A Career In the Music Industry!

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)

Latest News

An Evening With Ricky Skaggs

Tom T. Hall Writer Series Presents...An Evening With RICKY SKAGGS!

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Chuck 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.

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MTSU 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.

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Dr. 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.

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Moog 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.

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MIX 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 More

Forbes 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 more

A 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 more

RIM 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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Executive Music Business Bachelor Degree

The Department of Recording Industry now offers an Executive Music Business Bachelor Degree for non-traditional students. Read more