In the above video, an MTSU Professor describes the legacy of artist PRINCE. MTSU's Stacy Merida, an assistant professor of music business in the Department of Recording Industry.
BIO: Stacy Merida is an Assistant Professor of Music Business in the Recording Industry Department at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) where she also serves as the Faculty Advisor to Match Records, the student run record label. Stacy joined MTSU's Recording Industry department in 2012 as a full-time Lecturer.
Prior to joining MTSU, she was the President and owner of The MERIDA Group, a marketing and business consulting firm based in Brentwood, TN. Her corporate clients included SONY Music Entertainment, BET, Integrity Music, and Warner Bros. Records. Stacy has also served as the music coordinator for BET's Sunday Best competition series, talent coordinator for The Dove Awards, script assistant for CMA Fest, and coordinating producer for TV One. She was successful in securing client performance on the much publicized 50th Annual Grammy Awards Show as well as national appearances for other clients on ABC's The View, the CBS Morning Show, CNN, and ABC News.
Stacy previously served as Vice President of Marketing for SONY Music Entertainment in New York where she presided over the marketing campaigns for Tye Tribbett, Kim Burrell, William Murphy, Anointed, and most notably Mary Mary, the Grammy, Stellar, Dove, and American Music Awards winning and platinum selling artist. She planned national CD listening parties in major venues across the country and worked with the Kraft Foods Campaign to promote artist product and corporate brands to the general public.
