Paul Allen
Associate Professor
Marketing of Recordings
Artist Management
Concerts and Touring
Internet for the Music Business
Office: Comm 222
Phone: 615.898.5210
Email: pallen@mtsu.edu
Website: www.paul-allen.com
Paul Allen, associate professor, earned his
B.S. in business management from the University of Tennessee.
He was awarded the M.B.A. with an emphasis in marketing from MTSU.
Paul began teaching at MTSU in 1999 as an adjunct faculty member
in marketing of recordings for the recording industry program.
His career has included work in the radio and television industries
as well as being executive director of Country Radio Broadcasters,
Inc., an industry trade association. He has been producer or executive
producer for scores of stage productions for acts including Alan
Jackson, Garth Brooks, the Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith, Travis Tritt,
Trisha Yearwood, Clint Black, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, and
Lee Ann Womack in conjunction with the annual Country Radio Seminar.
For seven years he was the executive producer of the New Faces
of Country Music Show presented in Nashville. He is a member of
the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, an alumnus
of Leadership Music, a member of the Academy of Country Music,
and a member of the Country Music Association. He is a recipient
of the Department of Recording Industry Outstanding Alumni Award
for Service to the Community. Paul currently teaches artist management
and marketing of recordings, and serves on the board of directors
of Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. Paul is co-author of a new industry-defining textbook called Record Label Marketing, available at most retail book stores.
