From Stage To Screen: How Nashville Built Live Music Into TV Drama
To make a splash with a new season of musical drama Nashville, the producers opted for a high-risk strategy: live music segments, performed as the show aired.
Mike Poole
Nashville Study Away Program
Music, Theater, and Dance Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Education
BS in Recording Industry Management (Audio Engineering emphasis); minors in Electronics and English, Middle Tennessee State University
Courses Taught
MUSR 3322 Advanced Recording
Professional Affiliations
- Audio Engineering Society
- American Federation of Musicians, Local 257
- The Recording Academy, voting member
- The Television Academy, voting member
About Mike
Mike Poole is an independent recording engineer, mixer, and producer based in Nashville. He continues to work in the field, and his 40-plus years of experience have given him the opportunity to work with a vast number of artists and projects. His participation in both the recording and film and TV industries has allowed him to stay abreast of changes in technology and technique, yet he still greatly relies on the pre-computerized audio and electronics knowledge he learned at the beginning of his career. Mike hopes to pass along that foundational knowledge to his students.
Discography/Filmography highlights:
Daisy Jones & The Six (TV series), NASHVILLE (TV series), George & Tammy (TV series), The Idea of You (movie), Patty Griffin, Richard Thompson, Robert Plant and The Band of Joy, The Byrds, The Mavericks, Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, Buddy and Julie Miller, Jim Brickman, Martina McBride, Travis Tritt, Pam Tillis, Radney Foster, Bruce Cockburn, John Prine, Lucinda Williams, The Chicks, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ricky Skaggs, Shawn Colvin, The Wood Brothers, Paris Paloma
Awards
2023 Primetime EMMY® Award
Outstanding Sound Mixing
Daisy Jones & The Six
2019 GRAMMY® Award
Best Folk Album
Patty Griffin / Patty Griffin
(Engineer)
2010 GRAMMY® Award
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Patty Griffin / Downtown Church
(Engineer)
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