Wayne State University Assistant Professor of Music
Detroit, MI
Jeremy Peters, FRSA, MBA (Cantab), is an Assistant Professor of Music (Business & Entrepreneurship) in the
Department of Music at
Wayne State University and is a co-founder of
Quite Scientific Records. He maintains an active teaching, performing, and researching practice and is a Fellow of the
Royal Society of the Arts. He is primarily interested in how entrepreneurship and organizational processes relate to the creative and cultural industries, and uses ethnographic and archival research methodologies to investigate them.
Previously, 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.”
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 conferences for the Society of Arts Entrepreneurship Educators, International Association of Arts and Cultural Management, IUPUI-NEA Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Lab, and the Creativity, Knowledge, Cities conference. Additionally, he spoke at 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 voting member of
The Recording Academy (the GRAMMYs), the
Society of Arts Entrepreneurship Educators,