Meet Your Artist:Brandon Mobley,

MusicianTeaching Artist

Berea College Promise Neighborhood Arts and Humanities Program

Musical Background

• Mr. Mobley began playing drums when he was four. When he was fourteen, he also began playing guitar.

• He was heavily influenced by his father, who played guitar professionally for many years.

Career

• He plays in a number of different styles, including rock, alternative rock, acoustic, and contemporary Christian.

• He has performed on stage from Renfro Valley to Nashville with different bands.

Mr. Mobley’s Music

• This song is from a recording he made with a band named Autumn’s Way. The song is titled “This Man.”

Autumns Way - This Man.mp3

Recording Artist/Entrepreneur

• Mr. Mobley has worked as a recording artist in Nashville and has learned a great deal about audio engineering and other media.

• Although music is his passion and the major part of his career, as a self-employed entrepreneur, he has learned to diversify and use his talents in many ways.

Your Project

• Mr. Mobley is going to share his experience and expertise with different media – audio, video, and digital photography – to help you produce your own movies using i-pads and MovieMaker software.

• You will work in teams to document three activities: water testing, glass art, and blacksmithing.

Creating a Documentary Movie

• The purpose of a documentary movie is to record and report factual information, but that doesn’t mean that a documentary movie is not also artistic. Mr. Mobley will help you add a sound track and transition effects to make your movie exciting as well as informative.

• Get ready to be creative documentarians!

The Berea College Promise Neighborhood Initiative

This project is paid for by Federal Promise Neighborhood funds. Berea College has been awarded a five year Promise Neighborhood Implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Education (2012- 2016) totaling $59,932,934, 50% ($29,966,467) Federal funds and 50% ($29,966,467) non-Federal funds.