Position, Department
Assistant Professor, Music & Entertainment Learning Experience
Contact Information
Email address: ericbl@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 844-2342
Courses Taught
- MELE 101 – Survey of Music & Entertainment Business
- MELE 103 – Music Theory & Songwriting
- MELE 104 – Songwriting Applications in Media
- MELE 201 – Record Label & Music Publishing Operations
- MELE 202 – Public Relations & Media Tools
- MELE 203 – Intellectual Properties
- MELE 205 – Concert & Event Production
- MELE 206 – Music Supervision
- MELE 213 – Studio Production
- MELE 275 – Practicum
Service
- Program Liaison
- Division Curriculum Committee
- Division Personnel Committee
- Tenure & Promotion Committee
- Assessment Task Force
- Honolulu CC International Education Committee (HIEC)
- Honors Committee
- Health & Wellness Subcommittee
- Honolulu CC Outreach activities (High School Tours, College & Career Fairs)
- Honolulu CC Celebrate Event – Entertainment Subcommittee
- Hawaii History Day Judge
Professional Activities
Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts (HARA), The Recording Academy (GRAMMY Awards), Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC), SoundExchange, Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA), National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), College Music Society.
Advisory Board Member – Waipahu High School Arts & Communication Academy
Former Board Member – Hawaii Youth Symphony Association, Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts
NAMM Foundation-College Music Society Faculty Fellow Award Winner
The MLC Educator Ambassador
Hawaii Business Magazine Spotlight
