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The Music Industry Studies program is a Bachelor of Science degree with a minor in Business. The major has three concentrations or specialty areas titled: Music Products, Music Recording and Production, and Music Business. The Undergraduate Catalog for Appalachian State University lists all the degrees and courses for the Music Industry Studies major and can be found here.
As part of the Hayes School of Music each student must be auditioned by the Hayes School of Music faculty based on their principal instrument. All MIS majors ARE musicians and applicants are expected to be able to read music and be a proficient performer on their primary musical instrument in order to pass this audition.
The Music Recording and Production concentration is most closely associated to the Robert F. Gilley Recording Studio and students do all projects and work with the facilities in order to achieve their final products. Students often have their own personal equipment and recording capabilities but these are not required in order to be part of the program. Students within the program also work with the student record label Split Rail Records which is a student-operated record label that enters into agreement with local artists to distribute and also produce albums as part of the real world education of the Music Industry Studies program. To learn more about Split Rail Records click here.