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Have you considered working in the music industry? Now your dream can be realized with Middle Tennessee State University's Department of Recording Industry. With this degree you will be well-qualified to work for a record company, recording studio, talent agency, music publisher or manufacturer, tour production and booking, live sound production, or any other field associated with the music industry.
Middle Tennessee State University boasts the largest audio production and music business program of any school in the nation. The Department of Recording Industry offers concentrations in music business, audio production and technology, and commercial songwriting. In addition to the undergraduate music business, audio production and technology, and commercial songwriting concentrations, the department offers a graduate program in Recording Arts and Technologies.
A qualified and knowledgeable faculty and staff, cutting-edge facilities, real-world applications, and a fantastic community of peers are just part of what makes this program unique, respected, and renowned. If you want the opportunity to work in the music industry and strive to be a cut above the rest, Middle Tennessee State University's Department of Recording Industry is exactly what you are looking for.
"Middle Tennessee State University--located in the surprisingly hip Murfreesboro, Tennessee,--boasts one of the preeminent music business programs in the country."
-Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide
"The faculty is impressive and first rate..The program is excellent...The students and faculty are enthusiastic."
-Society of Professional Audio Recording Services (SPARS)
Mulraine named chair of MTSU's Recording Industry!
"Dr. Loren Mulraine is ready for a fresh polish on one of MTSU's crown jewels-the Department of Recording Industry " - Tennessean Read more
Online Courses Now Available!
The Recording Industry Department is now offering almost all required music business courses online for students who prefer learning in a non-traditional environment. If you are constrained by time and distance, choosing online courses may be the solution. Read more
API Scholarships awarded to 3 MTSU students
Department of Recording Industry students Taylor Bray, Jay Yaskin and Benjamin Poff were among 6 students awarded with scholarships from API. Read more
Meet Musicians Clint Gee and James Oliva
No doubt both of them are talented musicians and seem to be more business savvy than your average college student. Their keen business sense is something that they both attribute to their experience at MTSU.
Read moreSeigenthaler Chair of Excellence Lecture
The Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence invites you to a lecture given by best-selling author and forensic anthropologist Dr. Kathy Reichs on April 14 at 7 p.m. at Murphy Center
Read moreRecording Industry Department Career Day
This event is an opportunity for you to network and make some contacts which may lead to an internship or to possible full time employment.
Read morePerformance Rights Act Panel
The topic is the "Performance Rights Act." The panel will be hosted by ASCAP's Dan Keen.
Read moreDave Aron Lecture and Studio Session
David Aron is a multi-platinum recording engineer, live and studio mixer, record producer and musician
Read moreAn Evening With Ricky Skaggs
Tom T. Hall Writer Series Presents...An Evening With RICKY SKAGGS!
Read moreChuck Klosterman Campus Visit
Chuck Klosterman is one of the nation's leading pop culture critics. He is a journalist and author of five best-selling non-fiction books and one novel. He has been described as "the reigning Kasparov of pop culture wits-matching" by The San Francisco Chronicle.
Read moreMTSU Captures Shuttle Launch Using Mojave Audio Microphones
Kennedy Space Center, Florida... There's something magical about the lift-off a Space Shuttle. Whether you've seen one or a dozen such events, the sheer force required to propel the rocket / shuttle combination upward is fascinating.
Read moreDr. Floyd Toole on the state of the art of sound reproduction and auditory perception
The Departments of Recording Industry, Physics and the School of Music at Middle Tennessee State University are pleased to announce a public lecture by Dr. Floyd Toole on the state of the art of sound reproduction and auditory perception.
Read moreMoog Music Event At MTSU
On February 18th, Saul Zonana of Moog Music (located in Ashville, NC) will visit MTSU to demonstrate the new revolutionary Moog guitar and other Moog products.
Read moreMIX Magazine: A Semester Tracked in 8 Hours
MIX Magazine's November 2009 Issue article on the Department of Recording Industry's rapidly growing record label, MTSU Records. Read MoreForbes names MTSU in the Top 100
Forbes Magazine declares MTSU at #57 in its top 100 public colleges, the only school in Tennessee to make Forbes' Top 100. MTSU also placed #47 in Forbes "America's Best College Buys" Read moreA Visit From Vince Gill
The Country Music Association award winner offered his advice to college students aiming to make it big in the music industry during a question-and-answer session Read moreRIM Unveils New API Console
President Sidney McPhee spoke at the Department of Recording Industry's open house last Thursday to introduce the newly installed Automated Processes, Inc. Vision Surround Console in Studio A in the John Bragg Mass Communication building.
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