RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — For the last decade, MTSU students have been invited to Los Angeles to experience the Grammys!
News 2 spoke with the students after meeting with some of the biggest names, producers, and music engineers in the industry.
“Our students have a front-row seat to the music industry homecoming,” said Beverly Keel, Dean of the College of Media and Entertainment at MTSU.
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Traveling from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Los Angeles, California, several MTSU College of Media and Entertainment students were chosen to attend the Grammys.
“It was an unforgettable experience,” Ana Grosh said.
“Oh man, it was crazy. It was so huge,” Mark Smith Jr. said.
Smith is a master’s student at MTSU. His passion is producing music, an art he’s been pursuing since childhood.
“We got to see just how important the role of producers is. And on every Grammy Award, there is the artist, then the engineer, the producer, and all those credits,” Smith said.
From experiencing the sights and sounds of LA to talking with artists, executives, producers, and engineers. These MTSU students were in the same room with some of the biggest names in the entertainment world.
“We like to bring the mountain down to our students so they can see that they can reach the top,” Keel said.
Keel said, for the last decade, several students have been invited to the Grammys. This year, they also celebrated six MTSU alumni who received Grammy nominations.
“It’s sort of like the Wizard of Oz. We show the real people behind all the smoke and mirrors that make it happen,” Keel said.
The experience allows students to see that their dreams are attainable if they continue to put in the hard work.
“When they go to the Grammy Awards and the festivities, it makes it real for them, and so when they return, they are twice as motivated, twice as determined because they have bigger dreams for themselves,” Keel said.
“It really feels possible now that I’ve been there and now that I’ve seen it happen,” said MTSU student, Susie Sullivan.
Students also volunteered with the nonprofit organization MusiCares where resources are provided to the musicians that were impacted by the fires in Los Angeles.
