Consultation

Specialisations

• Music business practice
• Artistic management consulting
• Copyright and intellectual property
• Legal frameworks
• Crypto technology and non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Industry contracts
• Artist management
• Royalty calculations
• Brand design
• Music / audio branding and curation
• Marketing strategy
• Business planning
• Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), sustainability
• Career coaching
• Creative performance and productivity
• Music composition, performance and recorded music production

Market Research & Policy Development

• Gauteng Music Strategic Framework, 2010
• Team member of the Eastern Cape Music Sector Plan, 2013
• Research on the South African music industries that informed the revised Department of Arts and Culture White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage
• Lead consultant on the development of Botswana’s National Creative Industries Strategy 2018-2020
• Team member of the Music In Africa Foundation’s Revenue Streams project for African Musicians research project 2021-2022
• SADC Music Industries research project for SAMW 2022

Lecture and Course Content
Ibilion: Education has provided content and lecturing services to the University of the Witwatersrand, the University of South Africa (UNISA), ASE and SAE. This includes the Music Business module within the BMus degree at UNISA and the module Music Business Studies in Wits’ BMus degree. Music In Africa conducted a music business management course for their Gender @ Work programme in 2023/4. Learning content was also provided to Soul Candi Institute of Music (2006 – 2010). Jonathan Shaw has also been a peer reviewer for the Journal of Musical Arts in Africa (2020) and is currently a lecturer at EMENDY Multimedia Institute in music technology and business.

Workshops and Guest Speaker
Jonathan G. Shaw is a regular speaker at workshops and conferences around South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Holland. Notably, in South Africa he has spoken at Moshito, Joy of Jazz Geleza Cleva & Learn, South African Music Week, the Ingome Music Conference, the Arts and Culture Trust (ACT), South African Society for Music Research (SASRIM), KZN Virtual Music Mbizo, Northern Cape Creative Industries Conference and Manguang Music Business Conference.

Mr Shaw has spoken internationally at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) conference in Holland (2012), conducted workshops in Windhoek, Namibia (2007), as well as at the Botswana International Music Conference in Gaborone (2015).

Referrals
Both Wits Enterprise and DTM SA referred to Jonathan G. Shaw as “the guru”!

• “You’ve done such an amazing job. I’m so grateful for your hard work and expertise. Thank you 🙏🏻 Thank you 🙏🏻 Thank you 🙏🏻” Corinne Farber, playwright
  
• “You conduct yourself very professionally and we’d recommend you highly. Thank you for your efforts and contribution.” Mhlanganisi Masoga, Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Gauteng Provincial Government
  
• “You’re the guru!” Karen Du Toit, DTM SA
  
• “My wife and I have used Jonathan to record as well as to consult on legal matters pertaining to music ownership. We have always found him an absolute pleasure to work with recording and a wealth of knowledge with regards to the legal and business side of music. Highly recommend him.” John Howell, musician

South African Music Week 2022

Music In Africa Foundation
Gender @ Work music business management course (2023-2024).
Columnist (May 2022-September 2023).
Revenue Streams for African Musicians (RSFAM) research foundational discussion paper (January 2021), workshop panelist (March 2021) and policy committee member (December 2021-April 2022).

B4i Productions
Record company consultation (2025)

Adam Glasser
Artist consultation (2024-2025)

Matty Grey
Artist consultation (2023-2025)

Francois Botha
Artist consultation (2024)

Jessica Mbangeni
Artist consultation (2022-2024)

Free Will Group
Label and artist consultation (2023-2024)

South African Music Week
SADC music industries market access guide (October / November 2022)
Additional research and editorial for the SAMW 2020/2021 market access guide (January 2021)

Lucille Smith
Artist consultation (2018-2024)

Joslyn Greenwood
Artist consultation (2023)

Innocent Shezi
Artist consultation (2023)

Stellar Inc.
Research report (August 2022)

Madoc Mudimeli
Artist consultation (2022)

Kristi Lowe
Artist consultation (2022)

DQS
E-learning content developer and voiceover (2021-2022)

Shiba Mazaza
Artist consultation (2022)

Lucillle Slade
Artist consultation (2021)

Motaki / MIMMS (Botswana)
Major research project to develop Botswana’s Creative Industries Strategy, June 2018 to May 2020

Michael Ferguson
Artist consultation (2018)

Max Hoba
Artist consultation (2018)

ATS (Pty) Ltd
Label consultation (2018)

SAMRO Foundation
Consultant, November 2017

PwC
Subject matter expert (SME), September 2017. Expert reviewer (music industry), 2016 / 2017.

Tender da Gama
Artist consultation (2017)

Mervilton Records
Label consultation

Full Option Records
Label consultation (2017)

Louis Minnaar
Artist consultation

Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
Major research project, 2013

Eastern Cape Audio Visual Centre (ECAVC) & Eastern Cape Provincial Government
Consultant, 2012-2013

Department of Sports, Arts, Culture & Recreation (SACR), Gauteng Provincial Government
Major research project, 2008-2010

National Association of Broadcasters
Expert witness, 2011

Downtown Music Hub
Consultant, 2010

Association of Independent Record Companies (AIRCO)
Board member, 2009-2010

Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)
Consultant, 2003

EMENDY Multimedia Institute
Music technology and music business lecturer 2024+

PAS Media Academy
Guest Lecturer, May 2017, March 2018

Boston City Campus
External Examiner, 2018

Gordon Institute of Business (GIBS)
External Examiner, 2012

Music Business Academy
Co-Owner, 2008-2012

Inscape Education Group: Interior Design
Guest Lecturer, September 2021

SAE Institute
Lecturer, 2021-2022