1. Meet Your Artist: Brandon Mobley, Musician Teaching Artist Berea College Promise Neighborhood Arts and Humanities Program

2. Musical Background Mr. Mobley began playing drums when he was four. When he was fourteen, he also began playing guitar. He was heavily influenced by his father, who played guitar professionally for many years.

3. Career He plays in a number of different styles, including rock, alternative rock, acoustic, and contemporary Christian. He has performed on stage from Renfro Valley to Nashville with different bands.

4. Mr. Mobley’s Music This song is from a recording he made with a band named Autumn’s Way. The song is titled “This Man.”

5. Recording Artist/Entrepreneur Mr. Mobley has worked as a recording artist in Nashville and has learned a great deal about audio engineering and other media. Although music is his passion and the major part of his career, as a self-employed entrepreneur, he has learned to diversify and use his talents in many ways.

6. Your Project Mr. Mobley is going to share his experience and expertise with different media – audio, video, and digital photography – to help you produce your own movies using i-pads and MovieMaker software. You will work in teams to document three activities: water testing, glass art, and blacksmithing.

7. Creating a Documentary Movie The purpose of a documentary movie is to record and report factual information, but that doesn’t mean that a documentary movie is not also artistic. Mr. Mobley will help you add a sound track and transition effects to make your movie exciting as well as informative. Get ready to be creative documentarians!

8. The Berea College Promise Neighborhood Initiative This project is paid for by Federal Promise Neighborhood funds. Berea College has been awarded a five year Promise Neighborhood Implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Education (2012- 2016) totaling $59,932,934, 50% ($29,966,467) Federal funds and 50% ($29,966,467) non-Federal funds.