Jeremy Tubbs

Dr. Jeremy Tubbs is the Coordinator of Music and Entertainment at The University of Memphis, Lambuth Campus. Tubbs teaches music technology, performance practices, musicianship, history, theory, and music business. He also provides academic advising to all Music and Entertainment majors on campus. Currently, he is also the founder and president of the Jackson Area Music Society (est. 2014). Dr. Tubbs is certified in Pro Tools, was awarded the Tennessee Music Awards Producer of the Year award in 2017, is a member and an advocate of NARAS (The Grammy Awards), and has won distinctions for urban service and arts advocacy in Memphis and West Tennessee.

Dr. Tubbs is the founder and COO of a global non-profit called Willy Pete. Willy Pete is a network of musicians, artists, teachers, and songwriters committed to sharing their talents and skills to encourage, equip, and entertain the American military community.

Currently, he is the guitarist and musical director for the multiple platinum songwriter, artist, and actress, Lauren Pritchard, also known as LOLO. He is featured on LOLO’s albums “X” (2021), “Lauren” (2022), and “HOHO LOLO” (2022), which Tubbs mixed and mastered, too.  They also perform about 40 shows a year in various types of venues. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in guitar performance, a master’s degree in music history, and a Ph.D. in Musicology. He has presented papers at Yale University, The University of Georgia, The University of South Dakota, and The University of Memphis to name a few.  He has also studied at Oxford University in England and The Berklee College of Music in Boston.  He has the distinction of being an Oxford Scholar.