Guest Lecturers

- Ben Allen
- Songwriter / Producer (Gnarls Barkley)

- Bill Anderson
- Singer / Songwriter

- Lewis Anderson
- Songwriter

- Tony Arata
- Singer / Songwriter

- Dallas Austin
- Producer / Songwriter

- Rick Baker
- First Vice President of Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group

- Jared Bailey
- Songwriter / Record Producer
Director of Athfest

- David Barbe
- Owner / Producer of Chase Park Transduction Studios

- Jim Barber
- Producer / Songwriter for Ryan Adams and Courtney Love
Former Vice President of A&R at Geffen Records

- Erin Baxter
- Senior Project Manager of NARAS, Atlanta Chapter

- Kissy Black
- Marketing and PR at Lotos Nile

- Clay Bradley
- Vice President of A&R at Sony Music Nashville

- Randall Bramblett
- Singer / Songwriter

- Bakari Brock
- Manager / Entertainment Attorney

- Charlie Brusco
- President of Alliance Artists Limited

- Luke Bryan
- Singer / Songwriter

- Bryan Calhoun
- G.O.O.D. Records / Kanye West's Label

- Marcie Allen Cardwell
- President of MAC Presents

- Michele Caplinger
- Senior Executive Director of NARAS, Atlanta Chapter

- Blake Chancey
- Producer

- Robert Clement
- Business and Operations Manager for American Songwriter Magazine

- Bernard Cook
- Director of the Dallas Austin Foundation

- Clay Cook
- Singer / Songwriter / Producer

- Dave Dannheisser
- Independent Promoter

- Dallas Davidson
- Singer / Songwriter

- Mike Dekle
- Singer / Songwriter

- Chad Denney
- General Manager of Degy Booking International Inc.
Vice-President of Nimbleslick Entertainment, LLC

- Paul Diaz
- Owner of Tree Sound Studios / Tree Leaf Music

- Bertis Downs
- REM Legal Counsel and Management

- Ed Douglas
- Owner of Fibonacci Consults LLC
Founding member of Mindspring and Earthlink

- Charles Driebe
- Manager / Entertainment Attorney

- Pete Dugas
- Owner of TSAV, Publishing Company

- Monica Ewing
- Entertainment Attorney

- Ben Ferguson
- President of Nimbleslick Entertainment, LLC

- George Fontaine, Sr.
- Owner of New West Records

- George Fontaine, Jr.
- LiveWire Recordings

- Scott Freeman
- Senior Editor of Creative Loafing / Author

- Rob Gibson
- Executive Director of the Savannah Music Festival

- Laura Giles
- General Manager of Sho'Nuff Records

- Michelle Gilzenrat
- Music Editor of Flagpole Magazine

- Henry Glasscock
- Concert Promoter for Outback Concerts in Nashville, TN

- Russell Gloyd
- Conductor, Producer, and Arranger with Dave Brubeck

- Wilmot Greene
- Co-Owner / Manager of the Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA

- Jimmy Hall
- Performer / Singer for Wet Willie

- Chris Hanks
- Director of the UGA Terry College of Business Entrepreneurship Program

- Omara Harris
- Entertainment Attorney

- Jim Hawkins
- Sound Recording Engineer for Capricorn Records / Electro Acoustics

- Rodney Ho
- Reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Entertainment Features

- Patterson Hood
- Singer / Songwriter for the Drive By Truckers

- Eddie Horst
- Composer / Film Scoring

- George Howard
- Assistant Professor of Management at Loyola University in New Orleans, LA
ArtistHouseMusic.org / Senior Editor at the Herb Albert Foundation

- Billy Hume
- Music Producer

- Rhubarb Jones
- Country Music Radio Icon / DJ at Eagle 106.7 in Atlanta, GA

- Steve Jones
- President of Brash Records

- John Keane
- Producer of REM, Widespread Panic, and many more

- Kevin Kendrick
- Songwriter for Outkast

- Scott Keniley
- Entertainment Attorney

- Giti Khalsa
- Financial Advisor for Smith Barney in Orlando, FL
Former member of the Seven Mary Three band

- Barney Kilpatrick
- Owner of Rattlesby Records

- Chris Klaus
- Founder and CEO of Kaneva

- John Kurzweg
- Producer of Creed, Jewel, and more

- Kevin Lamb
- Peer Music Publishing

- Matt Leatherman
- Rodney Mills Masterhouse

- Hillary Lindsey
- Singer / Songwriter

- Lisa Love
- Executive Director of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame

- Cliff Lovette
- Entertainment Attorney

- David Lowery
- Singer / Songwriter / Member of the band Cracker

- Marcus Matthews
- CEO and Co-Founder of Blue Heat Games

- Glenn Matullo
- Producer / Engineer

- Sheryl Merritt
- Rowdy Records / Dallas Austin Foundation

- Rodney Mills
- Producer / Mastering Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, .38 Special and more
Owner of Rodney Mills Masterhouse

- Rasheed Muhammad
- Vice President and Client Advisor for SunTrust Private Wealth Management
Sports and Entertainment Specialty Group

- Cody Murray
- Owner of Raw Talent Inc.

- Dee Dee Murray
- Organized Noise

- Lynn Oliver
- Associate Director of Writer/Publisher Relations at BMI Atlanta

- Sunny Ortiz
- Percussionist for Widespread Panic

- Scott Orvold
- Talent Buyer for the Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA

- Eddie Owen
- Owner of Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA

- Pat Pittard
- Former Chairman, President, and CEO of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
UGA Terry College of Business Executive in Residence

- Lucy Raoof
- Vice President of Operations for Mauldin Brand Agency

- Chris Rickwood
- Film, TV, and Video Game Music Composer

- Michelle Roche
- Owner of Michelle Roche PR Firm

- Michael Rothschild
- President of Landslide Records

- Scott Sanders
- Entertainment Attorney

- Donnie Scantz
- Producer / Songwriter

- Cappriccieo Scates
- Associate Director of Writer / Publisher Relations at SESAC Atlanta

- Ethan Schwartz
- Nimbleslick Entertainment, LLC

- Cass Scripps
- Owner / Agent of Metro Talent

- Manuel Seal
- Grammy Winning Songwriter

- Scott Siman
- Manager of Tim McGraw

- Ron Simpson
- President / Owner of RCS Productions, Inc.

- Corey Smith
- Singer / Songwriter

- Jan Smith
- Vocal Coach to Usher, Rob Thomas, Jennifer Nettles, and more

- Tori Sparks
- Singer / Songwriter

- Stone Stafford
- So So Def Pubslishing

- Cameron Strang
- President of New West Records

- Phil Vassar
- Singer / Songwriter

- Velena Vego
- Talent Buyer for the 40 Watt, Athens, GA
Co-Manager of Cracker

- Erica Walbert
- Career Consultant for the University of Georgia

- Philip Walden
- Legal Counsel at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

- Butch Walker
- Singer / Songwriter / Producer

- Brinkley Warren
- AthCast Podcasting

- Nelson Wells
- President of Team Clermont, Athens, GA

- Buck Williams
- Founder of PGA Nashville
Co-Manager of Widespread Panic

- Marty Winsch
- Owner of Mountain Entertainment
Contact Information
Music Business Program
Terry College of Business
University of Georgia
Athens,
GA
30602-6253
University of Georgia
706-542-7668
