Livingstone College graduation gift: A new music school
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Posted By: S. Moore on May 22, 2023 SALISBURY – Music executive and industry veteran Adrian Miller is recording his legacy on the Livingstone College campus with Alexander Warren, aka Lex Lucazi. After receiving an honorary doctorate degree in humane letters at Livingstone’s commencement on May 6, the music mogul announced he was creating a recording studio – the Adrian M. Miller Conservatory in Frequency and Harmony. The school is named after his son. “Personally, this meant a lot to me to visit you all from (Los Angeles) and to be here today. While my family is not celebrating as much (due to a death), it bears my heart and soul and spirit to be here to say Livingstone will be announcing its music program: The Conservatory Adrian M. Miller School of Harmony and Frequency,” Miller said. “I could not have done this without my good brother, Dr. Lex, the multimedia expertise Synphony and [Livingstone President Anthony] Davis. “We look forward to giving you all the platform you deserve in the entertainment industry.” The school of music will serve as a catalyst for the creation of a communications major and certification program among the college’s current degree program offerings. There is a heightened interest among students in the college’s on-campus radio station, WLJZ 107.1 FM, particularly in music, audio production and engineering. In order to cultivate and sustain that growing interest, Livingstone is partnering with Miller to develop a music engineering degree/certification program in a newly-designed and equipped studio. Miller, in partnership with Warren, will assist in providing the capital to design, build and equip the music studio. This will be “one of the first of its kind on an HBCU college campus,” Davis said. Miller is an industry veteran who manages Anderson.Paak and Flo-Rida, and was musical supervisor on the movie “Friday” and the third season of “Wu-Tang Clan: An American Saga.” Miller won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance for his work on Anderson.Paak’s hit “Bubblin’” and received the Cannes Lion Award for his work on the 2018 Apple Music Home Pod commercial by Academy Award-winning writer and director Spike Jonez. Through his company, Xyion Inc., Miller works with artists in building profitable business strategies that best protect their intellectual property and establish foundations for artistic freedom, career success and financial security. Warren, who also received an honorary doctorate from Livingstone, is an award-winning record producer and six-times platinum accredited musician. He appeared on the Grammy nominated BET award winning “TI vs Tip” album. Warren won the Native American Music Award’s Song of the Year and Los Angeles Music Video Award’s Song of the Year. He was nominated for the Canadian Indigenous Music Award and for the Tennessee Hip-Hop Awards and is director of creative services in A&R for Xyion. SOURCE The Charlotte Post If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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