“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” -Romans 8:28
The longer I have been in Nashville for our 2 week class trip, and the longer I have been surrounded by this industry, the greater I’m compelled to work within it. When you’re sitting in the classroom, you don’t really get to taste the environment that you could potentially be working in post graduation and you may not know exactly why you want to work in the entertainment industry besides the surface level appeal of it all. It’s not an easy industry. Especially with the layoffs and the different ways in doing things in secular music compared to the Christian music industry. But the more I am immersed in this lifestyle and culture, the more I am compelled to be a little light and piece of Love in the life of someone who may not get to experience the same kind of Love I experience daily. I want to be the light in other people’s lives; be the light in the background pushing someone else’s career forward, both professionals and artists alike. That is all.
I know how annoying long blog posts can be, and I’m sure this long overdue entry looks like a novel, and I apologize, but in a month a lot has happened I will do my best to summarize for all of my favorite friends and family who like to keep up.
Well the semester finally ended, and went by way too fast. I mean WAY. too. fast. I guess I’m a Senior now? I feel a quarter life crisis coming on if next year zooms by just as quickly, if not quicker, than my junior year. All I have to say about the end of the year is that it is over, and as much as I love soaking up the sun and bumming around in the summer, I was reluctant to see my Advertising Procedures for Entertainment class end. I guess that means I’m kinda in the right major; right? I legitimately loved working on that project and I wish all my classes were like that. Have you seen the trailer for Sony Provident and Sherwood Pictures’ (creators of Fireproof and Facing the Giantsmovie, Courageous? Our project was the create a promotional campaign for that movie to present to our teacher and Sony Provident, with only a budget and no guidelines. This was the first project we have worked on that had hardly any guidelines so that was really challenging, but in the end I loved doing it, and I definitely will love working in this industry. P.S. you should go see Courageous on September 30th.
Flash foward 2 weeks- Right now I am in Nashville for 2 weeks with my class meeting with 2 to 3 labels, firms, companies, or people every single day. Today is the end of day 5 and it has been a terribly successful week. We have met with EMICMG (Charlie Hall, Switchfoot), Sony Provident (RED, Third Day), Word Entertainment (Chris August, Meredith Andrews), Curb Records (Tim McGraw, Rodney Atkins), Creative Services, Creative Trust (Steven Curtis Chapman), Trivate Entertainment (Ben Rector), The MWS Group (Micheal W Smith), ASCAP, Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Management (Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Ron Artest), Dan Harrell (Amy Grant), and many others. I put just one or two of the people that those companies work with; you might recognize some. At the end of the trip I’ll give you a complete list. It has been so awesome and I have learned so much already. I also had the opportunity opened to me to work Michael W Smith events through out the summer, so I am really excited for that so I can start to explore my interest in event management. I know that was so brief, and my Nashville Spring Break trip entries were very detailed, but I will spare you some of that now and give you some next week, ok?
A portion of RCA Studio B. Elvis recorded over half of his catalog here and about 1,000 top hits came out of this room. Absolutely incredible to be able to see this place.
