UCLA’s young musicians break into the industry
By Meral Arik
May 17, 2013 1:53 a.m.
Innovation Nation (A Series on Young Entrepreneurs)
Part 3: Young Musicians
Though entrepreneurs are traditionally thought of in a strictly professional setting, UCLA students are consistently demonstrating the existence of entrepreneurship in the music industry. First-year neuroscience student Roozbeh Riahi, second-year international development studies student Alex Mercier and first-year ethnomusicology student Amir Thomas share their story about founding a music group called Monarchy. Professor Ken Kragen also shares his thoughts about the influence of his Stardom Strategy for Musicians class, while third-year political science and Spanish student and Executive Director of Spring Sing Turner Pope speaks on behalf of the show.
