Archive for September, 2009

Composer, music supervisor and sound designer Michael Whalen has scored over 500 television scores, feature and short films, including the opening theme to the ABC News morning show Good Morning America, music for The Oprah Winfrey Show, Martha Stewart and the news magazine Inside Edition. He’s been nominated for eight Emmys® and picked up two, [...]

Buzzworthy Los Angeles band Princeton is releasing their debut record Cocoon of Love this fall on Kanine Records. The band is managed by 2009 Clive Davis Department alumni Seth Kallen for his company This Side Up Sounds. Princeton has recently gotten praise from influential blogs such as Pitchfork, Stereogum, and NY Mag, and will be [...]

Well, The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music is finally up and running…. We started blogging so we can let you know on a more regular basis what we’re up to – and to keep you informed about the many irons that our students and alumni have on the fire. Stay tuned for announcements about [...]


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The Clive Davis Institute is an innovative undergraduate leadership training program for aspiring creative music entrepreneurs, housed at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Students who dream of becoming leading executives, recording artists, record producers and music journalists come to us to learn the art and business of creating and selling hit music.

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  • Bobby Davis: TO WHITNEY This sadness I have inside Brings me down, makes me cry We’ll miss that infecti [...]
  • Deborah Evans: Today, Saturday, we lost one of the all time greatest singers of my generation. It was announced tha [...]
  • CHRIS WILKINSON: GOD BLESS YOU CLIVE AND THE WHOLE HOUSTON FAMILY... WHITNEY.. WHAT YOU GAVE US WAS IMMEASURABLE TALE [...]
  • veronica: Is there a workshop for adults? Or is this strictly for high schoolers? There really needs to be an [...]
  • The Dept.: please go to www.clivedavisinst.tisch.nyu.edu or call 212 992 8400 [...]

What I'm Doing...

  • Menya's about to open for RCA band 2am Club at Blender Theater 2 nite...exciting 2010-04-21
  • Kevin Liles, Mick Rock, DJ Rekha, Kevin Killen, Mocean Worker...check out all our summer masterclasses: http://tinyurl.com/y69ysms 2010-04-21
  • Steve Lillywhite did an amazing job lecturing for us last week. Thanks Steve! http://tinyurl.com/y2opjox 2010-04-21
  • our new Future Music Moguls workshop is underway...priority deadline to apply is October 16...see http://www.futuremusicmoguls.com 2009-09-24
  • thanks to all for a great Michael Jackson panel discussion last night....video will be coming soon for those who couldn't make it 2009-09-18
  • thursdays discussion panel on michael jackson panel is sold out....looks like michael fever hasnt died down yet 2009-09-16
  • exciting weekend....NYU Open House is Saturday...The VMAs on Sunday....and then Oprah with Whitney Houston on Monday...yes! 2009-09-11
  • theme of the day, should you walk into our lobby, is 80s pop classics....go Belinda Carlisle! 2009-09-08
  • we're up and blogging...and twittering now! 2009-09-08
  • More updates...

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