Author Biographies

Amy Sue Macy, Professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University, received both her undergraduate degree in Music Education and her Masters degree in Business Administration from Belmont University. For fifteen years, she worked for various labels including MTM, MCA, Sparrow Records, and the RCA Label Group. Amy created strategic marketing plans for launching new releases into the marketplace, working closely with artists and their managers including Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Clint Black, Alabama, and Lonestar. While maintaining a marketing focus, Amy was responsible for all sales at the national retail level with clients including Walmart, Kmart, Target, Best Buy, and Musicland, to name a few all the while communicating key marketing strategies coast to coast with RLGs national distributor Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG).  

Since securing her teaching gig at MTSU, she has served as the Music Business Internship Coordinator for 8 years and has taught Marketing of Recordings, Record Retail Operations, Survey of the Recording Industry, the Lecture Series, and an Old Time String Band Music Ensemble and the student-run record label MATCH Records. She also teaches online utilizing the Desire2Learn Online System integrating web conferencing software, collaborative study through wikis, virtual tests, and links to various websites and live “spreadsheet” activities. She has been the recipient of various teaching awards including the 2009 Distinguished Educator in Distance Learning and the 2009-2010 Outstanding Achievement in Instructional Technology.  

Amy's love of music extends beyond the business world. She initially moved to Nashville to be a musician and has toured professionally with several artists internationally. She is a vocalist and is accomplished on guitar, fiddle, and banjo. Amy has performed in musicals at Nashville’s famous Ryman Auditorium as well as the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, has been an artist in residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame and has recently created a concert series focusing on the “story behind the song” which highlights Civil War and Irish music that has migrated to America. 

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Clyde Philip Rolston is Professor of Music Business in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University.  Prior to joining the faculty at Belmont University he was a Vice President of Marketing at Centaur Records, Inc. While with Centaur Records, Dr. Rolston engineered and produced many projects, including recordings by the Philadelphia Trio and the London Symphony Orchestra. He is an active member of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association.  Dr. Rolston received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Louisiana State University and a Ph.D. in Marketing from Temple University.  He has taught merchandising and marketing to music business students for over twenty years.  His research interests include music marketing, music acquisition and consumption, international music business and consumer behavior. 

For the past three years he has co-produced with Dan Keen a show for Music City Roots featuring alumni and current students from Belmont University.  He has published articles on the music industry in the MEIEA Journal, the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, the NARAS Journal as well and numerous conference proceedings.

Paul Allen is Associate Professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University and co-author of Record Label Marketing, also published by Focal Press. He is also a frequent lecturer at other universities on artist management and other music business subjects. His career work has included radio, TV, political management, and the music business.

The late Tom Hutchison was a professor of marketing in the Department of Recording Industry at MTSU, but was on leave to serve as the director of the School of Business and Management at Husson University. He worked with a wide range of popular artists including Faith Hill, The Dixie Chicks, The Roots, and Beck. Tom also conducted market research projects for Sony, MCA/Universal, DreamWorks, and Warner Music Group.