Ronald Stroop

Biography

Ronald P. Stroop is Assistant Professor of Music Business and Publishing. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Samford University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He is a native of Nashville and was a guest lecturer in the Music Business program at Belmont University in the mid-1980’s.

He has seen Music City and Belmont grow and expand their influence and vision throughout the world over the years. His career path has included a legal practice of corporate and business law with a specialty in entertainment, music, copyright, trademark, right of publicity and intellectual property law. Representation included all types of clients from artists, songwriters, artist managers, recording and publishing companies and movie and television producers of several network and cable shows. Entrepreneur ventures, consulting services and most recently managing contract negotiations, administration and intellectual property matters with the legal department for HarperCollins Christian Publishing and HarperCollins Focus Publishing has brought him full circle in 2011 to return at Belmont.  He currently teaches Copyright Law, Entertainment Law and Licensing, Survey of Music Business, Copyright and Publishing Law, and Industry Insider Innerview classes. He further consults and advises for Spencer Proffer’s Meteor 17 produced music documentaries including The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don Mclean’s American Pie and Reinventing Elvis: The 68 Comeback for Paramount +.