Scott Oakdale

This student took his mixing talents into another hemisphere! Scott Oakdale graduated from Blackbird’s Studio Engineering program in…


George Massenburg

George Massenburg: A Guest Lecture in Studio C

Since its founding, Blackbird Studio has sought to be of Nashville’s most technologically unique audio institutions. One of the minds behind…


Joe McCarthy

Joe McCarthy

This is the view of a FOH Engineer! Say “hey” to Joe McCarthy, an October 2014 Studio Engineering alum and the guy who took most of these…


Amy Peters

Amy Peters

She writes. She sings. She records, produces, and engineers. Now, she has a record deal! Big-time kudos to the hardest-working woman in the music…


brennan meeks

Brennen Meek

Brennen Meek does it all! After graduating from The Blackbird Academy’s Studio Engineering Program in Fall 2015, Brennen has worked as an audio…


Jess Brewer on tour

Jess Brewer

Meet Jess Brewer, Tour Manager and FOH Engineer for Danielle Bradbery! Jess is an alumni from The Blackbird Academy’s January 2017 class.…


Caleb Carter at the console

Caleb Carter

Get the gear. Get to travel. Get paid! This is the FOH life Live Sound alumni Caleb Carter is living as a monitor engineer and stage manager for…


Nathan Turner working in live sound

Nathan Turner

It’s time to shout-out Nathan Turner for his post-Blackbird work experience! After studying as a member of the July 2018 class,…


John McBride and Javonnii Curry

Javonnii Curry

Check out Institutional Director John McBride’s interview with 2017 graduate Javonnii Curry! Javonnii served for eight years in the…


Diego in the studio

Alumni Profile: Diego Ruelas

Some of you have asked what The Blackbird Academy alumni have been doing since graduation. While we’ve only been in existence for a…