Wesley Bulla
Director & Professor of Graduate Audio Engineering Technology
Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; M.M., Belmont University; B.M., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Location: Johnson Center 331
615-460-5729wesley.bulla@belmont.edu
Biography
Dr. Bulla teaches audio production and research and conducts experiments in audio engineering and music production. An award-winning author (Best Peer-Reviewed Paper AES, 2017) he has published in AudioMedia, Mix, Hearing Review, PAS, MEIEA, and AES journals. Recent research includes loudness effect on timbre and pitch discrimination, phase alignment in drum recording, A.I. music-production, and binaural rendering.
He holds a B.M. (Performance), M.M. (Music Education), and Ph.D. (Hearing Science), and has Avid Systems (ProTools) certifications in Music Mixing, Music Editing, Advanced Sound Processing, and Sound Design for Film and Video. Dr. Bulla has twice served on the Library of Congress advisory committee for the "Gershwin Prize for Popular Song" (2014, Billy Joel; 2015, Willie Nelson) and is a professional member of AES, ASA, ASCAP, IEEE, and SMPC.
Involved in the music industry for nearly 50 years, he has songs published with 1010 Music, Millhouse Music, and EMI Music. His engineering and production credits include projects for Liberty, Mercury-Polygram, BMG/RCA, Curb/MCA, Primer, and many independent record labels including 100's of song demos for major and independent publishers. Dr. Bulla’s discography includes Fisk University Jubilee Singers award-winning "In Bright Mansions" (Dove Award, Best Traditional Gospel, "Poor Man Lazarus") and their feature for the BBCʼs "Songs of Praise" TV series (producer, engineer); Jill Colucci, "No Regrets" (Assoc. Prod., engineer); Take 6, "Don't Shoot Me" from "Do the Right Thing" soundtrack (engineer); Alan Mandel/Elisabeth Small "Grand Duo in A Major" and "Sonata in E Major" (edit, mix engineer); The Fairfield Four, “Wreckin' The House” (mix engineer); Darrell Scott, "Aloha from Nashville"; Erik Johnson, “Waycross” (vibes); and jingles/ad-music for Hardees, K-Mart, 3M, “White Rain” shampoo (engineer); and Boca Raton and AL Army Nat. Guard (composer, producer).
Dr. Bulla is an alum (2008) and an invited feature-speaker for Leadership Music Nashville "Production Day" workshops.