Dan Keen Named Belmont Instructor

The Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business (CEMB) has appointed longtime adjunct Dan Keen Instructor of Music Business. The industry veteran is a 2007 alum of Belmont’s Master of Education program and also serves on the CEMB Advisory Board.
Keen’s career has included time as VP at ASCAP, even receiving the PRO’s Award of Excellence during his 15-year tenure there. While at ASCAP Keen signed top-notch songwriters and artists including Rivers Rutherford, Ashley Gorley, Chris Young, Nickel Creek, Mercy Me, Rachel Thibodeau, Paramore, and Jeremy and Richie Lister (Street Corner Symphony).
“Being appointed to the faculty at Belmont University is my dream gig. I’m grateful to be able to pass along some of the mentoring I received from Music Row icon Connie Bradley and great publishers like Elwyn Raymer and Randy Cox to the engaged and talented students at Belmont. I’ve also been fortunate to be involved in some of Music City’s most interesting and successful songwriter and writer/artist careers and have gleaned lots of useful lessons to be shared with our students,” says Keen. “I’m grateful for the ways that Belmont president Dr. Bob Fisher, Dean Wes Bulla, Dr. Joy Kimmons, Sarah Cates and Julie Bunt have integrated me into the Belmont community as I’ve served as an adjunct instructor for the past 16 years.”
Keen is on the Board of Directors of the IBMA and GMA. He is an alumnus of Leadership Music and Leadership Bluegrass. He lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife and children where they own Advantage Talent Development.