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George Howard is a professor in Berklee's Music Business/Management Department. He is the cofounder and CIO of Acme Innovation, a media and entertainment investment and advising company focused on the emerging Web3 sector. He is the founder of George Howard Strategic, a strategic consulting firm that advises a wide range of clients on how to integrate technology with strategy in order to increase brand awareness and revenue through innovation, social media, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships. A partial list of clients includes Intel, National Public Radio, CVS Pharmacy, Alticor/Amway, Brown University, Paste, SpokenLayer, SingFit, the Landmark School, BigchainDB, Wolfgang’s Vault, and the Townsend Group. He is the arts and media advisor to Algorand, where he advises the founder and CEO on strategic initiatives related to growing this renowned layer-1 blockchain network. Howard is the cofounder of Music Audience Exchange, a company of digital marketers, engineers, and music lovers using technology to redefine the fundamental structure of brand-artist relationships. He is the former president of Rykodisc, one of the world’s largest independent record labels, and cofounder of TuneCore, one of the world’s largest independent digital music distributors. Howard is a sought-after expert witness who has drafted reports for and testified in many high-profile cases. He's also a columnist for Forbes and a frequent contributor to the New York Times and many other publications.
"When I started teaching, it was the first time I understood what people meant when they said they loved their job. It was terribly exciting to me, and I realized I've been put on this planet to try, in whatever capacity I have, to help creative people grow their careers so they can be sustainable on their own terms."
"Having worked in the music industry as long as I have, I don't want to necessarily just bring war stories. You've got to back it up with some good science and theory. One of the challenges is with new media. The tools are new. So, I try to balance those with some real, time-tested marketing strategies. You begin to realize that it's all sort of been done before, but now we have an opportunity to recontextualize things. I do try to find a balance of things, but the music business is changing every second."
"It's something that I'm passionate about and that I've been doing a long time, and I really love it, but I'll tell you, I think I learn more from them than they learn from me. Teaching inspires me; it motivates me. Knowing that I have the amazing opportunity to stand in front of these people who are paying a lot of money and have justifiably high expectations, that's good motivation to make sure that I'm bringing something to the party. And what I get back is that they view things through a lens that I can't have anymore. Not only are they brilliant, but they also just have different perspectives. At its best, it really is a good discourse. It's a privilege to be teaching here."