The Pioneer Press, a suburban Chicago paper, profiles The Bucket Boys, described as “a high-energy, hip hop percussive duet” that uses junk collected from wrecking yards, trash bins, basements and attics as their instruments to create and perform music with positive messages such as “say no to drugs,” teamwork, and “everyone has rhythm.” Says Bucket Boys cofounder Vince Romanelli, who graduated from Belmont in May 2003 with a Bachelors of Music, (emphasis in commercial music), “I basically majored in rockstar.”
Voice Instructor Discusses Making It in The Music Business
Kathy Chiavola, a Nashville singer/songwriter and voice instructor in the School of Music at Belmont University, is one of a handful of people quoted in a Maryland newspaper’s story about what it takes to make it in the entertainment business. Chiavola describes how, to be a successful session musician, either – playing or singing background on recordings, a person needs fantastic musical ability – and contacts with people in the recording industry. “This business is about relationships,” says Chiavola, a singer-songwriter with a 20-plus-year career in Nashville.
Welcome to Achievers@Belmont
This new website will report news of awards, honors and achievements by students, faculty and staff of Belmont University and by Belmont alumni.
Tennessean Interviews Kimberley Locke
The Tennessean checks in on Belmont alum, American Idol finalist and Curb Records recording artist Kimberley Locke. A native of Gallatin, Tennessee, Locke earned a business degree at Belmont and was planning to attend law school, but then auditioned for the second season of the popular television talent show. She finished third behind Clay Aiken and eventual winner Ruben Studdard, and signed with Curb Records.
Cusic Interviewed By Japan TV
Dr. Don Cusic, author and professor of music business at the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business at Belmont University, taped an interview today with a television crew from Japan for a television special to air in Japan on “The History of Gospel Music.” Cusic and Belmont University recently hosted the 21st Annual International Country Music Conference.
Published: Professor Pam Parry
Published: Dr. Jeff Cornwall
Entrepreneurship Program Helps Launch Successful Multimedia Business
Belmont University’s entrepreneurship program, recently ranked a top-10 program nationally by Entrepreneur magazine, has helped the successful launch of a new multimedia company to serve Nashville’s entertainment industry.
Submerge Media is a full-service media company that will provide multimedia services to the greater Nashville area. With specialties in the areas of audio and video production, web and graphic design, and interactive media, Submerge Media aims to be an all-inclusive media provider for its clients offering all services an in-house media department would provide for a larger organization.
Quoted: Dr. Jeff Cornwall at Forbes.com
Forbes.com quotes Dr. Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont, in an article published online today, How to Be Your Own Boss, about the nuts and bolts of starting a business.
