{"id":4666,"date":"2024-08-26T15:53:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T15:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/business-aviation\/?page_id=4666"},"modified":"2024-08-26T18:12:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T18:12:19","slug":"steve-azar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/business-aviation\/delta-music-institute\/faculty-staff\/steve-azar\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Azar"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”4656″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”right” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”75%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]\n

Back to the DMI Faculty & Staff page<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Award-winning songwriter and performer Steve Azar serves as Artist-in-Residence at the Delta Music Institute. Azar, who penned the hit song, \u201cI Don\u2019t Have To Be Me \u2018Til Monday,\u2019 is a Greenville, MS native, and graduated from Delta State University with a degree in Business Administration. He went on to develop a successful career in the music industry as a singer, songwriter, producer, and publisher.<\/p>\n

As a writer, his hits include, \u201cWaitin\u2019 On Joe,\u201d \u201cSunshine,\u201d and \u201cBig Blue Sky.\u201d His biggest hit, \u201cI Don\u2019t Have To Be Me \u2018Til Monday,\u201d was honored by BMI with the \u201cMillion- Air\u201d Award. It has received almost 3 million spins on the radio since release, and has a total audience of almost two billion. Azar was personally chosen by Bob Seger to open his 2007 U.S. tour, which was ranked by Pollstar Magazine the #1 tour in America that year. Steve also narrated and provided soundtrack music for Second Crossing: Mississippi\u2019s Landmark Bridge<\/em>, <\/strong>a Mississippi PBS documentary about a key rebuilding effort for the Mississippi Delta region following Hurricane Katrina. Azar\u2019s contributions to his Delta State residency include master classes, student mentoring, recruiting efforts, performances, and promotional appearances.<\/p>\n

In October 2020, Azar released a compilation exclusive vinyl, CD and digital release titled My Mississippi Reunion\u00a0<\/a>featuring a collection of new and remastered songs, all about home. The album is the winner of the 2021 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters <\/a>award for best contemporary album. In March 2022, legislature passed a bill to make \u201cOne Mississippi\u201d the official state song and in April 2022 Governor Tate Reeves signed the bill into law.<\/p>\n

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