Dr. Don Cusic
// Author, Biographer & HistorianDR. DON CUSIC is an author, biographer, historian, scholar, songwriter, and Professor of Music Business at Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. His biographies of Gene Autry, Eddy Arnold, Hank Williams, and Johnny Cash are all available from Amazon.com. His book “The Sound Of Light: The History Of Gospel And Christian Music” (2002) is available from Hal Leonard Corporation, and “Discovering Country Music” (2008) is available from Praeger Publishers. Dr. Don Cusic has also worked as Nashville Editor for Contemporary Christian Music Magazine, and served on the Board of Directors for the Gospel Music Association.
Websites: www.doncusic.com, www.belmont.edu, and www.gospelmusic.org
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Interview:
Music can raise the spirit, move the heart, and touch the soul. “Spirit” transcends the earthly; it is the life force within us, the invisible breath of life that means we are alive. Music can be spiritual when it lifts us above the earthly and transcends day-to-day life, transporting us to another plane. The spiritual significance of music is that it gets us in touch with something much bigger than we are and can change us as individuals. Music and musicians can also change the world and make it a better place by planting emotional seeds that burst from the heart and blossom in the soul.
“Music and musicians can… change the world and make it a better place by planting emotional seeds that burst from the heart and blossom in the soul.”
– Dr. Don Cusic, author of “The Sound Of Light: The History Of Gospel And Christian Music”
