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Campus Review
October 10, 2013
“As an educator I am committed to offer-
ing students a glimpse into the entertain-
ment industry,” says Young. “What better
way than to connect them with the person
who has worked with some of the biggest
names in show business? Given Georgia’s
emerging position in film, music, and
gaming, Clayton State University is
uniquely positioned to prepare students
for a field that promises to outlive many
other industries.”
Clayton State students, especially music
majors and the officers of the CMEA stu-
dent organization, are already excited
about this experiential learning opportuni-
ty.
“There are a lot of locally-famous people
in the music industry around here,”
explains sophomore music major Ryan
Stegall of Jonesboro, who is already doing
music management in his spare time. “I
would love to get experience from some-
one who’s above locally-famous. (This is)
monumental to me.”
Evonee Mitchell, a Berkmar High School
graduate from Gwinnett County, is a
sophomore Music Performance major (on
the viola) who also plans to teach music.
She also has a lot of friends who are inter-
ested in the music industry but, as she puts
it, “don’t know where to get information”
about the industry. As a result, Mitchell
will be in the SAC Nov. 7, and encourages
everyone who does want to hear first-
hand about the music industry to also be
in attendance.
Jonesboro’s Avys Burroughs is a per-
former, a jazz saxophonist who is part of
the Clayton State Jazz Ensemble. He’s
trying to broaden his view of the music
world.
“To be successful, you have to understand
each little piece of the music world,” he
says. “This is how I can better prepare
myself for that world.”
Educated at Syracuse University and
SUNY College at Buffalo, Forger began
his involvement in the music business by
mixing live sound for rock bands in the
northeast.
Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, he
secured a staff position at Westlake
Studios, where he met and worked with
producers Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey,
Harold Faltermeyer and George Duke.
Later he teamed up with producer Quincy
Jones,
songwriter/arranger
Rod
Temperton and engineer Bruce Swedien,
working on albums by Lena Horne,
Donna Summer, James Ingram, in addi-
tion to Michael Jackson’s famed
“Thriller.” He also worked on The E.T.
Storybook Album with Jones and Steven
Spielberg, and the Thriller Video with
John Landis.
Forger recorded and mixed the Captain
Eo attraction for Disney, produced by
George Lucas and directed by Francis
Ford Coppola. He continued his associa-
tion with Jackson on the albums “Bad,”
“Dangerous,” “History” and “Blood On
The Dancefloor.”
His production contributions also reach
across the globe for artists like Japanese
pop superstar Yumi (Yuming) Matsutoya.
In 1984 he was first asked to bring a new
sound and production techniques to her
recordings. Overall, he has worked on 15
albums as recording engineer, mixer and
co-producer, 14 of which entered the
Billboard chart at #1… a pretty decent
track record.
Forger’s current involvement with up-
and-coming talent and independent artists
has helped bring production expertise to a
number of singer/songwriters and alterna-
tive bands, including songwriters Larry
John McNally, Barry Keenan and
Greenland artist Simon Lynge.
Forger, cont’d. from p. 4
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