Contemporary Jazz Students Learn from Chicago Professional
Rick Barnes Serving as Adjunct to Guide Students in Music Production

 

[February 21, 2019] 

Chicago musician and music producer Rick Barnes is serving as an adjunct professor in the Contemporary Jazz Studies program at Lincoln College this semester, where he is giving students instructions in software and hardware for music production.

Using a remote hookup, Barnes is teaching from his Rax Trax Recording Studio in Chicago, while the students are in Lincoln.

Students are learning new sound mixing and Logic Pro composition elements and recording equipment. The equipment was installed with guidance from Barnes and other music business professionals.

Last year, Barnes helped Contemporary Jazz Students record their own original compositions at his studio in Chicago. Barnes will be making a visit to Lincoln College in March to teach students and consult with the college on the next phase of equipment purchases and installation.

The next visiting professional for the Contemporary Jazz Studies program will be Alby Odum, owner of a music licensing company.

 Odum will introduce students to his business model and review compositions written by Lincoln College students. He is a Chicago area recording engineer, producer/songwriter, musician and music publisher.

The sound editing equipment and software was made possible by a $20,000 grant from the Jerome Mirza Foundation. The Jerome Mirza Foundation was established by Bloomington attorney Jerome Mirza (1937-2007). Mirza was an undergraduate theater major and never forgot those roots, supporting a variety of contemporary artists during his career. He was not only an outstanding attorney, a role model to other lawyers, an author and an outstanding contributor to legal education, he was also a dedicated patron of the arts.

[Mark Gordon
Public Relations and Media Manager
Lincoln College]