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16 Oct 2009The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU is proud to co-present with Sony Music Entertainment an exciting lecture and performance event with Alicia Keys this October. Alicia Keys is releasing her 4th studio album, The Element of Freedom, in December. With her new single “Doesn’t Mean Anything” currently [...]
This week the 127th Audio Engineering Society Convention New York gets underway at New York’s Javitz Center. “For over 60 years, the AES has been the largest gathering of audio professionals and enthusiasts on the globe, attracting delegates from over 100 countries worldwide. Workshops, tutorials, technical papers and the trade show floor provide attendees with [...]
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5 Oct 2009We’re super happy this October to be hosting Grammy-nominated musician, songwriter and creative entrepreneur Pete Wentz for our Music Entrepreneurship Series. Illinois-born Pete Wentz serves as bassist, lyricist and co-founder of the phenomenally successive pop-punk band Fall out Boy. Fall Out Boy’s five studio albums, distributed on indie label Fueled by Ramen and major label [...]
The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU is proud to have the great performer-songwriter-producer Leon Ware residing with us in the department this week, in conjunction with our ongoing Motown U conversation series. For the uninitiated, the Detroit born Mr. Ware is one of the great under-appreciated songwriters [...]
An Audio Engineering Society New York Convention Special Event: Leon Ware – The Songwriter and Producer Behind Marvin Gaye’s Classic Album I Want You presented with The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music Motown U | Record Label Series Friday October 9, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM at The Jacobs K. Javits Center, 655 West [...]
The Gallatin School of Individualized Study in association with The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU Record Label Series | Motown U present MAXINE POWELL: A SPECIAL CONVERSATION WITH MOTOWN’S FIRST LADY OF ARTIST DEVELOPMENT and a RARE MASTERCLASS EVENT In the 1960s, Detroit image builder and personal motivator [...]
This Fall, The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University is proud to commemorate Motown’s 50th anniversary year with a FREE eclectic conversation series on the famous record label, open to students and the general public. NYU students also get to attend private, closed Motown events, and [...]
Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music instructor Vivien Goldman, who’s blessed us with innovative classes on Punk music, Reggae, and the history of Island Records, wrote a feature on multicultural British rock trio The Noisettes in today’s New York Times. You can read it here. Vivien (pictured above on the left teaching a class, with [...]
It’s not often we’re discussed in the context of fashion and glamor, but this summer The Clive Davis Department was glad to get a shout out in August’s fifth anniversary issue of T, the New York Times’ style magazine, distributed on Sundays. The subject was legendary fashion stylist/costume designer Arianne Phillips (pictured above), who [...]
In: alumni|announcements|news
21 Sep 2009In May 2008, Dan Chertoff was getting ready to graduate from The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music. He’d also just started a new A&R gig at Canvasback, a record label headed by industry vet Steve Ralbovsky as a joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment. Now Canvasback has jumped the Sony ship and moved over [...]
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.