wins big.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance, economics or music business.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Music Business, Economics.
Growing faster than average. Investors have spent billions buying song catalogs since 2020.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI parses royalty data and forecasts streams; valuing culture and closing deals with artists stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, Economics, Music class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2051.
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