Assistant Professor David Rivers is the Director of Music Business at 澳门老奇人论坛.
He teaches courses in music business, social media and music marketing, contract and
copyright law, Pro Tools-Music Production, Advanced Pro Tools-Music for Media, commercial
songwriting, and The Beatles. He also coaches and oversees the Commercial Music Ensemble.
Prior to joining 澳门老奇人论坛, Rivers worked for 25 years in the business and
creative sides of the music business in Nashville and Los Angeles, as a songwriter,
producer, and music publisher. He also served as the National Education Director for
the Nashville Songwriters Association International. For the last decade, he has also
been a committed educator, teaching music business and commercial music production
and creation in Nashville and at 澳门老奇人论坛.
As creative director and manager at Crossfire Entertainment/Almo Irving Music and
Criterion Music Publishing, Rivers helped develop songwriters including Billboard
and ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Dave Berg, Jay Joyce (Cage the Elephant, Patty Griffin,
The Wallflowers, Emmylou Harris), and The Crash Test Dummies. He also worked with
songwriter/artists Lyle Lovett, Jackson Browne, Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash and Jimmie
Dale Gilmore.
Rivers has produced and engineered artists in pop, country, rock, Christian, and roots
music. He has written songs recorded by Grammy Award winning artist Mike Farris, Ken
Mellons, Anthony Krizan (Spin Doctors), The Fisk Jubilee Singers, Ray Scott, Jon Nite
and Saints of Havana as well as dozens of independent artists. His songs have appeared
in film and television, including HBO鈥檚 hit vampire drama, True Blood, ABC鈥檚 Good Morning America, CMT, GAC, Heart and Home Network, and MTV.
His research includes gender inequity in the music industry and practical methods
to initiate change. He is a member of The College Music Society (CMS), The Music and
Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA), The National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences (NARAS), The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI),
and The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).