Not without music business 55 Not without music business. The higher education of musicians and music industry workers in Germany David-Emil Wickström, Martin Lücke & Anita Jóri 1 Abstract This article discusses the higher education of musicians and music industry workers within the field of Popular Music in Germany. For a successful education, which en- ables a long-term sustainable career within the music industry, we argue that stu- dents need both artistic as well as entrepreneurial skills and knowledge. The last 15 years have seen the introduction of new degree programs with a strong focus on practical skills by giving their students a good knowledge of the music industry and a broad network to draw on as well as by encouraging creativity. This is in part done through cooperation with actors in the industry – be it through the teachers, the teaching projects or through tours and artistic collaborations with bands. This article demonstrates this approach through two case studies – one artistic (Popa- kademie Baden-Württemberg) and one music business (Macromedia University of Applied Sciences). The article also lists the current artistic and business-oriented de- gree programs at state-funded as well as private universities to give an overview of the available degree programs. Keywords: Music industry, popular music, higher education, state-funded and pri- vate university, Germany, artistic education, music management, pop music design 1 Introduction What do Frida Gold's album "Liebe ist meine Religion" (Love is my reli- gion – Frida Gold, 2013), Tim Bendzko's album "Am seidenen Faden" (On 1 David-Emil Wickström is a Professor of Popular Music History at the Pop Academy Baden- Württemberg (Mannheim, Germany) and is a founding member of IASPM D-A-CH where he current- ly serves on the association’s board (David-Emil.Wickstroem@popakademie.de). Martin Lücke is the head of the Bachelor degree program Music Management at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. His work focuses on music management, popular music, and music and politics and his publications include a monograph on music management ("Management in der Mus- ikwirtschaft" written together with Joseph Limper) as well as numerous articles on jazz, 'schlager', music and cold war, market of western art music etc. (m.luecke@mhmk.org). Anita Jóri is a scientific assistant at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, a guest lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) and a project coordinator at the Vilém Flusser Archive. She is currently writing her PhD thesis on the discourse community of electronic music (a.jori@macromedia.de).