Misty Jones Simpson
Associate Professor
Departments / Programs
Degree Information
- MM, Berklee College of Music (2014)
- BME, Baylor University (1995)
Areas of Expertise
Recording Industry, Production
Biography
Misty Jones Simpson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (MTSU), and one of the few female Ableton Certified Trainers in the United States. Misty has over twenty years of experience as a performer, music director and producer.
She received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Baylor University and studied Music Technology In...Read More »
Misty Jones Simpson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (MTSU), and one of the few female Ableton Certified Trainers in the United States. Misty has over twenty years of experience as a performer, music director and producer.
She received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Baylor University and studied Music Technology Innovation at Berklee Valencia in Spain, where she received the Outstanding Scholar award and earned a Master of Music degree. Simpson’s research has been featured in Billboard Magazine and on Ableton’s website. She has presented and performed at various festivals and conferences including Ableton's LOOP, APME, MEIEA, MIT’s EmTech España, Madrid Music Days, and the King of Spain’s Impulsa Music Forum. Simpson is a contributing author to The Music Technology Cookbook, published by Oxford University Press, and also self-published a book titled Decompressed: How to Find Joy as a Music Producer in a Flattened World, available on Amazon. Most recently, Misty published an article titled "Why I Love...Distortion" in Sound on Sound Magazine.
