Worship Musician June 2019 | Page 57

Nathan East Alan Parsons Paul Jackson Jr Sheila E TIM DAVIS From 6 seasons of Glee, to The Goldbergs, artists including Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, and Mariah Carey, Tim’s work as a producer and singer span the breadth of the industry. As a television personality, Tim was featured on ABC’s Boy Band in 2017. Tim is producing two feature films in 2019 and two television shows for 2020. In addition, Tim is on tour with Barbra Streisand in 2019, singing background vocals. Some of Tim’s credits are listed below. ARTISTS • • • • • Celine Dion Josh Groban Barbra Streisand Pentatonix Mariah Carey • • • • • Bette Midler Cee Lo Green Barry Manilow Rachel Platten Sam Smith • American Idol The Voice The X Factor The Oscars The Emmys • Monsters University Spider Man • • • • • Danny Gokey Fantasia Andrea Bocelli Matt Goss Keith Urban TELEVISION • • • • Tim Davis • Glee The Goldberges Feud Angie Tribeca American Horror Story • • • • • • Vinnie Colaiuta • • • The Grammys Boy Band The Super Bowl The Amerikans Agent Carter Philippe Depallens FILM • Captain Underpants Beauty And The Beast • Ice Age 1, 2, 3 The Lorax Plus, the vast experience that these artists offer Hollywood Bowl, Batman the Greek Fender Neighbors 2 Indiana Theatre, Jones words could ever do. Music can make us laugh our students is beyond anything they could Guitar Headquarrters, etc. Regarding food, the or make us cry, pull us up to dance or relax ever learn at a traditional school. campus has consistently been in the top ten us to sleep. It can lift our spirits, cause us to schools in the nation when it comes to food. empathize, motivate us to action, and help us • • • • • • Enchanted The Boss • • The Polar Express Spider Man 1, 2, 3 • • • • Spy Happy Feet [WM] Tell us about your plans for Songwriters? [Tom] Just as with every other aspect of fall in love. “The Singing Revolution” is a great [WM] Tell us about the degrees available there example of the power of music winning Estonia in CCM? their freedom from Communist occupation. music, we address Songwriting based on Think of the scene from ‘Casablanca’ where the these ‘3 Vital Pillars of Success’; Teaching [Tom] The two degrees in Commercial Music French patrons sing 'La Marseillaise' in defiance solid foundational skills, fostering and nuturing (Performance and Studio Production) are four- of the Nazis. In the last 24 hours, I’ve seen huge innovative creativity and real-world practicality year Bachelor of Music programs that are fully crowds of people leap to their feet and cheer in and inspiration, I could write you a book on accredited. The curriculum is structured to take response to a few notes of a familiar melody. each one of these. the student deeper each semester into real- As we are speaking, I am watching thousands world musical training and application. of people in the streets of Hong Kong singing [WM] CBU is a very respected university. songs of freedom in defiance of an unjust law. Tell us about the location and proximity to the [WM] music industry, about the size of the overall can you offer to aspiring musicians, artists, Everybody loves music, but the gift of music is campus itself and I heard it is pretty highly rated and songwriters? actually pretty rare. The natural ability to make In closing, what encouragement also when it comes to food on campus? music, to sing, to create, to perform, to write a [Tom] As any of our music legend pals will tell song that touches people; that is truly a Gift to [Tom] The main CBU campus is in Southern you; one of the great benefits of being in the Biz treaure! If you have that gift, if you are one of California, roughly 30 minutes from downtown for a while is seeing how everything comes in us, then you owe it to yourself to develop that Los Angeles. It’s a spacious, beautiful campus “waves”. People have been making music for gift. Explore the potential, surround yourself and it seems like it is growing everyday! We thousands of years; styles may come and go, with other gifted people who get you and have an amazing recording studio on campus the delivery system will undoubtedly continue understand your dreams and visions! That is as well as multiple performance venues. But to morph, tastes may change, but the power of what the Center for Commercial Music @CBU we will also be holding classes and sessions music will never go away! Great music impacts is all about. at key Music Industry locations throughout people at a deep heart/gut-level, it can deliver SoCal; a message with far greater influence than mere Capitol Studios, East-West, the June 2019 Subscribe for Free... Tom Brooks CBU Music Programs 57