[208] Advanced Concert Promotion Class Plans Dec. 2 Show at MTSU

ADVANCED CONCERT PROMOTION CLASS PLANS DEC. 2 SHOW AT MTSU
Fender Competition Winners AutoVaughn Will Headline

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 23, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina E. Fann, 615-898-5385

(MURFREESBORO)—Advanced Concert Promotion, a hands-on recording industry class in MTSU’s College of Mass Communication, will turn its final class project into a concert as it presents AutoVaughn at the Tennessee Room in the James Union Building on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 9 p.m.
AutoVaughn, winners of the 2009 Fender Road Worn competition, will follow opening acts Modoc and Thief, who’ll take the stage beginning at 8 p.m.
The Murfreesboro Pulse, a regional entertainment publication, has partnered with the class to present the show. Other sponsors include 615 Music, MTSU Student Programming and Omega Delta Psi professional music industry fraternity. Tickets are $6 for students and $8 for general admission and can be purchased at www.boropulse.com/autovaughn as well as in front of the Keathley University Center on campus through Dec. 2.
“Our students obtained sponsors, negotiated the performance agreement, designed the tickets and ticket distribution system and marketed the event,” said Dr. Rich Barnet, instructor of the class. “The production coordinator is a member of the class and will recruit members of Omega Delta Psi to serve as techs for sound, lights and staging.”
AutoVaughn is a four-piece Nashville indie-rock band that’s been receiving national attention in the past year and is touring in support of its upcoming studio release, “Rise.”
“The Cycles,” the band’s previous EP, was recorded and mixed by Brian Virtue, best known for his work with Jane’s Addiction, Audioslave and Deftones. Griff Morris, Amazon MP3’s senior business developer, dubbed AutoVaughn “the best band at SXSW 2008.”
For more information on AutoVaughn, including photos, contact information and MP3s, visit www.autovaughn.com.
Contact Barnet at rbarnet@mtsu.edu for group discounts on orders of four or more tickets.

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IN BRIEF: Advanced Concert Promotion, a hands-on recording industry class in MTSU’s College of Mass Communication, will turn its final class project into a concert as it presents AutoVaughn at the Tennessee Room in the James Union Building on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 9 p.m. AutoVaughn, winners of the 2009 Fender Road Worn competition, will follow opening acts Modoc and Thief, who’ll take the stage beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6 for students and $8 for general admission and can be purchased at www.boropulse.com/autovaughn as well as in front of the Keathley University Center on campus through Dec. 2. Contact Dr. Rich Barnet, the course’s instructor, at rbarnet@mtsu.edu for group discounts on orders of four or more tickets.

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