Do you have a suggestion or idea on how to improve the curriculum, external programs, or anything else involved with the Curb College? On Monday, October 26th at 6pm, there will be a discussion forum held for each CEMB major in Massey Rooms 100, 103, 200A, 203B, and 414. These forums will feature keynote CEMB professors but will be entirely student-driven, and will allow students to give suggestions on how to improve the Curb College.
All forums will be held in Massey Business Center...

Music Business (Business) - Room 100

Music Business (Production) - Room 103

AET - Room 200A

EIS - Room 203B

Songwriting - Room 414

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 12:00 PM on October 26, 2009 | Permalink

Attend 2 FREE seminars delivering key insights into modern recording techniques and dispelling popular myths surrounding the recording process. For more information visit www.prismsound.com.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 11:57 AM on October 26, 2009 | Permalink

For the sixth consecutive year, Shure is working with audio education departments at universities across the country to find tomorrow's recording stars. Here's your chance to have your work or your students' work heard by top recording engineers and producers and win awesome gear from Shure! For more information visit the Shure website

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 11:44 AM on October 26, 2009 | Permalink

Congratulations to the following students that have been selected to perform in the Urban/Pop Showcase on November 7th:

Chase Foster

Phoebe Sharp

Miss B

Cody Fry

For more information these artists, please visit our website at www.belmontshowcaseseries.com

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 11:38 AM on October 26, 2009 | Permalink

Join the band HANSON on their "Walk Around The World Tour," hosted at Belmont by UNITED:FOR CHANGE. Participants will walk one mile from the Bell Tower at Belmont to Vanderbilt (barefoot is optional). Every mile walked will raise funds to support one of five causes that will make a difference, with one dollar donated by the Take The Walk campaign for each walker. The band will educate students on the issues surrounding The Walk and help connect them with existing efforts on campus (i.e. UNITED: FOR CHANGE & Blood:Water Mission). HANSON will be promoting & signing copies of "Take The Walk," which tells the story of individuals taking action to fight poverty and AIDS in Africa through vivid imagery and personal account from HANSON's own experiences. The sale of each book will raise funds to benefit all five causes on TakeTheWalk.net. A short acoustic performance will be given at the conclusion of The Walk at Vanderbilt. Registration starts at 12:15pm with the walk to start at 1pm." 1 Personal/Professional Growth Convocation credit will be given to all participants.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 12:25 PM on October 25, 2009 | Permalink

Join us Tuesday night at 6pm in the Curb Café for the first ASCAP Writers' Night of the semester. This week's show will feature professional songwriter Dickey Lee, who has penned hits for Kenny Rogers, Merle Haggard and James Taylor as well as student songwriters Clare Dunn, Jenna Rickards and Jordan Hull. (4000 showcase credit available.)

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 10:05 AM on October 19, 2009 | Permalink

Todd Brabec is the co-author of "Music Money and Success" and for most of his career was Executive Vice President and Director of Worldwide Membership for ASCAP. He will be speaking on "Music Licensing and Royalties In A Changing World" and topics will include multiple platform content licenses, user generated content, webcasting and downloads, mashups, Guitar Hero and other current licensing issues.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 09:06 AM on October 19, 2009 | Permalink

For more information download the application here.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 09:05 AM on October 19, 2009 | Permalink

Congratulations to the following acts that will be performing in the ASCAP Writers' Nights:

October 20:

• Clare Dunn


• Jena Rickards


• Jordan Hull

November 17:

• Hailey Faith


• Adam Swink


• Jaci Wisot

December 8:

• Cody Fry


• Hailey Steele


• Lindley Wolfgram

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 08:16 AM on October 19, 2009 | Permalink

Call the Curb College Advising Center at 460-6615 to schedule an appt. with your faculty advisor! It'll be one less thing to leave on your TO DO list!

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 12:54 PM on October 18, 2009 | Permalink

Congratulations to the following acts that will be moving on to live auditions for the Urban/Pop Showcase:

Miss B
Phoebe Sharp
Brett Mclaughlin
Josh Thompson
Detch
Kierra
Cody Fry
Chase Foster

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 09:49 AM on October 12, 2009 | Permalink

AN EVENING OF THE ARTS WITH SONGWRITERS TOM DOUGLAS & SCOTT ROLEY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 @ 7:00, CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH, 1215 HILLSBORO ROAD, FRANKLIN, TN

Tom Douglas is an award-winning songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum and others. Tom is also an adjunct professor of Songwriting at Belmont. Scott Roley is the Senior Pastor at Christ Community and is also a singer/songwriter who has released eight albums.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 09:43 AM on October 12, 2009 | Permalink

Digital Nashville (a local community organization of digital media professionals) is hosting an educational presentation entitled "Copyright and Trademark in 60 Minutes or Less" that will be presented by Robin Mitchell Joyce on the Belmont campus this Wednesday, Oct 14th. The event is free and open to all Belmont students. The event will be from 5:30p - 7:00p and will be held in the Frist Lecture Hall, located on the 4th floor of the Inman Health Sciences Building.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 08:16 AM on October 12, 2009 | Permalink

Cheryl L. Slay, Asst. Professor of Music Business, recently published an article for the Tennessee Bar Association’s Entertainment & Sports Law Section news entitled “Intellectual Property Rights in Games & Toys.” The article discusses recent intellectual property court cases and developments within this sector of the entertainment industry.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 08:00 AM on October 12, 2009 | Permalink

Monday, Oct. 12 - IEBA Honors
We have a limited number of IEBA Honors tickets available for Monday, Oct. 12 at 7:00 PM at the Ryman Auditorium. We will be honoring Barbara Hubbard, Joan Saltel and Chubby Checker with performances by Jamey Johnson, Chris Young, Randy Houser, Jessie James, Lorrie Morgan and Chubby Checker himself! IEBA Honors will be hosted by noted actor Luke Perry with an appearance by Brenda Lee.

Tuesday, Oct. 13 - An Evening at the Hotel California with Don Felder / Late Night Performance with The Wailers. The closing party of IEBA will be a night to remember with Don Felder, formerly of the Eagles and the legendary Wailers. Don't miss these iconic artists under one roof! The party starts at 7:30 PM in the Hilton Downtown ballroom.

BOTH OF THESE EVENTS ARE BEING OFFERED TO YOU AT NO CHARGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF IEBA. TO RESERVE YOUR SPOTS AT EITHER OF THESE EVENTS FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.

Tickets to both events will be available until supplies run out. You may pick up your ticket to either event at the following location and times.

Hilton Downtown Nashville (next to Sommet Center) - Mezzanine Level (top of stairs)
Sunday, Oct. 11 from 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday, Oct. 12 from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday, Oct. 13 from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Thank you for supporting IEBA this year - we hope to see you at both events!

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 06:36 PM on October 06, 2009 | Permalink

All applications for the ASCAP Writers' Night Series must be submitted today by 4:30pm For the online application, please go to http://www.belmontshowcaseseries.com/writers/. If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Fisher at kevin.fisher@pop.belmont.edu. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 02:55 PM on October 05, 2009 | Permalink

Tuesday, October 6th
7pm in Massey 210

The Belmont University Copyright Society and Songwriters Association offer the opportunity for you to learn how to register your art and music for copyright protection. Every artist MUST KNOW this information. This is a Q&A opportunity, so come with any questions that you have about this process.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 02:54 PM on October 05, 2009 | Permalink

The most popular and beloved male figure skating star in the world, Scott Hamilton is also a network TV skating commentator, an actor, performer, producer, Emmy Award nominee, best-selling author, role model, humanitarian, philanthropist, and a cancer and brain tumor survivor.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 02:53 PM on October 05, 2009 | Permalink

Our friends with Next Big Nashville would like to offer you a FREE DAY PASS to the conference portion of this awesome event. Check out the conference schedule at http://www.nextbignashville.net/conference/ to see what sessions are offered on October 7th and 8th (your pass will get you in both days!) Then, send your request to Jamie Stamey at jamie.stamey@belmont.edu. Please note that you are NOT CONFIRMED until you receive a response. Once you are confirmed, your Day Pass will be available for pick-up at Will Call (Ingram Hall - Vanderbilt University).

Also, if you'd like to attend all the events including the parties, Nashville Music Awards and showcases, they are offering you the VIP Badge at a discounted price of $50 (originally $100). You can purchase your VIP Badge online and just enter the coupon code "student" for your discount.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 02:53 PM on October 05, 2009 | Permalink

SNG 4000 Songwriting Seminar, Mon. Oct. 12 @ 10:00 in MC 100.
"How To Pitch Your Songs" Presented by Big Yellow Dog Music. Panelists will be Carla Wallace (Big Yellow Dog Music), Beth Mason (BMI) and Clay Myers (Still Working Music).

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 02:51 PM on October 05, 2009 | Permalink

All applications for the Urban/Pop Showcase must be submitted by THIS FRIDAY at 6:00pm. For the online application, please go to http://www.belmontshowcaseseries.com/urbanpop. If you have any questions, please contact David Venus at davidvenus@gmail.com. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 02:50 PM on October 05, 2009 | Permalink

Monday, October 19th @ 6pm

ASCAP Nashville is graciously providing 100 tickets to the ASCAP AT THE RYMAN - 2009 Country Music Awards for interested CEMB students, faculty & staff.

Those interested in attending MUST sign up for tickets in the Curb College Dean's office beginning Tuesday, October 6th. Students, faculty and staff may request no more than 2 tickets. Tickets will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

Tickets will be available for pick up in the Curb College Dean's Office beginning Friday, October 16th from 11am until 4:00pm and on Monday, October 19th from 8:00am until 12pm. Tickets MUST be picked up by noon on Monday, October 19th. More information regarding dress, etc., will be available when you pick up your tickets.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 02:47 PM on October 05, 2009 | Permalink

The MELE program, a cooperative classroom partnership with Hawaii
Community College, is in need of additional classroom technicians immediately. Duties include: establishing the teleconferencing connection to Hawaii, operating cameras and recording equipment, and troubleshooting related A/V issues as they arise in assigned classes. Knowledge of signal flow and basic computer skills are required. Training is included and positions are paid student worker positions that may begin immediately depending your availability. Apply online at http://jobs.belmont.edu All inquiries should be directed to:

Chris Wilcoxson

CEMB Computer Technician

460-6545

Belmont University

chris.wilcoxson@belmont.edu

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 02:40 PM on October 05, 2009 | Permalink

If you are a songwriter, artist, performer, novelist, painter, budding entertainment business or entrepreneur, artist manager, or student with an arts/entertainment business legal question or situation, you are invited to attend the FREE CEMB/ Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts Legal Clinic on October 7, 2009 from 4:30-7:30p.m. in the Massey 4th floor boardroom. Lawyers will be available to answer your questions about entertainment contracts, copyrights and trademarks, or other issues related to entertainment and entrepreneurial careers.

Make an appt. by emailing vlpa@abcnashville.org or calling 615-743-3055 by noon on Friday, Oct. 6th. Sign up for your spot soon!

Questions may be directed to Prof. Slay, Faculty Coordinator for the clinic, at x6534.

Posted by Suzanne Clement at 08:32 AM on October 05, 2009 | Permalink