{"id":10055,"date":"2026-04-28T15:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=10055"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:55:35","slug":"long-m-school-of-music-launches-first-bpm-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/04\/28\/long-m-school-of-music-launches-first-bpm-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Long M. School of Music launches first BPM Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 On\u00a0Thursday and Friday, Troy\u2019s John M. Long School of Music<\/a> collaborated with Ilium Records to host the Business, Production and Music Expo, better known as \u201cBPM.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Troy University students and Pike County high school students joined forces for the two-day\u00a0expo\u00a0working toward one shared goal: creating and performing an original song. By the end of the clinic, that goal became a reality with \u201cOn My Own,\u201d performed live Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We started this song from scratch,” said Chase Dawson, a senior interdisciplinary studies major from Phoenix, Arizona, and fiddler for POPulus. “We put together a melody and we wrote the lyrics.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was an amazing experience putting it all together.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christian Pate is a freshman music education major from Andalusia, Alabama, and a vocalist in POPulus. Pate had background and harmony parts on \u201cOn My Own\u201d and said his first BPM experience was one to remember. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJumping into something new is always a little scary, but I came in with high expectations, and it didn\u2019t disappoint,\u201d Pate said. \u201cEven though we didn\u2019t have a lot of time to put the song together, it was fun and wasn\u2019t too difficult.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORE FOR YOU: POPulus embraces \u2018smaller space,\u2019 offers more intimate performance<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through breakout sessions, songwriting workshops and live performances, students explored careers in the music industry while learning from Grammy-winning and nominated professionals, including guitarist Kevin Enstrom, music industry expert Matt Fulton and producer and engineer Tom Kahre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt surprised me how receptive everyone has been,\u201d Kahre said. \u201cIn these situations, you never know what the student’s energy level and interest in anything we have to say will be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone has been really engaged and it\u2019s been fun.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Chandler Bridges, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Troy\u2019s Music Industry Program, said the expo helped students connect what they\u2019ve learned in the classroom to real-world experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt connects what they\u2019ve been learning with actually doing,\u201d Bridges said. \u201cThe big idea is fundamentals make sense and some of the rules make sense, but until you actually practice it, it\u2019s hard to understand how it all fits together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an opportunity for them to see how their learning fits into practice in the real world.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release date for \u201cOn My Own\u201d has yet to be announced but is expected to be released sometime in May.\u00a0Students can visit\u00a0@populusband<\/a> on Instagram for more information.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 On\u00a0Thursday and Friday, Troy\u2019s John M. Long School of Music collaborated with Ilium Records to host the Business, Production and Music Expo, better known as \u201cBPM.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Troy University students and Pike County high school students joined forces for the two-day\u00a0expo\u00a0working toward one shared goal: creating and performing an original song. By…<\/p>\n

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