Interests

Audio Engineering, MIDI Production, Music Producing and Music Business.

Biography

Todd Herreman, a twenty-year Los Angeles based music industry veteran as producer, songwriter, composer, engineer and session musician, with a client list including Prince, Michael Jackson, Brian Wilson, Jeff Beck, Jodie Watley and Adam Ant, in 2004 turned his attention to teaching Audio Engineering, Producing and Music Business at Southern Illinois University. He holds a degree in Music and Philosophy from Indiana University and a Master of Legal Studies from SIU School of Law, with a concentration in Intellectual Property.

In addition to his teaching, Todd is also the faculty advisor to Digital Dog Records (DDR), the student run record label; Musicians United Southern Illinois Carbondale (M.U.S.I.C.), the musicians networking/jamming group; and the Audio Engineering Society (AES). The label hosts the Mid West Music Festival, which features local and regional acts, as well as academic components including industry panels, recording and mixing workshops, and songwriting/producing seminars. He started the summer internship program in Nashville for the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at SIU. Through his combined business and teaching experience along with diverse industry contacts, he continues to build a learning sequence resulting in top students being accepted to coveted internship positions in Nashville, Los Angeles and New York.

Industry affiliations include: NARAS, voting member; ASCAP, writer and publisher; Audio Engineering Society; member of Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA).

Courses

• RT 373 - Music Business
• RT 374 - Entertainment Arts Business
• RT 375 - Intro to Audio Engineering
• RT 376 - Advanced Audio Engineering
• RT 475 - MIDI Production
• RT 476 - Creative Audio Producing