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07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
MTSU alum Brandon Bell captures Grammy for engineering work on bluegrass album
Multiple-winner and nominee Brandon Bell, a 2004 Department of Recording Industry alum from Middle Tennessee State University, captured another Grammy Award during music's biggest night held Sunday at Arena. An audio production engineer, Bell was honored among the winners at the 67th annual Grammy Awards for his mixing work on 'Billy Strings Live Vol. 1' by artist Billy Strings, which won for Best Bluegrass Album. Strings captured the same award in 2021. Bell was competing in the same category as fellow alum and singer-songwriter Jaelee Roberts, a first-time nominee who was nominated as part of the group Sister Sadie and their album 'No Fear.' Other MTSU-trained professionals who were nominated for their work this year — six nominees with eight total nominations — included singer-songwriter Jessi Alexander (two nominations) and audio production engineers Jason Hall (two nominations), Bobby Holland and Jimmy Mansfield. Led by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, the university again sent a group of administrators, faculty, staff and students to Southern California to celebrate alumni nominees, network with industry professionals and provide College of Media and Entertainment students opportunities to volunteer, get a behind the scenes look at the industry and make connections. Several Media and Entertainment students on the trip did volunteer work early Sunday in Los Angeles with Musically Fed, which works with artists, promoters, management and venues nationwide to donate unused backstage and event meals to community organizations that feed people facing homelessness, hunger and food insecurity. Students picked up from legendary music promoter Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party. The students included Bailey Brantingham, Ariana Grosh, Asahi Morena Mora, William Howard Price, Mark Lucian Smith Jr. and Susan Sullivan. They were accompanied on the LA trip by Recording Industry Chair Michelle Conceison, assistant professor Denise Shackelford, and Holly Allen, assistant director of MTSU's Career Development Center, and arrived in Los Angeles earlier in the week. As a part of this year's Grammy trip, the university not only celebrated the six former students nominated for Grammys but also showed support for alumni and friends affected by the area's devastating wildfires. The university, along with music industry alums and leaders, recognized nominees at a gathering at Mama Shelter hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 1., to draw attention to MusiCares, the Recording Academy's charitable entity that has already provided millions in fire relief assistance to artists and music workers affected by the wildfires. McPhee set up a MTSU website link, that takes users directly to the MusiCares online giving portal. At Saturday's event, McPhee and Beverly Keel, dean of the College of Media and Entertainment, named Alexander an honorary professor in the Recording Industry Department and recognized Roberts with a special certificate as a first-time nominee. On Friday, the MTSU students in LA also volunteered to help MusiCares stage its Persons of the Year gala honoring the iconic rock band, the Grateful Dead. This marked the university's 11th trip to the Grammys. MTSU alumni, former or current students, and faculty from across the university have been a part of more than 170 Grammy Award nominations in the last two decades. The number of MTSU-connected Grammy winners since 2001 currently stands at more than 20 people, with nearly 50 Grammys, including nine repeat recipients, in categories from classical to pop to rock to country to gospel and rap. MTSU is committed to developing a community devoted to learning, growth and service. We hold these values dear, and there's a simple phrase that conveys them: 'I am True Blue.' Learn more at For MTSU news anytime, visit This article originally appeared on Murfreesboro Daily News Journal: MTSU alum Brandon Bell captures Grammy for engineering work
Buzz Feed
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
40 Things Literally Every Millennial Will Remember About Growing Up In The '90s
1. Chuck E. Cheese's colorful ball pits that always smelled like feet and were probably way more gross than you even realize: 2. And Chuck E. Cheese's "Where a kid can be a kid" commercial that they played a lot during Saturday morning cartoons: 3. Brightly colored cartoon-themed sheets that made you feel like you were sleeping in designer sheets — even if they were a little rough feeling: 4. The rainbow-colored bags that Toys "R" Us used to have: 6. No Fear T-shirts, which you thought were badass: 7. All the extra labels that came with blank VHS tapes that no one would ever use: 8. Having to put the TV on channel three anytime you wanted to watch a VHS movie or play Nintendo: 9. The green volume bar that would display across the bottom quarter of your TV whenever you raised or lowered the volume: 10. The lowkey irrational fear you felt that your head would turn into a fruit anytime you ate a Fruit Gushers because of the terrifying commercial for it: 11. The Free Money guy that was always dressed like the Riddler in his commercials: 12. These weird squishy tubes that felt more than a bit creepy when you'd squeeze them: 13. Stencil rulers that didn't really make great stencils: 14. These Golden Sound Story books that you probably never fully read just played with the sounds: 15. These elementary school chairs that were always staticky and sometimes had cracks in them: 16. The nervousness you got any time you needed to write something on an overhead projector in front of the classroom: 17. The elementary school square pizza that was a must-have on Fridays and tasted soooo good: 18. Furbies, which would wake you up in the middle of the night as they talked in their gibberish to themselves. And if you didn't on one, you definitely heard about this happening: 19. Sky Dancer Dolls, which you had to run away from after launching to make sure you didn't get caught in the crossfire when it came back down: 20. The wicker paper plate holders, which had an 80% chance of pricking you under your nails whenever you used one at a BBQ: 21. The Good Seasons dressing bottle that every family seemed to own. And which made you feel like a gourmet chef if your parents asked you to make the dressing — even if it was just pouring the seasoning packet in with oil and vinegar: 22. These Barney slippers that your younger siblings or cousins had and stunk like sweaty feet: 23. These clackers that you would get in gift bags at birthday parties and would drive your parents nuts when you played with them on the ride back to the house: 24. The creepy hide-and-seek/time-out dolls that usually your "arts and crafty" neighbor made and that they would place in the corner of rooms or near staircases: 25. The Uncle John's Bathroom Reader books that your "arts and crafty" neighbor would have in their bathroom: 26. Cordless phones that came with the round shiny buttons that felt like you were pushing down on M&M's: 27. Disney's Disneyland Fun Sing Along Songs VHS tape, which made you believe Mickey Mouse and the gang were the ones who cleaned and prepped the park every morning before opening: 28. The red stick that came with Handi-Snacks that would slice your tongue if you weren't careful while licking it: 30. These plastic Looney Tunes cups that always smelled a little mildewy because they were so hard to clean inside: PopCuration / Via 31. And these Kellogg's "The Best To You Each Morning" cereal bowls that every family seemed to own: CassandrasNotebook / Via 32. Glade PlugIns when they used gel packets that would get all gooey and covered in dust: u/pizza_for_nunchucks / Via 33. And Glade Potpourri Spray that smelled like chemicals and dusty flowers: XR3TroBeanieX / Via 34. The classic Tiffany-style lamps dine-in Pizza Huts had that were always so reassuring to see: Houston Chronicle / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images 35. The character chairs and stools that you would always try to sit on any time you went you went to McDonald's: chicagogirl4 / Via 36. The awesome Animaniacs Happy Meal toys that were so fun to play with: FantasticNostalgic / Via 37. And the Happy Meal Beanie Babies that everyone lost their minds over. Like, you could probably get a Birkin easier than some of these: NostalgicHomecoming / Via 38. Viennetta, which you thought was the fanciest and most indulgent dessert you could have: Beyers / Via 39. Always sitting very close to the TV because most TVs were relatively small with bad resolution: Tim Boyle / Getty Images 40. Finally, using this torture device for the yearly flexibility test that was part of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test: Baseline / Via
