Over 50 years ago, my dad, Cecil Scaife, had a clear vision that a collegiate-level music business program was needed for musicians, artists, songwriters, and future music business executives to learn the industry formally. There were college programs for those wishing to be doctors, teachers, nurses, etc., but there was no place in higher learning to study how to be in the music business. He had a vision to change that.
Family friend and Belmont Baptist College President, Dr. Herbert Gabhart, asked my dad for ideas on how he, as college president, could grow Belmont College.
