Jeremy Peters, FRSA, MBA (Cantab), is an Assistant Professor of Music Business and is an affiliate 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 Association, 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).

Clients

University of Michigan, Kickstarter, Drip.fm, Assemble Sound, Techstars (volunteer mentor), Sergent Results Group, AlphaInsights, Confidential Political Clients

Work experience


2020 - Present

Wayne State University, Assistant Professor of Music

2018  - 2020

Wayne State University, Lecturer of Music (Full-Time)

2019 

University of Michigan, Lecturer of Law (Part-Time)

2014  - 2017

University of Michigan, Lecturer of Music (Part-Time)

2012 - Present

Independent Business Process & Music Consultant

2006  - Present

Quite Scientific Records, Partner

2003  - 2017

Ghostly International & Ghostly Songs, Director of Music Publishing

Education & Certifications


2017 - 2018

Master of Business Administration, University of Cambridge

2017 - Present

CopyrightX, Harvard University 

1998 - 2004

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Music, University of Michigan