Dr. Thomas Harrison holds credits as a guitarist, producer and recording engineer, and is active as both as a musicologist and composer of music for the concert hall. Dr. Harrison has recently released albums on From The Ashes Records, for heavy metallists American Glutton, southern rockers Raven Cain Band, and his rock instrumental group, Tommy Harrison Group, all of which have received critical acclaim and radio airplay internationally. His musicological research interests focus on hard rock and heavy metal of the 1980s, and the role of recording producers in the making of specific albums. He has delivered academic papers internationally, and is the author of Van Halen: The Music and the Fans 1978-1986 (Pearson), Preparing the Commercial Guitarist (Cheeky Chappy Music), Living on a Prayer (Kendall Hunt) two titles from the series American History Through Music, Music of the 1980s and Music of the 1990s, and Pop Goes the Decade: The 1980s (Greenwood Press) in addition to features in academic journals. He has worked with noted multi-platinum producers, including Geoff Workman, Michael Wagener, Ric Browde and Greg D'Angelo, as an artist, engineer and/or second engineer, and contributed backing vocals on the Ringo Starr album Vertical Man. Dr. Harrison has previously served on the faculties at Elizabeth City State (NC) University and Jacksonville University.
Performance and Production: hard rock and heavy metal. Engineering: nearly all genres. Musicological research: 1980s American hard rock. Compositions for the concert hall: varied acoustic instrumentations, atonal.
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20822 | MUL3024 | Welcome to Jungle: 80s Rock | World Wide Web (W) | Not Online | |
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20821 | MUS4320 | Music Business and Industry | Mixed-Mode/Reduce Seat-Time(M) | M 06:00 PM - 08:50 PM | Not Online |
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Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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80334 | MUS2360C | Intro to Music Technology | Mixed-Mode/Reduce Seat-Time(M) | Tu 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Available |
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92726 | MUS3051 | Music Entrepreneurship | World Wide Web (W) | Available | |
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81823 | MUS4320 | Music Business and Industry | Face to Face Instruction (P) | M 06:00 PM - 08:50 PM | Available |
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Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Session | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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61464 | MUS4320 | Music Business and Industry | Face to Face Instruction (P) | A | W 04:00 PM - 07:50 PM | Not Online |
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Updated: Sep 13, 2018