Department of Entertainment Industry
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Professor James E. Hearn is Instructor of Music at the University of North Alabama.
James' academic credentials came attached to a bass rig and a tool belt. In his early days, growing up in Jackson, Tennessee, Hearn played bass in local bands and was active in the church (his first professional gig was backing a gospel choir), where he would sometimes share a pew with rockabilly legend Carl Perkins.
James has a Bachelor of Music from the University of Memphis and a Masters in Mass Communication from Middle Tennessee State University, where he acquired a string of audio engineering credits, coordinated local production crews at Nashville sheds, and taught within the Department of Recording Industry. Professor Hearn comes to UNA from McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he taught production and business courses.
Professor Hearn has international teaching experience and routinely presents and publishes his original research at national and international conferences. His research interests include small business growth in the music business and recording studio marketing and management.
Professor Hearn is also a Certified Pro Tools HD 7 Operator. Click
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Recording Studio Survey
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Pro Tools HD Certified
Published and Presented Research (Click for the PDF if Available)
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Hearn, J. (2006). Four Square Studios: Anatomy of a
small recording studio's
marketing tactics. MEIEA Journal, 6(1),
127-145.
- Hearn, J. (2005). Small recording
studio marketing tactics. Published in the American
Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences 2006
Conference Proceedings.
- Hearn, J. (2005). Case Study of an entrepreneurial
recording studio.. Presented at the Music and
Entertainment Industry Association International
Conference, Miami, Florida, April 2005.
- Hearn, J. (2003). Square one: Management practices of a small recording studio. Presented at the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Divisional Winter Conference. Boulder, Colorado, March 2003.
