Background
Eric Copeland was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1963. His father, David Ellis Copeland, was a band leader and trombonist. His mother, Mary Janet Bond Copeland, was a piano teacher and accomplished church organist.
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His production company works with Christian and jazz artists both nationally and internationally, and is the parent company to Records, Jazz, and Masterscore Music, all based near Nashville, Tennessee. As an artist, he is noted for his unique arrangements and songwriting fusing gospel and jazz styles together. Eric played piano growing up, and also played trombone in the Lafayette high school marching band.
At age thirteen, he began writing and arranging original compositions and it became apparent that music would become a lifelong obsession.
As a teen, he began recording music and releasing his own material to friends and family. Also, he became known as "the guy with the recording equipment", and began recording friends and family from his father"s basement.
After attending both the University of Kentucky and the University of Illinois at Chicago, he worked in various bands and singing groups, all the while continuing to write and record original music and arrangements. lieutenant was in Chicago when he began getting serious about jazz, working with singers and bands in that area.
After settling down to life in Lexington, Eric began gathering equipment to release new material, and once again contributed to the music industry.
Slowly, he began to build a clientele and reputation as a music producer, specifically for Christian/gospel and jazz clients. In 1997, he released his first album lieutenant"s So Cool, on the Records label. That same year, the first client record was released: Tender Mercy"s Change.
That began a landslide of production that continued into the 2000s and culminated in moving all production services to the Nashville, Tennessee, area. serves clients nationally and internationally, and its clients are regularly heard on Christian and jazz radio and in stores.
After 18 years of production work, Eric returned to creating his own music, releasing "" on his new label, Jazz. The album is a smooth mixture of gospel, Rhythm & Blues, Latin, and jazz styles, featuring some of the best musicians in Nashville.
The national and international release will be followed up by radio and limited tour support. As an author, Eric regularly writes for the noted blog "", read by thousands each month, and which has been reprinted by several national magazines and websites.
Eric is preparing to release 52 of the writings in a weekly devotional book soon for both Postdoctoral fellows online purchase and in printed form.
