CMM Advisory Committee Minutes

Commercial Music Management
Advisory Committee Meeting
Friday, July 22, 2011

Meeting of the Commercial Music Management Advisory Committee was called to order by Geoffrey Schulman at 12:00pm.

Members in attendance:
Geoffrey Schulman/ CMM Dept Chair, Joshua Zarbo/ Musician & CMM Adjunct Faculty, Tim Dittmar/ FT Audio Instructor ACC, Russell Scanlon/ FT Audio Instructor ACC, Kurtis Machler/ CMM Studio Manager, Peter Johnson/ CMM Lab Technician, Shih-Yu Hwang/ CMM Adjunct Faculty, John Kunz/ Owner Waterloo Records &Video and Founding Board Member of Health Care for Musicians, Fred Remmert /Owner of Cedar Creek Recording Studio, Mark Erickson/ Associate Professor of Music and Director of Recording Arts at Texas State University, Mary Podio/ Owner of Top Hat Recording Studio and Jeff Pincus / Musician and Recording Artist

What´s New at ACC?

ACC has plans to add new campuses in the future

Over 40,000 students attending ACC

Budget issues due to cut backs in state funding

What´s New with CMM?

Change the name of the program?

Name Ideas:

Discuss possible CMM certificate programs

Does Interpersonal communications class transfer to a 4 year college? (yes)

All committee members voted and agreed to use Interpersonal Communications class to satisfy Speech core requirement

New Modular Synthesis II class - All committee members voted and agreed to create a Modular Synthesis II class

Facilities

Lack of space for the CMM program to expand

We are working hard to move the MIDI lab to a larger, more appropriate space

CMM and Music are trying to get one more lecture class room

Committee members are appalled at the lack of space for the CMM program

Studio Update

We have chosen he Neotek Élon as the new mixer in studio B

Funding the Neotek - Will apply for Perkins grant

Miscellaneous CMM Business

Waterloo Recordings

Waterlloo live sound internship?

Mixing the SXSW recordings as they get recorded instead of waiting to do the all in the end

Discussion - CMM CURRICULUM AND COMMUNITY NEEDS... Is CMM meeting community needs?

Discussion - CMM and Social Media

Discussion - Look to the Austin Convention Business Bureau for donations or contributions

Internships

Always looking for more places for students to do internships

Professional Workshop Ideas

Bring in more artists

Continue professional workshops

ACC Record Label

CD's and digital, but focus on digital

Nonprofit - Sell music and merch only to support the label

Committee supports ideas

Mary Podio elected CMM Professional Advisory Committee Chair

Meeting is adjourned.

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