Melissa Wald
Assistant Professor
Survey of Recording Industry
Music Publishing
Office: Ezell 106A
Phone: 615.494.8736
Email: mwald@mtsu.edu
Melissa Wald, assistant professor, earned her
undergraduate degree in the music industry from Belmont University.
She earned a Masters in adult education and distance learning
from the University of Phoenix. Before coming to MTSU, she worked
with several Music Publishing companies representing songs and
songwriters from country music and Contemporary Christian music.
She has been involved in the testing and design
of software for royalty calculation and was recently asked to
write supporting documentation and help manuals for a newly released
royalty tracking system.
She remains active in the music industry through
her ownership of a consulting company, Copyright Solutions, which
represents artist, songwriter and producer clients as well as
several independent record labels in the areas of licensing and
royalty calculation and collection. Some of her clients include
HIT Entertainment (Barney), Island Bound Music, SESAC, RiZen,
and many songwriters and producers.
Outside of her love of music, she is an avid
sports fan.
