Year Started at Greenville
2002

Education
M.A., Washington University
B.S., Appalachian State University

Additional Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States Military School of Music

Professional Experience
Cornerstone Festival Stage Management
Sword and Song Records
Production and Session Work
Regional Learning Center Director, MARS Music Inc.
Management
Concert Promotions
Visiting Artist Relations
Celebrity Contact
Field Representation, Martian Records (Subsidiary of Island Records/Palm Pictures)
A&R

School Band Director
United States Army Band

Current Courses Taught
Music, Society, and Subculture
Worship Arts Ensemble | Ensemble's Page
Rock Class
Lab Bands
Applied Bass Guitar
Worship Arts in the 21st Century
Guitar Ensemble
Cultural Influences in the Workplace (Greenville College Adult Studies Program/GOAL)
Rock Music History
Studio Recording I

Previous Courses Taught
Philosophy and Ethics of CCM
CCM Seminar
Survey of Music Business

Professional Activities and Involvement
American Studies Association
Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA)
Worship Leader, Greenville Free Methodist Church
Free lance studio and live performance

Current research pursuits

• The Dichotomy of High and Low Art and the Mythologization of African Sexuality
• The Philosophy of Music and Meaning: Phenomenology and Phonocentrism
• Angry Worship: Honest Conversations with God
• The Conservatism of Heavy Metal
• The Historical Jesus People Movement: Inclusion, Media, and Progression
• A Defense and Rejection of Contemporary Christian Music
• Worship in a postmodern culture
• Purpose-Driven Social Deviance: Music and Social Change

Publications

"Rock and Roll," World History Encyclopedia, Volume 21. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, forthcoming 2008.

Citation. Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock. By Andrew Beaujon. Da Capo Press, 2006.

HM Magazine. March/April 2006. (CD Review) Struckdown, 2006 Revolution.

Hippies, Jesus Freaks, and Music. Ann Arbor: Xanedu/Copley Original Works, 2005.

Citation. Readers’s Digest. “Selling Faith.” By Melinda Henneberger. 184, 185. August, 2005.

Endorsement and Citation. At the Crossroads: The Past, Present and Future of Contemporary Christian Music. By Charlie Peacock. Colorado Springs: WaterBrook press, 2004. ii, 194. 2004.

“In Defense of Rock and Roll.” Hard Music Magazine May/June. [Online Edition] (2004).

The Philosophy and Ethics of Contemporary Christian Music: Faith, Music, and Explorations of Form. Greenville: Greenville College, 2002. (Self Publication)

National Public Radio. July, 2004. Interview. (pending)

Conference Presentations

"Irrelevant Christian Vernacularism: A Defense and Rejection of Contemporary Christian Music." Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, October 2006. Area chair for panel on subculture. Panel title: Interstitial Existence and Unintentional Marginalization

"The Jesus People Movement and the Rise of New Religious Media: Contemporary Christian Music." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, October 2005.

"The Jesus People Movement and the Rise of Christian Rock." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, November, 2005.

Curriculum Vita (.pdf)