As it's the start of the new year, why not turn over a new leaf and join a music course? North East based music agency Generator have a couple of great opportunities across the country which you can get involved in. We take a look at a couple of upcoming courses.

MMBE, Manage Your Own Music Business Course

Managing a Music Business Enterprise (MMBE) is a 13-week course that delivers the skills and knowledge essential to running a successful music business. Whether you are starting out in business or an existing music business looking to grow and develop your knowledge, this is the qualification you need to increase your chances of success in the music industry.

The programme supports all commercial music ventures including artist managers, promoters, booking agents, record labels, publishing companies, song writers, DIY artists and more.

MMBE covers the fundamental areas of building a music successful business including digital media and marketing strategies, revenue streams, business models and digital platforms.

Every element of the course contributes to a live business plan that is developed throughout the programme and can be implemented immediately when the course is finished.

Forthcoming courses and dates:

London: 25th January 2012
Birmingham: 8th February 2012
Gateshead: 14th March 2012

Visit http://mmbe.co.uk/ for full details, call Jonny Gray on 0191 255 4469 or email jonny@generator.org.uk

UMT Academy: DJ, Production and Vocal training

Want to work with and learn from the top Music Producers in the North East to produce your own music? UMT:PRO is UMT Academy’s 12-week music production course starting 6 February 2012.

UMT Academy is a place where musicians, vocalists and artists can create, record and perform to build a career in music. UMT offers courses in DJing, music production and vocal recording and production.

The UMT: PRO course starts on 6 February 2012 and is the ideal course for aspiring music producers to learn new skills as well as improve existing skills from industry expert producers. With PRO you’ll get quality studio time at Generator's state of the art Hoults’ Yard in Newcastle with UMT producers who have numerous production and remix credits to their name.

UMT is part of Generator, the UK’s leading Music Development Agency. To apply please call Bob on 0191 255 4468 or email bob@generator.org.uk

For more information visit the UMT Website or find UMT Academy on Facebook and Twitter.