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Recording Industry professor guides students through “Mid-Term Meditations” to relax and focus

Recording Industry professor guides students through “Mid-Term Meditations” to relax and focus

Destiny Mizell | Lifestyles Editor October 21, 2023

Featured Photo by Shamani Salahuddin Story by Shamani Salahuddin Late-night study sessions, overflowing cups of coffee and frazzled students rushing across campus. It must be midterm week. Professor...

MTSU Faculty and students join Dean Beverly Keel and President McPhee on the red carpet at the Musicares Person of the Year Event in Las Vegas. Photo by Andrew Oppmann.

MTSU Returns to the 64th Annual Grammys

CIM Digital April 7, 2022

Story by Sam Long | Assistant Lifestyles Editor Following a hiatus due to COVID-19, Middle Tennessee State University returned to the Grammys this past weekend! Originally an annual experience, the...

MTSU Alumnus Nominated for Academy Award in Best Sound

MTSU Alumnus Nominated for Academy Award in Best Sound

Story by Ethan Pickering | Lifestyles Editor Feature Image courtesy of ABC. Sound editor and Middle Tennessee State University Alumnus, Brian Chumney has been nominated for an Academy Award for...

Girls Behind the Rock Show Celebrates Sixth Anniversary of Breaking Barriers in the Music Industry

Girls Behind the Rock Show Celebrates Sixth Anniversary of Breaking Barriers in the Music Industry

Story by Sam Long | Assistant Editor Photo: GBTRS members at Bonnaroo in 2019 Shelby’s voice hitched in her throat as her eyes began to gimmer with tears.  As the six year anniversary of...

MTSU making impact at 61st annual Grammy Awards

MTSU making impact at 61st annual Grammy Awards

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief December 23, 2018

Photo courtesy of MTSU News Story by Rayyan Ahmed / Contributing Writer MTSU will be making noise again at the upcoming 61st annual Grammy Awards, this time with seven university-connected people contributing...

The Modern Royals at the finals for Music City Breakthrough in Nashville, Tenn. 11/04/14

What the Music Modernization Act means for Nashville songwriters

Sidelines October 6, 2018

Photo by Matt Masters / MTSU Sidelines Archive Story by Trianne Newbrey On Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, Congress approved the Music Modernization Act before moving it to the president's desk for it to officially...

Photos: MT Engage Fest draws music fans, artists, organizations for second year

Photos: MT Engage Fest draws music fans, artists, organizations for second year

CIM Digital September 26, 2017

Photos and story by Alexis Marshall / Reporter Students came to the courtyard outside the John Bragg Media and Entertainment Building on Tuesday for the second annual MT Engage Fest, an outdoor music...

SLF 2016: Songwriter Nathan Bell on characters, propaganda and Taylor Swift

CIM Digital March 30, 2016

With his straightforward lyrics and everyman persona — the kind of guy who wrinkles every shirt he puts on — Nathan Bell is an accomplished Iowa songwriter, relocated to the Volunteer State in 1991....

Tributes and glitches galore: The high and lows of the 58th Grammy Awards

Sidelines February 17, 2016

Story by Sara Snoddy and Jordan Trice Was it just us, or was Monday night's Grammy Awards a little off? Whether it was the frequent technical glitches — the sound guy might want to steer clear of...

Songwriter Lamont Dozier to become a Fellow of MTSU's Center for Popular Music

Songwriter Lamont Dozier to become a Fellow of MTSU’s Center for Popular Music

Sidelines October 19, 2015

Lacey Kanipe // Contributing writer Lamont Dozier, dubbed the #1 songwriter in America, will receive an honor from the Center for Popular Music this Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Keathley University...

Match Records' MTSU Beat Battle 2015 approaches

Match Records’ MTSU Beat Battle 2015 approaches

Sidelines October 14, 2015

Jessica Williams // Contributing writer Have you ever seen a group of producers go head-to-head in an elimination showcasing the hardest, coolest, most head-rocking beats MTSU students have to offer?...

Students pose with Eric Paslay, Dylan Altman, Mass Communications Dean Ken Paulson, and Odie Blackmon on Sunday night at the Listening Room after a fundraiser for the Recording Industry program. (Matt Masters/MTSU Sidelines)

Photo Gallery: Eric Paslay at Recording Industry Fundraiser

CIM Digital December 9, 2014

Middle Tennessee State University's Recording Industry program held a fundraiser on Sunday night at the Listening Room in Nashville. Several MTSU students performed alongside singer and 2005 MT graduate...

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